‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘

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[‍ ‍ ˏˋ 𝖉𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝖎𝐧 𝖆 𝖙𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝖕𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞﹗ @WlLLlAMRUSSO]

ᅠᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ┈・☠︎

ᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ
https://t.co/ucoXZGIOsq

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

Just below his left ribs.
Just enough to sting.

“Watch your manners, mutt.” The
blade retracted with a metallic hiss.

Hux didn’t wipe the
blood from his face.

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

His first thought, upon impact, was
the nuisance of bloodied clothes. To
Hux, there was nothing more
important than pretence —— keep
things clean on the outside, to hide
whatever was underneath.

But always, he balanced on the edge.

___

[-ˋˏ⚔️ ┈┈┈┈ VADER'S HEIR @S_t_a_r_killer]

His nose wrinkled with disdain for Hux’s words, disgust burning the back of his throat like an acid before he eased his shaven head back and threw it forward with all his force, straight into his nose with his forehead and a sickening crack.

Broken.

“ Where are your claws [+]

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

Always, a strand of rage ran
beneath the surface.

Hux let the blood run. Over his
mouth, over his chin, down his neck.

. . .

With a flick of his wrist, he activated
the monomolecular blade strapped
to his forearm, guiding it clean
through Galen’s abdomen in one
motion.

___

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

“So easily baited. So desperate to
prove that no leash binds you.” Hux
paused and leaned closer, lips nearly
touching the apprentice’s ear.

“Are you proving it to me?

Or to yourself.”

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

All these men. . . Hux thought, were
like dull hammers —— blunt tools
with wasted strength.

He didn’t fight the upwards tug, thin
fingers curling around the wrists of
the other. A strange smile teased his
lips.

“Look at you,” he whispered.

___

[-ˋˏ⚔️ ┈┈┈┈ VADER'S HEIR @S_t_a_r_killer]

No hand signal could make him yield, nor come to heel at the boots of the officer’s feet.

He stormed forward, dragging his tongue across the roof of his mouth to light a spark that quickly died, but smoke curled from behind his bared teeth.

Scarred fingers curled into [+]

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

A pale hand raised in the half-dark
—— a flippant signal to stop. Hux
leaned back in his chair, a sigh on
his lips.

“Have you no manners? Oh, that’s
right.” A sharp breath in. “Animals
know not of such things, hm.”

[-ˋˏ⚔️ ┈┈┈┈ VADER'S HEIR @S_t_a_r_killer]

Stalks towards @rabid_cur_ , eyes alight with malice intentions.

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

⠀
⠀
All this talk of teeth . . .
How tiresome.

Do come here, then, mutt.

Unless ——

Are you all bark, no bite?

⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

⠀
⠀
The dog on a short leash, ought
to be careful of the cat’s claws.
⠀
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

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⠀
Mm.

Control your playthings, darling.

They speak too much,
and think too little.
⠀
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

⠀
⠀
𝑯𝒖𝒔𝒉 . . .

It’s so awfully loud.
⠀
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

That he had been lonely and cold.

But he said none of it, eyes lowering
to the floor. Back up again. Those
were human feelings in an inhuman
galaxy, Hux knew.

“If there’s nothing else,
I’ll take leave of you.”

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

He didn’t like this dance. He didn’t
like the turning and returning. He
didn’t like the reaching, the pulling
away. It frightened him, because it
hurt.

“Must we do this?”

What he meant, was that he missed
him. That he had been gone too long.

___

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

⠀
⠀
His gaze didn’t move. It remained
fixed on the lightless figure, whom
he had come to think of as beautiful.
Sublime in his own right.

“ . . . Ren.”
⠀
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

“I’ve missed you. You visit too rarely,”
Hux murmured, pouring a glass of
whiskey.

He held it out, glass dangling from
the tips of his fingers. Didn’t move
to bring it any closer.

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

“So, an animal then?” Hux hummed,
leaning back. He wanted to see him
better ——— see him silver in the
starlight, which poured in beams
from viewport. Ren hadn’t changed.

He untangled himself with a faint
scowl that faded, easily, into a smirk.
Walked slowly across the room.

___

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

⠀
⠀
Long enough.
⠀
⠀

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

“You’re no stray mutt.
You’re 𝑨 𝑮𝑶𝑫.”

Let go and stepped back, adjusting
his robes with a flippant turn of his
wrist.

“But if you’d rather be called
an animal, I’ll gladly oblige.”

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

“Yes.” The word fell quietly, without
a second thought, but his hand
didn’t leave Ren’s jaw, thin fingers
closing around it.

Hux leaned in a little closer,
a half-moon smirk on his lips.

___

[‍ ‍ ‍𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 @rabid_cur_]

He hummed and leaned forward.
White fabric of his robes tumbled
from his shoulder.

“Is that what you are, hm?”
A whisper ——

Hux reached out his gloved hand,
passed it slowly over the line of
Ren’s jaw.

“Very well.”