[ There isn't a response. Well, not a vocal one. The tightening of Ren's fingers around his own is a response on its own and it drives the emotion deeper. Has him sealing that part of himself up more and more so he can keep it a secret. This is something that passes between them so rarely.
It shouldn't be possible to begin with, but it persists.
Ren got under his skin the moment he came on board. When he'd been assigned to the Finalizer, rankless and still so powerful. Time has flown by since that point and Hux would've laughed at himself if this was ever told to him then. That he'd be laying here, making resolutions to fight back with Ren's arms around him. Safe. In a sense, there's a semblance of control in the grasp and Hux curls into it, his own hands coming up to curl around the other man's wrists. Keeping him there even if he should push away. ]
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It shouldn't be possible to begin with, but it persists.
Ren got under his skin the moment he came on board. When he'd been assigned to the Finalizer, rankless and still so powerful. Time has flown by since that point and Hux would've laughed at himself if this was ever told to him then. That he'd be laying here, making resolutions to fight back with Ren's arms around him. Safe. In a sense, there's a semblance of control in the grasp and Hux curls into it, his own hands coming up to curl around the other man's wrists. Keeping him there even if he should push away. ]