Techie froze and felt ice run through his veins. Why is Kylo Ren, of all people, talking to him?! The blood is pulsing so hard in his ears that he doesn’t even know what the man is saying, and can only stare blankly at him.
“Um, ah,” he says, very intelligently.
And then bolts for the nearest exit.
Techie gave a relieved half-sob, half-laugh. “You… Just when I th-think you can’t get any better, you do.” He wipes at his eyes with his sleeve and hiccups. “Let Hux be his horrible s-self! I won’t let him ruin anything else f-for me, ever. Especially this. Us.” He runs a hand through Ren’s hair and kisses him soft.