“Ruthless?” Techie shakes his head, in disbelief. “M-Maybe I’m too naive, but I’ve never gotten a sense that you’re r-ruthless. You’ve done ruthless things, I know, and y-yet…” He cups Kylo’s cheek with a warm, calloused hand.. “There’s s-something gentle in you. Kind. I see it in th-the way you look at me.”
Kylo looked at him, cupped his face and kissed him lightly on the lips again.
“Thank you,” he said. “For saying that. I don’t see anything kind or gentle inside me. I am a killing machine, and that’s all I really am. But knowing someone can see something else in me is… Pleasant.”
“I’m s-sure of it now… For b-better or for worse, I want to be your, um. B-boyfriend! If you want!” Techie’s smile is wide and sincere. They’ll accept each other’s flaws, the good and the bad together. Never again alone. “I want all of you, Kylo.”