bitch-hips:

I love forgetting to answer prompts from months ago!

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It happens too fast for Hux to process; between one breath and the next, Kylo has gone from kneeling at Hux’s side, head bowed in respect for their supreme leader, to sprawled out on the shining floor of the throne room, prone body twitching and convulsing in pain.

Colour drains from Hux’s face as the reality of the situation sinks in.

As if of their own accord, Hux’s feet move and in seconds he’s by Kylo’s side, dropping to his knees. He turns him over, threats one set of fingers through his hair while the others frantically check for a pulse. He finds one, thank the stars, and Hux lets out a shaking breath of relief, just in time for his sense to catch up with him.

He’s broken rank.

He’s shown his card.

Snoke is laughing.

An acrid cocktail of dread and anger pools in his stomach when he realises just how close that laughter is.

Snoke has left his throne, walked the length of the room to stand before the unconscious Ren, superiority likely etched into his grotesque features as he looks down upon both his failed apprentice and trembling general.

And Hux is trembling – but it’s not from fear.

The pure, white-hot rage Hux feels is like nothing he’s experienced before. Not even his own villainous father had been able to elicit this level of response from him. Hux is livid, and it’s with the fuel of that revulsion that he’s able to do what he does next.

With dangerous, steely eyes Hux looks up at their Supreme Leader. He stares into the smug, victorious eyes that glisten wetly down at him and hisses, “If you even think about touching him, I’ll kill you.”

Hux is shocked to realise he means every word. He has no idea how he’ll go about doing it, but he promises himself that the next time the Snoke touches his lover will be his last. After all, it won’t be the first time Hux is responsible for his superior’s demise.

To his credit, the Supreme Leader simply laughs, laughs in the face of the oncoming storm and returns to his throne, unbothered by his general’s threats.