Techie wipes sweat from his forehead and tilts his head down, coy, other hand on the back of his neck. “While I’m t-totally sincere, h-have you considered that I’m aiming for another kiss with my, er, flattery?”

“I th-thought you’d be surround-ded with suitors,” Techie admits and smiles shyly. “I mean. You’re so…” He gestures meaningfully to Kylo in general with his free hand. “H-Handsome,” Techie squeaks.

“Really just f-figured I’d be one more in the fanclub.”

temptedbythelight:

techiehux:

temptedbythelight:

techiehux:

“There’s something else you c-can help me with,” Techie says, voice going a little deeper, a little more seductive. He’s terrified he’ll fuck this up but he has to try. He leans in the slightest bit, head tilting to the side like they could slot their lips together at any moment and he’s just trying to be prepared. 

Kylo found himself tilting his head as well, also seemingly readying for a kiss without even thinking. They were so close, and it just seemed so… intimate, all of a sudden.

“I can?” Kylo whispered. “What is it?”

“This,” Techie whispers before closing the distance. He brushes their lips together gently, almost hesitantly, and rests his fingers on Kylo’s arm instead of looping his arms around his neck (even though he wants to.)

He was surprised, despite everything, but leaned into the kiss, returning it with breath stuck in the back of his throat.

He then moved away and looked at Techie with wide eyes and flushed cheeks. “I had… not realized you were interested in… this.”

“I am. A l-lot. Is that… okay?” Techie chews on his bottom lip, anxious, and takes his hand off Ren’s arm, moving it to tangle his fingers in the hem of his shirt.

Maybe he’d only kissed back out of surprise? What if Ren rejected him?

His heart was hammering in his chest from more than the kiss.

temptedbythelight:

techiehux:

“There’s something else you c-can help me with,” Techie says, voice going a little deeper, a little more seductive. He’s terrified he’ll fuck this up but he has to try. He leans in the slightest bit, head tilting to the side like they could slot their lips together at any moment and he’s just trying to be prepared. 

Kylo found himself tilting his head as well, also seemingly readying for a kiss without even thinking. They were so close, and it just seemed so… intimate, all of a sudden.

“I can?” Kylo whispered. “What is it?”

“This,” Techie whispers before closing the distance. He brushes their lips together gently, almost hesitantly, and rests his fingers on Kylo’s arm instead of looping his arms around his neck (even though he wants to.)

“There’s something else you c-can help me with,” Techie says, voice going a little deeper, a little more seductive. He’s terrified he’ll fuck this up but he has to try. He leans in the slightest bit, head tilting to the side like they could slot their lips together at any moment and he’s just trying to be prepared. 

Techie was suddenly sure of one thing: It was now or never. If he didn’t kiss Kylo now, he’d never work up the nerve to do it. They’d spent hours training, bonding; the timing was right. 

He didn’t let go completely but instead pulled back enough that they were face to face. “I can’t even b-begin to, um, thank you f-for your kindness,” Techie says, reverent. He bites his bottom lip.

temptedbythelight:

techiehux:

“Yeah!” Techie grinned, pumped up. This was fun! Spending all this extra time with Kylo was just the icing on the cake. 

Kylo showed Techie a couple of more blocks and smiled at how fast he was picking them up. Eventually, when he was sweaty and tired, he finally stopped at one of the blocks and grinned at his brand new apprentice.

“I’m impressed,” he said and swept the sweat away from his brow. “How are you feeling about what you learned?”

“Good! G-Great, actually!” Techie was a sweaty mess as well: his ponytail had come undone sometime between all the training, and his hair was plastered to his face and sticking up wildly at the back. “You’re an amazing teacher, K-Kylo.”

Techie knew full well he must stink (Kylo did too, a little) but there was no stopping him from giving Kylo a grateful hug.

“Yeah!” Techie grinned, pumped up. This was fun! Spending all this extra time with Kylo was just the icing on the cake. 

A flash of an image flickered behind his eyelids: one of MaMa’s thugs beating the hell out of him with a fist flying his way much like Kylo’s was. That memory left him paralyzed, Techie eyes wide open with fear. The blow was coming, it was- pain, there’d be pain- and-

No. This was Kylo Ren. He wouldn’t hurt Techie for real.

With this in mind, he recovered just in time and blocked the blow. Something soft about his expression read, “I trust you.”