[ He's always had his suspicions. Ren is too unstable to read clearly, but there was always something radiating off of him in their meetings with Snoke. Fragile. Insecure. Bolstered by Snoke's desire to teach him the ways of the Dark Side. To utilize his power.
The path he set himself on in this way was never meant to hold. Hux's words cut straight to the bone, severs through years of mental armor to strike a part of Ren he'd been desperate to hide. Or rather, to keep safe.
(How unfortunate for the both of them that Hux recognizes the pieces when he looks in the mirror).
The recoil echoes back to him as sharply as if Ren had said the words. The other man reels, fingers pulling away from their bruising grasp. But just as quickly there's a snap of violence. Ren's hand cracks across his face and the sting barely registers before it repeats. Hux reaches out, fingers digging into Ren's knee as a silent plea to stop.
And then it does. His vision is blurred with rain and tears and the wrenching pain. The copper tang of blood sets in his mouth and more runs from his nose. There's a cut on his cheek, where knuckles broke skin. It's hard to breathe like this. ]
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The path he set himself on in this way was never meant to hold. Hux's words cut straight to the bone, severs through years of mental armor to strike a part of Ren he'd been desperate to hide. Or rather, to keep safe.
(How unfortunate for the both of them that Hux recognizes the pieces when he looks in the mirror).
The recoil echoes back to him as sharply as if Ren had said the words. The other man reels, fingers pulling away from their bruising grasp. But just as quickly there's a snap of violence. Ren's hand cracks across his face and the sting barely registers before it repeats. Hux reaches out, fingers digging into Ren's knee as a silent plea to stop.
And then it does. His vision is blurred with rain and tears and the wrenching pain. The copper tang of blood sets in his mouth and more runs from his nose. There's a cut on his cheek, where knuckles broke skin. It's hard to breathe like this. ]