#I miss them so much omg

[mcyt-but-everywhere]

[ladystrallan]

We were just praying… with our clothes off

[darthdidi]

Across the stars [REYLO]

pairing : rey x ben solo plot : AU where Rey is a NASA astrophysician that manages their social media and Ben is a physicist who sends her the photos to post and whose lengthy scientific captions she ignores in favour of writing her own. It drives him crazy. warning : none (except my poor english) words count : 1159 words

GIF by @ msuolo on tumblr

Summary : After completing her master's degree in astrophysics and space engineering, Rey is denied a top job at NASA because she is one of the only women to apply. Considered too "incompetent", she is then relegated to an uninteresting position. Ben, meanwhile, has been working as a physicist for a few years. He follows in the footsteps of his uncle, Luke Skywalker, for whom he has great respect. They don't know each other yet, but a shocking element could bring them closer... or push them even further apart.

Rey had the habit of arriving right on time for work, but that morning things didn't go as planned. Her car, which was more of a wreck, broke down before reaching Pasadena, and she had to wait for hours for the tow truck. Already running late, her friend Rose had asked two of her coworkers to pick her up along the way.

The first four notes of "Come As You Are" echoed in the car. Rey couldn't resist mimicking the guitar, but she stopped immediately when she noticed Hux giving her a strange look. She pretended to look away, taking the opportunity to admire the landscape.

"The valley is very dry these days," she said, feeling awkward in the heavy silence.

"I hadn't noticed until you mentioned it," replied Hux, glancing briefly at the landscape before focusing on his computer again.

"If you paid more attention to your surroundings, you would have noticed."

Hux sighed and closed his laptop abruptly. He removed his glasses and delicately cleaned them.

"I'm an astrophysicist. My head is in the stars. I certainly don't have time to worry about what's happening down here."

At the wheel, Ben cleared his throat, somewhat uncomfortable with the direction the conversation was taking. Rey, however, was not ready to let it go so easily. Hux had been condescending, and she intended to put him in his place.

"You must first understand the world we live in before understanding the world we seek to explore."

"If it's so easy for you to say, why don't you do it?"

"I..." Rey was about to say.

Ben slammed the brakes, stopping in the middle of the road. The 4x4 behind him, almost colliding, started honking persistently.

"She's right, Hux. Now can we get to work without further interruptions?"

The two young people remained silent, pretending they hadn't done anything. The thirty minutes that followed this discussion were again very quiet, with only the sound of Hux's keyboard.

Once they finally arrived at their workplace, Rey thanked Ben politely and gave a polite look to Hux before walking away. In the distance, she saw her friend Rose waving her arms in all directions, waiting for her for a good quarter of an hour.

"So, they didn't mistreat you too much ?" Rose asked as they headed to their offices.

Rey sighed.

"Ben was somehow very polite and decent with me, but I can't say the same for Hux..."

"Armitage is always a bit peculiar with people when he meets them for the first time... He may seem condescending, but he has a good heart."

"He hides it very well, then!"

Rose burst into laughter and shook her head. She settled into her seat, organising the papers on her desk. Rey put her things aside and tossed all the papers on her desk. She saw various photos and documents that other NASA colleagues had given her.

There was a picture of a galaxy that Ben had placed on her desk the day before, two long texts to send to journals written by Hux, and a welcome note from someone named Finn.

"Who's Finn?" Rey asked curiously.

A door opened, and Rose nodded toward someone.

"What timing! I'm Finn. Rose has talked a lot about you! You've been transferred here recently, correct ?"

Rose rolled her eyes.

"Calm down, Finn. She just arrived, and you're already harassing her."

"It's my welcome committee. To make her feel at ease, it's not with your mood swings that she's going to feel o-..."

Someone else knocked on the door. All heads turned, and they were stunned to see Ben Solo in their office.

"I'm here to drop off a new file. You should get ahead with your work, miss Rey."

He looked at her for a moment and then left without saying anything. Finn and Rose exchanged shocked looks.

"He had never been here before, am I right ? He used to look down on us and ask his assistants to drop off the documents!" Rose reminded Finn.

"I remember very well, and it's the same guy who showed up in our office today, but what has changed?..."

They both turned to Rey, who was reading the documents. She furrowed her brow and sighed.

"Don't even think about it. I find him just as unpleasant as Hux, in the end," she said, reading the end of the note he had written.

Rose took the paper from her hands, with Finn peering over her shoulder.

"Taken from the Hubble Space Telescope by NASA/ESA, this galaxy is called NGC 4535," there's nothing alarming in this note, what bothers you about it, Rey?" Finn asked.

"Read the last sentence," she replied.

Rose continued and stopped before reading the last words out loud.

"Don't you dare change the words of the description of galaxy NGC 4535 that I just gave you. I've heard that you're frivolous, so you should take your job seriously if you don't want to lose it on your first day."

Rey snatched the paper from her hands, crumpled it, and threw it in the trash.

"He wants the job done ? No problem! It'll be done, but in my way."

She sat down forcefully in her chair and took out her laptop.

Rose and Finn exchanged a worried look.

"Rey, are you sure that it's a good idea-..."

"Best idea I've ever had !"

She typed a few words on her keyboard at a frantic pace, and at that moment, they understood that it was better not to piss her off.

"We need to make people want to read our article. Does he really think that if I write NGC 4535, people will flock to buy that damn newspaper? Of course not. We need to make them want to read, a catchy title... hm, for example..."

Rey thought for a moment. Rose watched her in amazement, and Finn moved away slowly.

"EUREKA !"

The young woman continued to type on her keyboard and showed them the final result. Rose's stunned expression had turned into pride, and Finn's apprehension turned into confidence in his new colleague's work. They admired the poster that Rey had just created for a moment before finally deciding to print it and eventually feature it in scientific articles and magazines.

"Ben will surely be furious."

"I'm actually waiting for him. I wrote what he wanted me to write, and I added a bit of my 'frivolity,' that's all."

She sent an e-mail to her publishers, attaching her freshly new article and turned back to face her coworkers.

Her friends glanced at her and smiled.

The next morning, on his way to work, Ben received a message from his friend and colleague Armitage. He was surprised since he only received texts during his working hours.

He sighed and pulled his phone reluctantly from his pocket, slowly reading the text he had sent him.

This new girl completely messed up the article, OUR WORK ! he wrote.

Ben frowned and immediately went to the nearest paper shop. He rushed to the space section and immediately grabbed the brand new edition of the Cosmic Chronicles. Hux was right : It was his research with her words. He skimmed the whole article and shifted his attention to its title :

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

[pls-world]

that first wave of superhero tv shows and movies will always be the golden age to me. phase 1-3 of the mcu, agents of shield, the defenders, wonder woman, heck even the arrowverse managed to grow on me. love supergirl, flash, and green arrow. ugh, also remembered cloak and dagger! one day i’ll probably do a serious rewatch, or just read the comics. miss those guys. (for supes i'm torn between smallville and the fact that henry cavill is perfect for the role..... ig smallville wins bc they had a fantastic lois and lex)

[rancidsugar]

[satoruzworld]

I got see ichigo and yumichika today!! uggh I’m cheesing so hard

[blankcharti]

their interactions is so precious to me

[von-leg]

Binging this silly show

[nebulanebula]

I really need a shinee comeback

[meep-meep-richie]

They are like Sherlock & Watson here🥹

[gunsatthaphan]

“men are boring.”

[dewhander]

i draw the same picture of her a million times bc the image is burned in my brain via prophetic vision. ok? sorry

aka nautty

[shebsart]

my siblings

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

something to be said about how kristoph's only known mentee is a loud young man who dresses flashily, is particular about music and so passionate about the truth that he forgets to take people's feelings into account sometimes and follows the thread of logic even when it's disadvantageous to his case or people he cares about/admires. and who also does vocal training. like. just admit you miss your brother and go visit him. freak.

[apollo-zero-one]

Everybody talking about how lucky PC players are to get to play 1.6 but I've seen no one mention that aaaallll the mods don't work now and it's the first time some of us have played unmodded in years, I forgot how hard the beginning of a new save is 💀

Also hey if you can and want to, I bet your favorite mod creators would love some donations as they work on updating compatibility! I know that's what I'm doing today!

[shokupanko]

First Fukase Friday of 2024! This one took 5hrs lol I wanna to be so extra (─‿─)