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WHO: Rey and YOU feat. Padawan & Millie the sphynx
WHAT: catch-all for Kingsway
WHEN: throughout the month
WHERE: Gallows, Lowtown
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i. base operations office

Rey's corner of the Base Operations office is easily identifiable, and not just by the placard with her name on it. The boxes of things that used to live in her room in the Gallows may have migrated to the spare bedroom in her home in Lowtown, but that doesn't mean that she didn't end up coming up with new things to work on. The surfaces that don't have paperwork waiting to be looked at have tools or half built contraptions sitting on them, and there's a few boxes of bits and pieces on the floor tucked back where no one will trip on them. Hopefully.

At the moment, Rey is occupying the seat behind her desk, frowning as she thumbs through some several-page proposal of funds that's been drafted up and she's only reading every fifth word. Sleeping in front of the desk, stretched out on a blanket that's clearly been laid down for just such a purpose, is Padawan. Curled up next to her and extremely tiny by comparison, is a little hairless kitten. Whenever someone walks in to the office Rey looks up from her document, eyes tired.

"Please tell me you're here to distract me."

ii. lowtown markets

The Lowtown markets are one of Rey's favorite places. She loves that every day brings something new, and it didn't matter how many times she walked through she'd always find something she hadn't seen before. Today she's considering different fabrics on display outside a shop, her hands drifting along each fabric with interest, before moving on to the next one. She's clearly looking for something specific in texture as well as pattern, and hasn't found what she wants, not yet.

iii. rey's garden outside her home in lowtown

Anyone looking for Rey after she's left the Gallows for the day is likely to find her here, working in her garden keeping the weeds at bay. It may be getting on towards the cooler season, but she still has things growing in her garden that she needs to tend to, and is enjoying every second of it. She's never had things to grow on her own, before. Millie is sitting in one of the chairs set out under the eaves of the house, watching the massive birdhouse in one corner of the garden with great interest, as songbirds flit back and forth between it and the feeder Rey has set up for them.

Anyone not looking too closely might think Rey has started a bit of a menagerie, though the birds are very much not hers. The large white mabari that lets out booming barks to announce anyone approaching the gate, however, is very much hers.

"I'd wait to touch the gate, it's booby-trapped," Rey says, before looking up and wiping one forearm across her forehead.

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"Oh." It hadn't entirely occurred to him to join her in the garden. It wasn't without want, of course. He always wanted to spend time with her. Yet he also liked watching her do things on her own, be they gardening or even practicing with her lightsaber. He actually stops in surprise as they reach the door in front of the house.

"I'll join you next time, then." He leans in to kiss her, completely ignoring the cat perched on her shoulders as he does. They clearly were going to have to learn to share.

Millie isn't particularly bothered by Ben leaning in to kiss Rey, in part because Rey is careful not to jostle the kitten on her shoulders as she kisses him back. She continues to smile when he pulls back, biting her bottom lip.

"I'd like that. I think you'll find it relaxing, too. A little like meditating." She'd found it that way, at least.

"Mm. I'll try not to get in the way, at least." He looks from her to the garden in their yard and back again, reaching for the door to hold it open for her to enter their home first. It was strange to think that he had been here for months, long enough for them to build a home together and for them to have things like a garden and a bird bath and animals. It almost makes him feel wistful, and maybe a little cheated, that his parents hadn't been able to sit still long enough for something like that.

Things were more simple here. No droids, not much technology to speak of at all, and the work they both did with their hands was something he was proud of. They had made this little space for themselves out of nothing but each other.

"You won't get in the way," she replies with a smirk, gently touching his chest as she steps past him into the house. She'd already been in when she'd come home earlier, of course, so the curtains are pulled back to let in the afternoon light, and the lanterns are lit in the corners the light doesn't reach. She moves through the open space, only stopping long enough at the couch to let Millie hop off her shoulder.

She gets to the threshold of the kitchen before turning back to look at Ben, leaning her hip against the doorframe.

"Do you want to go clean up and I'll get dinner started?" It's a strange thing to say, so calmingly domestic. She never would have expected to hear it come out of her mouth. It's the kind of thing that wives on old holos said to their husbands.

He followed her through the house, stopping short of the kitchen as she leans against the door frame. It dawned on him that he was still a bit grimy from standing at the forges all day. He takes a moment to assess himself, soot touching bits of his clothes that hadn't been protected by gloves or an apron. There was probably dirt on his skin too. She was right, of course. He did need to clean up.

"I'll do that, if you want to start without me." He leans into her space, pressing a kiss to her forehead, his hand hovering just out of reach of touching her cheek or chin. It wouldn't take him long, he thinks. He retreats to the staircase, moving through the upper floor to find fresh clothes and then a towel. Not long after he's gathered his things, he sets about getting the water as hot as he can stand. While Rey does what she will downstairs, he luxuriates in the warmth for a minute or two before getting freshened up and returning to watch her move about the kitchen.

She smiles as he kisses her on the forehead, nodding her head once as he retreats and she moves into the kitchen. Taking a moment to wash her hands before going about pulling ingredients out of the icebox and pantry.

By the time Ben returns Rey has a head of lettuce shredded and is working on cutting up a tomato. She gives him a warm smile when he walks in, pausing briefly in her cutting.

"Feeling cleaner?"

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