Okay guys I'm trying something new, Kylux... To be honest I don't see this ship really playing out in the movies and I am obviously a Reylo shipper BUT I do appreciate this ship and think that real life au's for this ship are so great. So here goes nothing, I hope you enjoy this real life Kylux au.

"Sir I don't appreciate your tone." The red haired man spat at me,

"Do you know who you're talking to? For your own sake, I suggest you fix your attitude." I leaned over the sharply dressed man to intimidate him the best I could, but something was telling me this one was not easily broken.

"You asked me to come save your business so here I am telling you what to do. That's what happens when you hire a consultant." He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes, I couldn't help but see his point but that doesn't give him the right to be a total ass. Before I had the chance to fire back at this rude, snooty excuse of a consultant the door of my office swung open,

"Ren." Just hearing the voice of the CEO made me spine shiver, "What exactly are you doing to my consultant." My voice fell open and I tried to defend myself but Hux's small chuckle made my blood boil.

"I hired him to keep an eye on this company, more specifically you." The CEO spoke while practically staring into my soul with his desolate glare.

"I don't need babysitting thank you very much." I snapped at him, almost instantly regretting it. Hux turned to look at me now and squinted,

"Your actions this past day have proved otherwise. You make hasty decisions and are terribly rash and rude to your employees." I shifted uncomfortably in my black suit suddenly feeling very attacked, I didn't want to admit it but I'm occasionally a little mean. It's only because the people working for me are total and complete imbeciles.

"Ren, you will be working directly with Hux the next few days. I suggest you get on his good side," Hux held his head up high and smirked, "and you hux, I suggest you get on Rens good side. He tends to explode at those who bother him." I smiled receiving a nasty glare from Hux.

"Thank you, Mr. Snoke. We will work diligently and efficiently to make this company the best it can be." Hux sneered as Snoke left. Why was it that every time that dammed Hux spoke, I wanted to choke him.

I turned and walked behind my desk, setting my hands on the floor to ceiling windowsill. My office overlooked the vast city below us, I always found the city very relaxing. It reminded me that out of all the humans in this place, I was just one person. My problems are always put into perspective when looking out these windows.

"What are you looking at?" My brief moment of relaxation was cut much too short when Hux reminded me of his presense. I sighed deeply and mustered all the power I could to not rude,

"If we are going to work together, you have to try and be nice as well." I said reminding him of Snokes orders,

"I suppose you are correct." Hux replied with a surprising lack of hatred, I turned around to face him and cocked my head to the side. Hux was not paying attention to me and instead holding the stapler displayed on my desk. He meticulously fiddled with it while having once hand shoved into the pocket of his black dress pants.

"What are you doing?" I repeat his earlier question. He looked up and caught my gaze, he seemed almost embarrassed I caught him while he was not overtly judging everything around him. I suppose that is a quality that makes a good consultant. Crimson crept across his face and he looked away while setting my stapler back down. For a brief moment I thought that it was endearing, that he was kind of cute. I shook my head realizing what I was actually thinking, this man was an asshole. Without warning, red found it's way to my cheeks as well. We were now two angry men blushing while standing in a professional building. Pathetic. I cleared my throat and continued,

"What would you like to work on first, Mr. Hux?"

Several hours later, it was 5:00. Which was the time I usually put my mind to rest and go home, but somehow Hux was still working. He was sitting in a room off to the side of the office, typing endlessly into his laptop. He didn't take a break once since we started, and didn't seem to want to stop now. I watched him while leaning against a wall outside the room, I don't believe he noticed me but I noticed everything about him. The way his eyes seemed to tell exactly what he was thinking, the way his posture would change when he read something he didn't understand, or when he did. Occasionally he ran his fingers through his hair which indicated he was annoyed, or maybe stressed. I couldn't exactly tell the difference, maybe both. I stood there for only a moment, but I had been stealing glances to him whenever I walked past his room. Every time he didn't look like he had looked up from his laptop in hours, I don't think he had.

"You know, you work a hell of a lot harder than most of the people who work here." I spoke while crossing my arms,

"That's just the problem, I shouldn't be doing this work for you people I'm supposed to be telling you how to do-" He began talking without looking up,

"Woah, calm down. It was a joke." I smiled a little and Hux rose his head very, very slowly. The realization that I don't actually like people hit me just then. I don't smile at people, I don't joke with people, I don't like people. I forced my smile to fall as soon as Hux looked at me. His icy glare hit me again and I rolled my eyes on instinct,

"Anyways, it's 5:00 time to go home." I said casually looking down at my watch,

"5:00?" He said raising an eyebrow,

"That's what I said." I don't like repeating myself, it bothered me.

"You people have far much too work to be going home at 5:00." He barely raised his voice yet I felt like I was being scolded.

"I'm not a child you know..." I muttered looking down at my hands,

"What?" He squinted his eyes and looked confused,

"I might be young, but there's a reason I have this job. I'm good at what I do and I'm no child." I spoke assertively but mentally praised myself for not getting angry, a soft smile crept onto Hux's face,

"I know you're not a child. I've been getting familiar with your past work Mr. Ren, you do quick, efficient work. I was harsh earlier, your work is something to be proud of in a company such as this one." He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms, I wasn't sure what he was implying with the last sentence but I took it as a compliment nonetheless. 

"Would you like to go get drinks?" Hux asked without breaking his constant stare,

"Sure, maybe we'll get lucky and score a few girls." I snickered and and shook my head,

"Oh, I'm gay." Hux said a little uneasily,

"What? You don't..." I didn't finish my sentence knowing I was being borderline offensive,

"Don't what? Look gay? Well tell me Mr. Ren what does a gay person look like?" He rose from his seat and shut his laptop, stuffing it into a laptop bag on his shoulder.

I shifted uncomfortably knowing that he was right, that was insensitive even for me. Hux walked towards the doorway that I realised I was still standing in, I moved aside and he placed a hand on my shoulder while walking past,

"I still expect you to buy me drinks, although for the girls..." He paused and nodded his head, "I'll leave that to you." He slipped his hand down and kept walking making his way to the elevator no doubt.

I stood for a moment trying to figure out if I accidentally asked him out, or if he asked me out without me realizing. No matter, I was still apparently going to get drinks with a man who I think hates me. Or maybe he just really likes me, I'm not sure yet. I grabbed my trench coat and briefcase from my desk and locked the door behind me. I called the elevator and waited rather impatiently for it to arrive, I took the opportunity to glance in the mirror to my left. My hair was as unruly as ever and my eyes showed how tired I was. I ran my fingers through my hair and decided I could look worse, really.

"You got a date or something?" A low-life cubical worker stood next to me, the nerve he had to talk to me–his boss–like a friend. I rolled my eyes and looked at the ceiling,

"Something like that."

When I arrived downstairs after the incisive elevator ride with the worker, Hux had called a cab and was leaning against it with his legs crossed. He was staring at his phone when I walked up to him, he glanced at me and then to his watch,

"You sure took your time." I rolled my eyes again and followed him into the yellow cab,

"Pray I don't waste your time further."

I wasn't exactly sure why I asked Hux to drinks in the first place, if this morning was an example you can see we don't have much in common. The drive to the bar I directed the driver to was stiff and uncomfortable. We both didn't talk and not only that the cab was very uncomfortable for two people both other 6 feet tall.

"Does it rain here often?" Hux asked looking out the window while water drops started to fall onto the ground,

"Yes, I suppose. It's cloudy most days but only rains sometimes." Hux made a noise of understanding and nodded, "Where are you from?"

"The coast, it doesn't rain much there. It doesn't get cold much there either, much different than here." He muttered,

"I couldn't stand being on the coast, I like the cold too much." I rubbed my fingers along my coat and stared out at the rain. It was true, I like being cold and heat tends to make me uncomfortable. Also the rain has always calmed me, I feel like rain can wash away anything if you let it.

We arrived after a short while later, I had to practically fight Hux to let me pay for the cab. I don't know why I wanted to so bad but part of me wouldn't let him. As soon as we sat down in the busy, dark bar I ordered a drink. I was wound up and I hoped alcohol would take the edge off the uncomfortableness between us. He sat next to me at the bar and ordered whiskey, I ordered the same. It tasted of oak and bitters, but the liquid seeping down my throat relaxed me almost instantly.

"What in the hell made you decide to be a consultant? Spending all your time on failing businesses can't be any fun." I asked him taking another sip,

"You know your business hired me as a consultant." He smirked,

"Touché." I raised my drink to him causing a warm laugh, something I'd yet to see from him.

"I suppose I like moving from place to place, the same people start to bore me and I get fed up easily. I also enjoy the concept that these people have no choice but to listen to me. I like that power, they hired me to order them around and I don't think it gets much better than that." He talked smoothly and meticulously, he was so very put together it was intimidating.

"Doesn't it get lonely?" I asked after a brief pause,

"Yes. It does." He suddenly seemed very distant and his eyes glazed over,

"Sometimes I meet people though." He paused and looked into my eyes–no–into my soul, "Sometimes I meet people who have a way of keeping me sane. People who fill the void that is left every time I leave."

I didn't know how to respond then. I couldn't help but bite my lip to keep myself from reaching out to his face. I felt something in this moment that made me question everything I knew about myself, I think I want him. The feeling was so vivid and loud that I couldn't escape his icy blue gaze. I leaned forward, so slowly it looked like I wasn't even moving and–

"Excuse me?" A woman's voice made me snap my head back, I began to get angry for someone interrupting me but I turn my head to the voice and am stopped before I could start talking. The girl standing besides me had eyes brighter than the moon and hair the color of coffee, she was beautiful. The girl stuck her hand out to me and talked quickly,

"I don't mean to bother you but I'm Rey and I-I was just wondering if you'd let me buy you a drink or something..." Her cheeks turned red and she looked shyly away. I knew exactly who this girl was, she was the girl I would normally sweet talk and boost her self confidence for about 20 minutes before making her feel special back in my apartment for another 30 minutes. She was my normal Friday night.

Almost on instinct I grab her hand in mine and kiss her knuckles softly, I was making her melt and fully aware of it,

"Hello Rey, you can call me Ren." She blushed and giggled just like every other girl, "Now about that drink, I wouldn't let a pretty girl like you waste your money on a guy like me."

I winked at her and her face went even more red, if that was even possible,

"How about I buy you a drink and we spend some time getting to know each other." I shamelessly smiled at her knowing that this is the line I used on every damn girl I meet in this bar. I begin to stand and follow the already eager girl back to her table she was already sitting at, but a part of me remembers the presence besides me. I turn to see Hux taking a drink of his whiskey, glaring at me with almost as much hate as when he arrived this morning. I open my mouth and try to come up with something to say, but he stops me.

"No, no. Please, go tell that girl everything she's ever wanted to hear. Go tell her she's special and that you've never seen a prettier face in your dreams. Isn't that why you came here?" Hux finished his drink and slammed it to the table causing me to step away. My chest was heavy and my throat dry. He stood from the table and rose from his chair with so much eloquence I cowered away. He gave me one last icy glare before disappearing into the crowd that accumulated in the bar.

I turn to go after him, but a small hand on my arm reminds me of the young, insecure girl, Rey, beside me. She nods her head in the direction of her table and tries to lead me away. I follow for a few steps but with every step my head spins more and more, my mind gets fuzzy and the room seems to be getting louder and louder. I snap my arm away from Rey and run both my hands through my hair,

"Is everything okay?" Rey cocks her head to this side and gives me a small smile. I close my eyes and try to call myself, I breathe through my nose and out through my mouth before reaching out to her shoulders,

"I'm sorry but, go find yourself a nice boy who plays baseball. Not some dude in a suit in a bar." She nods slowly and squints her eyes. She opens her mouth, but before she had time to talk I gently push her away and she walks off obviously very confused. I suddenly went from the smooth talking guy at the bar to the idiot who thinks he knows everything. I shake my head and close my eyes once more, Hux. I need to find Hux.

The thought goes through my mind as I shove people out of my way to get to the doorway. I finally manage to reach the door and swing it open, as soon as I do the loud growl of the bar disappears and the only thing I can hear is the rain. But for only a moment,

"I must say, if you can finish that quickly she must have not been that special." The voice of a man beside me sneers. I turn to face Hux and see him leaning under an overhang, smoking a cigarette.

"I'm sorry." I spit out and run my fingers through my hair,

"For what? You came here to pick up girls, didn't you?" He puts the cigarette to his lips and looks up at the grey sky,

"No, Hux. No I didn't." I catch his attention and he looks at me without turning his head,

"Why did you come here, then?" He puts the cigarette at his side and blows smoke away from his lips.

Before I can stop myself I walk towards him and mutter just before reaching him,

"This."

I press my lips against his and cup his jaw in my hands. He didn't even need to know what I was doing, Hux just kissed back immediately and snaked his arm around my waste. He tasted of oak and cigarettes, and it was oh no delicious. I pressed my tongue against his teeth and he opened his mouth just enough for me to explore his mouth. He moaned against my lips and tightened his grip on me back. He rubbed against me allowing me to feel his growing hardness under his black slacks. I couldn't help but smile now, I pressed my forehead against his and smiled.

I went from hating this person, to kissing them in a matter of hours. But it didn't feel strange or uncomfortable, it felt right. It felt like in my messy mind and in my messy life I managed to find something clear. I managed to find my home.

Authors note
Okay I hope I haven't put this ship to shame... I'm sorry if it did. I enjoyed writing this so I just hope someone out there enjoyed this 😅 anyways thanks for reading and if you enjoyed please comment and vote! Thanks so much

XX Grace