Creatures // Kylux

II

What the men Hux owned didn't know
Was that Hux's cold eyes could be warm
Especially at nighttime.

It was publicly known that Hux was a serial
Insomniac, but what they didn't know
Was the amount of Melatonin pills he took
Just to
Combat that.

Kylo knew.
He knows a lot about Hux.
Probably more than Hux realizes.

When the Melatonin doesn't work
(As it always doesn't...)
Hux turns to reading, or rarely smoking.

That night was a kind of night for smoking.
It turned the oxygen entirely claustrophobic
Even made Kylo's breathes of despair loud enough for Hux to hear.

He trickled the cigarette over the ashtray's edge,
Quickly retreating to Kylo,
Who had candle wax tears,
And galaxies from outside's window speckled in his miserable eyes.

Hux did not dare caress him.
"What's wrong?"

Kylo wiped the tears away,
Ran fingers over his scar.
"I miss him."

Looking up at Hux's eyes,
How caring they seemed

Just made Kylo hate him a little more.