Well, self-defense could be argued (and was, resulting in no jail time but the aforementioned restraining order was issued and is still in effect), but Hux is also irresistibly attracted to hot messes to begin with.
Ren is pretty much exactly Hux's type: obsessively focused and/or artistic genius. Long hair. Likes being told what to do, at least to a point.
The problem for Hux is just because Ren likes to sir him in the bedroom it doesn't mean he'll roll over professionally. And Hux might have set out to seduce him and head off clam-related problems, but just because he's deliberate about it doesn't mean he really knows what he's doing. See: the relationship that ended in the ER.
Post-ER-visit Hux decided that the problem had little to do with him and everything to do with choosing a lover who felt physically intimidated by him, so his rubric for significant others now includes "can heft me for wall sex". (Ren managed it in the shower stall too, without breaking anything, very fortunate as it was glass).
Unfortunately for Hux many of his conclusions are erroneous. Fortunately for Hux, Ren is very creative. /Unfortunately for Hux, Ren is very creative./
I kind of picture this as a verse wherein Ren calls Leia in and Hux is simultaneously incensed (Ren's interfering and implying he can't do his job! how dare?!) and fanboying because Leia's firm is well known in the industry and Hux is just starting out.
Hux and Ren end up as each other's booty calls until they actually move in together, still arguing. Decades later they never got married and Hux is THE premier green architect and mentor for their entire timezone/continent. It doesn't matter how he got into it, he will be the best. Shut up, Ren, and put your dishes away, I have interns coming by in half an hour.
Re: minifill? Crack, Kylo Ren Does A Ridiculous Job
Ren is pretty much exactly Hux's type: obsessively focused and/or artistic genius. Long hair. Likes being told what to do, at least to a point.
The problem for Hux is just because Ren likes to sir him in the bedroom it doesn't mean he'll roll over professionally. And Hux might have set out to seduce him and head off clam-related problems, but just because he's deliberate about it doesn't mean he really knows what he's doing. See: the relationship that ended in the ER.
Post-ER-visit Hux decided that the problem had little to do with him and everything to do with choosing a lover who felt physically intimidated by him, so his rubric for significant others now includes "can heft me for wall sex". (Ren managed it in the shower stall too, without breaking anything, very fortunate as it was glass).
Unfortunately for Hux many of his conclusions are erroneous. Fortunately for Hux, Ren is very creative. /Unfortunately for Hux, Ren is very creative./
I kind of picture this as a verse wherein Ren calls Leia in and Hux is simultaneously incensed (Ren's interfering and implying he can't do his job! how dare?!) and fanboying because Leia's firm is well known in the industry and Hux is just starting out.
Hux and Ren end up as each other's booty calls until they actually move in together, still arguing. Decades later they never got married and Hux is THE premier green architect and mentor for their entire timezone/continent. It doesn't matter how he got into it, he will be the best. Shut up, Ren, and put your dishes away, I have interns coming by in half an hour.