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WISH LIST

★ my dark au kink:
+ being captured by the first order and subjected to reconditioning
+ trying to turn him back with the power of gay love and friendship (and possibly failing)
+ he was always a first order tie fighter pilot instead of winter soldiered
+ poe and finn first order murder squad (dynamics if they were both stormtroopers? running away together?)
+ ^ part b: the fam that gets captured and reconditioned together… stays…together…
+ Interesting Dynamics with kylo and hux from dark aus

★ finn stuff
+ what will they do after the war? romantic vacations? homesteading? sending finn's spit to space 23andme?
+ infinite escape reimagining/aus, stormpilot escape room reigning champions

★ rey stuff
+ relationship of convenience because they're both In Denial
+ sith princess rey aus where he tries to save her and/or she turns him

★ kylo stuff
+ infinite interrogating/torture room reimagining/aus
+ ^ part b: stockholm syndrome?
+ We Need to Talk about Leia

★ general
+ honestly anything regarding leia (esp processing grief post-tros)
+ talking about his sketchy spice runner past (possibly playing things taking place during that time in his life?)
+ ^ same for things taking place during academy/new republic tbh
+ i love aus. modern aus, vampire aus, a/b/o aus, let's au the entire world
+ i prefer m/m for poe but am good with most ships

kinks if ya nasty

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[ he sort of squints like wait ... what? was that supposed to sound weirdly sexual? she knows that he's into finn, right? or at least that finn is into him? was there some kind of verbal or nonverbal communication happening there?

no, it's okay. maybe he's overthinking it. finn would be happy he helped rey and also he can get some sort of spiteful petty revenge on kylo ren. those are the important things. ]

Yeah, uh. Sure. Do you want to ... how late are you willing to meet up?

[ It's a Tifa tag it just comes out sounding sexual whether I mean it to or not. ]

The later the better, by the sound of it. [ She'd have to get her shift at the bar covered either way. ] Midnight? Everyone's probably cleared out by then, right? [ Even the janitorial staff probably. Finn didn't work that building, but he'd never worked later than ten in the Comms building. ]

[ yeah that checks out. ]

Yeah. I think that's good. We can meet at his office. [ he nods to himself. this is a good plan that he just came up with. yep. he's so smart and good at plans.

he wants to be like HEY MAYBE YOU COULD BRING FINN but adding more people seems like a good way to get caught. so maybe not that. but he will plan to be "really tired" and ask to crash at rey and finn's. get some of that finn going to use the bathroom in the middle of the night in his underwear action. the best reward. ]

Is that everything, or...?

Yeah.

[ She pulls off a corner of her notebook and scribbles something down on it. ]

Finn and I live on campus, so you can just come by and grab me when he's gone. Does that work? We're in Falcon Hall. [ The well-known shittiest fucking dorm on campus. Are you sure you want to crash there? (It's worth it for that booty.) ] There's the number.

[ Beat. ]

Unless — [ Beat 2: Electric Boogaloo. ] It won't be weird, will it? I know he's in your class.

Oh, uh, sure. No problem. I can come get you.

[ to be fair she could be like "so finn and i are living in my car" and he'd be like "make room in the backseat fam." that's the thirst levels here. he glances down at the paper and then pockets it. ]

Finn? [ i feel like he should be doing the thing where anime characters spaz out when someone mentions their crush. maybe he's doing it inside. ] No, no, it's great. I love — I'd love to see him. Around. [ in his underwear. ] We met before he was ever in my class, anyway. He kind of saved me.

He did?

[ Finn is in so much trouble now for leaving this part out. ]

What happened?

So, this is actually — [ it's a whole story. rey thought she was going to get it later but she's getting the whole story now. ]

I was doing my thesis defense. It was open to the public, right, so anyone could ask questions. And Ren was there, and he just starting grilling me. Which is the point, I know, but it was the way he did it. You know how he is. And he wouldn't stop. I was kind of losing my temper. I dunno what would've happened if Finn hadn't pulled the fire alarm. Not because — he was trying to get out of something else, but we ran into each other in the hallway. Like destiny or something.

[ A charmed, dreamy sort of smile spreads across Rey's face as she imagines this because it's just like a romance novel ? ?? ? Not that she reads that kind of garbage because that would be ridiculous but if she did (she does) this would definitely be straight out of the beginning of Bridget Jones' Diary and she's eating that shit up.

That's right. Rey "I traded food for stories about Luke Skywalker" of Jakku in this AU is a closet romance novel enthusiast because you can't tell me that her romantic fairytale-loving ass wouldn't be. Dropping my unpopular hot takes into this thread hard. ]

Ugh, he's the worst. [ She says this compassionately, then — ] Ren, obviously. Not Finn. Finn's … fantastic. You know our dorm's actually a single? [ A beat for effect, then Rey nods. ] I met Finn at freshman orientation. He was lost — he did the military first, you know, so he was crazy overwhelmed to be back at school. And when he found out I hadn't figured out housing yet, he invited me to stay with him.

[ it's all good i love it. the anime college au contains multitudes. ]

Oh, yeah. We talked about that, a little bit. The military thing. It's funny because I was actually in ROTC, you know? Before -- some stuff happened at my last school. It's not important.

[ he kind of pauses for a minute like should i keep going? maybe finn already told her about this??? nah he's gonna keep going. they have weird dramatic lives. this is anime, nothing is too ridiculous. ]

So, he wanted to leave campus, right, so we were driving away ... but then I had to go back to get something. I told him to wait in the car with my dog, and, uh ... you probably know how this part goes, huh.

That was your dog? [ Rey laughs as she puts her notebook away in her backpack. ] He's cute. Too clever for his own good, but cute.

[ It's an even better romance novel now. This is Must Love Dogs level shit. Rey is absolutely 100% definitely positively going to get them together. Which, as Emma has taught her, will not go poorly at all. ]

Yeah, that's him. Can't leave him alone for a second, he's always getting into everything.

[ he got real Soft for a minute there talking about finn, but now he's like "oh yeah. reality. reality is happening." he stands up from his lil table in the stacks because office hours are officially over now. no one else was coming anyway. he needs that spare time to doodle hearts in his diary probably. ]

Right. So ... I guess that's that. I'll see you in a little bit?

I'll change into something stealthy.

[ She pulls her bag onto her shoulder and excuses herself then, feeling a little odd about the interaction. Somehow she'd come here for study advice and walked away with … a heist plan. Poe Dameron was quite the character. Maybe not the best influence for her dear Finn, but … certainly charming despite it.

She picked up food for them both on the way back to the dorm. It was a cramped thing — two single beds shoved into a single bedroom designed for one, but at least it was one of the nicer single rooms in the dorm thanks to Finn's G.I. bill paying for it. (Nicer for Falcon Hall was still quite grungy.) It had its own bathroom and everything, but no privacy, and the paint was peeling off the walls.

Over dinner, she tells Finn that Poe's coming by later to help her with something, but not the particulars. He'd probably be morally obligated to tell someone about something like that. Finn has brought her a new romance novel from the bookstore-coffee shop where he was studying. It's cute.

They cuddle on his bunk and watch Netflix until midnight, at which point Finn has fallen asleep on his bunk with his laptop in his lap and Rey has to crawl away without waking him. That's when there's a knock at the door.

She's changed into all black — okay, all light gray because she didn't own anything black — when she opens it. The lights in the room are out. ]

Hey. Keep your voice down. [ She glances back to where the laptop light shows Finn's adorable sleepy face. ] Come on in.

[ meanwhile, what did he accomplish with the rest of his evening? not very much, honestly. there was grading, there was talking about his life to his dog like he's a person. trying to stalk kylo ren on social media, only he's one of those weirdos who doesn't believe in social media and the only thing that comes up is his name in his hometown newspaper from some time he made honor roll in high school. that's fun. he tried to spy on him, i guess.

anyway, more thought was put into what he was planning on wearing tonight (all black but including a leather jacket because obviously) than how they were going to pull off this whole heist thing. thinking ahead: not one of his strong suits. not even once.

he probably does the romcom thing where he stands outside the door thinking about his life and his choices for a few minutes before he actually knocks.

and she's … inviting him in? was this part of the plan? not that he's complaining. he can see finn over there sleeping with his laptop out and it makes his kokoro skip a beat. ]

Are you sure you wanna do this in —

[ before he can even finish that sentence, there's bb-8. dodging between his legs and rubbing himself against rey like hello new best friend i love you so much hi you're my mom.

poe's defense for this is: ]

Sorry, he wanted to come.

That's usually when you tell them no.

[ Despite this, Rey holds her hands out because it's not Beebee's fault that his dad is a big dumbass who doesn't understand how heists work, is it? No it's not. Belly scratches !!!! She grins down at him, then pats him on the butt like ok we're done.

Until he heads for Finn's bed, and then she scoops him up under his ADORABLE FLUFFY BELLY and puts him in Poe's arms. ]

I just have to grab a few things.

[ She heads into the attached bathroom, and there's some blind rustling because there are still no lights on in this place except that laptop. At this point the noise level is like ? ? ?? Probably on the verge of waking Finn up anyway but somehow he's still out.

Confirmed: AU Finn does not suffer PTSD. Or at least sounds aren't triggers. ]

[ he just opens his mouth like "excuse you first of all i could never tell my dog no." yep. there it is. questionable parenting.

but also he's not going to say no to holding his dog, so this is fine. it gives him something to do while rey is doing who knows what in the bathroom. holding bb-8, looking at finn. psychically telling bb-8 that that's gonna be his other dad someday. scoping out the softest part of the floor that he's going to be laying on tonight.

after that fun few seconds, he whispers in the general direction of the bathroom:]

How many things is a few?

[ She comes back out of the bathroom then, holding something up that is ENTIRELY INVISIBLE in the shadow of the dorm room. Good job. And then she stuffs it into a drawstring bag that she slings over her shoulder. She has equipment, Poe, christ. ]

Enough.

[ When you get hungry mid-heist, you're gonna be glad she brought snacks, bitch. ]

Ready. Do you want to leave Beebee here? Finn will keep him company.

[ i have a fun story that bb-8 is beebee-ate because he eats everything and i just wanted to share that so here it is in the narrative. anyway, poe looks down at his son in his arms like this is literally the hardest thing anyone has ever asked him to do. he was ready to bring his dog to a heist, i don't know what you were expecting? ]

Really? I think he could help. ... He could be a distraction.

[ bb squirms to lick poe's face with the awareness that he is the topic of discussion. he's a smart dog. ]

Or a canary.

[ Coal mines? No? She surges onward. ]

He'll leave hair. I doubt Professor Ren brings a dog to his office.

[ with a pained expression, he sits his son down on the ground. it's bb's destiny to be finn's chaperone in all realities. ]

All right, all right. C'mon.

[ he will just lead the way outside, then. i feel like his car has to be something ridiculous like a modded out black and orange ferrari. like, he lives in a shitty ass grad student apartment and eats ramen noodles for most of his meals but it doesn't matter because he has a sick as fuck car. priorities: he has them. just in case there was any doubt to whose car this is, he unlocks that mofo and slides on in the driver's seat. ]

[ Rey follows him out. Honestly the hallways kind of smell like puke in Falcon Hall, and some of the baseboards look water damaged. Luckily Poe is on a mission. Rey stops when the lights on the car flash. Stops breathing when he gets in. Just stands there, staring at him in the car. ]

What is that?

[ She starts walking around it like ?!?!?? This is ? ?? the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life ?? ? ? ]

Is this your car? [ Then, ] You put BeeBee-Ate in this?!

[ it's probably hard to see because it's dark, but this sports car has Seen Some Shit. not so much in the actual body but it has been keyed a few times. (kylo ren keyed it. obviously.) whatever it's still a sports car and it's still, also, the most beautiful thing he has ever seen in his own life. ]

Yeah! He likes to sit shotgun. [ like this is??? fucking normal???? ] It's — don't get me wrong, I saved up for this. I wanted this car. It's the most — it's awesome, isn't it? You gotta feel how it rides. It's so smooth.

[ She opens the passenger seat around that time and sees dog hair. Dog hair on the leather. Oh, Poe. Luckily, the poor care he has taken of his Ferrari does not mitigate the fact that it's a fucking Ferrari. ]

You have to let me take a look under the hood sometime.

[ She climbs into the passenger seat and opens the glovebox to start digging around in the manual and read up on its specs. ]

What do you mean you 'saved up for it'? Normal people can't save for something like this, Poe. You know that, right?

I know! I know. [ he uses starting the car as a reason not to look at her while he digs into ] I had an inheritance, so. You know. I couldn't touch it until I was 18 anyway, but I still didn't until ... But my mom was really into cars too, so, I think she would have wanted it this way.

[ you can tell he's really trying to avoid small violin territory with ] You can totally look under the hood sometime. Are you — Finn didn't tell me that.

I lived in a group home. Working on cars at my guardian's shop was how I made rent.

[ She doesn't sound especially piteous of her situation, despite how pathetic it sounds. Like maybe someone should point out to her that most people don't … pay rent … by doing illegal slave labor for their foster parents' business … But nope. Here she is, resigned. ]

Wow. [ She keeps flipping through the manual, then sets it aside to look around the cabin. ] This has everything.

[ he frowns to himself while he backs out and puts it in drive like oh. that is not normal. and also sad. everyone here has a sad backstory. ]

Oh. I'm sorry. I don't want you to get the wrong idea. Like, this is pretty much the only nice thing I have. And even — well, you'll see if you look under the hood. Parts are expensive, right? So when things give out, I've had to make ... some substitutions. Hasn't blown up on me yet, though.

[ THE MOST REASSURING WORDS as they are going on down the road. what a smooth ride that may also be a ticking timebomb. ]

Edited 2018-05-18 17:08 (UTC)

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