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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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It looks good on paper. I'm kind of the face of the Resistance already at the point. [ he could extoll his virtues to rey some more, but he doesn't feel like watching her roll her eyes through the list. he rose through the ranks of the new republic precisely because he looked so good on paper — extremely talented and a legacy. if you ripped off the 30 pages under the top page detailing his disciplinary issues, he was basically perfect. ] And you're... you. You give people hope. Just knowing you're there, what you can do.
[ he hates having to explain it, because having to say it out loud in his own words sets in how it really does look good on paper. because maybe it is a good idea and he needs to stop being a Dramatic Gay over how leia is clearly doing this as a way of punishing him. ]
If people saw us together ... they like romance. Helping a young couple who wants to make the galaxy a better place feels better going down than General Organa asking for help for the millionth time. It shouldn't, but it does.
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But he's right. It does go down easier, and it is what she does. Hope. She frowns. ]
You're not that young.
[ if they're counting, she's pointing it out. ]
You're practically twice my age.
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We're the same ages the general and Han Solo were when they met.
[ guess who also tried to argue that and received that response. then guess who pointed out that finn wasn't that much older than rey when protesting ensued. the room where it happens sure is a great place to be. ]
I'm not the one you oughta argue with, anyway. You see how it is now. We're not even doing anything and they've still got it all spread around.
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[ She looks him over skeptically. He's no Han Solo. That's what her eyes are saying right now. Han Solo was like 60 and is now dead and she'd still probably put her face on his face before she put her face on Poe's face. It's an unwelcome comparison.
Unless he means she's Han Solo. No, yeah, actually that makes more sense and it stays further out of daddy kink territory. We're sidestepping that journey of self-discovery for today. ]
... What does she want from us? Just to tell people? [ That they're together? That they love each other? She's trying to parse the rules. ]
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Well. [he clears his throat before saying it because he knows he's going to have to say this out loud and he really, really doesn't want to. ]
What she really wants is for us to get married. It'd be a thing. There'd be holos. But it's gonna look fake if we just do it out of nowhere. We've gotta get everyone else to believe it first. People are buying the secret thing the way it is now, but...
[ now isn't going to be forever. ]
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[ It's flat at first. But then the pacing starts. ]
No!
[ The more she thinks on it, the more offended she is. She's not chaining herself to Poe Dameron for life. ]
You're out of your kriffing minds, both of you. I'm not marrying you! I'm not marrying anyone.
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[ he is so uninvested in this that he doesn't even pull out some sort of "you're a great person but no thanks" sentiment. he would be with finn if he wasn't being vaguely compliant with this nonsense. in fact, he feels pretty sure that finn would be sucking his dick in a supply closet right now if this were not a thing on the table. so he's a little bit salty. ]
But I don't have any better ideas. You have any better ideas? Because right now we're scraping by on leftovers from Hutt cartel. That's all we've got.
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[ Rey throws her hands up. Rey never throws her hands up. Rey is a stone statue of body language. This is how you know shit is hitting the fan. ]
No one is this invested in other people's relationships. It'll make a good story, and it'll be done. What about when people find out it's all a lie?
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[ he's full of angry kinetic energy. he wants to kick over a chair. punch in some paneling. but he doesn't. in the end, he just clenches his fists. ]
And they won't find out it's a lie.
[ he'd make sure. it was tempting to just not listen and decide that he knew best again, but he'd learned his lesson about that. between getting demoted and almost losing her completely, he's turned over a new leaf and is trying to actually follow leia's commands to the letter. she gave him another chance at commander because she believed in him. and if she thought this was a good idea, for the sake of the resistance ...
well. ]
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[ She sounds incredulous. ]
You don't think someone on this base is liable to figure out that you don't actually like women?
[ Because she doesn't believe that for a second. More to the point, what about her? What about the fact that she does have someone she cares for already and it isn't him and she's been in knots about it for weeks? ]
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[ he bites at the inside of his cheek. ] Just because you don't think you can sell it doesn't mean I do.
[ poe dameron: a horrible liar except when it's time for a challenge, in which case he flourishes ]
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[ Welcome to the challenge. They really are Han and Leia 2.0 now. Rey gets in his face, which is doable because he's not nine miles taller than her unlike some people. ]
If you expect me to sign up for this insanity, then you need to show me that it will work. Convince me that you can make it at least look like you want me. Otherwise, I'm out.
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[ this is fine. he can do this. he's going to do this.
first, he exhales and tries to relax. less clenching his jaw. he stares at her and tries to ignite something, some kind of feeling besides how infuriating and secretive she is. it helps if he thinks of someone else. she's nothing like finn on any level, but he can capture and bottle the he has around finn. something clear and bright.
he lets that thread his next series of actions, which are to cradle her face with one hand and then go in for a kiss. it's softer than his usual feral cat-style kiss (girls are soft? ? ?), but he is at least acting more like a boy at a high school dance and less like he has to make out with the living form of vegemite. ]
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Rey isn't even a slapper, but she can't get enough room for a punch in that instant, and the reaction is so immediate as to erupt from her. ]
What the hell are you doing?
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he was not expecting that. should he have? definitely. but it didn't register to him somehow. he was so preoccupied with whether or not he could, he didn't stop to think if he should. he practically feels his neck snap with that one. ouch. he rubs at his face while replying ]
I was showing you it'd work!!
[ isn't that what she meant?? as a man thinking like a man that's definitely how his math checked out. ]
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[ She sounds (and looks) disgusted. Rey is not here to explicitly list out the rules of consent. She's clinging onto anger in place of the acute disappointment that she'd managed to spend her first kiss on Poe Dameron proving he had the huevos to kiss a woman.
And he didn't even know. He didn't even care. Of course he didn't: he didn't know how to slow down on anything. He just pushed right through. It was everything that itched her nerves about him. ]
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That's not — I mean, not right away! Most of them like it!
[ you would think the "not right away" would make him self-reflect. but it needs a minute to sink in, at least unassisted. ]
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[ Shouted a little higher than it ought to be, really. ]
I didn't even want it!
[ Has he considered that ??? At all?? ? Sources say "no." This is it. She's beginning to think so, anyway. Relationships are just an endless saga of other people trying to make decisions for you. No wonder Jedi were like nope relationships are bullshit. ]
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[ it comes back shouted in the same angry tone, so it doesn't sound like much of an apology.
but the "not right away" idea finished downloading. it also occurs to him that while he's had at least a week or two to marinate in this idea (even if he doesn't like it), rey has not. this is brand new information for her. and he just yeeted on in without a second thought. as usual. ]
I'm sorry. [ there. the second apology is softer, more sincere. ] I just wanna do what's best for the Resistance. But even if that's what I want, it's not gonna work without you. We need to be together on this. So ... can you? Please?
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Unlike some people.
Rey softens against it, though skepticism keeps her brow furrowed, and after a moment of studying she settles on: ] I can. For the Resistance.
[ Let's make it clear who this is for (hint: not Poe). ]
But you're not touching me again until you can act like you're interested in me. Do you understand? I'm not going to just let you grab me. I don't— [ She flushes. ] I won't let it be like that.
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[ and then a moment passes when it occurs to him that ]
It'd probably help if we got to know each other a little better. That's a good place to start. Y'know. We could grab lunch. Talk.
[ in public, obviously. might as well start performing for an audience asap. ]
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[ It seems unkind to presume the primary motivator is this ruse, but she can't help it. This is the framework she has. Poe Dameron is just Cassian Andor to her, but not because he's space latino, just because he'd do anything for the rebellion. And it's for the best, really. He should do anything for the rebellion. She's just nervous and cagey because, well.
She's having skype dates with the Supreme Leader and probably her new fiancé will decide that's not best for the rebellion. At a certain point, it feels like starting this up with Poe is putting herself in hot water drawing attention to her weird lapses into hallucinating Kylo Ren. ]
Sure. Now?
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maybe if he got close enough to her he could discover The Truth 👀 he's not shrewd enough for that to be his first thought, but it did occur to him once he worked down his list as a sort of afterthought. he will get the truth about kylo ren one way or another. ]
Makes sense, doesn't it? But, yeah. Now. If you want. I could eat.
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Then she nods. ]
Yeah. Me too.
[ She turns to open the door, peeking out both ways up and down the hallway. From behind some corner, Rose appears.
'What were you two doing in there?' ]
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anyway, he's taken out of whatever thought he may have been having (i.e., i wonder if there will be pizza lunchables or nacho lunchables today) by rose zooming in on both of them. hoo boy. this ... is not what he wanted, but it does give them a chance to corroborate their love affair. ]
Uh, you know. Just talking. [ he says it in a clumsy Hiding a Secret voice. perfect. he can use that voice because they kind of are. ] Right, Rey?
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