"No, no-" He held Poe's hand tight enough to hurt, and the other man came back to him just like that. But he was leaving. He was leaving, and Finn couldn't stop it.
Wait, his mother? "Her wedding ring?" He'd heard some things about Shara Bey - that she was a fantastic pilot, that she died when he was young - enough to know that this ring was important to him. "Poe, I can't-" He should bring it back to Poe's father, give it to someone he had loved, let- Wait.
He went back over Poe's choice of words, the dogfight, their entire relationship, the way they'd met- Take it, Finn, please. With my - with all of it-
No, that couldn't be. That couldn't be right. He was reading this wrong. But he was also running out of time. "I love you." It was out there before he had a chance to really think this through. "Please, don't do this. Don't do this. Just- If we don't report in, someone's going to come looking for us, right? Then you can- you can give me this and we- Poe, please. Please. I love you. Don't do this to me."
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Wait, his mother? "Her wedding ring?" He'd heard some things about Shara Bey - that she was a fantastic pilot, that she died when he was young - enough to know that this ring was important to him. "Poe, I can't-" He should bring it back to Poe's father, give it to someone he had loved, let- Wait.
He went back over Poe's choice of words, the dogfight, their entire relationship, the way they'd met- Take it, Finn, please. With my - with all of it-
No, that couldn't be. That couldn't be right. He was reading this wrong. But he was also running out of time. "I love you." It was out there before he had a chance to really think this through. "Please, don't do this. Don't do this. Just- If we don't report in, someone's going to come looking for us, right? Then you can- you can give me this and we- Poe, please. Please. I love you. Don't do this to me."