;poe

[hatejakku]

Sex Pollen Pre Relationship
Poe Dies Pre Relationship
Nightmare Early Relationship
Hogwarts AU Pre Relationship
Poe Almost Dies Pre Relationship
MoM AU First Night
Slightly Older Hogwarts AU
Post-TLJ
Bodyguard and Prince AU; overflow
Massage Pre Relationship
Oblivious Poe AU
Cyborg Poe AU
MoM AU Sex Pollen
FO Infiltration Sex Ring
TFLN
Soulmate Tattoo AU
Finn Marries Someone Else AU
Evil Finn AU; overflow: 1, 2
MoM AU Poe 10 Yrs Older
Vamp/Were AU
Missing for a Year/Telepathy AU
MoM AU Poe 'canon' updated
Dark Possessive AU
Married on Yavin AU
MoM AU Sexy Outfits
MoM AU Subway Sex
MoM AU with Melodies!Finn; overflow
MoM AU Photo-Op Kiss
Nearly Old Men AU
MoM AU Rule 63
Online Dating AU
MoM AU Poe Lost His In-Game Memories; overflow
Trans Poe AU
College Roommate AU
TIE Pilot/Prostitute AU
MoM AU Finn Returns from Port-Out
MoM AU Manipulative Masturbation Machine
Canon AU Manipulative Masturbation Machine
Shape Shifter AU; timeskip
FO Sexual Torture AU
MoM AU Finn Has a Boyfriend
Hades AU Finn Left Alone
MoM AU Apocalypse
MoM AU Poe Died in Canon
Canon AU Handjob in a Hospital (inspiration)
MoM AU Another Apocalypse
WWI Pen-Pal/Love Letters AU
Institutionalized Prostitution AU
MoM AU Body Swap
Post-TROS Victory Party

Comments

[hatejakku]

"No one!" A little too loud there. He stood a little straighter, too, like he was in trouble. Maybe he would be. What if Poe and HOTSHOT did meet? What if Poe didn't like him?

"I- Sorry. I didn't know you were here. I was supposed to meet someone." But he couldn't just... run away right now, could he? Finn did at least glance around but saw no new faces. "I didn't mean to disturb... whatever you're up to."

[flightforfreedom]

"I'm waiting for someone." Poe said, frowning deeply.

Force, he didn't want to talk about this. Not with Finn. Not before he could even try. But he couldn't exactly not, right?

"I'm -- look, Finn, normally I'd be overjoyed to see you here, but I - I'm supposed to be going on a date." He said it a little fast, as if trying to force it all out. "I'll take you flying later, alright?"

[hatejakku]

"I-" I'm going on a date, too, he wanted to share. Didn't really seem right, though, to come back with that. Not when Poe just wanted him gone.

And isn't that what Finn wanted, too? To just run away?

Didn't mean the words hurt any less. His heart felt shredded, being left to the side like this even though he knew the logic behind it all. How could he meet HOTSHOT now and still be even close to what the other deserved?

"Right! Of course. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. Um- Good luck, okay? I'll catch you later." He quickly turned and left, a little more promptly than he had yesterday, making a beeline for the entrance to the hangar.

He'd just wait and stay as far away from Poe as possible. It would... be okay. As soon as he met HOTSHOT the rest would just fall into place. It would be okay.

[flightforfreedom]

As soon as he saw that look on Finn's face, he regretted everything. He didn't know what it meant, but he knew he'd hurt Finn. The man was his best friend. Shoving him aside for a date--

Fuck, he was an idiot.

"Finn, wai--" But Finn was already gone.

BB-8 whistled low and mournfully as Poe swore and kicked something hard enough to stub his toe.

"I know. I know. I'm going after him, I can't not go after him. Just - if Trooper gets here, just tell him to take a seat inside, okay? I'll be back."

And then he was off, dashing back outside and trying to track his best friend down, all because he was probably imagining that hurt look in the first place.

"Finn! Would you just -- force, where did you go--"

[hatejakku]

"Whoa, whoa, whoa-" Finn grabbed on to Poe's shoulder when he basically flew from the hangar. He had only walked off to the side of the bay doors, far enough away to be safe and close enough to watch people.

Well, he was really there to sulk and pretend he was definitely not sad about what had happened, but that task was gone from his mind now.

"Hang on, Poe. What's wrong? You okay? I thought-" Maybe he needed something for the date. Suggestions or whatever. That would be- Finn almost dreaded whatever Poe was going to say.

[flightforfreedom]

Well, great, now he felt stupid on top of everything else. Look, he was right here, and fine. Poe felt heat rising up the back of his neck and cleared his throat.

Damn it. How did Finn still manage to just - throw everything right into the wind, for him?

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, I just - felt like I was a bit of a dick, so - Look, you said you were waiting for someone, right? Well I've been here for a few hours and know basically everyone here, so - I can help you find whoever you're looking for, or you- you can come and hang out with me until--" He felt a little queasy. God. Poor TROOPER. Could he actually do that, to the man?

"Just - It's fine, you didn't have to leave."

[hatejakku]

Poe looked kind of angry, but he couldn't understand why. "I just don't want to interrupt, you know? It's okay. Really. I get it." And he didn't want to take up more time than he already had.

But of course, Poe already knew HOTSHOT somehow. Of course.

He shrugged. "I don't actually know his name, anyway. That... probably sounds kind of weird. We met online and we were going to meet in person out here. It's, uh-" Not a date. He didn't want Poe to know that for some reason. "I don't know. It's probably weird.

"But that's all right. I mean, you have a date. That's a pretty good, right? It sounds like it's going well."

Okay. Shut up. He had to clamp his jaw shut to stop rambling.

[flightforfreedom]

If Poe was a more intelligent man, he might have figured out by now that Something Was Up.

But Poe was not a more intelligent man. He was a flustered, confused man.

He rubbed a hand through his hair and frowned, glancing away.

"It's not weird. I'm kind of doing the same thing. I, uh... I mean, it's going good, I think, but we haven't actually - I haven't technically met him yet. We met online, too. So today was - I don't know, I had this whole date thing planned..." But we was wilting fast. He couldn't do this. Who was he fooling?

[hatejakku]

"That sounds nice," Finn quickly reassured, trying to stop that look of sadness taking over his friend. "We were actually going on a date... too..."

That- Oh.

But, no. That's impossible. Out of all people in the area- HOTSHOT and Poe were not the same guy. He had spent so long trying to face that fact that he couldn't look away from it anymore.

"That's a pretty crazy coincidence... Isn't it?"

[flightforfreedom]

Poe, meanwhile, got hung up somewhere else in that sentence and didn’t start unpacking the rest of it.

“Wait, What? You’re going on a date with someone you haven’t even met? What— what about Rey??” Because if someone else had gotten in there when he could have, he was going to be very upset.

Coincidences could wait!!

[hatejakku]

Wait. Wait, what?

"What about Rey?" He blinked, glancing to the hangar and people. No new faces yet. "I-... Weren't you literally about to go on a date with someone you haven't met yet?"

It was half to make Poe realize that this was weird and half to tell him to mind his own business, in a way. Worry was cute, and Finn appreciated it, but really?

[flightforfreedom]

“Well, Yeah, but I’m not already seeing someone else!”

He was having a really hard time wrapping his head around what was actually going on, here...

He scrubbed his face vigorously.

“Sorry. It’s not any of my business. What you guys do—“ He couldn’t get through the sentence, suddenly way more hurt than he expected. If Finn was free to date other people, why had he never even thought of him?

[hatejakku]

Finn blinked and shook his head minutely. "Poe, what are you talking about? I'm not with anyone. Clearly. I mean, unless you count Hotshot, which you're obviously not-"

He couldn't decide if he was confused or offended. A lot of both, maybe? "Are you sure you're feeling okay? You're acting- I don't know what you're acting like."

[flightforfreedom]

Poe felt like he was going nuts, suddenly. “Rey? You know? Sweet girl that could probably kill me with a thought that you’ve been crushing on since you met her? I thought- I thought you guys finally worked it out, I thought that’s what you meant when you said—“

But that was the moment where Finn’s words finally reached Poe’s brain.

“Hots—“ No. No, it couldn’t be. Could it? Seriously? He felt his face heat up.

Trooper.

Stormtrooper.

“... oh for the love of— I am an idiot—“

[hatejakku]

"I'm not crushing on Rey. I'm not with Rey! I was trying to see other people, not Rey." He loved Rey dearly, of course, and he'd probably even try if she approached him, but he just didn't really think of her that way.

He could definitely agree that Poe was acting like an idiot, but stopped himself and sighed. "You're not an idiot, Poe. It's a misunderstanding, okay? It doesn't matter. It's all right."

[flightforfreedom]

“No, it matters,” Poe said quickly, but he was already patting himself down to find his comm and drag it out. He opened the app with lightning speed, his face getting redder by the second, and immediately sent off a message to TROOPER.


Pretty sure it might matter a lot, actually.

[hatejakku]

What was he typ- Finn's comm chimed and instinct made him take a look to see a... message from HOTSHOT...

He looked up to Poe with a blank face, eyes wide and visibly frightened. That couldn't be. But it was. The proof was right here. How was he supposed to- to- to take this? He'd been texting Poe the whole time? Telling him about his romance drama and flirting and planning dates? Texting someone who wasn't interested in the first place?

Or- Hadn't HOTSHOT talked about- Wait, were they-

Finn did nothing. There was nothing he could do. He stared at Poe, gaping, comm barely held in his hand.

"You- You were-" What should he say!?

[flightforfreedom]

Poe stared him down for several seconds as if he was planning a flight path through 20 laser canons.

There were two options here. Either Finn was still in love with someone else and had accidentally reached Poe, or he and Finn were both—

He stepped forward, suddenly, putting his comm back in his pocket as he crossed the distance between them, as he grasped Finn’s chin and turned it up towards him to take full, firm kiss. He didn’t care, now, if Finn loved someone else. He wasn’t giving up this chance for anything.

[hatejakku]

Yep, dropped his phone. It wasn't even in his mind when Poe kissed him. Nothing was, actually. All thoughts had been vanquished aside from the feeling of Poe's lips on his.

It was more instinct than anything to push towards him, put more pressure on. He wanted more, desperately, and something in him thought that maybe this would be his only shot.

[flightforfreedom]

He vaguely heard something clatter to the floor, but he couldn't care less about it. Instead he was entirely focused on the way Finn's lips pressed back against his, of that surge of pressure before Poe's own lips parted and pressed the kiss deeper, years worth of longing all cementing into one deep, desperate kiss.

He heard someone whistle from a few feet away and did not give a single damn in the galaxy.

[hatejakku]

Finn didn't even hear the whistle. Instead, his body broke out of the shock long enough to wrap Poe in his arms, spread his fingers through his hair.

He could not believe this was happening. It was too much, too fast, but he kept deepening the kiss for more, anyway.

But finally, finally, he broke for air. "You're Hotshot."

[flightforfreedom]

Poe’s lungs were almost struggling to keep up, and he wet his lips.

“Uh huh.” Eloquent. “And you’re Trooper.”

He sounded like he was in awe of it. He swallowed, brushing knuckles against Finn’s jaw.

It was quiet and almost hesitant when he asked: “So when you were talking about a friend you were trying to get over...”

Please don’t be Rey. Or Rose. Or anyone but him.

[hatejakku]

Finn nodded dumbly. Yeah, he was TROOPER.

"I was-... I didn't think you-" He started blushing furiously, his ears on fire. "I mean, you never seemed interested in me, so I thought I should try to meet other people, but it-" Was this extremely good luck or terrible luck?

"You... said you were trying to do the same thing...?" Could it have been him? Was his luck that strange? Or had Poe fallen for TROOPER instead of Finn?

[flightforfreedom]

It made his heart pound, aching, but it was a good kind of ache. He was an idiot, but this- he never even dreamed—

“I thought you were in love with someone else,” he whispered. “This whole time, I thought I- I didn’t want to get in the way, didn’t want to ruin whatever happiness you wanted— Finn, I’ve always been interested in you. If you had any idea how much I’ve always wanted to do this...”

He trailed off, eyes glancing back down to Finn’s lips, and then leaned in to take a slow, longing kiss.

[hatejakku]

Finn met him in the kiss that time, practically whisked away by those words. How could neither of them have known?

He groaned into the kiss, pushing against Poe and making it a little more rushed than he meant to. Soon, though, he broke away again. "I wanted this, too. I've wanted you. Just you."