He’d only felt one thing similar before, and it was so long ago now that Poe could barely remember it.
He wet his lips, unconsciously.
“I don’t know,” he admitted helplessly. “I don’t know what I feel. I -“ Okay. Break it down, Poe.
“You looked so happy, Finn. Of course I’d want anything that made you feel that happy. And then I met her and I thought she was being cruel on purpose and I was so angry, but- but she’s not. It’s not her fault. And now all I want to do is save her, even if she hates me for it later. I wasn’t expecting — she’s not afraid of me, Finn.”
He knew that Finn knew how rare that was. Most people had good reason to be scared of Poe. To be scared of them both.
“She was just - she was beautiful, and she made this place like it was nothing, like it was worth nothing, and I was just consumed with this urge to- to prove how valuable it is. How valuable she is. I wanted—“ But even in his passion, here, he faltered. “I brought her here for you,” he repeated, trying to convince himself. “Not for me. I shouldn’t want her, too.”
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He’d only felt one thing similar before, and it was so long ago now that Poe could barely remember it.
He wet his lips, unconsciously.
“I don’t know,” he admitted helplessly. “I don’t know what I feel. I -“ Okay. Break it down, Poe.
“You looked so happy, Finn. Of course I’d want anything that made you feel that happy. And then I met her and I thought she was being cruel on purpose and I was so angry, but- but she’s not. It’s not her fault. And now all I want to do is save her, even if she hates me for it later. I wasn’t expecting — she’s not afraid of me, Finn.”
He knew that Finn knew how rare that was. Most people had good reason to be scared of Poe. To be scared of them both.
“She was just - she was beautiful, and she made this place like it was nothing, like it was worth nothing, and I was just consumed with this urge to- to prove how valuable it is. How valuable she is. I wanted—“ But even in his passion, here, he faltered. “I brought her here for you,” he repeated, trying to convince himself. “Not for me. I shouldn’t want her, too.”