He’d been more than prepared to push his way past Rey, but Finn’s words still managed to make him freeze, turning around to look at him in shock.
It didn’t last long. After all, what did he know about the Force? Rather than lift his spirits, it sank them like a harpoon to the heart.
Great. Not only was Finn in love with her - not only were they in love with each other - now they both had a special, magical connection to the Force that he would never share or understand. They could go off and be Jedi together and Poe would not even be able to grasp what they struggled with. He wasn’t Leia.
They really were meant for each other.
Up until that moment, he’d been angry. Now? The heartbreak was overwhelming.
“There’s nothing to figure out,” he said roughly, a heat behind his eyes that he was desperately trying to keep there. He was not going to cry. He refused. “I already got the message loud and clear.”
He didn’t belong here. And he was tired of killing himself trying to pretend that he did. He turned away again, roughly shoving his way out of the cockpit.
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It didn’t last long. After all, what did he know about the Force? Rather than lift his spirits, it sank them like a harpoon to the heart.
Great. Not only was Finn in love with her - not only were they in love with each other - now they both had a special, magical connection to the Force that he would never share or understand. They could go off and be Jedi together and Poe would not even be able to grasp what they struggled with. He wasn’t Leia.
They really were meant for each other.
Up until that moment, he’d been angry. Now? The heartbreak was overwhelming.
“There’s nothing to figure out,” he said roughly, a heat behind his eyes that he was desperately trying to keep there. He was not going to cry. He refused. “I already got the message loud and clear.”
He didn’t belong here. And he was tired of killing himself trying to pretend that he did. He turned away again, roughly shoving his way out of the cockpit.