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Three years. It had been three blissful years since you and Poe had officially gotten together. Three years filled with nothing but happiness, not one bump in the road. Sure you two had arguments, but they were over trivial matters like: who would win in a fight BB-8 or R2. What you had learned from being in a relationship with Poe was that he was the person you wanted by your side no matter what, and there was nothing that could change that.
After a long night, you wake up to tangled limbs, your head on his chest listening to his breathing and heartbeat. You always hated when he went on missions, but understood that it was something he loved to do. So you held him close, and thought ahead to the future, after the mission was done and he was home in your arms again.
“Wake up Princess,” he cooed.
“Just ten more minutes,”you pleaded with him, all you wanted was to lay in bed with him a little longer.
You groan into his chest as Poe he rubs circles into your back and plants soft kisses on your forehead and nose, his stubble gently scratching your skin.
“My stars you’re annoying.”
“It’s one of the reasons you love me though,”
“What time is it?" you groan.
“A little after 10”
“Mmmm so we still have a few hours until you have to leave…”
“Ahh so it seems” he says mischievously.
“However shall we pass the time?” you say innocently, biting your lower lip as you tug at the rim of his boxers.
“I can think of a few ways…” he says climbing on top of you smirking.
“Oh wait— we can’t," he says climbing off of you. "You know I’d love nothing more, but I have a meeting with General Organa in an hour, plus I still have to replace the comms unit in my X-Wing, and there’s still some upgrades you have to do on BB-8 before we leave on the mission, and .”
“Ugghhh I hate it when you’re right. You know when I built BB-8 for you as a gift I thought it was clear that you were going to take care of the upgrades.”
"Yea but you're so much better at it than I am babe," he pointed out.
"Well you're not wrong, I am a genius mechanic after all," you boasted jokingly.
"That among other things." He kissed your forehead. “It’s a quick in and out one I’ll be back by tomorrow morning, and I promise we can pick up right where we left off.” He says pulling on his shirt and grabbing his favorite jacket.
"Alright," you say sitting up, "I'll finish BB-8's upgrades and meet you on the tarmac before you leave, see ya soon Flyboy." He kisses you and smiles his goofy smile at you as he leaves.
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After you finished BB-8’s upgrades the two of you made your way to the tarmac, BB-8 for its mission and you to see off your pilot/ boyfriend. You glance down at your watch, “Of course he’s late, he’s always late.” You stood by Poe's X-Wing on the tarmac waiting for your chronically late boyfriend, "BB do you have any clue what could be keeping him? You always seem to know what he's up to." The droid beeps at you knowingly and rolls away in search of its friend.
“Where could that dork be? General Organa was very clear she said departure was at 1800 hours not 1805.” After a while, you checked your watch again when you heard BB-8’s familiar beeping.
“BB-8! You were supposed to come back with Poe! Well at least you’re on time, have any idea where our notoriously late friend is?”
It beeps triumphantly and hands you a note with Poe’s handwriting on it:
“Meet me by the lake”- Flyboy
You smile at his use of the nickname you gave him, and roll your eyes at his timing. That man would be late to his own funeral, stars help him.
You make your way to the lake fully intent on giving him an earful, when you see him sitting on the shore strumming his guitar singing to himself.
I can’t believe this dork is all mine. You think to yourself as you lean against a willow tree admiring your boyfriend from afar.
“Hey there Flyboy,” you purr seductively walking up to him.
“Hey there Princess, I have a surprise for you….You know how this is supposed to be a solo mission right?”
“Yeaa”
“Well I spoke with the General, and she agreed it would be a good idea to take you with me.”
“No way! Why?” You could hardly contain your excitement. It was a rarity that you were able to leave the base on a mission and you had never once been on one with Poe.
“Well... you know how we’re looking for a map to Luke Skywalker right?”
“Yea, did you find it?!"
“Mhm, at least we believe so. (Y/N) if this map is the real deal, it could be your chance to get your memories back. Are you game?”
“Of course!”
“It’s a quick get in get out mission, so not much excitement there.”
“Any mission I’m on with you is enough.” You say smiling up at him, "Hey do you think we could stop by Hosnian Prime on our way back? Korr is there and since she's been bouncing around from system to system warning everyone about the First Order I haven't gotten to see her in weeks."
“Yea yea of course," his demeanor changes as he takes your hands, "hey can I talk to you about something?” he added. Now you were worried, he looked nervous.
“Poe what’s wrong you’re scaring me, what’s this about? You— we have a mission right now can thi—"
“Just relax, please this is important. I just have to get something off my chest." You could feel his hands shaking in yours and you give them a squeeze to calm his nerves, your heartbeat started to pick up its pace.
"When you smile you knock me out I fall apart, and I thought I was so smart. You get really passionate about the smallest details, and when you do your eyes light up like stardust, and I could spend my nights staring into them instead of the sky. (Y/N) I’ve loved you for the better part of 6 years, and even now I still can't believe you let me take your time. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I couldn’t go another day without letting you know how much you mean to me.”
He gets down on one knee and you gasp.
“I had a whole plan of serenading you in front of our friends, but then I thought I would recreate our first kiss, but nothing felt good enough. But this morning reminded me that there's never going to be a perfect moment, because just being with you is already perfect. I know this isn’t the best time to ask you this and I understand, but would you do me the honor of making me the happiest pilot—“
You tackle him, cutting him off with your lips and he kisses back without hesitation, and even though it had been years the moment was just like your first kiss. Not one drop of passion was lost, and it was everything, the two of you were everything it felt as if everything else in the universe had ceased except this moment by the lake, where the love of your life asked you to marry him. It was a moment you would never-- could never forget.
He breaks the kiss laughing, “Is that a yes?”
“Of course it is!" you say biting your lip, "I love you”.
“I know” he says winking at you.
“Poe, I would love nothing more than to stay in this moment just a little longer, but we have a mission we were supposed to leave for half an hour ago, and I’m not even geared up yet...”
“Oh you’re right, go get geared up and I'll be waiting for you.”
With that you were ready for the on your first real mission, and a future with your fiancé, but you had no idea your past was mere hours from catching up with you.
(END PART 1)