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Moments after his talk with Kes, Finn bolted outside and ran towards Poe, BeeBee-Ate and Valen. Poe looked up wide-eyed to see Finn running towards him. Out of concern, he stood up and met him halfway, grabbing a hold of both sides of Finn’s waist. “Finn, buddy? Are you okay? What happened.”
Finn put his hands on the side of Poe’s face and pulled him in hastily for a deep kiss. As they parted, a smile appeared on both of their faces. BeeBee took that as a sign that it was time to go, [Come on Friend-Valen, let’s go check on Friend-Kes].
Finn was the first to speak up after they were gone, “Poe, what are we waiting for?”
Obviously, this answered none of the questions running through the pilot’s head and actually raised new ones. He stood there with practically no space between them and confusion painted on his face, “What are you talking about?”
“Poe Dameron, I want to marry you. I’ve loved you since the moment I met you and I think you have felt the same way. So why should we wait? Just because it took us forever to admit our feelings? That doesn’t seem like a good enough reason. I want to spend the rest of my life with you Poe and I hope you feel the same.” Poe had tears in his as he watched Finn get down on one knee in front of him. “I don’t have a ring or anything because obviously, I didn’t plan this out well but I do have something else.” Finn reached into his pocket and pulled out a crystal...a kyber crystal. “I know it isn’t a lot but Rey was helping me try to build a saber a few days ago and I actually found two of them, obviously my saber will only need one but I took it as a sign. I was going to give it to you at the force tree or something, I don’t really know. I hope it’s okay.” Finn just smiled weakly, the corners of his eyes were becoming increasingly damp the longer he spoke.
Poe just grabbed him by shirt and yanked him up into another kiss. His hands wrapped around Finn’s torso and pulled him in as close as possible while Finn’s hands went to Poe’s neck and eventually into his hair. He pushed Poe’s head closer and deepened the kiss.
Eventually, the two separated but their bodies stayed entangled. Poe smiled broadly as he began to speak, “For the record, there was no real question in what you said but my answer is yes anyway. Stars, if I could marry you right now I would.” Poe licked his lips and bowed his head a little as a giggle escaped him.
Finn’s head tilted in confusion, “Well why can’t we?”
Poe’s head flicked back up to his eyes, “Because buddy, I don’t know. We are here and not with everyone? Wouldn’t Rey be pretty upset if we got married but you didn’t invite her?”
Finn thought about it for a moment, “Yeah, I guess you have a point.” He laughed a little, “You’ll have to teach me how this whole wedding thing works, it’s new to me.”
“I’ll be there every step of the way.” He grabbed Finn’s hand and started walking back towards the house. Finn tugged him back and pulled him into one last peck on the lips. “What was that for?”
“I just wanted to kiss my now fiance.” Finn grinned and reached into his pocket fishing out the crystal again, “Do you think we could see if your dad has some kind of chain? Maybe we can make you a necklace to match mine?”
Poe started walking back to house again, his hand letting go of Finn to grab the crystal. “I think that would be a great idea buddy.”
While this was going on, Valen went inside with BeeBee-Ate and went up to Kes who was gathering stuff from the living room. She didn’t really say anything but she latched onto his leg and yawned.
Kes smiled and laughed, “Are you tired Val?”
“Yeah I am. Can I go to sleep?” Her eyes were already closing as she was talking so Kes decided it would probably be best to carry her to the guest room. He picked her up and she wrapped herself around him, nuzzling her head into his neck. He slowly went to collect her bag from the kitchen and then made his way down the narrow hallway.
Once they got to the room he gently nudged the bag to her and turned her towards the bathroom to get changed as he began to make the bed. Kes looked at the corner of the room and grinned when he saw BeeBee-Ate’s charging port in the corner. He had overheard Valen asking Poe if BeeBee could sleep in her room and was surprised when Poe happily said yes. BeeBee and Poe were basically inseparable so Poe letting him “sleep” with Valen was actually a pretty big deal in Kes’s eyes.
Kes put one last thing on the bed before leaving to go back out and find BeeBee. The droid was happily whirling around Finn and Poe’s legs in the kitchen where they must have just come back inside. [Friend-Finn and Master-Poe look very happy.] The two younger men just giggled as Kes smiled, “Yeah they do BeeBee. Can you do me a favor though bud? Can you go watch over Valen and make sure she goes to sleep?”
The little droid beeped in affirmation and headed down the hallway, greeting the young girl loudly as he entered the guest room.
Back in the kitchen, Kes moved to make some caf while Finn and Poe sat down at the table. Poe spoke up, “Dad? Do you have a chain or some super thin leather we can use?” As he talked, his hand came up to rest on the table and when he lifted it, he left behind the kyber crystal.
Kes nodded and pointed to a drawer next to him, as he did Finn and Poe both got up. Poe went to grab the materials and Finn to help Kes carry the cups of caf back to the table. Poe stifled a sob as he opened the drawer to find a music box, his mom’s. He opened the box to and found, already in there, a perfectly sized empty leather strip. He took it as a sign from her that what he was about to do was okay with her.
He walked back over to the table, took the crystal into his hand and began working. He tied the leather around the crystal’s top twice and then held it out. Feeling satisfied he walked to where Finn was standing, handed him the loose leather ends and turned around. Finn put the leather loosely around his neck and tied tight knots in tha back. His hand settled on the back of Poe’s neck as the pilot looked down and beamed at his new necklace. Now everyone who didn’t already know would instantly realize he was Finn’s and he couldn’t be happier about it.
Kes, sitting at the table and drinking his caf, broke this moment of bliss, “So, when am I getting my invitation?”
Poe quickly turned to face his father, “What are you talking about?”
Finn just stood behind him wide-eyed, “Wait you know?”
Kes just laughed, “Course I know, you two are probably the most obvious people in the galaxy. I knew the moment Poe put down the crystal.”
Both of the younger men just stood and stared at Kes before looking at each other before giggling softly. “I did tell you back on Ajan Kloss that your dad knows everything.” Finn had an ‘I told you so’ look on his face that Poe wanted desperately to kiss away but that could wait until later.
Kes and the boys stayed up pretty late, just sitting around the table, drinking caf and trading stories. Eventually though, Kes got tired and headed to bed, leaving Poe and Finn alone at the table. They lazily kissed a bit but honestly, they were just as tired if not more so. They started down the hall to Poe’s old room but made a stop on the way to check on Valen.
The door was open a crack so Finn only pushed it open slightly more. He and Poe both peaked their heads in to see BeeBee charging in the corner and then, shifting their focus to the other side of the room they saw Valen curled up in a ball, holding a bright orange doll to her chest.
After making sure she was asleep, they finished making their way to their room. Both men changed into sleeping pants and threw their shirts off too the side before climbing into the slightly too small bed. Finn was just beginning to settle into a spooning position behind Poe when the younger man spoke up, “What was that Val was holding? You looked sad when you saw it.”
Finn wrapped his arm around Poe and pulled him in close, “That was a doll of my mother. My dad made me one of himself and one of her so that I could hold them whenever I missed them while they were away on long missions.” Finn couldn’t see it but a small smile crept onto Poe’s face, “I honestly thought I had lost the one of her in one of my moves from base to base because I could have sworn I brought it with me when I left for the New Republic.” Poe’s voice had evolved into almost whisper by the end.
Finn was struck by the change in tone, “You know Poe, you don’t have to hide how you feel about your mother to me. I know losing her was a huge tragedy in your life.”
Poe’s hand flew to his curls, as it always did when he got nervous, “I know buddy, I just feel bad. It feels stupid to complain about my mom when you don’t even know your family and had them stolen away from you.”
Oh. Finn didn’t think that was going to be it. Normally people really didn’t think about his situation when talking about family. Of course Poe did though.
“Poe, you talking about your mom doesn’t in any way minimize what I went through. We’ve both been through shit but the important thing is that we are together now. And yeah, I mean I wish I had been able to find my family but the fact I didn’t doesn’t change anything. I have a family now with you and Valen, Kes, Rey and Rose. Just because we aren’t related by blood doesn’t mean we are any less of a family.” He started kissing the back of Poe’s neck. “I love you Poe Dameron.” Kiss. “And I am going to marry you.” Kiss. “And I promise if you ever do anything that makes me even slightly uncomfortable I will tell you.” Kiss. “You are my home and my family.” Kiss. “Now go to sleep Poe, you need it.” Kiss.
“Finn?”
“Yes?”
“I love you.”
“I love you too, my flyboy.”