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“Just go ask her out.” Finn blurted as he and Poe were sitting atop some crates at the other edge of the hangar. They, rather mostly just Poe, was watching the A-Wing pilots and mechanics operate on their starfighters. Perks of being part Generals of the Resistance. They called it routine inspection but Finn knew better, that it was just an excuse for his best pal Poe to check out the cute, and currently best A-Wing pilot in the Resistance. Finn found it kind of fitting how Poe, the Resistance’s top X-Wing pilot was falling head over heels for their best A-Wing pilot in Tallissan “Tallie” Lintra.
“What? I can’t just go over and ask her out… she’s clearly uh… busy.” Poe stammered out, the once cool and collected pilot was flustered. Poe’s secret crush on Tallie was extremely obvious yet Finn and in turn Rey were the only ones who knew of his pining for the pilot. Poe had confided in Finn and Finn may or may not have spilled the beans one night to Rey as they went to sleep together.
“Yeah, she’s busy alright, busy not trying to look at you from over there.” Finn scoffs playfully.
“Wait, she's been looking?”
“Well yeah she’s been looking, every so often she would look up from her data pad or from her cockpit in this direction.” Finn chuckles, he wouldn’t admit it completely but it was sort of fun to see Poe like this, embarrassed and blushing.
“Do you… do you think she likes me back?” Poe asks as if it weren’t the most obvious thing in the galaxy.
However, instead of giving Poe a concrete answer, Finn just shrugs. “You won’t know until you ask her out.”
“But how? You never did tell me fully how you got with Rey…”
“Well let’s just say it was the force and leave it at that. We felt the attraction and acted on it. Now go, go ask Tallie out you fool.” Finn nudges Poe.
“Alright alright, I’ll do it, but remember this was your idea!” Poe shouted back at Finn as he trekked towards where Tallie was.
Finn watched closely as his friend approached Tallie. Even from that distance Finn saw the way Tallie beamed at Poe and nodded to everything Poe was saying. She chuckles and Finn sees Poe rub the back of his head, a sign of him being nervous. Then Tallie follows it up by nodding excitedly and if it was even possible, smiled wider than before. She quickly goes on her toes and places a peck on Poe’s cheek before turning around and climbing the stairs back up to her A-Wing’s cockpit. Poe soon after turns and walks briskly back.
“So…. How’d it go?” Finn grins. “Looks like it went well.”
Poe was beaming as well, a gentle smile plastered on his face. “She said yes!”
“Well that’s good news, see I told you so. She likes you.”
“This is great.” Poe sighs, softly touching the area that Tallie had given a kiss.
“So… I assume there’s no debriefing tonight?”
“Oh stars, sorry Finn… I was so caught up in everything I forgot about that.”
“Don’t worry man, I had a feeling there wouldn’t be, I’ll take care of it.” Finn gives Poe an assuring pat on the shoulder. “So what’s the plan?”
“Well umm…” Poe pauses. “She wants to go flying, says she’s got somewhere in mind for our date.”
“See, I am your best wingman.” Finn jokes to which Poe laughs along and shakes his head.
“Shut up Finn.”