* THE SPARK !

forcestrng‌:

“ palpatine? ”  that alone is hard to believe. poe’s heard the stories, seen the holovids of him declaring the new empire in the senate, and--- well. it’s hard to believe any of it; easier to believe that kylo ren is lying, that palpatine’s lied to him. and rey is--- so far from everything he’d heard about palpatine, even the stories that started with everyone thought he was a good man, even now that poe’s all too aware what evils the force can be used for. but rey’s never been like that, not even at the angriest poe’s seen her.  “ --- i’m not gonna lie, the idea of palpatine even having kids to begin with is... kinda unnerving. ”  poe’s no expert on unwanted legacies; but he’s seen what it did to leia, when everyone found out about vader. she’s still general organa to him. everyone poe’s ever known has been better for judging someone on their character; not their blood.  “ but--- okay, listen. even if ren’s not lying... that’s not you. you’re not him. ”

atramentotm‌:

poe hadn’t trusted jannah at first, in the initial few moments --- after all, kef bir wasn’t exactly a welcoming moon and they weren’t there for reasons he wanted to share. they’d had so many false starts, already; so many near-alliances that crumbled in the face of the first order’s might. it felt like a miracle when jannah and the rest of company 77 just up and helped them, no questions asked. 

and then again, all over, finding out where they came from, that finn wasn’t the only one who got away--- not the only one who made it out long after childhood, after a ship could’ve been intercepted carrying kids. not the only trooper to see the wrong in what they’d been forced into. poe grins, bright and wide --- finn’s excitement is contagious, layers on top of poe’s own joy at finding someone else, anyone, some proof that the first order wasn’t winning every single battle they fought. 

it has poe leaning forward as finn sits down near him, reaching for finn’s hand and covering it with his own. poe’d never be so arrogant as to tell finn what he should do --- when they met, finn had nothing put his convictions and plan to escape, and that was more than enough for poe. finn’s always been enough, more than enough, just as he is. 

but the thought of him having family out there, missing a child, a sibling--- the thought that he might find his homeworld, that it might be good for him... poe could never deny finn that. where the energy has fallen a little from finn’s eyes, poe picks it up, squeezes finn’s hand. “if you want to --- finn, you deserve to know where you came from, if that’s what you want.” 

poe almost makes a joke: who knows, maybe you’re secretly royalty--- but they both saw what the past can do. what it nearly did to rey. poe’d just as easily get it if finn didn’t want anything to do with where he came from. “what do you think?”

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