[ i'm going to quote myself from a different tag: alice in wonderland believed in six impossible things before breakfast, poe in hathaway received six dark roasts before breakfast. he is so used to being roasted now. it's just part of his everyday life. but finn roasts make it worth it, i guess. he snorts. it's that little heart on the cup, man.
he doesn't know what he expected. like, dark roast aside, finn's response doesn't necessarily surprise him? it's a relief, but part of him just so strongly wanted to Believe that it would be okay after he jumped the thrawn hurdle that he's just like ah yes, i was right all along. poe uzumaki the next hokage. ]
Yeah? Good. Good. [ just because he ~kind of expected it all along~ doesn't mean he doesn't use his mouth words like a fool out of relief. he looks down at the hand situation they still have going. ]
I was just trying to say … I'm not expecting a lot. We can take it slow, you know. I dunno how to do anything slow, but I could try. And I'm not gonna pretend the whole thing's not kinda weird. Here. Not the best place for romance.
[ no one said sex island couldn't be the friends and lovers we made along the way, but still. ]
[ when i read this notif in gmail i missed the part about poe uzumaki and i almost choked so 10/10 thank you for that. i'm also taking this time to fully acknowledge that the hooded kermit in finn's brain is probably helpfully contributing h a n d h o l d i n g p r i v i l e g e s to this situation when he actively remembers the hand thing is still happening.
or idk maybe more like 'personal space privileges'. he already had hug privileges. hooded kermit is the most useless part of the useless bisexual biology. finn goes back to looking at poe's face, like he's gonna pick up thought waves like radio signals somehow. ]
Yeah. [ here for a reason and all. not in an inspirational sense, but in a contractually obligated to be having sex with people sense. exclusivity isn't one of the zenith keynotes. they put out the non-labeled aphro food to prove it just yesterday. ]
I won't pretend I know what I'm doing if you don't pretend you know what you're doing.
[ fairness and equality tbh. he'd rather be Unsure together than separately pretending they have chill. it's TEAMWORK. ]
[ the day i stop making "poe is naruto" jokes is the day i die tbh. 2005 lives forever.
anyway, he's feeling it. he's feeling the love in the chili's tonight. he takes his hand out of the hand sandwich. like a buzzfeed article, you'll never believe what happens next. ]
I don't know what I'm doing.
[ with those words, the most reassuring words anyone could possibly hear, he just fuckin goes in for the kiss. his newly free hand finds a place at the back of finn's neck. it's a light, testing the terrain kind of kiss. in case finn wants to pull away and isn't down for tongue down the throat action.
this is a true romantic moment. "i don't know what i'm doing." some titanic love story shit happening in the zenith common room. LET 👏 HIS 👏THIRST 👏 BE 👏 QUENCHED 👏 HE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.]
[ this is a romance arc millennials can get behind. i think it's a good thing that finn finds the "yeah same idk what im doing" aesthetic reassuring. all his best memories are him and other people not knowing what they're doing.
more relevant: there's something to be said for getting kissed not on a battlefield after a big cannon blows a door open. do i blame rose for being about to black out and going for it? not at all. i fully respect that move. the timing wasn't great though.
it also helps that he kinda saw this one coming. like, that's a big factor that means he tries kissing back instead of sitting here being really worried that poe is dying. it actually is the little things that matter. since his hands have gone from being a sandwich to being regular bread, fnnn assumes he has knee-touching permission for one of them.
i cant believe 4 people walk by the most cautious quenchquest in the world and either wolf whistle or complain about losing couch space. wild. ]
[ i think knowing and accepting that you're a messy bitch is a true sign of character growth and adulthood.
his mind tries to be phoebe and think about what it was like with his old school, what his old school liked etc — and then he makes a split-second decision to straight up curb stomp phoebe. just eternal sunshine himself about that shit. curb stomping phoebe is part of his effort to make everything less weird.
if anyone decides to @ him during his quenchquest because it's in public and taking up couch space, he will straight up be juno about it. while finn's hand goes to his knee, his other hand goes to finn's back. now that he's like "i'm in /hacker voice", kissing intensifies. the first few seconds were the calm before the storm, and now it's hurricane season. the people waiting to @ him disappear. it's just him and finn and urgency and need. biting at finn's lip before pulling away and then going back in with a casual invite to paris.
after a little bit of that, he takes the initiative and uses his vantage points of being latched onto finn to push him down into the couch. he's not an exhibitionist, he just put his soul on do not disturb. and they're just making out, so ??? ?
poe: yeah it's cool we can take it slow also poe: YEET MOTHERFUCKERS i meant emotionally IT'S TIME TO QUENCH MY THIRST ]
[ during their whole talk about feelings i was like how would finn, one of two local disaster fronts in the area, try to convey that while yeah he'd definitely like to keep the "i love you"s in a back pocket for a while and just...... get to know poe better and go on sex island versions of dates and stuff sometimes.......
he's still down for some other brands of yeeting. for science. and the greater good of the multiverse. clearly. because he has two working eyes and can see poe with said eyes. and now i can stop that thought process ic and ooc because the best way for him to get it across is to make out with poe on a common area couch after they talk about taking it slow.
this is wild though, holy shit?? poe's knee is old news, finn has two hands and they're going on either side of poe's face. he boards the plane to paris. and you know the basic drill probably, we've covered this in a meme once upon a time. he's not in here with the masterful techniques. but he's got a capri sun of enthusiasm for making out that he never knew he had and never got to use before, and he's bringing it to quenchquest.
CATCH YOU WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO USE THEIR LUNGS AGAIN FAM. bc he'll be there to immediately talk shit. ]
I think at some point this turned into you knowing exactly what you're doing.
[ he says like he's not p much at a 10/10 good shit content rating rn?? j'accuse. ]
[ they were on the same page, it's fine. taking it slow is for the l-word (lesbians) and doesn't apply to sex island shenanigans. zenith is making them do it. dr. quin, medicine tentacle monster, is there with a gun to their heads whispering "you better fuckin make out right now at the very least." how do you argue with that???? you don't, you just go for it.
it's true, i could just c-p some old tags and revisit the same sentiments. the important thing is: he's here, he's queer, and he's gonna take that capri sun and not only drink it but pour it out all over his face like a gatorade commercial from the 90s.
when he pulls away, he's out of breath and grinning despite yet another roast. he's basically a starbucks now; the roasts just make him stronger.
he even laughs. ]
I do know this part pretty well. [ will he think he means with other finn don't overthink it DON'T OVERTHINK IT ] In general.
[ you don't have to keep thinking thoughts if you deliberately ban thinking! he goes back in and takes a different approach this time — the kissing finn's jawline and working his way down his neck approach. he could be slow and ~sensual~ about it if he had the self-restraint, but he doesn't. he's still gunning it 100 percent. his teeth graze skin at multiple points. also, his five o'clock shadow probably feels like sandpaper. he's always there if someone needs to exfoliate. ]
[ if you're not 100 emoji-ing getting your mack on, what's the point.
finn, after kinda snorting in a way that may or may not translate to "show-off," is chilling with the Good Shit vibes. this is still 10/10. like yeah sure, he doesn't have the experience to get pretentious or weirdly discerning about it anyway, but even if he did, it doesn't take away from how he came out to have a serious conversation and is honestly having a good time rn.
when you thought having your mouth free would be a great opportunity to catch your breath and it turns out you were super wrong about that: an academic essay.
there's a neatly wrapped bundle of soft feelings just because of the fact that poe is so highkey into making out with him specifically. finn's not examining them too much because he's busy being Busy. getting five o'clock shadow burn. having the occasional sharp little hitch in his breathing.
finn curls a hand around the back of poe's neck. it's on the tentative side for a whole second before poe's teeth come into the equation and he's like "oh yeah all things considered, YEET i have hand placement privileges". gotta chase that capri sun and quench his own personal proximity thirst. ]
[ fuck yes. hell yes. a world of yes. finn is on him like a baby koala and all is right in the world. nothing about him is low-key on a normal day, but especially not now. he's definitely being a show-off, ngl. his fingers dig into his own vantage points on finn's neck and back. he takes a second to congratulate himself on having the foresight to donate a low-collared shirt to finn's previously non-existent wardrobe so he can make his way down into collarbone territory. he's gonna bring some suction into this party.
HOWEVER — when he shoved finn down onto the couch for a better, more horizontal make out angle, he didn't exactly ... fully reorient himself to be on the couch. he went from sitting to getting one leg vaguely on the couch. the more he gets into having A Good Time, the less attention he pays to trying to use the rest of his body for staying up on this couch. five seconds later, they're no longer taking up valuable couch space but valuable floor space. sideways, like gravity wanted a nala-simba rollover situation but got tired in the middle.
his face ends up smashed against finn's neck at an awkward angle. it takes him a second to fully register what just happened to him. it all happened so fast, okay. but when it clicks, he just laughs. laughing hysterically while still smashed against finn's neck. what else can you do, okay. it was funny! they made out so hard they fell off the couch. that's some high school bullshit that never happened to him because growing up on yavin 4 was probably like growing up in the middle of the woods. ]
[ does poe own shirts that aren't low-collared bc this reporter is left to question. i do however love the appeal of the wear your bf's clothes before you're bfs though it's all quality.
scratch that, the floor isn't quality. the floor is hard and was not invited to this party. gravity kicked open the door like that guy from seinfeld and HERE WE FUCKIN ARE. it also takes finn a second to kinda catch up with this turn in events. his conclusion is mostly "ah we're on the floor now" bc he wasn't paying attention to poe's leg situation, like a fool. micromanaging could have saved them rip i can't believe this is how they died. yeeting off of a couch.
poe can have his laughfest. laugh it up!!!!!! no really finn doesn't have salt about this, it's a nice laugh. he doesn't have hysterical-level in him personally rn, but he can appreciate exactly how dumb this is and cash in on some chuckling. ]
I bet that could've been worse.
[ no one is trying to shoot them. they've succeeded, if you really think about it. this might be the most optimistic thought finn's had all day. finn shoves his handsome young ward a little so he can sit up. floor rules 2k18 it's basically the hunger games down here. ]
[ the answer is yes because i did a quick skim of the comics to learn the truth. this particular shirt was strategic — or more realistically he only grabbed like one other outfit on the escape from d'qar.
poe's been through a lot, okay. emotionally. excuse him for feeling joy in his heart!! but now finn is sitting up? rude. he can't just continue where he left off mouth-wise. he's left with no other choice than to sit up, too. and maybe rub his face a little. double-check that it survived the impact. (it's fine.) (also i like how poe is his handsome young ward despite being nine years older.) ]
You're right. Could've broken my face on you. Would've been worth it, but I'm glad I didn't. I like my face.
[ "i like my face." smooth-talker of the year.
but now that he's had time to catch his breath through the laughter and abrupt pause on the making out, it occurs to him to ACTUALLY ASK ]
Is this okay? I know I said slow, but I didn't mean —
[ he biffs that sentence while trying to figure out how to put "slow on the emotions but hard yes to banging" in actual words. it's not as easy as it seems. ]
[ poe is young at heart. a young ward. with a handsome face. finn gives him a look that is 100% like "wow you're right i also like your face what a valid and smooth concern". or something along those lines. finn gives him a sure jan look.
he will show poe real smoothness.
by using his newfound sitting-up powers to throw an elbow back onto the couch while poe is busy biffing that sentence. boom. nailed it. he's a cool guy. the elbow immediately slips back off in his haste to answer that pressing question. ]
Yeah. [ all thirst no chill. welcome to star wars, where we clear our throats to try to rein it in. ] No, yeah, it's-- it's fine. Yeah. It's good.
[ 10/10 across the board. finn makes! a vague hand-flapping gesture. what an icon. ]
I do know the word "stop," so.
[ he also could have just pushed poe off of the couch if he wasn't down for quenchquest, he guesses. but it's poe. and yeah, maybe he's only known him for a few days, but he's pretty sure poe is the type of person who stops making out when the person they're making out with says "stop" or "hang on". he'd put money on those odds. ]
[ like all the dark roasts, the sure jan looks also make him stronger. he absorbs all the skepticism around him and turns it into raw unbridled naruto power.
he doesn't even roast finn back for that smooth elbow move because it was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen in his entire life. he has interesting standards for beautiful, don't @ him. this is just the epitome of two dudes with no chill trying to be chill and failing. he's all frantic kinetic thirsty energy trying to stay contained in one place. like a soda can that got shaken up and then put back on the shelf.
that said, he doesn't know what to do with his hands or the whole entire rest of himself, either. he readjusts the way he's sitting so that one knee is up. that's what he does. getting comfortable on this floor. or, actually: ]
We don't have to stay on the floor.
[ 😬💦💦💦 smooth words don't fail him now, he was saving them up for this very moment. ]
[ god they're nailing this. two bros, chillin on the floor, the meme song doesn't finish because this is extremely gay.
finn can kinda dig this whole Mood. like he could vibrate out of his skin, but not because of dread or certain doom for once. charged in a good way. a little on the side of reckless. ]
You're right about that. [ poe is truly..... an innovator. and his hair is great. compliments, by finn, who fails to stand up right away. ] Better places to be.
[ it's not like poe rises up either after his helpful suggestion. his mind is already launching into phase two, which is "where do we go next?" he has some serious ambitions about taking it to The Next Level, and he's not sure if now is the right time for exhibitionism kink on the couch. however, there aren't a whole lot of places that aren't just ... exciting new opportunities for exhibitionism kink. not that he cares but he's trying to do the thing where he's considering bae's thoughts and feelings. ]
I dunno anywhere around that's really private. [ not the under construction area, he's not taking a chance on that demon goo being an uninvited participant. not looking for that kind of threeway. ] We could sneak onto the roof, maybe. Or I could have my droid watch outside my room in case my roommate comes back.
[ it's not the right time for exhibitionism on the couch. it wasn't until this very moment that the basic lack of privacy started to get a little annoying for finn. the first order didn't deal much in privacy and there's no such thing as privacy on the falcon as far as he could figure out before all this.
of course, he also hasn't been in the market for good privacy until now either. what a wild ride. ]
If someone's gonna walk in, I'd rather not be somewhere we're not allowed to be. And I know my roommate's around. [ peggy was really chill about hashing out their arrangement, and the arrangement included trading off sleeping hours as long as their schedules let them. finn's not breaking that deal or any rules about where they're allowed to go for the d. not on day 2 anyway, he's got standards. ]
Introduce me to your new droid, Poe Dameron. [ he nudges poe with his foot exclusively to be a shit. and THEN he gets up. is that flirting??? great question, the answer is probably. wait until he tries to do it on purpose. ] Keep the roof on hold in case he's not up for it.
[ has he hashed out the whole situation with his own roommate? nobody knows but he's counting on spyder to ward him off. even if it's just by angrily beeping and going around him in circles while blaring 8-bit phantom of the opera or something.
in any case, he will take the foot nudge as light flirting whether or not it was actually meant to be. and then join finn in getting up. ]
Great! I'd love to. [ i can't believe he's going to take a break from quenchquest 2k18 to talk about his droid. no wait, i totally can. maybe it won't even sound like the rantings of a lunatic trying too hard this time. he'll use this to fill up their time walking. ]
His name's Spyder. He's small and looks like ... well, a spider. He's not as advanced as BB or anything, but he can follow simple commands. He really likes music.
[ the love poe has for his droids is part of his charm. especially when he doesn't sound like a lunatic desperately trying to act normal. he just really exudes giving a shit about things, even things other people would ignore right off the bat. ]
I think you mentioned that before. Some of it. One of your old... teammates made him?
[ i care too much about everything all the time: a poe dameron story. ]
Yeah! We didn't actually talk much, but he left him for me after he transferred. That was really nice, since ... you know. I miss BB-8 a lot. It's nice to have someone around that reminds me of him a little bit.
[ cue to a flashback of poe gently touching a window with a single tear streaming down his cheek while thinking of bb-8. it's been a lot, okay. ]
[ keep bb-8 in your thoughts. he's not dead we just like to remember him. ]
I can catch you up on what BB-8 got into back home sometime. [ well. ] Everything I know about. He wasn't always with us.
[ finn and rose missed out on all the coin-shooting, guard-restraining, ship-stealing action thriller bb-8 was starring in and it's a damn shame. where's that spin-off movie.
it's only a day-ish worth of stuff to offer poe after a few months of droidlessness, but finn's happy to provide what he can. ]
[ it's still weird doing those mental gymnastics. rey reminded him before that even while he's sitting around dramatically pining for his droid, bb-8 wouldn't even miss him because no time would have passed for him. bb-8 hasn't been living an exciting new life for months, he's only being doing stuff without him for like ... a day or something, it seems like. maybe a couple days.
IN ANY CASE, here they are at poe's room. he opens the door and there he be. on the floor, a little robot roughly the size of a shoebox, doing idle circles around the room like a roomba and singing a lil song to itself. he's fuckin precious and anyone who disagrees can meet poe in the pit. ]
So, uh, yeah. That's Spyder. Hey, buddy!
[ it beeps. don't worry finn it's not speaking binary. it literally just said beep. ]
[ he doesn't know binary anyway it's all beeps and whistles to him. what matters is finn is emotionally prepared to die for this droid if he has to. like yeah, sure, he'd die for bb-8 if he had to too, but bb-8 can also actively murder people at will. this is just a little guy doing his thing. murder-free. ]
You weren't kidding about the music. [ if you think he's not gonna get in there and crouch down for a closer look, you're wrong. that's exactly his plan for the foreseeable five seconds future. ] Kind of glad he doesn't have extra legs.
[ free of charge his professional droid assessment opinion, you're welcome. ]
[ mood. poe was also ready to die for this droid five seconds after it was storked to him, so. he kneels down. we're just all gonna get on spyder's level, he probably wants it that way.
his eyes flash green when finn gets closer. that's all it does. amazing. ]
He'd be a real threat then, huh? [ he laughs and sort of pets spyder like a dog. the least surprising action. ] Maybe he'd be able to go over objects then. He can only go around.
Hey, Spyder? [ BEEP. ] Can you watch the door? Beep if anyone tries to get in? [ two beeps. an icon, a legend. that's what poe thinks anyway. ]
[ finn's lived through the great droid tickling of 2017 so it's not even slightly surprising to see this petting in motion. he can't believe he'll have to make sure poe knows he tickles bb-8 in the future. wow. he gives spyder a little wave. that feels like the right etiquette. ]
Rey could probably figure something out. Make it a little easier for him. [ LET SPYDER BLAST SWEENEY TODD FROM THE CEILING WHILE WIELDING THE KNIFE SOMEONE TAPED TO HIS LEG. LET HIM BE TALL.
that's like half of finn's advice for anything ever though. oh i bet [insert friend here] could figure something out, they're great and the best. rey fixed the falcon's engine problems once! he was there! it was amazing. ]
Is that how he says yes or no?
[ he guesses he could have just gotten his answer by seeing if spyder went to the door or not. don't @ him it's a learning curve. it's times like these he misses bb-8's thumbs up.
spyder: a basic ai that communicates with like two eye colors and vague beeps finn: this is clearly even more impossible than speaking regular droid ]
[ let's be real, that probably wasn't even the first time he rubbed bb-8's tummy like a dog. it's not new information!
he gives a small shrug about the rey thing. he doesn't doubt her abilities. they can help spyder when they're not working on their side project-to-be of giving rosie a body. poe and rey are the droid support dream team.
spyder is going to the door now, though, so maybe finn's question is at least partially answered. ]
Huh? [ he's already rising to his feet. ] Oh, yeah. Beeps. It's not binary or anything, more like ... it's usually one beep for yes. Sometimes two if it's a complex thing. No is a long beep. His eyes change color, too. I haven't figured all that out yet, but I think he goes green on things he likes.
[ this is the story of how nobody got laid because poe couldn't stop talking about his toaster oven. ]
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he doesn't know what he expected. like, dark roast aside, finn's response doesn't necessarily surprise him? it's a relief, but part of him just so strongly wanted to Believe that it would be okay after he jumped the thrawn hurdle that he's just like ah yes, i was right all along. poe uzumaki the next hokage. ]
Yeah? Good. Good. [ just because he ~kind of expected it all along~ doesn't mean he doesn't use his mouth words like a fool out of relief. he looks down at the hand situation they still have going. ]
I was just trying to say … I'm not expecting a lot. We can take it slow, you know. I dunno how to do anything slow, but I could try. And I'm not gonna pretend the whole thing's not kinda weird. Here. Not the best place for romance.
[ no one said sex island couldn't be the friends and lovers we made along the way, but still. ]
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or idk maybe more like 'personal space privileges'. he already had hug privileges. hooded kermit is the most useless part of the useless bisexual biology. finn goes back to looking at poe's face, like he's gonna pick up thought waves like radio signals somehow. ]
Yeah. [ here for a reason and all. not in an inspirational sense, but in a contractually obligated to be having sex with people sense. exclusivity isn't one of the zenith keynotes. they put out the non-labeled aphro food to prove it just yesterday. ]
I won't pretend I know what I'm doing if you don't pretend you know what you're doing.
[ fairness and equality tbh. he'd rather be Unsure together than separately pretending they have chill. it's TEAMWORK. ]
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anyway, he's feeling it. he's feeling the love in the chili's tonight. he takes his hand out of the hand sandwich. like a buzzfeed article, you'll never believe what happens next. ]
I don't know what I'm doing.
[ with those words, the most reassuring words anyone could possibly hear, he just fuckin goes in for the kiss. his newly free hand finds a place at the back of finn's neck. it's a light, testing the terrain kind of kiss. in case finn wants to pull away and isn't down for tongue down the throat action.
this is a true romantic moment. "i don't know what i'm doing." some titanic love story shit happening in the zenith common room. LET 👏 HIS 👏THIRST 👏 BE 👏 QUENCHED 👏 HE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.]
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more relevant: there's something to be said for getting kissed not on a battlefield after a big cannon blows a door open. do i blame rose for being about to black out and going for it? not at all. i fully respect that move. the timing wasn't great though.
it also helps that he kinda saw this one coming. like, that's a big factor that means he tries kissing back instead of sitting here being really worried that poe is dying. it actually is the little things that matter. since his hands have gone from being a sandwich to being regular bread, fnnn assumes he has knee-touching permission for one of them.
i cant believe 4 people walk by the most cautious quenchquest in the world and either wolf whistle or complain about losing couch space. wild. ]
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his mind tries to be phoebe and think about what it was like with his old school, what his old school liked etc — and then he makes a split-second decision to straight up curb stomp phoebe. just eternal sunshine himself about that shit. curb stomping phoebe is part of his effort to make everything less weird.
if anyone decides to @ him during his quenchquest because it's in public and taking up couch space, he will straight up be juno about it. while finn's hand goes to his knee, his other hand goes to finn's back. now that he's like "i'm in /hacker voice", kissing intensifies. the first few seconds were the calm before the storm, and now it's hurricane season. the people waiting to @ him disappear. it's just him and finn and urgency and need. biting at finn's lip before pulling away and then going back in with a casual invite to paris.
after a little bit of that, he takes the initiative and uses his vantage points of being latched onto finn to push him down into the couch. he's not an exhibitionist, he just put his soul on do not disturb. and they're just making out, so ??? ?
poe: yeah it's cool we can take it slow
also poe: YEET MOTHERFUCKERS i meant emotionally IT'S TIME TO QUENCH MY THIRST ]
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he's still down for some other brands of yeeting. for science. and the greater good of the multiverse. clearly. because he has two working eyes and can see poe with said eyes. and now i can stop that thought process ic and ooc because the best way for him to get it across is to make out with poe on a common area couch after they talk about taking it slow.
this is wild though, holy shit?? poe's knee is old news, finn has two hands and they're going on either side of poe's face. he boards the plane to paris. and you know the basic drill probably, we've covered this in a meme once upon a time. he's not in here with the masterful techniques. but he's got a capri sun of enthusiasm for making out that he never knew he had and never got to use before, and he's bringing it to quenchquest.
CATCH YOU WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO USE THEIR LUNGS AGAIN FAM. bc he'll be there to immediately talk shit. ]
I think at some point this turned into you knowing exactly what you're doing.
[ he says like he's not p much at a 10/10 good shit content rating rn?? j'accuse. ]
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it's true, i could just c-p some old tags and revisit the same sentiments. the important thing is: he's here, he's queer, and he's gonna take that capri sun and not only drink it but pour it out all over his face like a gatorade commercial from the 90s.
when he pulls away, he's out of breath and grinning despite yet another roast. he's basically a starbucks now; the roasts just make him stronger.
he even laughs. ]
I do know this part pretty well. [ will he think he means with other finn don't overthink it DON'T OVERTHINK IT ] In general.
[ you don't have to keep thinking thoughts if you deliberately ban thinking! he goes back in and takes a different approach this time — the kissing finn's jawline and working his way down his neck approach. he could be slow and ~sensual~ about it if he had the self-restraint, but he doesn't. he's still gunning it 100 percent. his teeth graze skin at multiple points. also, his five o'clock shadow probably feels like sandpaper. he's always there if someone needs to exfoliate. ]
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finn, after kinda snorting in a way that may or may not translate to "show-off," is chilling with the Good Shit vibes. this is still 10/10. like yeah sure, he doesn't have the experience to get pretentious or weirdly discerning about it anyway, but even if he did, it doesn't take away from how he came out to have a serious conversation and is honestly having a good time rn.
when you thought having your mouth free would be a great opportunity to catch your breath and it turns out you were super wrong about that: an academic essay.
there's a neatly wrapped bundle of soft feelings just because of the fact that poe is so highkey into making out with him specifically. finn's not examining them too much because he's busy being Busy. getting five o'clock shadow burn. having the occasional sharp little hitch in his breathing.
finn curls a hand around the back of poe's neck. it's on the tentative side for a whole second before poe's teeth come into the equation and he's like "oh yeah all things considered, YEET i have hand placement privileges". gotta chase that capri sun and quench his own personal proximity thirst. ]
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HOWEVER — when he shoved finn down onto the couch for a better, more horizontal make out angle, he didn't exactly ... fully reorient himself to be on the couch. he went from sitting to getting one leg vaguely on the couch. the more he gets into having A Good Time, the less attention he pays to trying to use the rest of his body for staying up on this couch. five seconds later, they're no longer taking up valuable couch space but valuable floor space. sideways, like gravity wanted a nala-simba rollover situation but got tired in the middle.
his face ends up smashed against finn's neck at an awkward angle. it takes him a second to fully register what just happened to him. it all happened so fast, okay. but when it clicks, he just laughs. laughing hysterically while still smashed against finn's neck. what else can you do, okay. it was funny! they made out so hard they fell off the couch. that's some high school bullshit that never happened to him because growing up on yavin 4 was probably like growing up in the middle of the woods. ]
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scratch that, the floor isn't quality. the floor is hard and was not invited to this party. gravity kicked open the door like that guy from seinfeld and HERE WE FUCKIN ARE. it also takes finn a second to kinda catch up with this turn in events. his conclusion is mostly "ah we're on the floor now" bc he wasn't paying attention to poe's leg situation, like a fool. micromanaging could have saved them rip i can't believe this is how they died. yeeting off of a couch.
poe can have his laughfest. laugh it up!!!!!! no really finn doesn't have salt about this, it's a nice laugh. he doesn't have hysterical-level in him personally rn, but he can appreciate exactly how dumb this is and cash in on some chuckling. ]
I bet that could've been worse.
[ no one is trying to shoot them. they've succeeded, if you really think about it. this might be the most optimistic thought finn's had all day. finn shoves his handsome young ward a little so he can sit up. floor rules 2k18 it's basically the hunger games down here. ]
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poe's been through a lot, okay. emotionally. excuse him for feeling joy in his heart!! but now finn is sitting up? rude. he can't just continue where he left off mouth-wise. he's left with no other choice than to sit up, too. and maybe rub his face a little. double-check that it survived the impact. (it's fine.) (also i like how poe is his handsome young ward despite being nine years older.) ]
You're right. Could've broken my face on you. Would've been worth it, but I'm glad I didn't. I like my face.
[ "i like my face." smooth-talker of the year.
but now that he's had time to catch his breath through the laughter and abrupt pause on the making out, it occurs to him to ACTUALLY ASK ]
Is this okay? I know I said slow, but I didn't mean —
[ he biffs that sentence while trying to figure out how to put "slow on the emotions but hard yes to banging" in actual words. it's not as easy as it seems. ]
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he will show poe real smoothness.
by using his newfound sitting-up powers to throw an elbow back onto the couch while poe is busy biffing that sentence. boom. nailed it. he's a cool guy. the elbow immediately slips back off in his haste to answer that pressing question. ]
Yeah. [ all thirst no chill. welcome to star wars, where we clear our throats to try to rein it in. ] No, yeah, it's-- it's fine. Yeah. It's good.
[ 10/10 across the board. finn makes! a vague hand-flapping gesture. what an icon. ]
I do know the word "stop," so.
[ he also could have just pushed poe off of the couch if he wasn't down for quenchquest, he guesses. but it's poe. and yeah, maybe he's only known him for a few days, but he's pretty sure poe is the type of person who stops making out when the person they're making out with says "stop" or "hang on". he'd put money on those odds. ]
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he doesn't even roast finn back for that smooth elbow move because it was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen in his entire life. he has interesting standards for beautiful, don't @ him. this is just the epitome of two dudes with no chill trying to be chill and failing. he's all frantic kinetic thirsty energy trying to stay contained in one place. like a soda can that got shaken up and then put back on the shelf.
that said, he doesn't know what to do with his hands or the whole entire rest of himself, either. he readjusts the way he's sitting so that one knee is up. that's what he does. getting comfortable on this floor. or, actually: ]
We don't have to stay on the floor.
[ 😬💦💦💦 smooth words don't fail him now, he was saving them up for this very moment. ]
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finn can kinda dig this whole Mood. like he could vibrate out of his skin, but not because of dread or certain doom for once. charged in a good way. a little on the side of reckless. ]
You're right about that. [ poe is truly..... an innovator. and his hair is great. compliments, by finn, who fails to stand up right away. ] Better places to be.
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I dunno anywhere around that's really private. [ not the under construction area, he's not taking a chance on that demon goo being an uninvited participant. not looking for that kind of threeway. ] We could sneak onto the roof, maybe. Or I could have my droid watch outside my room in case my roommate comes back.
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of course, he also hasn't been in the market for good privacy until now either. what a wild ride. ]
If someone's gonna walk in, I'd rather not be somewhere we're not allowed to be. And I know my roommate's around. [ peggy was really chill about hashing out their arrangement, and the arrangement included trading off sleeping hours as long as their schedules let them. finn's not breaking that deal or any rules about where they're allowed to go for the d. not on day 2 anyway, he's got standards. ]
Introduce me to your new droid, Poe Dameron. [ he nudges poe with his foot exclusively to be a shit. and THEN he gets up. is that flirting??? great question, the answer is probably. wait until he tries to do it on purpose. ] Keep the roof on hold in case he's not up for it.
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in any case, he will take the foot nudge as light flirting whether or not it was actually meant to be. and then join finn in getting up. ]
Great! I'd love to. [ i can't believe he's going to take a break from quenchquest 2k18 to talk about his droid. no wait, i totally can. maybe it won't even sound like the rantings of a lunatic trying too hard this time. he'll use this to fill up their time walking. ]
His name's Spyder. He's small and looks like ... well, a spider. He's not as advanced as BB or anything, but he can follow simple commands. He really likes music.
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I think you mentioned that before. Some of it. One of your old... teammates made him?
[ star wars: the attention span awakens. ]
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Yeah! We didn't actually talk much, but he left him for me after he transferred. That was really nice, since ... you know. I miss BB-8 a lot. It's nice to have someone around that reminds me of him a little bit.
[ cue to a flashback of poe gently touching a window with a single tear streaming down his cheek while thinking of bb-8. it's been a lot, okay. ]
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I can catch you up on what BB-8 got into back home sometime. [ well. ] Everything I know about. He wasn't always with us.
[ finn and rose missed out on all the coin-shooting, guard-restraining, ship-stealing action thriller bb-8 was starring in and it's a damn shame. where's that spin-off movie.
it's only a day-ish worth of stuff to offer poe after a few months of droidlessness, but finn's happy to provide what he can. ]
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[ it's still weird doing those mental gymnastics. rey reminded him before that even while he's sitting around dramatically pining for his droid, bb-8 wouldn't even miss him because no time would have passed for him. bb-8 hasn't been living an exciting new life for months, he's only being doing stuff without him for like ... a day or something, it seems like. maybe a couple days.
IN ANY CASE, here they are at poe's room. he opens the door and there he be. on the floor, a little robot roughly the size of a shoebox, doing idle circles around the room like a roomba and singing a lil song to itself. he's fuckin precious and anyone who disagrees can meet poe in the pit. ]
So, uh, yeah. That's Spyder. Hey, buddy!
[ it beeps. don't worry finn it's not speaking binary. it literally just said beep. ]
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You weren't kidding about the music. [ if you think he's not gonna get in there and crouch down for a closer look, you're wrong. that's exactly his plan for the foreseeable five seconds future. ] Kind of glad he doesn't have extra legs.
[ free of charge his professional droid assessment opinion, you're welcome. ]
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his eyes flash green when finn gets closer. that's all it does. amazing. ]
He'd be a real threat then, huh? [ he laughs and sort of pets spyder like a dog. the least surprising action. ] Maybe he'd be able to go over objects then. He can only go around.
Hey, Spyder? [ BEEP. ] Can you watch the door? Beep if anyone tries to get in? [ two beeps. an icon, a legend. that's what poe thinks anyway. ]
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Rey could probably figure something out. Make it a little easier for him. [ LET SPYDER BLAST SWEENEY TODD FROM THE CEILING WHILE WIELDING THE KNIFE SOMEONE TAPED TO HIS LEG. LET HIM BE TALL.
that's like half of finn's advice for anything ever though. oh i bet [insert friend here] could figure something out, they're great and the best. rey fixed the falcon's engine problems once! he was there! it was amazing. ]
Is that how he says yes or no?
[ he guesses he could have just gotten his answer by seeing if spyder went to the door or not. don't @ him it's a learning curve. it's times like these he misses bb-8's thumbs up.
spyder: a basic ai that communicates with like two eye colors and vague beeps
finn: this is clearly even more impossible than speaking regular droid ]
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he gives a small shrug about the rey thing. he doesn't doubt her abilities. they can help spyder when they're not working on their side project-to-be of giving rosie a body. poe and rey are the droid support dream team.
spyder is going to the door now, though, so maybe finn's question is at least partially answered. ]
Huh? [ he's already rising to his feet. ] Oh, yeah. Beeps. It's not binary or anything, more like ... it's usually one beep for yes. Sometimes two if it's a complex thing. No is a long beep. His eyes change color, too. I haven't figured all that out yet, but I think he goes green on things he likes.
[ this is the story of how nobody got laid because poe couldn't stop talking about his toaster oven. ]
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