[ this makes sense, now that finn says it. she … honestly doesn't have high hopes. maybe poe will learn to like her company again, but he isn't going to care about her. he isn't going to be close to her. but … peace. that's something. that finn anchors it in poe's flaws instead of her own makes her more ready to embrace it.
so she sighs and she nods, some of the remaining tension leaving her.
there's something else, too. she thinks … buried in there, she can see proof that finn will understand what she needs to do. he may understand that they have cause to hate ben, but he also understands that there's a chance here for ben to choose something else — just as finn had. when the time came, when she was ready, they would understand.
she steps closer and drops her bag to throw her arms around him, burying her face against his neck. it's undeniable now how worried she was that she had already lost him too. that he's here at all, but more that he's searching for ways he can advocate for her to poe … it means everything. ]
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so she sighs and she nods, some of the remaining tension leaving her.
there's something else, too. she thinks … buried in there, she can see proof that finn will understand what she needs to do. he may understand that they have cause to hate ben, but he also understands that there's a chance here for ben to choose something else — just as finn had. when the time came, when she was ready, they would understand.
she steps closer and drops her bag to throw her arms around him, burying her face against his neck. it's undeniable now how worried she was that she had already lost him too. that he's here at all, but more that he's searching for ways he can advocate for her to poe … it means everything. ]
I love you. You know that, don't you? I love you.