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ladyofleithianTitle: Life Rafts
Summary: Ben comforts Poe after torture.
Prompt: Separation and reunion
“It’s you. It’s really you.”
Even as Poe stumbled out of the ship that had brought him here, to this base, back to Ben — there was something in him that already felt exhausted, alone. He’d tried to fight back, stars willing. Even when they’d used the Imperial-age torture droid to probe through his mind, he’d tried to fight back.
It was a good thing that Poe had thought of hiding the map inside BB-8. They knew about BB-8, but they hadn’t found the map itself.
“Ben,” Poe murmured, and he felt Ben’s arms around him, all but squeezing him close, reluctant to let him go.
***
“So Ren hurt you.”
Ben sounded angry. Angry and tense, and Poe could all but feel and hear the broken transparisteel in his voice. The anger, the protectiveness, over what Ren had done.
“He did.” Poe took a shaky breath. “I tried to fight him — ”
“Poe, you don’t have to apologize for being tortured. Really.”
“I could have nearly sold out the Resistance. I could have failed them.” Ben’s hand was already soothing as it stroked his hair. “I could have...”
“But you didn’t,” Ben soothed. “I can feel it. I mean...BB-8 escaped in time. And I owe that stormtrooper one, just for bringing my husband back to me.”
“Finn,” Poe said. “His name is Finn."
“I’ll have to remember that.”
***
Poe lay in Ben’s arms, already feeling the soothing repetitive motion of Ben stroking his hair, of Ben’s large hands on him. It was odd, how Ben’s hands were large, but not clumsy — they were graceful and lovely, like the rest of him.
He swore, in that moment, that Ben was still his life raft. And Poe was Ben’s, he knew that much. He knew that they needed one another, as deeply as the halves of a whole. Ben was already healing parts of Poe, parts of battered, scarred skin. Poe was still amazed at how Ben could do that, how he was willing to do that no matter what.
“I thought I’d lost you,” Ben said, softly.
“You won’t, Ben.”
With all his heart, Poe promised Ben never would.
Summary: Ben comforts Poe after torture.
Prompt: Separation and reunion
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
“It’s you. It’s really you.”
Even as Poe stumbled out of the ship that had brought him here, to this base, back to Ben — there was something in him that already felt exhausted, alone. He’d tried to fight back, stars willing. Even when they’d used the Imperial-age torture droid to probe through his mind, he’d tried to fight back.
It was a good thing that Poe had thought of hiding the map inside BB-8. They knew about BB-8, but they hadn’t found the map itself.
“Ben,” Poe murmured, and he felt Ben’s arms around him, all but squeezing him close, reluctant to let him go.
***
“So Ren hurt you.”
Ben sounded angry. Angry and tense, and Poe could all but feel and hear the broken transparisteel in his voice. The anger, the protectiveness, over what Ren had done.
“He did.” Poe took a shaky breath. “I tried to fight him — ”
“Poe, you don’t have to apologize for being tortured. Really.”
“I could have nearly sold out the Resistance. I could have failed them.” Ben’s hand was already soothing as it stroked his hair. “I could have...”
“But you didn’t,” Ben soothed. “I can feel it. I mean...BB-8 escaped in time. And I owe that stormtrooper one, just for bringing my husband back to me.”
“Finn,” Poe said. “His name is Finn."
“I’ll have to remember that.”
***
Poe lay in Ben’s arms, already feeling the soothing repetitive motion of Ben stroking his hair, of Ben’s large hands on him. It was odd, how Ben’s hands were large, but not clumsy — they were graceful and lovely, like the rest of him.
He swore, in that moment, that Ben was still his life raft. And Poe was Ben’s, he knew that much. He knew that they needed one another, as deeply as the halves of a whole. Ben was already healing parts of Poe, parts of battered, scarred skin. Poe was still amazed at how Ben could do that, how he was willing to do that no matter what.
“I thought I’d lost you,” Ben said, softly.
“You won’t, Ben.”
With all his heart, Poe promised Ben never would.
