"Happy life day." Poe yelled excitedly, throwing a pillow into Finn's face from the bunk above, causing Finn to jerk awake suddenly.
"What?" Finn choked out, staring wide eyed in surprise and confusion at Poe.
"Life day." Poe repeated smiling happily as he came to sit at edge of Finn's bed. "The best goddamn day of the year."
Finn looked back still confused.
Poe's face fell. "You don't have life day in the first order?"
"No." Finn replied shaking his head.
"Boy, no wonder you couldn't wait to get the hell outta there. Basically life day is a day of celebration where everyone has the excuse the super drunk and sexually harass one another."
Finn raised an eyebrow, feeling even more confused than before, it sounded like the first order wasn't so bad for ignoring this day.
"Okay okay." Poe smirked, leaning back a little. "It sounds stupid but it's actually really fun. It's supposed to be a day for everyone to spend time together with their friends, family and loved ones but the celebration has sort of been lost as a day to party."
Finn let out a small sigh. Great, another social event. Finn didn't want to show Poe he was unhappy, especially as Poe was clearly excited about today, but Finn liked to go to great lengths to avoid social contact.
The resistance was a very friendly place. Everyone was kind and caring and looking out for each other, something that was alien to Finn who only ever known the strict brainwashing of the first order.
And then there was Poe. Poe who had given Finn everything. It started with a jacket by accident. Then Finn was always meeting new people and always feeling embarrassed that he didn't have a full name, even Finn wasn't really his name. Rey never minded, she was a scavenger with no family and nothing behind her, everything there was for her was in the now and the future. And it was there for Finn too, but Finn had something much darker behind him, something he was scared to let others know about. So Finn Dameron became his name. And to this day people who knew Poe weren't exactly sure who Finn was in relation to Poe, where they cousins, was Poe married and had never mentioned it to anyone, was Finn just Poe's number one fanboy? And later when Finn was discharged from the hospital he had nowhere to go, no rooms to go back too. Poe said he could live with him, he had bigger quarters than necessary being the resistance's best pilot. So in end Finn who started off with nothing ended up with everything that was Poe Damerons.
It was this that made Finn feel guilty and ashamed that he had nothing to give back to Poe, especially on day like this made for sharing. It was a very uncommon thing for Finn but right now he really felt bad to be in Poe's company and he wanted to get away.
Finn struggled up out of bed and stretched. "I'm going to take a shower."
Poe nodded and stood too. "Listen, it's okay. I'll get us some breakfast. The base is going to be completely mad today and I don't blame you for not wanting to go out there. I'll go get everything we need and we can spend the whole day here."
Finn blushed, feeling a mix of embarrassment, annoyance and enjoyment at the fact that Poe could read him like and open book. And he felt bad again because Poe had other friends who would want to spend the day with him.
"Thanks Poe." Finn smiled meekly. "But you don't need to do that."
"Nonsense." Poe grinned and clapped Finn on the shoulder. "It's going to be fun."
When Finn hopped out the shower he was met by an alarmingly strong smell of food. Poe had returned and had laid out a banquet of hot cooked breakfast as well as many drinks on the table in front of the couch. BB-8 had powered up and was rolling around excitedly chattering to Poe who was busy climbing every which way around their room hanging little coloured lights and other decorations. Finn when to dump his nightclothes on his bunk only to find more food and drink cascading all over his bed. Poe had stocked up very well, at this rate they wouldn't need to leave their dorm for several days. As Finn took it all in he noticed Poe had taken careful consideration to pick all of Finn's favourite foods. Back in the first order stormtroopers were required to eat the same three square meals every day. When Finn first got out of the hospital he couldn't believe the amount of variety severed in the kitchens.
BB-8 noticed Finn exiting the bathroom and let out a high pitched squeal of a beep.
"Hey Finn." Poe called over his shoulder as he clambered over the couch hanging a plant with white berries above the seat.
"You've been busy." Finn turned, smiling slightly in amusement.
"Yeah." Poe grinned, clearly pleased with himself as he jumped down and slumped on the couch. "Do you like it?"
Finn turned slowly on the spot taking it all in. There dorm room had been transformed from grey messy quarters to a paradise of sparkling colour. "It's crazy but it's beautiful." Finn smiled as he picked his way through the room to the couch, giving Poe a poke in the shoulder to make him budge up. Poe obliged and then began to pour out drinks, his eyes casually looked up to the plant above them and he bit his lip. He did that all the time around Finn but no matter how many times he did it always managed to make Finn blush instantly.
"What is that stuff?" Finn asked, craning his neck back to look at the plant above them.
"That?" Poe said his dark eyes flickering up to the plant and then coming to rest on Finn's face as he put down the drink bottle. "That's mistletoe."
"Mistletoe?" Finn questioned, he'd never heard of it. He looked back to Poe and suddenly his eyes were locked in Poe's gaze.
"You're supposed to kiss someone under it." Poe said, stifling a nervous laugh. "Another tradition that's only gained popularity because you get the excuse to harass that special someone."
"Oh." Said Finn, looking confused and turning his face away. "So have we got some girls coming here?"
Poe paused for a moment and sighed. "I don't like girls." He answered firmly and bravely.
"Oh." Finn repeated, suddenly that made a lot more sense.
"Yeah life day is a fun time." Poe shrugged. "For the past few years I've got to make out with another pilot. But by the next day they've gone back to chasing girls." Poe secretly winced at what he was saying, he'd had this all planed out and now he wasn't being smooth about it. Curse Finn for making him so nervous, curse Finn for being so cute and perfect every second of the day.
Finn's brow muddled as he contemplated his previous days in past years. In the first order life day was the same as any other day. And stormtroopers weren't allowed to have romantic or sexual relationships let alone sexuality. And here Finn didn't really know any women in the resistance, he didn't really know any men either. He knew Rey but Rey was often busy nowadays focusing on her training as a jedi and besides he could never think about Rey that way. He cared about her so much that it was beyond a romantic attraction. She was like his sister. The only other person Finn really knew well in the resistance was Poe and Poe was…Poe was…
Finn looked back at Poe and suddenly realised that Poe had been staring at him the whole time with his dark eyes. "Oh." Finn let out a third time and a grin instantly spread across his face.
Poe bit his lip again and grinned back. In the next second Poe was leaning across the couch and kissing Finn. And Finn was more than happy to kiss Poe back.
"Yeah I think this life day could be a winner." Poe grinned, cupping Finn's face as they broke the kiss.
"So this is what we're going to do today?" Finn asked, glancing around the room and then turning his gaze back to Poe's beaming face. "Have our own private celebration."
"I might have some ideas." Poe laughed. "It means you'll need to take another shower later."
Finn blushed before kissing Poe again.
