Happy May the 4th! Gotta love Star Wars day!

"Well, I don't know what you said to Rey, but she's back among the living again. Thank you." Eloriah smiles as they walk a now familiar path around the base.

"Oh, I just called her out. That's what she and I do for eachother." He shrugs. "I mean, poor thing was about ready to snap."

"Well, you can't really blame her. She's been through...well, she's been through a lot." Eloriah sighs. "I mean, to be fair, most everyone in the Resistance has been through a lot, but I can't even begin to imagine what she's going through. Being separated from the man she loves, the father of her child, no less...and he's evil- the Supreme Leader, that is. I tended to his casualties more than once." She shivers despite the warmth of the evening, and he shrugs out of his coat again before he drapes it over her shoulders. "You've got to be careful doing that, Dameron, One of these days I might not give it back."

"I wouldn't mind. You look better in my jackets than I do." He shrugs. She catches his eyes, warm brown with flecks of gold meeting dark blue, and he puts a hand on her cheek. Her breath hitches in her throat as he leans in, but she twists her face at the last second, his lips meeting her cheek. "I'm sorry- I thought- forget it."

"No- it's not- I do liked- you have soft lips." She stammers, her face burning. "I'm sorry, I haven't actually dealt with a boy I had feelings for since I was twelve. And if you want to look at it like that, I've never had a man I've had feelings for before."

"Not before, huh?" He asks, his eyebrow quirking up.

"Don't be smug, it doesn't suit you." She shakes her head, and a strand of her auburn hair falls into her eyes.

"Sorry, Sorry." he smiles at her again, and reaches up to move the hair out of her face. She feels her skin break out in gooseflesh at his proximity. "So- if you do have feelings for me, why turn away?"

"It's stupid…"

"You can tell me."

"I haven't kissed anyone since I was twelve- and most people would say that doesn't count." She admits. "And I know that you were with Rey for a while, and other women too- I just-" His lips on hers silence her, and she finds herself melting against him as her lips respond of their own accord. When he pulls away from her, he's got the most breathtaking smile she's ever seen on his face. "What was I saying?"

"Something stupid about other women?" He scoffs.

"Was it stupid?" She questions.

"Pretty stupid." He laughs as he grabs the end of her braid between his fingers again. "You are...well, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

"Please, I'm no Rey."

"Don't get me wrong, Ellie, Rey is beautiful too- but you're not any less beautiful than she is." He moves his hand to trail across her jaw. "You are incredible, brave, beautiful. Every single day I learn more about you, and I can't stop thinking about you." She sees a light blush blooming across his tan cheeks, and she lifts her fingers to touch it.

"My my, Poe Dameron, are you blushing?" She teases.

"I just might be." He laughs.

"It looks good on you." She smiles. "Come on- it's almost curfew."

"Don't worry- I have buddies on guard duty. They won't care if we're a little late." He takes her hand and twines their fingers together. "Let's take our time."

"Okay." She smiles and they walk slowly together back towards the base. "So...what does this make us, then?"

"What do you mean?" He asks.

"I mean- are you like, my boyfriend now?" She asks shyly.

"Do you want me to be?" He asks.

"Well- I mean- Hold on just a second." She stops walking and frowns at him. "I'm never going to hear the end of it if Rose finds out this is how this happened- you have to ask me." He laughs, and puts her hand on his chest.

"Ellie, I think you are the most incredible woman, I want to get to know you better, and I am crazy about you. So, you want to make things official?" He asks, raising a brow at her.

"Well...alright." She says, trying to sound casual. She stands on her toes, and presses her mouth to his again, and she feels him smile under her lips.