Sorry for how long this took! I wrote it like three times and I'm still not sure I'm happy with it but oh well. Anyways I hope you like it! Also, I'm currently taking prompts for stormpilot one shots so if there's something you'd like to see me write just message me here or on my tumblr which is lost-in-barakat.
Another second of silence ticks by as Poe stares silently towards the door of the cell room. He's sitting at the very front of his cell with his back to the wall and his head resting on one of the bars of the cell door. His eyes flick back and forth between the unnamed stormtrooper and the door Finn could come through any moment.
He's late. Very, very late.
Poe has absolutely no sense time in the windowless cell except for when the guard changes with Finn. Even with his lack of a watch he can tell it's been far too long since Finn left.
Something is very wrong.
The knot in Poe's stomach gets worse with every minute that passes by. 'Where is he?' He thinks, wrapping a hand around the same bar his head is resting against.
He considers asking the guard but he's fairly certain the stormtrooper has fallen asleep standing up consider he hasn't moved a muscle in at least an hour, and waking the sleeping beast probably wouldn't be in his best interest.
After a long while of deafening silence and still no Finn, Poe's thoughts drift to what could have happened to him. Is he dead? Did they catch him trying to warn The Resistance? No, surely not that one. They would have interrogated me again if that were the case. What if they sent him back to reconditioning, and he shows up tomorrow... but he's not my Finn. He'd be like a robot again...
At that Poe physically shakes his head to clear them of the utterly terrifying thoughts. It's scary how attached he's grown to the younger man in such a short amount of time. Finn is just so incredible in so many ways there's no way Poe could just not care about him. For someone who grew up in the sort of environment he did, he's just so kind, and sweet, and funny, and handsome...
All he wants is to get them out of here. He wants to go back to the resistance base and introduce Finn to bb-8, show him everything on, and then maybe kiss him once or twice. Or maybe every time he gets the chance, just so Finn will know just how valuable and loved he is. Poe just wants him to be happy for once.
And yet, he could be laying dead somewhere, or even worse, being brainwashed at this very moment all because of something Poe asked him to do.
With a small sigh, Poe pulls his head off the pole it had been resting on and leans it back against the wall. He decides to take a nap with the hope that once he wakes up Finn's smiling face will be there to greet him when he wakes up.
Finn isn't there when Poe wakes up a while later. He's not sure how long he was out, but it was enough time for a new guard to replace the old one and the same shitty food as usual to be placed in his cell.
He fingers disgustedly at the poor excuse for food, before letting whatever the green stuff is fall back on the tray with a plop.
He eyes the new stormtrooper standing against the wall. This one is taller, marked by a few black scuff marks on his white armor almost as if he's been in a few scuffles recently. He's leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
'Now or never.' Poe thinks before asking. "Where's Fi..." He stops himself before the name comes out. If Finn did get in trouble that could only make it worse. "Where's FN-2187?" That was the right number, right? Right?
"What?" The stormtrooper's gruff voice replies.
With a little more confidence this time he repeats himself. "Where is FN-2187?" The stormtrooper just stares at him blankly through the mask. "You know, my usual guard..."
"That's classified." The troopers says before going back to staring at the wall.
With a dejected sigh, Poe goes back to staring at the door. As much as he wants to ask more questions, and bug the other man for answers, he knows it could not only get him in trouble but lead to questions that could get Finn in trouble and he's not willing to risk it.
There's another long sleep for Poe, and another guard change before it happens.
The door slides open and in walks a stormtrooper with a few small blood smears on his armor. Poe can't tell whether it's Finn or not until he tells the other stormtrooper on guard that he's being relieved.
'That's Finn's voice!' Poe's heart soars as the other stormtrooper leaves the room.
It drops again when the door shuts behind him and Finn slides the helmet off his head and he lets it drop to the ground. He rests his head against the bars of Poe's cell as tears slide down his cheeks.
Poe scrambles to stand up. "Finn, what's wrong?"
Finn doesn't reply as sobs wrack his body. Poe suddenly hates the bars separating them even more than he already did. If only he could Finn a hug... wait a second.
The keys to the cell are hooked onto Finn's weapon belt. Poe makes a split second decision and grabs them off quickly.
Finn backs up in surprise, his eyes grow wide as tears still stream down his face. "Wh-what are you doing?" He sniffles.
Poe doesn't answer. He unlocks the door of cells before pulling the taller man into their first real embrace. Finn starts to cry into his shoulder while one of Poe's hands comes up to cup the back of his neck, the other goes around his waist. It's not the most comfortable, considering Finn's hard armor between them, but it's the first real comfort either of them felt in so long.
Finn cries for a few minutes, and Poe just holds him and whispers sweet, comforting things in his ear until eventually it stops.
Finn pulls away first. However, he doesn't look at his friend until Poe reaches up and wipes a tear away with his thumb. He leaves his hand there cupping Finn's face. "Finn, buddy, what's wrong?"
"They made us attack D'Qar." It comes out as a whisper and Poe isn't sure he hears it right at first. Then it sinks in and his heart sinks even lower in his chest.
"What?" Is all he manages to get out.
"I managed to warn them first." Finn says. "Not everyone got out though... they-they ordered us to kill anyone we saw on sight." Finn swallows.
"You warned them?" Poe asks. He's a strange mix of feelings. Finn warned them, and that's huge, but at the same time people he knew, his friends, are dead. What is he supposed to do with that?
Finn nods. "Yeah, but like I said, it didn't exactly wor... mmph."
Poe cuts him off by pressing their lips together. He can't help it, this man is just far too amazing for words.
It's short, sweet, and a little wet due to Finn's tears. It's also a little one sided because Finn is too shocked to react to it at first but right now it's all they've got.
Poe pulls away and rests their foreheads together. "What was that for?" Finn asks softly.
"For saving my friend's lives." Poe runs his thumb along Finn's cheek.
Finn pulls away and looks him in the eyes. "Did you not hear me? People died Poe."
Poe sighs. "Yes, I realize that. But Finn you did everything you could."
"I hid when we got there. I just... I couldn't do it. Not after hearing your stories." Finn closes his eyes. "There was so much blood... Poe we should do it."
"Do what?" If this were a different time, Poe would have turned that into an innuendo but he keeps it to himself.
"Run away. We should do it right now."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." Finn nods. There's a certain look in his eyes that says he's ready to leave this place and all it's horrors behind him.
Poe grabs his hand. He presses one last gently kiss to his lips. "Then lets go." They start to head for the opening of the cell when a metallic figure steps in front of them.
"You're not going anywhere."