Star Wars Post-TLJ Short Stories

Finn and Poe Talk

Takes place a couple months after Battle for Batuu, so still early 37ABY

"Poe, I want kids."

Finn had been trying to tell Poe this for months, but they hadn't been on the same planet together for what seemed like forever and this didn't seem like the thing to discuss over hologram. So the first second they had some downtime after a strategy meeting on Parnassos Finn sat Poe down in a nearby empty room. Poe looked shocked when those four words came out of his mouth.

"Poe, I love you so much, but for a while now I have yearned for more. I would like us to share our love with a life we get to shape. We-"

"No."

"What?"

"I said no Finn, I don't want to have a baby."

In shock, Finn responded with the first thing on his mind. He gently took Poe's hands into his. His partner was looking straight into his eyes.

"It doesn't have to be a baby, we could adopt a toddler or young child. Poe I think-"

Poe pulled his hands away.

"No. I said no. I don't want to have a baby, a toddler, a child, or a teen, biological or adopted. I can not raise a child."

"Well, you don't know you can do it until you try? I would be there by your side, we would do it together, we will learn as we go along. Let's just talk."

"Finn, you aren't understanding! I don't want to have a kid with you!"

Poe shouted, Finn stepped back in shock, than reached out to his lover.

"Poe-"

"Finn, you aren't getting it through your thick head, I don't want a baby, end of discussion! If you want to raise a kid so bad go baby BB-8! I thought he was our baby! I thought I was enough! I am not raising a child, not now, not ever! I need a drink."

Poe than stormed out, leaving Finn hurt and in shock. He collapsed to his knees and started crying into his hands. He and Poe had been in arguments before, that came with being a couple for three years, but not like this. Poe had never used that tone at Finn before except during battles when an order had to be made, and it felt like someone stabbed his chest.

He remained crying alone until Connix came wondering in. She looked lost, than concerned as she walked over to him and kneeled to his level.

"Captain Shot? What happened?"

Finn rubbed his eyes, and through gasps he tried to tell her what happened.

"I told Poe I wanted kids, and he lashed out at me. He screamed and insulted me and said he never wanted to have a baby with me."

"The General said that? Oh my are you ok?"

"No, no I am not. We have had discussions on what we want our lives to be after the war before, but this time it ended in a whole screaming match. What did I do wrong Connix?"

"Finn, listen to me right now, whatever just happened it is not your fault. If Poe truly doesn't want kids than that is a discussion you will have to have as a couple, but what Poe just did was not normal and sounded like it might have come from a place of pain. So right now you got to decide if you are giving him space, or going to talk to him."

"I want to talk it out, but he seemed-"

"Than go talk to him. The one thing I got from this war is the wisdom that you can't wait to do what you want, if you do it could be gone. Go talk to the General while you are both still here."