𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐄 | poe dameron

𝐯𝐢. you were bigger than the whole sky

.·:*¨༺ ༻¨*:·.

crait

"A battering ram canon." Finn stated as he stared through the binoculars that showed the First Order's fleet as they lined up outside of the Rebel Base on Crait.

"A what now?" Poe asked, brow furrowed in confusion as Finn turned to face him and Padme.

"Miniaturised Death Star tech." Finn explained gravely. "It'll crack that door open like an egg."

"So much for your 'big ass door' protecting us." Padme grumbled from beside Poe but before Poe could make a retort, Rose began to speak.

"There must be a way out of here, right?" She asked, eyes scanning the crowd who looked to their leaders with fear on their faces. But before anyone could respond, the chirping of BB-8 followed by Threepio was heard coming through the crowd.

"BB-8 what have you got?" Poe asked as the droid rushed towards him, still beeping.

"BB-8 has analysed the mines schematics." Threepio said as he followed behind the smaller droid before his gaze turned to the door and everyone else eyes followed. "This is our only way in or out."

There was a distant rumbling from outside of the door and mutters of fear broke out amongst the assembled crowd. Poe unknowingly pulled Padme closer to him, something she allowed because her gaze was locked on the doors and what lay outside of them.

"Come on." Finn said, breaking the silence which pulled everyones attention onto him. "We have allies. People believe in Leia, in Padme. They'll get our message, they'll come. But we have to buy time. We gotta take out that canon."

"Maker, I missed you Stormy." Padme said, earning a small smile from Finn.

Perhaps one of the last smiles to come for a while for anyone in that room.

.·:*¨༺ ༻¨*:·.

crait

"Fuck I missed being in one of these." Poe heard Padme say through the comms as they both prepared their Tie Fighters for flight. "You know it's your fault that I haven't been in one of these since I got back, 'mr-please-don't-die-padme-but-then-repeatedly-nearly-gets-himself-killed'."

"Sweetheart, please don't make me more nervous than I already am." Poe said back, having needed Leia to nearly smack some sense into him when Padme said she was taking an Tie Fighters as part of the Air Force to defend their base.

"Make me."

"If we survive, you're gonna wish you hadn't said that, princess." Poe said with a small smirk on his face before hearing, 'ground forces, incoming' through another one of the comms. "Copy that, on our way."

At that, multiple rickety X-Wing's, including Poe, Padme, Rose and Finn, flew from the base and flew low enough to bring up the salty red crystals in the mineral planet.

"Alright, listen up." Poe said through the comms, glancing at Padme who had a wide smile on beside him which lifted his mood slightly. "Unlike Padme, I don't like these rust buckets and I don't like our odds, but... what the hell?" He said as his foot fell through the bottom of his X-Wing and he heard Padme laugh. 

"Just keep it tight and don't get drawn in too close until they roll that canon out front." Padme finished for him as Poe sighed.

"Thank you, princess." The Pilot said, already exhausted. "Well, you heard her, let's do this shit!"