Poe Dameron Oneshots/Imagines

Our Future Starts Today

(Spoilers for ROS) Italics + bold are flashbacks.

You listen as Poe gives his big pep talk to all of the Resistance members. He tells them that this is the last battle for them. For the galaxy. For Leia. 

You want to grab a helmet and hop in an X-Wing and go blow stuff up. You want to go with Finn and Rose and fight like your life depends on it. Because it does. You want to fight and finally defeat the First Order. 

But you can't. 

You aren't qualified and Poe says he needs you here on the ground. Poe says it's because you are the best med bay worker they've got and that he needs you here to help the already injured people. But you know that's not it. Sure, while you're a good worker, you know Poe is only saying this to keep you safe and out of harms way. 

You watch as Poe climbs into his X-Wing, and you run over. You climb up the ladder and reach for his hand. He freezes when he feels your touch, and he looks at you. Your eyes well up with tears and your lip quivers. He touches your cheek and smiles. 

"I know." He says quietly. 

Tears fall onto his hand that rests on your cheeks and he wipes them away. You sigh. 

"Be careful." You whisper resting your forehead against his. 

He nods. 

"I always am." 

You step back and climb down the ladder, getting one last look at your fiancé. He takes off with the rest of the Resistance fleet and you spot Finn in another ship. You wave and he waves back with a nod. 

A hand takes yours and you look beside you to see Maz smiling kindly at you. She nods as you wipe away another tear. 

"Can I talk to you Maz?" You ask, sitting down on a crate. 

"Go ahead." She replies, sitting down across from you.

"I love him. I really do and I'm sure he knows that. I just don't understand what's so different from this battle to previous ones. I was his co-pilot for so many missions, so what is so special about these ones? Is it something I'm doing wrong? Is it that I've been replaced? I was close with all three of them: Finn, Poe, and Rey. I was there when Rey and Finn met you Maz. I've been with them for all of this. Why does he feel that this mission is any different?" You vent, running your hands through your hair. 

"Poe cares about you equally, if not more than you do him. It is nothing that you've done wrong. Poe cannot risk losing you because you are his light. The hope that he talks about is only in his life because YOU are in his life. He just doesn't want to lose you that's why he's making you do this." Maz says, laying a hand on your hands. 

"I didn't get to see him for a night." You mumble, sighing heavily. 

"Once the war is over, you'll get to see him every night." Maz reminds you. 

You nod and stand up. 

"Thank you Maz. I appreciate it. Thank you for helping me see the other side." You say. 

Maz smiles. 

"Of course anything for the General's girl." She says as she winks. 

You blush and move back to your shared quarters. You sit on the bed and pick up the bag that sits beside you. You open it to find some of Poe's dirty clothes. You pick up the white shirt and hold it to your chest. You take in the scent and it smells just like Poe. You take the rest of the clothes out of the bag and toss them in the hamper. You stuff the now empty bag on the top shelf, standing on your tip toes to reach it.