Kibo ✶ Poe Dameron x Reader

Chapter 19 - Family

Chapter 19

The morning of the mission to attack StarKiller base, the entire campus is insane. Pilots are doing their final checks at whatever time of day, and then re-doing them an hour later. I wake up to a note from Poe explaining that he has gone to do his own and help the squadron with theirs, considering that I'm not going with them and rather going on to the base with my Father and Finn. Instead, I decide to head down to the training room and practice a little with my saber after not having it for so long.

I change into some combat wear and my boots as that is probably what I'll have to wear on the mission. I grab a ration bar from my little stash hidden in my room and eat it on the way down to the closed off combat area. The room is barely used anymore, it's more of an initiation centre for new recruits or a playground for the children at their recess. Thankfully neither of that is happening so I have the place to myself, for a little while at least.

Clicking my neck and finger joints, I get into battle stance and start to attack imaginary opponents with the golden glowing saber. This continues for about an hour (or so i'd like to believe) until a slow clap is heard from the doorway of the area. I snap my head towards the person clapping, ready to give them a mouthful for the interruption but I am met with the sight of my boyfriend and easily switch out of attack mode.

"I feel like we should warn them about you coming," he remarks with an impressed smirk as he enters the room. I take the moment to have a drink of water from the canteen I stole years ago. He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist, kissing my temple.

"Stop, I'm all sweaty and gross," I whine, pushing him away.

"What if I like sweaty and gross?" he teases, grabbing my hand to not let me get away fully.

"Then you should be with one of the Hutts instead of me," I open another ration bar and start to eat it.

"I might take you up on that," I roll my eyes at him as he pulls me close again. "Besides, I bet that slime could come in handy in the bedroom,"

I hit his chest hard and push him away fully in disgust. "You are disgusting sometimes,"

"It's one of the many things that you fell in love with so lap it up, Amor," he shrugs off his temporary new jacket and throws it next to my bag of stuff. "Wanna show me what you've got? But without the glowing stick of fire that I really want to touch,"

"Sure, and thanks for reminding me to lock the lightsaber away from you," I take the saber off my belt and place it on a small table not far from where we are standing. We both get into a combat stance and with a nod of our heads, start to throw punches and kicks at each other but more gently than we would in an actual battle.

This goes on for about ten minutes, throwing cocky remarks at each other left right and centre, and him getting upset because he can't do cool flips like me. We hear the door open and stop fighting, him losing this battle as we stand with him in a headlock and me obviously winning being the one doing it to him.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know there were people in here," An older Twi'lek woman known as Sola Erelen, the base's teacher and carer, enters with a small bunch of younger kids behind her.

"It's alright, we were just finishing up," he tells her as I allow him out of the headlock.

"Actually, do you think they could watch for a bit? It would be good for them to see the two best fighters in the Resistance in action," Sola walks towards the two of us, her compliment making my cheeks heat up a bit. As if I am one of the best fighters in the Resistance.

I look to Poe and he is already nodding. Sola ushers the children in and they all sit in a row with excited faces as they quietly chatter among themselves - that is until they are shushed by their teacher.