Hopes and Dreams Star Wars Finn/Poe, Rey/Ben Solo

Chapter 1

Title: Hopes and Dreams
A

uthor: Wereleopard58
Rating: T/Teen and up audiences
Show: Star Wars
Pairing: Poe/Finn, Slash, Ben/Rey, het, Ben&Poe friendship
Warning: For all of Star Wars, better to be safe.
Summary: The adventures of Poe, Finn, Rey and Kylo/Ben through the films an after. What happens when things have somewhat settled down? Are all their problems solved? Romance is in the air and unlikely friendships turn up in the most unexpected places.
A/N This is my first time writing in this particular universe and these pairings.

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FN-2187 stood with all the others desperately trying to keep his balance as the ship he was in jerked around. All he wanted to do was reach out and balance himself; no that was a lie. He didn't want to be here, and it terrified him. It felt as if he couldn't breathe, and the sweat covering his face made things worse. The helmet made him feel claustrophobic, but there was no way for him to escape.

FN-2187 wanted to pull the thing off and throw it away, but he couldn't. This was his first mission; it had to be a success. What would happen to him if he messed up, Kylo Ren was going to be on the planet too.

His choices were very limited.
This had to go well. So many other troopers had died on missions, but this was what they did. There was nothing else that existed for them. It started off that they had to protect the Empire and now it was the First Order. He couldn't be the only one who felt like this, could he?

There was no one to ask everyone seemed to take it in their stride, and they acted like robots. This was going to be the rest of his life, well, for as long as he lived. He'd wished there was someone he could trust, that could be there for him. FN-2187 heard people talk about families and loved ones, but he had no idea what that was like. He wished he did, maybe one day he would find a family and love. Today, he had to do what he was told and survive.

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Poe stared at the little device in his hands. It was hard to believe something so small could be so important. Would finding Luke Skywalker help save them all? So many had died already, once the Emperor had been defeated there had been a moment of hope. It didn't last as long as people had wanted it to. Now, once again they were fighting for their lives, evil would never truly be gone. All the resistance could do was fight creatures like Snoke and continue onwards. They fought so others could know peace and live their life in safety.

Just then BB-8 came rolling in pushing apart the loose bits of material that gave them the semblance of privacy, its beeps urgent. It took Poe a moment to understand his little companion, but when he did, he could feel the dread start to build up inside of him. Now was not the time to panic, actually in the situations he usually found himself in, panicking was never a good thing. He was glad that Lor had a history with the General; she wanted to find her brother. Leia knew he could help them, Luke had done it before. Who knew what would have happened if someone else had found it first. It was something Poe didn't even want to think about.

There was a possibility that they could now lose this information. Poe couldn't let that happen, but he had to help protect these people too.

"You have to hide." He muttered as he stared out at the horizon.

"You have to leave." Lor knew that this man had to escape. They were all doomed if he didn't. Poe turned around and stared at him. He couldn't leave them. It wasn't something he did, not anymore. He could see the look on Lor's face; some things were worth the sacrifice and this was one of them. "Go," Lor ordered there wasn't any time to waste.

Poe stared at him for a just a moment, then turned and ran. He could see the people around him getting their weapons ready. They were protecting him and the map he carried. Deep down, he knew it would be the last time he saw any of these alive. There was nothing he could do, so he ran to his X-Wing.