alderaans | open post;

[ like he needed anyone to confirm what the already knew anyway come on ]

What's so important that you can't be bothered to show up to hear it yourself?

Unless it's my lips that are the problem.

You presume too much, Commander.

Is there really anything so pressing that you need to relay it to me personally?

[ she’s really just leaving herself open. all the time. ]

Do I, Princess?

Because this only started happening after our little moment in the corridor and I'm starting to think that you're too embarrassed to look me in the eye.

[ that was a near miss and she knows it ]

Edited 2020-02-22 18:44 (UTC)

Oh, is that what we’re calling it now?

I thought we’d both established that it didn’t mean anything. [ wishful thinking in her part, maybe. or maybe she doesn’t want to think about how she might have liked it. ]

We could call it what it was.

[ or what it wasn't, more accurately ]

We did, but you think about it every time we make eye contact. That's why you can't stand to be in the same room with me, you'd start blushing.

[ oh he went there ]

And what was it, exactly? Do tell.

You're making too many assumptions about what I'm thinking about when I'm around you.

[ sure, that made sense. she's not going to pretend how close he hit to the mark. ]

I almost kissed you. You almost kissed me. Don't pretend like you don't know.

[ you're not fooling anyone sweetheart ]

If that's wrong then you tell me something that explains the way you've been acting around me lately.

I do know. It was a severe lapse in judgment. It should never have gotten to that point.

And I think it would be for the best if we weren’t in a situation that would lend itself to a repeat occurrence.

[ there. happy now? ]

[ not quite ]

So your plan is to stay on the opposite side of the base from me indefinitely now? And they say I have crazy ideas.

I've got a better one. Maybe if we just did it we wouldn't keep thinking about what it could have been.

My plan is to avoid distractions, and yes, you fall under that category.

That’s your solution? And just why would I go along with something so half-witted as that?

Are you honestly less distracted right now?

[ because he's not. he can make it through a meeting, sure, but he can't stop thinking about it either ]

At present? Yes. In fact, I barely think about you when you’re not around.

[ someone’s telling fibs. ]

Leia, you are a terrible liar.

[ she's not, but he knows that's not true ]

If it was that easy we wouldn't be having this conversation at all.

If I recall correctly, Commander, you started this conversation to begin with.

I’m not sure you know how to make anything easy.

[ still with the 'commander' thing, he sees how it is ]

So?

I know how to make some things very easy.

[ one if you is trying to maintain some professionalism here. ]

And you’ve been told this before, or are you just that confident in your own abilities? Don’t answer that.

[ oh no, he's not even trying ]

I don't need to.

[ she knows it's both. maybe now's not the time to bring that up though ]

What are you so afraid of anyway? Are you worried about what people might say if you got caught with a military boy like me?

Don’t be ridiculous. Who said anything about being afraid?

[ although she has considered what it would do if it seemed like she was playing favorites in any way. ]

It has nothing to do with that. You’re a loyal pilot. I can’t afford to have anyone questioning if that loyalty skews one way.

[ well here's a minefield of things he shouldn't say ]

I have a hard time believing that anyone would question my loyalties at this point.

[ of the many things that do invite criticism, his commitment to the cause isn't one of them. hers even less so. true, if they got caught in an intimate moment the rumor mill would run wild. but he would inevitably be blamed for it. he's got a reputation

which may be the part of the problem ]

You keep deflecting. We're talking about a kiss, not a marriage proposal.

You know what I mean. In their eyes, I’m your superior, and there are about five different reasons why it could go very badly for both of us.

Is that all? I have a hard time believing that. [ that poe dameron, he of the give-one-inch-he’ll-take-a-mile won’t seize every opportunity to extend that barrier between them as far as he can. as if he’d only stop at a kiss. ~~as if she would.~~ ]

[ ~~like he hasn't heard that one before~~

~~is five really too many?~~

well ]

It could be.

[ alright, yes, but his inability to refrain from pushing his luck as far as it'll go at any given opportunity isn't really the problem, is it? it's a problem of whether or not she wants him to ]

That almost sounds like a challenge.

[ she knows how he feels about those ]

Only you would take it as a challenge, Poe.

[ first names now? somebody’s slipping. ]

Well, it’s likely even more precarious than the kinds of situations you’re used to.

[ skipping straight from commander to poe without even taking a stop at dameron, are we?

he wants to tease, but the more aware of it she is, the more she'll overthink it. she's constantly thinking too much as it is ]

You know I perform well under pressure.

I think you also know you could stand to relax for a change. You've been looking so tense lately it's been making my shoulders ache.

[ this is a private conversation, isn't it? and maybe she's lost a little bit of her steam. don't presume that you've worn her down, though, poe. ]

Yes, I'm well aware.

Is that what this is about? You want to kiss me because I've been what, too stiff?

[ hasn't he though? a little? ]

No, that's just an observation, but I do think it would help to let off some of that tension.

[ hopefully she can appreciate the fact that he's resisting the impulse to make suggestive comments. mostly ]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject