Since we've done the switcheroo for like every possible pairing ever and just rotated the guys around from ship to ship, is it okay for me to throw out Amalia/Poe?
Like, they're both strong personalities, and they're both friends with Ben, but also, consider:
At the reception, nobody’s asking Amalia to dance because of course they aren't. Who's asking the Lasat-sized butch bodybuilder-looking chick in a suit to dance? She'll probably curb-stomp them. And she's like, "Yeah, whatever. I just wanted to the spacarena (space macarena) and the Yirt-Mern-Cresh-Aurek anyway. I totally don't care for cheesy slow dancing Fannie and Solo are doing." [Lie]
But you know who might be just bold enough to do it? Poe. Maybe one of the other groomsmen dares him to do it, and he loves a good dare. So he walks up to Mal right before one of the slow songs starts and asks for a dance. And Mal has delt with enough crap from the guys already and she's already in a bit of a mixed-up mood from watching her two best friends marry each other, so she's immediately suspicious and she's like, "This is a dare, isn't it, laserbrain?"
And most guys would back down if Amalia glared at them like that. But Poe (and maybe he's had a drink or two) instead smiles like an imp and says, "Yeah. I dare you to slow dance with me. To weird Ben out."
To which she agrees, because she, too, appreciates a good dare.
But then the thing is, Poe actually takes the dancing really seriously. He leads, even though Amalia thought he would have her do it because she's taller and it would also make it more ridiculous. And he's a halfway decent dancer. At least, he's clearly not trying to make it look BAD for laughs. And it's kind of fun. So they dance one song, then another, and it's song three or four before Amalia realizes that, wow, she's actually really enjoying this, and also, Ben is staring at her, kind of dumbfounded. And Poe is good-looking. And she is so embarrassed that she needs to stomp on his foot as hard as she can and leave before things get weirder and she has to deal with FeelingsTM.
So Amalia makes a hasty retreat after incapacitating her dancing partner, and Poe has to limp over to a chair to ice his foot, and he's thinking a combination of, "Amalia, what the kriff, OWWW," and, "to be fair I guess asking a girl to dance as a way to prank the groom is kind of a jerk move even if she agreed to it," and, "but I seriously thought we were having fun. What gives?"
And so now they both have FeelingsTM
My very first reaction to the concept of Poemalia was 🙄 BUT shortly after being taken out by space-arena and Yert-Mern-Cresh-Aurek and getting stabbed by “watching your two best friends marry each other” and then flashbanged by Poe’s drunken imp smile and oneshotted by Poe deciding to lead and throwing her off guard, OH YOU HAD ME.
I never would’ve thought Poe/Amalia could be interesting, but what you have graced my eyes with today…I’m…a little invested in what you wrote I must admit. Like that was really well-crafted and made me feel things. And it wasn’t even an actual fic
Also Poe’s toes are SHATTERED now LOL
This could also provide us with a double-double take for Ben like, “wait is that Poe over there slow-dancing with another guy—no wait actually that’s not really surprising to me.—WAIT WAIT WAIT IS THAT AMALIA”
Ooooooohhhhh…………….why’d you do this to me Snips…….why
