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The fact was this: he means the oops. He shouldn’t have said it, but he means it. Because when he woke up this morning, the first thought on his mind was not “hmm you know, I think I’ll kiss Finn today, at a completely inappropriate moment, without even thinking about how he might feel about it, just because I liked the way he looked in this light.” The whole thing is very “oops” in nature.

But it happened anyway. And Finn is still looking at him, head cocked slightly to one side and probably wondering if Poe Dameron is just someone who kisses everyone he sees at any given moment. A serial kisser. No one is safe.

“I’m sorry?” Item number two on the List of Things You Should Not Say After Kissing Someone. Item number two on the List of Things Poe Dameron Said Anyway Because He Is An Idiot.

He is not sure if the apology is for the kiss or the oops or both. Maybe the apology is to himself, for even being stuck in this situation in the first place. Seriously, the floor could open up and swallow him at any moment–he’s waiting.

Finn tilts his head just so, just enough to force Poe to look at him again. Except instead of confusion, his face shows something more like amusement. It causes Poe’s face to heat up just a little and wow, really, as if it couldn’t get any worse than it already was.

“Why?”

Poe isn’t expecting that question. Why is he sorry? Well, because he kissed him in the middle of a frankly very poorly lit hallway, for starters (who is he kidding, he can’t use lighting as an excuse when there’s only one light bulb for approximately two hundred square feet of space). Because he said oops. Because he’s standing there giving one to two word answers that really don’t explain why he even kissed Finn in the first place.

None of these explanations come out of his mouth. In fact, nothing at all comes out of his mouth. This actually turns out to be one of his better ideas.