#stormpilotweek

Finn works at your local Tim Hortons to pay through university tuition, and Poe is the police officer who comes in 3 times day a for some fresh Canadian coffee and maybe to check out that cute guy at the register

BONUS

Poe: you have a great morning, Finn! *wink*

Finn: (。♥◡♥。)

The first thing Poe Dameron learned as a member of the Resistance was that a battlefield is never a place for love.

Darth Vader was born from the fear of losing his beloved wife. The fall of Senator Amidala came from her desperation to save Anakin Skywalker. A story his mother used to tell him was that of two rebel fighters dying in each other's arms. Everyone knew how Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa’s story ended. Poe refused to be that man. No, if he were to go down, it would be for his fellow pilots, his cause or General Organa.

At least, that's what he thought… until he met him.

Finn threw a wrench in everything. Suddenly Poe found himself thinking of the other male more than battle strategies. Instead of looking in the distance, Poe found his gaze drawn to Finn. He’d turn away right after he caught himself, but that didn't stop the blush coating his cheeks. He’d try to make himself focus on other things. He’d even tried tidying up both his X-wing and his quarters!

No matter what he did, Poe couldn’t stop himself from wondering if in another time, in another place, he and Finn could have lived their happily ever after.

“A battlefield is no place for love,” Poe thought, “but I can think about it a little.”

His eyes met Finn’s from across the room. Both men turned away quickly.

A little piece for Day 1 of Stormpilot Week. The theme was: Matchmaker Leia or Mutual Pining. I kind of combined the two of them.

The Millenium Falcon was not a big ship, something that was emphasised all the more by the number of people on board. For all that the Resistance numbered a bare handful now, they still made the old freighter seem crowded. It made trying to avoid people a little difficult but eventually Poe managed it, tucking himself away in a corner of one of the holds behind a bulkhead. He needed some time to himself, to centre himself and to think, and with everyone looking to him as much as they did to the General, trying to do that anywhere else was difficult.

He needed some time to build up his internal defences again. He’d never really considered how things were going to go when Finn woke up. He’d had some hopes that maybe that connection between them meant something, that he meant something to Finn, but he’d never let himself think about it beyond some vague hopes and daydreams. Those hopes and dreams had taken their first knock when Finn had woken up and he’d intercepted him in the corridor. Finn had barely seemed to register his presence, more concerned about Rey than anything else. But Poe had his own challenges at that time and everything else had ended up on the backburner until now.

It’s Stormpilot Week again!! :D

So here’s my contribution for one of the themes for Day #1: Matchmaker BB-8!

Oh my. Ohhhh my goodness. I have no idea where to start and I’m sure I’ll forget a bunch of great authors, but here goes: thank you all for making my day every time you update a fic. 

Authors:

@animalasaysrauer (TuppingLiberty) my beloved RP buddy, who’s responsible for a heckton of sweet fics, most of which feature emotionally honest conversations - my personal jam.

@imaginarygolux who blesses the fandom with an astonishing amount of charming fics, including some prime h/c, delightful smut, and unique AUs.

@topographical-map-of-utah who wrote a whole bouquet of incredible fics featuring trans Poe. Also draws incredibly adorable art as @topoart, AKA the only tumblr I’ve ever signed up for notifications from, because no sir I do not want to miss a single drawing. 

@shawarma-palace (Cognomen) writes sentences that just take my breath away for a few seconds while I stare at it, hoping that if I read enough of them I’ll be able to write like that someday. Start with the glorious Endymion and I.

@la-tarasque who’s been off in real life for a while (sob!) but whose fics are still some of the most incredible whump I’ve ever read. Start with Last of the Chaos and go from there. 

@bomberqueen17‘s Home Out in the Wind series offers all of the character development, relationship growth, and worldbuilding one could ever ask for in a longfic (like, really long, wondrously long, sink-your-teeth-into-and-stay long). OT3 endgame.

Fics:

latch onto me by @beautifulglider basically killed me with laughter, which is the best way to go. 

the hand that first held mine by @deputychairman gave me a lot of Feelings, how dare. Especially about Finn and children. Don’t do this to me, please. I have enough of those already.

Sounds like a Plan by @cha-llamala​ features the most hilarious mid-firefight banter I’ve ever read. 

Later by GalacticProportions: All of GalacticProportion’s fics are graceful, well-written, and heartfelt, with vivid characters and settings. Go read them. Now. Careful, you may catch a feeling or three. 

measured by @twofrontteethstillcrooked: Finn feels. So many Finn feels. So well-written. So much goodness. Oh my. 

A Room with a View by pyes: Long one-shot with some incredible worldbuilding, character development, and holy moly hot smut. 

Memories Lost by @linatrinch: Slayed me. Completely. I can’t wait for the Finn POV companion fic, no pressure or anything ;)

A (relatively) quick stormpilot bookstore/library AU drawing for Day 6 of @stormpilotweek2017. You can tell I tried to be more loose and sketchy but gave up on that by the time I got to drawing Poe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Day 1: July 1st - Matchmaker BB-8 OR Poster boys of the Resistance Day 2: July 2nd - Fake married/Fake dating OR Alternative Meeting Day 3: July 3rd - Hurt/Comfort OR Everyday life Day 4: July 4th - Soulmate AU OR Role Reversal Day 5: July 5th - Deleted Senes from The Last Jedi Day 6: July 6th - Any AU Day 7: July 7th - Fanwork Appreciation