[He can't help but smile when she falters. A force of habit stemming from the fact that when it comes down to it, they've both always been out of their element in different ways. For someone else it'd be a crutch, but for them? She grounds him. Steadies the fear in his fingertips, made him feel like he could be more, do more.
Somehow it's not surprising that with her at his back, he did.
And it's why after one thoughtful beat Finn moves in close, cinching his arms around her in the hug she should have had back on Starkiller. He waits a beat, chin tucked in at her shoulder, before earnestly adding:] Thank you.
[Flexes his mouth, patting the centerpoint of her back with one broad, calloused hand. The best kept secret as to how not to have the world's longest, most awkward hug, no matter how much he might've missed her.] And hey, if you really think I'm cut out for this stuff, then okay - I'm in.
[Famous last words before he cuts off his own arm three weeks from now with a lightsaber, he's calling it now.]
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Somehow it's not surprising that with her at his back, he did.
And it's why after one thoughtful beat Finn moves in close, cinching his arms around her in the hug she should have had back on Starkiller. He waits a beat, chin tucked in at her shoulder, before earnestly adding:] Thank you.
[Flexes his mouth, patting the centerpoint of her back with one broad, calloused hand. The best kept secret as to how not to have the world's longest, most awkward hug, no matter how much he might've missed her.] And hey, if you really think I'm cut out for this stuff, then okay - I'm in.
[Famous last words before he cuts off his own arm three weeks from now with a lightsaber, he's calling it now.]