Has he stopped putting weird stuff on it, or is he still asserting his independence via toppings?
[How does Poe does it? Somehow, he always seems to know the right thing to say. Or maybe it's just that John likes hearing it, coming from his mouth, as someone who's gone through similar experiences, and has similar issues, and isn't just sympathizing, or feeling sorry for him.
And as someone John likes. Likes a lot.
John turns his head to look at Poe, is compelled to kiss him, because he's kind, and he's him. He chews on his lower lip, thinks about it, but there are people coming down the stairs towards them, and John isn't sure where Poe stands in regards to PDA. Or being seen with John in public, that way.]
I dunno, Italian, maybe?
That's... noodle dishes, and bread. Lots of carbs. Wine.
[And candles. Low lighting. Quiet. Maybe even a piano.
John slaps himself on the wrist, mentally, not for the first time since planning today. This isn't a date. Poe didn't agree to a date. They're just hanging out together.]
Or there's a cheap dim-sum place. If you're really hungry, and want to eat a little bit of everything.
[ Poe smiles, warm this time. ] I'm all for anything Finn does to assert his independence. Even if it does mean vegetable pizza.
[ John has no context for why that matters whoops. Still.
Poe scratches his chin. He's been leery of alcohol ever since that night when John came to get him, for more reasons than preparedness. He's never gotten that drunk before. He never wants to be that drunk again. Sure, wine wouldn't be his poison of choice for that purpose, but he's still gunshy. ]
It's... [How do you explain Chinese food to someone who doesn't know what, or where, China is?] Like a buffet. There are a hundred or so different dishes, in small portions, so you can taste all your favourites, and try new things without committing to a full meal. It's good for sharing.
It's not exactly the same stuff as back home, on Earth, but it's pretty close. There's seafood, meat, noodles and rice, desserts, all sorts of stuff. Kinda greasy, and full of MSG, but that's part of the experience.
I always eat too much and wind up in a coma. Not a real coma. A food coma.
[First world problems. People on Earth really don't know how good they have it. John's not entirely proud of the state of his planet. There's more than enough to feed everyone, yet a minority of people get fat living in excess, while the majority starves.
The longer John's away from Earth, the less he misses it.]
This place isn't anywhere fancy, hell, it's kind of a hole in the wall, but the food is legit. Tea's good too.
[It's also the least romantic place John can think of, but if it's what Poe wants to eat, it's where they'll go. As long as he's enjoying himself, John will enjoy himself too. This isn't about him, or what he wants.]
[ That sounds awesome, as far as Poe is concerned. If John intended to brighten Poe up with all of this, to lift some of the weight that's been riding his shoulders, he's definitely doing the job. Romantic or not. Bug panic or none. ]
One of my favorite parts of visiting new planets is finding the holes in the wall with the best food.
[ He closes his eyes, remembering the play of light in the crystals. ] Thank you. For this.
[The look on Poe's face seals it. A friend is what Poe needs right now, and a friend is what John's going to be. Nothing more, nothing less. Not unless Poe indicates otherwise. John's going to do his best not to be selfish.
It used to be easy, to put his friends first, and himself last. John doesn't know what's gotten over him lately. Whether it's losing Atlantis, and his people, or if it's just the nature of this place, where everyone is an outsider, and all anyone can do is cling to each other for comfort.
That, or John's just getting more lonely, and more screwed up with time. He can't blame Riverview for all his problems. Even back in Atlantis, everyone is shacking up, having babies, and getting married, or simply finding someone to keep them warm at night, but him.
He's too busy, or was. Now he has more time than he knows what to do with, and no one to spend that time with. There's Silva, and Rodney, but...
This isn't his pity party. He needs to keep his mind on track, for Poe's sake.]
It's not far from here, want to walk? I wouldn't mind the fresh air.
[ Now that he's out in the open, now that he's gotten a taste of fresh air, Poe is reminded how little he's been out the past week. Apartment to Guard to Apartment with very little in between.
John is so good this, at doing this, at drawing him out or picking him up. Karen is always there when Poe needs her, is steady and solid and willing to support him without hearing every detail, when he's not ready to share them. John, somehow, makes it easy to share. John draws the infection from the wound, and Karen stitches it back together again.
( He loves them, he loves them both, in a way he won't let himself recognize, for reasons he knows too well. A hundred excuses that guard his heart and keep him from the danger of leaving someone behind. )
He walks with his hands tucked into his pockets, quiet, thinking about John and his warmth and his humor and his eyes, not delving into why, staying in the shallows where affection is safe. He leans over and bumps John's shoulder with his own. ]
We could always do a nature survey some time, out past the wall. No bugs there you can't shoot.
[Poe bumps into him, and John can't help but smile.
It feels so damn good to be touched, even in the smallest of ways. Those moments of familiarity, and of fondness, make John feel so much lighter. Like if he reaches up, he can touch the sky. It's almost as good as flying.
Better than flying, when they're alone, and Poe looks at him in that way he does, with those big, dark eyes of his, like John's all he sees, or is thinking about.
Even if it isn't true. Sometimes, when they're alone, John can fool himself.]
Yeah. I'd like that. Hell, we could pack a picnic basket. Make a day of it.
[John's only half joking. He's American. He loves a good picnic. They're almost as fun to pack as they are to eat. He enjoys putting two of everything he can think of that the other person make like, wrapping it all individually. Planning out something simple and good for someone he cares about, instead of a battle plan for an enemy.
The days he spends thinking more about the Wraith than his own people are the worst.]
If you can get rid of the bugs before they get near me, I won't even shoot 'em.
[ The dim-sum is, as far as Poe is concerned, a complete success. Up to and including John seeing how many dumplings they could stuff in Poe's mouth before he was no longer able to chew. (Seven, it was seven.)
They get back to Poe's place as it's starting to get dark. Poe unlocks the door and opens it to BB-8's loud, annoyed whistlebooping as the droid rolls over to demand information about where Poe has been all day. He grins down at the droid and motions John inside. ]
[It was a good night. If this is what being a friend to Poe Dameron is like? John won't consider it a loss. They laughed. Relaxed. Had fun. Thought about and did something that wasn't killing people for a while. That's all John can really ask for from anyone.
They walk back to Poe's place, and John stops a few feet back from the door. He doesn't expect anything. Doesn't even want to look like he does. He's happy enough to say bye from that distance, a safe distance, for both of them.
Then Poe invites him in. John blinks, glancing back over both shoulders. There's no one behind him, and he didn't think there was, but Poe's never invited him in, or over, before. It's always John's place, and John's bed, or wall, or door...
He swallows, butterflies dancing violently in his stomach. They're a little dusty, but still alive, apparently.]
[ No pressure, no expectations, no small amount of amusement. Poe finds himself charmed again by John’s glance over his shoulders, saddened again by how surprised John seems by every little gesture.
(Make more of them, Poe thinks, and he feels his own small twinge of fear.) ]
Finn’s out on a shift, so we have the place to ourselves. [ He lifts one shoulder in a shrug and BB-8 chirps a reminder that no they do not have the place to themselves. Poe nudges the droid with his toes. ] Mostly to ourselves.
[Is that what they're doing? John has no idea. He's stared half-mad warlords in the eye during negotiations and had a better idea of what was happening. With Poe, John just doesn't know. Everything about their relationship, or lack thereof, has been left purposefully vague. Fuzzy around the edges.
Which is usually how John likes it. Or thought he did.
His heart thumps once, like a sonic boom, as he steps around Poe (and BB-8) into Poe's home. It's unfamiliar territory. John maps the windows, doors and barriers with a quick scan of his eyes before noting any surface details. Habit.
Turns out there aren't many. Poe and Finn's place is about as barren as his and Rodney's. All that really stands out are the makeshift beds on the living room floor.]
I like what you've done with the place. You're really running with the whole living room concept.
[ Poe gives John’s shoulder a light jab, heading for the kitchen area with BB-8 at his heels. He doesn’t say anything about the living room beds. It’s not really his place without Finn’s permission, even if the evidence of their sleeping arrangements is right there. Neither one of them is good at sleeping alone.
He reaches the kitchen, ducking down to a cabinet next to the fridge and pausing there. ]
[John bats Poe's hand away, still looking at the beds. Bed. Singular. Not unlike the nests he'd thrown together with bag-buddies on the floor of a mud hut to see them through a cold night, week, or month. He never considered that Poe and Finn might be a thing. Maybe that's why Poe's never invited him over. Not while Finn is around, anyway. Maybe he's the guy Poe calls when Finn is busy.
It's none of his business what Poe does in the time they're apart, or with who. He repeats it, each time more sternly than the last, with expletives thrown in for good measure. Always in the voice of his old drill-instructor. Wrestling his jealousy into submission, and back down into the small, dark crack in his heart it crawled out of. Where it belongs.
John follows Poe to the kitchen, leaning in with his elbows on the counter and a half-smile.]
[ The cabinet is liquor, mostly—Poe pulls out a small bottle of whiskey and sets it on the counter before going for the beer in the fridge. He knocks the cap off with a tidy whack against the edge of the counter and hands it to John.
Bottle openers are for plebs apparently.
Poe is, unsurprisingly, oblivious to the jealousy. He pours himself a small shot of whiskey and takes a sip, savoring the flavor of smoke and the burn in his throat. He watches John over the glass, studying those galaxy eyes, wanting to kiss that thin, expressive mouth. He reaches out and hooks his thumb over the band of John’s pants and tries to pull him close. ] How long can you stay?
[Just watching Poe makes John thirsty. He's mid-swallow when Poe reels him in by the belt. He sets the bottle down on the counter-top, thirsty, but not that thirsty.
Not when Poe is looking at him like that, wanting something from him. Wanting him? John's never been able to tell the difference. His eyes follow Poe's eyes, tracking their movement, wanting to see what he sees, and know what he's thinking. All day he's been throwing John for a loop. Hot and cold in some moments, and lukewarm to chilly in others.
He wants to say something funny. To lighten what feels like heaviness in the room. People don't like heavy, and John wants Poe to like him. Too much. He swallows hard.
[ Poe sets his own glass aside, ignoring BB-8’s boop of inquiry. He tugs John closer and kisses him, slipping a brush of tongue past John’s lips.
And Bee makes a noise like an electronic sigh and rolls off into the living room. ]
He knows what kissing is. [ Another, deeper kiss, the drag of teeth on lips. ] Doesn’t see the point though.
[ Poe yanks John sharply against him, wrapping one arm around the man’s waist and dipping his fingers past the top of John’s pants to brush his ass. He nips at John’s neck. ] Droids. What can you do.
[So much for platonic. John sighs against Poe's mouth, his hands rubbing up and down his sides before settling on his shoulders. They're such good shoulders.
John likes the kissing. The touching. The biting. The attention. He soaks it up, greedy, taking all he can get while he can get it. War makes a man shortsighted. nothing matters but the next second, next minute, and it's anyone's guess if you'll even make it to the next hour, so why worry? Chances are it's all FUBAR anyway.
Rough fingers grip at the muscle of Poe's upper back, digging into his neck, twisting and pulling at his hair. He moves his hips against Poe's hips, denim sanding away at denim, and groans low in his throat.]
[ A throaty chuckle. ] Yeah, best part was when you stuffed it in my mouth.
[ Tongue, teeth, lips against John’s neck, his thumb tracing circles across the top of John’s ass while he uses his other hand to take a fistful of John’s hair. He pulls John’s head sideways, gentle but quick, exposing more of his throat for roughening attention. He speaks against John’s skin. ]
Yeah? That was my favourite part too. [More groaning, and John's already breathing hard, his hands raking down Poe's back his shirt as Poe's lips and teeth make short work of what little resistance he had to getting fucked in Poe's kitchen with BB-8 in the other room.
You really are beautiful, you know that? John didn't know.
John's never been called beautiful before, and he never knew he could want to be called beautiful until now. Why is Poe always doing this to him? Catching him off-guard and shaking him in new, painful ways all the way down to his core.
The soldier in John wants to retreat from this assault. The man in him, who would never call himself beautiful, who is afraid to be alone with himself, who feels something quickly and dangerously approaching love for Poe Dameron, is too stupid to run.
His eyes dip closed, tongue skimming nervously over his lower lip before catching it between his teeth. How can a man be educated, trained, married, survive multiple wars and live to near forty, and still be so completely lost?]
No. [In a quiet voice, his face safely turned away.] You're crazy.
[ There are certainly times Poe feels crazy. There are times when he feels like a loose bit of debris sailing through space, waiting to crash into a shield or burn up in the atmosphere of his cause. ]
You're still beautiful.
[ He wraps lips and tongue around John's earlobe, grazes the skin with his teeth, and keeps his lips close enough to brush John's ear with every word as he says, ] Your eyes are beautiful.
[ Poe shifts the hand in John's hair to the side of his neck, down to his collarbone, down to his hip. ] Your mouth is beautiful.
[ He rucks John's shirt up just enough to slide his hand underneath and trace his fingers around the outline of one of the nastier scars. ] Every one of these is beautiful.
[ Every one marks a struggle survived.
Poe sucks lightly on John's ear. ] Every time I get to touch you, I find something else.
[John didn't know any part of him could still be found, or was worth looking for. He wants to tell Poe he's wrong, to argue, to present him with all the evidence to the contrary. The thick of a black folder that doesn't exist with his name on it, and everything he's done that hasn't been recorded.
Poe is crazy, he has no doubt about that, and being with him makes John crazy, too. His heart can't beat any harder, or faster. He's already shaking with adrenaline made physical, his body and mind conditioned through war to treat every rush of emotion like they're going to battle. Every word Poe says is only spinning him further out of control, in an uncontrolled ascent, flying high, then higher. Past the point of return.
Love feels a lot like hypoxia.
Poe's lips and fingers leave scorch marks on his skin. The mouth around his ear is what makes his knees go weak for a moment, like he's been kicked in the gut, except he's hard now, his hands sliding down Poe's shoulders and gripping onto the thick of his biceps hard enough to bruise.]
You can touch me whenever you want.
[John means it, more than he's meant anything, in that moment. He turns his head to try and catch Poe's mouth, and kiss him as hard as he want to kiss him, with everything Poe is making him feel and then some.
[ It's John's turn to take Poe off-guard. The rawness of the kiss, the hunger and the force of it, burn through his sense of control like a dropped blowtorch through delicate wires.
When John let's him go, Poe is half-hard himself, and he has to take a second to rest his face against the curve of John's neck. There's a sense of safety that comes with taking John in hand. He has to keep a hold of himself, he has to stay focused. But god, that one kiss, and it all comes undone.
He has no idea what he was going to say next, if there was anything he wanted to say at all. He's winded, heart pounding, and the goal of getting John off with kisses alone has slid down a peg on his list of priorities.
Poe bites John's neck, hard enough to pretend what he says is a command instead of a plea. ] Do that again.
[Poe's not in command anymore. It's John's turn to lead the assault. He snakes a hand up between their bodies and grabs a fistful of Poe's shirt, twisting the fabric tight around his fingers and giving it a jerk. Hard enough to snap Poe's head back, away from him, so he can attack Poe's mouth with great prejudice.
He claims his mouth with a viciousness he reserves for fighting, when his back is up against the wall, and there's nowhere to go but through. Everything that's packed inside of him, unstable and explosive, like mortar, needs someplace to blow. He targets Poe's lips. All tongue, and teeth, hungry and wolfish, stealing his breath and growling it out again. He drives Poe back against the nearest cabinets at the same time, hard enough to knock stuff off the shelves inside, and pinning him in place with a knee between his thighs.
John doesn't give Poe time to regroup, he reaches down between them and grabs Poe's cock through his jeans, kneading roughly. He's only half-hard. John wants him hard for him, he wants proof that Poe wants him, wants this, and isn't just yanking his chain.]
I'm not gonna stop.
[Finally, John claims something for himself. Even if it's only for right here, and right now, Poe is his, and he'll have him.]
[ He feels his shirt draw tight across his throat for a moment before his head jerks back, and then John is on him again. He tries to push back, to put weight behind his own kiss, but John is strong for someone so slender and Poe doesn't fight as hard as he could.
Hitting the cabinets hurts. The rough grip on his dick hurts. But he's on his way to panting and can feel himself engorging and this is not how Poe thought this would go when he drew John toward him across the kitchen.
Please don't, he wants to say. There's an animal side to John that Poe envies and admires, a sense of power in check that lives in John alongside his beautiful fragility, each making the other something more. John is a beast with a thorn in his paw, and Poe wants to be eaten alive.
( He doesn't want to be that far in anyone's power, he's terrified of it, raw with the fear of it. ) ]
Let-- [ --go. Poe can't get himself to finish the two-word sentence. He doesn't want John to take him at his word.
Besides, he's fully hard in John's grip. He'd be outed as a liar either way. ]
[John doesn't know what Poe is. Some days he's an easygoing pilot and friend to all, a role John is intrinsically familiar with, and others he's a broken down rebel, fighting tooth and nail for a hopeless cause. There's more to him than that. John knows, because there's more to him, too, and they're not so different. Poe's seen the side of himself he doesn't show anyone, more than once, as of this night.
He bites Poe's lower lip hard enough to taste blood, punishing him, at the same time as he strokes him through his jeans. He pops the button, yanks his fly down, and goes for skin, wrapping his callused fingers around Poe's dick and pulling it out from his pants. No hiding.]
Do you know how crazy you drive me?
[A harsh whisper into Poe's ear as he jerks him, as if Poe's holding out on him, trying to keep some of that hardness to himself when John wants it all. John won't let him. Usually, John is all give, receptive to what Poe likes, and how he likes it, easy, because that's the man he's become in the face of great difficult, but it's not fair that Poe gets to strip him down to the skin and leave him shaking, scared, and vulnerable, while he hides behind his own shield.
It's not fair that Poe makes John reach for him, like he hasn't reached for anyone since his Lisa left, and then keeps stepping back. It hurts.]
Because you're going to find out.
[Big talk, but John's made a career of winning when the odds are against him. He can live off scraps, and he's used to working with nothing, or less than nothing, to turn the tides of war. Hail mary.
Maybe he's been trying to do too much with what Poe's given him, pieces of affection, slices of attention, a solid fuck when he has the time, or inclination. John's found himself knee deep in a battle he doesn't understand, fighting for something that might be even more impossible than winning the war against the Wraith, or Empire. Poe's never asked him to fight for him. Until now, John wasn't sure he even wanted him here.
Now that he does, or thinks he does, John finally has ammunition. The tides have changed.
John thumbs the wet of Poe's dick around the head, slicking him, teasing him with callused fingertips and just a hint of nail digging into sensitive skin. Then he stops, undoes the front of his own pants, releasing his own erection, and rubs it against Poe's.
He stops again. Draws back to look at Poe with eyes gone cool, and sharp, with all the confidence of a man with nothing to lose, and everything to gain.]
You're going to get on your knees, you're going to suck me, and you're going to fuck me like I've been waiting for you to fuck me since the last time you came over.
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Date: 2018-02-04 12:34 am (UTC)[How does Poe does it? Somehow, he always seems to know the right thing to say. Or maybe it's just that John likes hearing it, coming from his mouth, as someone who's gone through similar experiences, and has similar issues, and isn't just sympathizing, or feeling sorry for him.
And as someone John likes. Likes a lot.
John turns his head to look at Poe, is compelled to kiss him, because he's kind, and he's him. He chews on his lower lip, thinks about it, but there are people coming down the stairs towards them, and John isn't sure where Poe stands in regards to PDA. Or being seen with John in public, that way.]
I dunno, Italian, maybe?
That's... noodle dishes, and bread. Lots of carbs. Wine.
[And candles. Low lighting. Quiet. Maybe even a piano.
John slaps himself on the wrist, mentally, not for the first time since planning today. This isn't a date. Poe didn't agree to a date. They're just hanging out together.]
Or there's a cheap dim-sum place. If you're really hungry, and want to eat a little bit of everything.
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Date: 2018-02-04 03:03 am (UTC)[ John has no context for why that matters whoops. Still.
Poe scratches his chin. He's been leery of alcohol ever since that night when John came to get him, for more reasons than preparedness. He's never gotten that drunk before. He never wants to be that drunk again. Sure, wine wouldn't be his poison of choice for that purpose, but he's still gunshy. ]
What's dim-sum? Never had that one.
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Date: 2018-02-04 03:44 am (UTC)It's not exactly the same stuff as back home, on Earth, but it's pretty close. There's seafood, meat, noodles and rice, desserts, all sorts of stuff. Kinda greasy, and full of MSG, but that's part of the experience.
I always eat too much and wind up in a coma. Not a real coma. A food coma.
[First world problems. People on Earth really don't know how good they have it. John's not entirely proud of the state of his planet. There's more than enough to feed everyone, yet a minority of people get fat living in excess, while the majority starves.
The longer John's away from Earth, the less he misses it.]
This place isn't anywhere fancy, hell, it's kind of a hole in the wall, but the food is legit. Tea's good too.
[It's also the least romantic place John can think of, but if it's what Poe wants to eat, it's where they'll go. As long as he's enjoying himself, John will enjoy himself too. This isn't about him, or what he wants.]
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Date: 2018-02-04 04:04 am (UTC)One of my favorite parts of visiting new planets is finding the holes in the wall with the best food.
[ He closes his eyes, remembering the play of light in the crystals. ] Thank you. For this.
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Date: 2018-02-04 04:23 am (UTC)[The look on Poe's face seals it. A friend is what Poe needs right now, and a friend is what John's going to be. Nothing more, nothing less. Not unless Poe indicates otherwise. John's going to do his best not to be selfish.
It used to be easy, to put his friends first, and himself last. John doesn't know what's gotten over him lately. Whether it's losing Atlantis, and his people, or if it's just the nature of this place, where everyone is an outsider, and all anyone can do is cling to each other for comfort.
That, or John's just getting more lonely, and more screwed up with time. He can't blame Riverview for all his problems. Even back in Atlantis, everyone is shacking up, having babies, and getting married, or simply finding someone to keep them warm at night, but him.
He's too busy, or was. Now he has more time than he knows what to do with, and no one to spend that time with. There's Silva, and Rodney, but...
This isn't his pity party. He needs to keep his mind on track, for Poe's sake.]
It's not far from here, want to walk? I wouldn't mind the fresh air.
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Date: 2018-02-08 04:02 am (UTC)[ Now that he's out in the open, now that he's gotten a taste of fresh air, Poe is reminded how little he's been out the past week. Apartment to Guard to Apartment with very little in between.
John is so good this, at doing this, at drawing him out or picking him up. Karen is always there when Poe needs her, is steady and solid and willing to support him without hearing every detail, when he's not ready to share them. John, somehow, makes it easy to share. John draws the infection from the wound, and Karen stitches it back together again.
( He loves them, he loves them both, in a way he won't let himself recognize, for reasons he knows too well. A hundred excuses that guard his heart and keep him from the danger of leaving someone behind. )
He walks with his hands tucked into his pockets, quiet, thinking about John and his warmth and his humor and his eyes, not delving into why, staying in the shallows where affection is safe. He leans over and bumps John's shoulder with his own. ]
We could always do a nature survey some time, out past the wall. No bugs there you can't shoot.
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Date: 2018-02-08 05:02 am (UTC)It feels so damn good to be touched, even in the smallest of ways. Those moments of familiarity, and of fondness, make John feel so much lighter. Like if he reaches up, he can touch the sky. It's almost as good as flying.
Better than flying, when they're alone, and Poe looks at him in that way he does, with those big, dark eyes of his, like John's all he sees, or is thinking about.
Even if it isn't true. Sometimes, when they're alone, John can fool himself.]
Yeah. I'd like that. Hell, we could pack a picnic basket. Make a day of it.
[John's only half joking. He's American. He loves a good picnic. They're almost as fun to pack as they are to eat. He enjoys putting two of everything he can think of that the other person make like, wrapping it all individually. Planning out something simple and good for someone he cares about, instead of a battle plan for an enemy.
The days he spends thinking more about the Wraith than his own people are the worst.]
If you can get rid of the bugs before they get near me, I won't even shoot 'em.
In honour of your nature-loving spirit.
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Date: 2018-02-18 10:46 pm (UTC)They get back to Poe's place as it's starting to get dark. Poe unlocks the door and opens it to BB-8's loud, annoyed whistlebooping as the droid rolls over to demand information about where Poe has been all day. He grins down at the droid and motions John inside. ]
Want to come in?
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Date: 2018-02-23 03:39 pm (UTC)They walk back to Poe's place, and John stops a few feet back from the door. He doesn't expect anything. Doesn't even want to look like he does. He's happy enough to say bye from that distance, a safe distance, for both of them.
Then Poe invites him in. John blinks, glancing back over both shoulders. There's no one behind him, and he didn't think there was, but Poe's never invited him in, or over, before. It's always John's place, and John's bed, or wall, or door...
He swallows, butterflies dancing violently in his stomach. They're a little dusty, but still alive, apparently.]
Now?
[Smooth, John.]
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Date: 2018-02-23 11:20 pm (UTC)[ No pressure, no expectations, no small amount of amusement. Poe finds himself charmed again by John’s glance over his shoulders, saddened again by how surprised John seems by every little gesture.
(Make more of them, Poe thinks, and he feels his own small twinge of fear.) ]
Finn’s out on a shift, so we have the place to ourselves. [ He lifts one shoulder in a shrug and BB-8 chirps a reminder that no they do not have the place to themselves. Poe nudges the droid with his toes. ] Mostly to ourselves.
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Date: 2018-02-23 11:39 pm (UTC)[Is that what they're doing? John has no idea. He's stared half-mad warlords in the eye during negotiations and had a better idea of what was happening. With Poe, John just doesn't know. Everything about their relationship, or lack thereof, has been left purposefully vague. Fuzzy around the edges.
Which is usually how John likes it. Or thought he did.
His heart thumps once, like a sonic boom, as he steps around Poe (and BB-8) into Poe's home. It's unfamiliar territory. John maps the windows, doors and barriers with a quick scan of his eyes before noting any surface details. Habit.
Turns out there aren't many. Poe and Finn's place is about as barren as his and Rodney's. All that really stands out are the makeshift beds on the living room floor.]
I like what you've done with the place. You're really running with the whole living room concept.
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Date: 2018-02-23 11:53 pm (UTC)He reaches the kitchen, ducking down to a cabinet next to the fridge and pausing there. ]
Want a drink? Booze or nonbooze?
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Date: 2018-02-24 12:15 am (UTC)It's none of his business what Poe does in the time they're apart, or with who. He repeats it, each time more sternly than the last, with expletives thrown in for good measure. Always in the voice of his old drill-instructor. Wrestling his jealousy into submission, and back down into the small, dark crack in his heart it crawled out of. Where it belongs.
John follows Poe to the kitchen, leaning in with his elbows on the counter and a half-smile.]
Yeah, sure. Got any beer?
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Date: 2018-02-24 01:59 am (UTC)Bottle openers are for plebs apparently.
Poe is, unsurprisingly, oblivious to the jealousy. He pours himself a small shot of whiskey and takes a sip, savoring the flavor of smoke and the burn in his throat. He watches John over the glass, studying those galaxy eyes, wanting to kiss that thin, expressive mouth. He reaches out and hooks his thumb over the band of John’s pants and tries to pull him close. ] How long can you stay?
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Date: 2018-02-24 02:20 am (UTC)Not when Poe is looking at him like that, wanting something from him. Wanting him? John's never been able to tell the difference. His eyes follow Poe's eyes, tracking their movement, wanting to see what he sees, and know what he's thinking. All day he's been throwing John for a loop. Hot and cold in some moments, and lukewarm to chilly in others.
He wants to say something funny. To lighten what feels like heaviness in the room. People don't like heavy, and John wants Poe to like him. Too much. He swallows hard.
What comes out is the truth.]
As long as you want me to stay.
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Date: 2018-02-24 02:37 am (UTC)And Bee makes a noise like an electronic sigh and rolls off into the living room. ]
He knows what kissing is. [ Another, deeper kiss, the drag of teeth on lips. ] Doesn’t see the point though.
[ Poe yanks John sharply against him, wrapping one arm around the man’s waist and dipping his fingers past the top of John’s pants to brush his ass. He nips at John’s neck. ] Droids. What can you do.
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Date: 2018-02-24 02:58 am (UTC)[So much for platonic. John sighs against Poe's mouth, his hands rubbing up and down his sides before settling on his shoulders. They're such good shoulders.
John likes the kissing. The touching. The biting. The attention. He soaks it up, greedy, taking all he can get while he can get it. War makes a man shortsighted. nothing matters but the next second, next minute, and it's anyone's guess if you'll even make it to the next hour, so why worry? Chances are it's all FUBAR anyway.
Rough fingers grip at the muscle of Poe's upper back, digging into his neck, twisting and pulling at his hair. He moves his hips against Poe's hips, denim sanding away at denim, and groans low in his throat.]
You must've really liked that dim-sum—
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Date: 2018-02-24 03:09 am (UTC)[ Tongue, teeth, lips against John’s neck, his thumb tracing circles across the top of John’s ass while he uses his other hand to take a fistful of John’s hair. He pulls John’s head sideways, gentle but quick, exposing more of his throat for roughening attention. He speaks against John’s skin. ]
You really are beautiful, you know that?
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Date: 2018-02-24 03:35 am (UTC)You really are beautiful, you know that? John didn't know.
John's never been called beautiful before, and he never knew he could want to be called beautiful until now. Why is Poe always doing this to him? Catching him off-guard and shaking him in new, painful ways all the way down to his core.
The soldier in John wants to retreat from this assault. The man in him, who would never call himself beautiful, who is afraid to be alone with himself, who feels something quickly and dangerously approaching love for Poe Dameron, is too stupid to run.
His eyes dip closed, tongue skimming nervously over his lower lip before catching it between his teeth. How can a man be educated, trained, married, survive multiple wars and live to near forty, and still be so completely lost?]
No. [In a quiet voice, his face safely turned away.] You're crazy.
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Date: 2018-02-24 04:06 am (UTC)[ There are certainly times Poe feels crazy. There are times when he feels like a loose bit of debris sailing through space, waiting to crash into a shield or burn up in the atmosphere of his cause. ]
You're still beautiful.
[ He wraps lips and tongue around John's earlobe, grazes the skin with his teeth, and keeps his lips close enough to brush John's ear with every word as he says, ] Your eyes are beautiful.
[ Poe shifts the hand in John's hair to the side of his neck, down to his collarbone, down to his hip. ] Your mouth is beautiful.
[ He rucks John's shirt up just enough to slide his hand underneath and trace his fingers around the outline of one of the nastier scars. ] Every one of these is beautiful.
[ Every one marks a struggle survived.
Poe sucks lightly on John's ear. ] Every time I get to touch you, I find something else.
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Date: 2018-02-24 04:39 am (UTC)Poe is crazy, he has no doubt about that, and being with him makes John crazy, too. His heart can't beat any harder, or faster. He's already shaking with adrenaline made physical, his body and mind conditioned through war to treat every rush of emotion like they're going to battle. Every word Poe says is only spinning him further out of control, in an uncontrolled ascent, flying high, then higher. Past the point of return.
Love feels a lot like hypoxia.
Poe's lips and fingers leave scorch marks on his skin. The mouth around his ear is what makes his knees go weak for a moment, like he's been kicked in the gut, except he's hard now, his hands sliding down Poe's shoulders and gripping onto the thick of his biceps hard enough to bruise.]
You can touch me whenever you want.
[John means it, more than he's meant anything, in that moment. He turns his head to try and catch Poe's mouth, and kiss him as hard as he want to kiss him, with everything Poe is making him feel and then some.
To shut up him, and to thank him.]
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Date: 2018-02-24 05:02 am (UTC)When John let's him go, Poe is half-hard himself, and he has to take a second to rest his face against the curve of John's neck. There's a sense of safety that comes with taking John in hand. He has to keep a hold of himself, he has to stay focused. But god, that one kiss, and it all comes undone.
He has no idea what he was going to say next, if there was anything he wanted to say at all. He's winded, heart pounding, and the goal of getting John off with kisses alone has slid down a peg on his list of priorities.
Poe bites John's neck, hard enough to pretend what he says is a command instead of a plea. ] Do that again.
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Date: 2018-02-24 05:26 am (UTC)He claims his mouth with a viciousness he reserves for fighting, when his back is up against the wall, and there's nowhere to go but through. Everything that's packed inside of him, unstable and explosive, like mortar, needs someplace to blow. He targets Poe's lips. All tongue, and teeth, hungry and wolfish, stealing his breath and growling it out again. He drives Poe back against the nearest cabinets at the same time, hard enough to knock stuff off the shelves inside, and pinning him in place with a knee between his thighs.
John doesn't give Poe time to regroup, he reaches down between them and grabs Poe's cock through his jeans, kneading roughly. He's only half-hard. John wants him hard for him, he wants proof that Poe wants him, wants this, and isn't just yanking his chain.]
I'm not gonna stop.
[Finally, John claims something for himself. Even if it's only for right here, and right now, Poe is his, and he'll have him.]
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Date: 2018-02-24 06:16 am (UTC)Hitting the cabinets hurts. The rough grip on his dick hurts. But he's on his way to panting and can feel himself engorging and this is not how Poe thought this would go when he drew John toward him across the kitchen.
Please don't, he wants to say. There's an animal side to John that Poe envies and admires, a sense of power in check that lives in John alongside his beautiful fragility, each making the other something more. John is a beast with a thorn in his paw, and Poe wants to be eaten alive.
( He doesn't want to be that far in anyone's power, he's terrified of it, raw with the fear of it. ) ]
Let-- [ --go. Poe can't get himself to finish the two-word sentence. He doesn't want John to take him at his word.
Besides, he's fully hard in John's grip. He'd be outed as a liar either way. ]
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Date: 2018-02-24 06:54 pm (UTC)He bites Poe's lower lip hard enough to taste blood, punishing him, at the same time as he strokes him through his jeans. He pops the button, yanks his fly down, and goes for skin, wrapping his callused fingers around Poe's dick and pulling it out from his pants. No hiding.]
Do you know how crazy you drive me?
[A harsh whisper into Poe's ear as he jerks him, as if Poe's holding out on him, trying to keep some of that hardness to himself when John wants it all. John won't let him. Usually, John is all give, receptive to what Poe likes, and how he likes it, easy, because that's the man he's become in the face of great difficult, but it's not fair that Poe gets to strip him down to the skin and leave him shaking, scared, and vulnerable, while he hides behind his own shield.
It's not fair that Poe makes John reach for him, like he hasn't reached for anyone since his Lisa left, and then keeps stepping back. It hurts.]
Because you're going to find out.
[Big talk, but John's made a career of winning when the odds are against him. He can live off scraps, and he's used to working with nothing, or less than nothing, to turn the tides of war. Hail mary.
Maybe he's been trying to do too much with what Poe's given him, pieces of affection, slices of attention, a solid fuck when he has the time, or inclination. John's found himself knee deep in a battle he doesn't understand, fighting for something that might be even more impossible than winning the war against the Wraith, or Empire. Poe's never asked him to fight for him. Until now, John wasn't sure he even wanted him here.
Now that he does, or thinks he does, John finally has ammunition. The tides have changed.
John thumbs the wet of Poe's dick around the head, slicking him, teasing him with callused fingertips and just a hint of nail digging into sensitive skin. Then he stops, undoes the front of his own pants, releasing his own erection, and rubs it against Poe's.
He stops again. Draws back to look at Poe with eyes gone cool, and sharp, with all the confidence of a man with nothing to lose, and everything to gain.]
You're going to get on your knees, you're going to suck me, and you're going to fuck me like I've been waiting for you to fuck me since the last time you came over.
Don't make me ask twice.
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