gingerpilot week day (6)- family
for @bitch-hips who requested:
poe and turned resistance!hux adopting a child that was orphaned during the war
(i meant to get this out yesterday but work kicked my ass... better late than never right?)
“What is it Dameron? I was in the middle of an important strategy meeting.”
Poe fought not to roll his eyes as Hux swept into the base hanger. He had thought Hux finally deciding to defect to the Resistance would have humbled his ego somewhat, but the fact that his military expertise and inside information to the First Order was desperately needed only served to inflate it further, Still, Poe felt slightly smug that Hux had responded to his comm in less than thirty minutes.
“Good to see you too, Armitage,”
Hux on the other hand rolled his eyes in a dramatic and exaggerated fashion.
“I just saw you three hours ago. Now, what was it that couldn’t wait until tonight?”
Poe directed his gaze to the small crowd of children currently surrounding BB-8 on the opposite side of the hanger. The children were squealing in delight as the droid entertained them by repeatedly removing and reattaching his head in increasingly ridiculous ways,
“FInn and Rose brought them in earlier today. They were slaves on Canto Bight and they had nowhere to go once our troops liberated the planet.”
Hux eyed the group with a wary expression, “That’s very... kind of them. But I don’t see why that required my immediate presence.”
“Do you see that girl there?”
Poe discreetly placed one hand on the small of Hux’s back and gestured with the other to a small girl standing slightly apart from the rest of the group. She looked anxious and was clutching a tattered doll to her chest. She has bright red hair, not unlike Hux’s own. Hux merely nodded so Poe continued.
“She hardly speaks any basic, but we managed to find out that she’s Arkanian.”
Poe felt Hux stiffen against his hand, clearly understanding what Poe was getting at.
“So, you need me too...?”
“Just make sure she’s alright, that she knows she’s safe and we’re here to help.”
Hux nodded again, “Yes, I suppose I can do that.”
“Thanks babe.” Poe rubbed his back a little and then not so subtly shoved him forward.
Hux shot him an irritated look but headed towards the children with the same purposeful stride he used when he was preparing to reprimand an unruly soldier. When he got close however, his posture softened and he knelt down to talk to the girl on her level. Poe couldn’t imagine what Hux was saying to her, but his heart clenched as he watched the little girl give Hux as shy smile, then hold out the doll for Hux to examine. Hux said something else and the girl actually laughed.
“Well that is... surprising,” Finn said coming up behind Poe, his dark eyebrows arching up to his hairline, “Be careful Poe, or he might just get attached to her.”
Poe turned to his friend, a sly smile playing across his lips.
“That’s the plan, Finn”
