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Leia Organa | Star Wars (mirrorbright) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-04-19 18:44:00

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! enterprise, - crew quarters, leia organa | star wars, poe dameron | star wars

WHO: Leia Organa & Poe Dameron
WHEN: 226404.19
WHERE: Poe's quarters.
SUMMARY: Leia seeks out Poe to talk family things.
WARNINGS: Discussion of extra-marital affair at the least.

It wasn't any good to put it off any longer. Poe deserved to know the truth and Rey was looking forward to having a brother - a half-brother - to get to know better. It should be easy, really. How much about their relationship - General to Commander - would this change? How much could it? She had commanded a full military Resistance for half a decade and yet, for some reason, this seemed more difficult.

Leia found herself hesitating outside of Poe's quarters in the same way she had outside of Rey's before they talked. Then, she brought forth all of her years of political preparation and experience and touched the pad beside the door to chime in for Poe. She spent the time waiting for him to come to the door going over the best way to talk to him about this. In the end, she decided all it would take, she was pretty sure, was to be up front and tell him the truth. She was his commanding officer, after all, and she knew him well enough to know that's what he'd prefer.

She smiled at him when the door opened between them. "Poe," she said. "Do you have a minute?"

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needapilot
2017-04-20 04:14 pm UTC (link)

There wasn't anything to apologise for, not really. She had done what she had felt was right and it had obviously been his fathers choice not to tell him either. No, Poe knew there was no use placing blame anywhere really. Not now, there were more important aspects of this news.

Poe couldn't help but feel relieved his father hadn't just abandoned Leia when she fell pregnant. "It must have been hard, for both of you, when she was taken. Do you know who took her?" he asked curiously, perhaps there was someone they needed to seek out when they returned home.

"Of course not" he said immediately, he'd never take anything out on Rey. She was an innocent party in all this, the most innocent really. "I can't believe I have a sister. It's just..." he breathed out not knowing how to finish that sentence, "Thank you, for telling me" he added, he needed more time to process everything but he wasn't the sort of man to hold any of this against Leia either.

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mirrorbright
2017-04-20 04:22 pm UTC (link)

"It was very difficult, yes," Leia said. Probably more for Kes, who wanted to help and Leia had shut him out. Kes had barely known Breha, despite being her father. She spent more time as a child with Han, when he was around. Looking back on it now, knowing everything that Leia knew, she wondered if she might have done things differently. It wasn't fair of her to push Kes away like that. Would Breha have been taken if she hadn't? If Kes Dameron had been her father publicly? Leia's fingers curled against the side of her thigh and she pushed the thoughts out of her mind. "No, I have no idea who took her. And Rey doesn't know either. She has very few memories of much besides her time on Jakku." Leia hated admitting that too. Her daughter should have grown up differently, not abandoned on a distant planet.

Leia nodded. "You shouldn't thank me for telling you this," she said. She swallowed and stood up, getting the sense that maybe there wasn't much left to this conversation. "I know she's excited about it, too. The two of you will get on just fine, I'm sure."

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needapilot
2017-04-21 05:23 am UTC (link)

Poe couldn't imagine what his father had been thinking, to know he had a daughter and not tell anybody and not be able to see her. Poe couldn't have done it, he'd have pushed to be part of her life but then he had the stubbornness of his mother in him. Having nobody to blame for the kidnapping must be hard, to not know who had taken her little girl away from her and abandoned her on some remote planet.

"Finn says she's a feisty one" Poe said also standing, "So it seems she's taken after you even if you have been apart" he added hesitating only momentarily before breaking all protocol and wrapping Leia in his arms. Hugging your commanding officer wasn't usual practice but Poe had never been one for entirely following the rules.

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mirrorbright
2017-04-21 08:52 am UTC (link)

"Yes, I see a lot of myself in her but also your father - " But whatever else Leia was about to say was cut off when Poe unexpectedly hugged her. She was surprised, but pleasantly so. (And that wasn't just because Poe often reminded her of Kes.) It was also because she hadn't been able to completely sense how he was feeling about everything she had just told him. And because being embraced like this wasn't something that happened often. Her brother was the one with whom she was most affectionate, and even then, she hadn't seen him in years until now, and now they were - well, they had things they were working through too.

She accepted the hug with a slow sigh and pressed her cheek against his shoulder. Her arms wrapped around him and pressed into his back. Leia nodded a little bit.

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needapilot
2017-04-22 06:07 pm UTC (link)

He hadn't meant to confuse her by his lack of obvious response to everything but he was honestly just still processing it all. But he definitely wanted her to know that he didn't hold her responsible for anything, not in a negative way anyway. She would always be his general.

"I'm glad you get the change to be her mother again" he said softly, "And that she has the chance to get to know you. And me I guess" he added pulling back a little to give her a small grin. It was strange to suddenly have a sister but not unwelcome at all.

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	mirrorbright 2017-04-24 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Leia have Poe's cheek a gentle pat. "I'm very glad you have the chance to know her as your sister too," she said. She smiled with relief and breathed out a bit. "Thank you, Poe." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	needapilot 2017-04-24 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded, "Of course. I'm glad you could tell me" he added because it wasn't easy for her to do it, he knew that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirrorbright 2017-04-24 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm very glad I could tell you as well." She squeezed his hand. "I'll leave you to it. I - well, I hope you know I'm here for you if you need anything at all. I consider you my family too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	needapilot 2017-04-24 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	"I do too" Poe said, "And if you need anything you can come to me too. Always" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirrorbright 2017-04-24 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	[end?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	needapilot 2017-04-24 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	[perfect. Thank you xxx] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirrorbright 2017-04-24 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	[and thank you!!] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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