[ Just from the change in her tone, Poe suspected that she was coming around to realizing that she was doing that thing again where she takes any perceived ambiguity as space to cram in all of the nagging doubts that plague her at times. But he also realizes that as unreasonable as it may be, he knows she does that, and rather than get sucked into the blow for blow that inevitably follows he can cut to the core of the matter and save them both the argument. his stubborn insistence that he's right can take precedence over reason, neither of them likes to back down.
They always work it out when the dust settles. Faster now, he thinks, that he understands Rey better than he used to. Maybe it's because he spends so much time with her, maybe it's something else. something in the way he feels her presence now like a flicker in his peripheral vision, but whatever the reason, it's rare that either of them stalks off for too long these days.
Yet he wasn't expecting the wave of a guilty conscience that slams into him along with the physical impact of her body, sudden and heavy enough to make him stagger back a step before he's compensating, so she has a chance to blurt out most of her apologies before he's able to bring both of his hands to her face, cupping her jaw in them even as he's shaking his head at her. ]
Rey. [ She's talking over him, breathlessly now. ] Rey.
[ Actually, it's simpler if he just draws her up into an abrupt kiss, all warmth and reassurance, his ruffled nerves having melted away the moment he could hear and feel how distressed she is over the exchange. She doesn't need to apologize. Just recognizing that those fears are irrational is enough. ]
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They always work it out when the dust settles. Faster now, he thinks, that he understands Rey better than he used to. Maybe it's because he spends so much time with her, maybe it's something else. something in the way he feels her presence now like a flicker in his peripheral vision, but whatever the reason, it's rare that either of them stalks off for too long these days.
Yet he wasn't expecting the wave of a guilty conscience that slams into him along with the physical impact of her body, sudden and heavy enough to make him stagger back a step before he's compensating, so she has a chance to blurt out most of her apologies before he's able to bring both of his hands to her face, cupping her jaw in them even as he's shaking his head at her. ]
Rey. [ She's talking over him, breathlessly now. ] Rey.
[ Actually, it's simpler if he just draws her up into an abrupt kiss, all warmth and reassurance, his ruffled nerves having melted away the moment he could hear and feel how distressed she is over the exchange. She doesn't need to apologize. Just recognizing that those fears are irrational is enough. ]