It was the first time that Poe had ever actively felt like a coward
despite the fact that he had run off on a mission into enemy territory,
alone. Again. He was the best scout they had and the only one who
consistently came back and he needed the work to take his mind off
of himself.
It didn't work quite as he hoped, considering how many long hours he had to
spend in his fighter, racing across the galaxy by hyper drive. Hours spent
only with BB-8's company, who was furious with him. He was furious with
himself (for the cowardice).
"Yeah, yeah, I know," he was saying to BB-8 as they were approaching the
planet. "What do you know, anyway? You're a droid. Unless you guys have
affairs that I don't know about."
A series of beeps and whistles and Poe laughed, despite himself. "I really
do not want to think about that in depth." He turned his head, clicking
communications on. "HQ this is Black Leader, reporting in and coming home."
"You're cleared to land, Black leader."
Twenty minutes later, he touched ground again, pulled off his helmet and
opened up the cockpit, to breath in fresh, unrecycled air. He swung himself
out of the X-wing, feet landing with a thump as BB-8 was lowered back to
the ground. He was fighting with himself, but in the end the stupid half
won out, and he went to go find Finn.
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Four days.
It was the first time that Poe had ever actively felt like a coward despite the fact that he had run off on a mission into enemy territory, alone. Again. He was the best scout they had and the only one who consistently came back and he needed the work to take his mind off of himself.
It didn't work quite as he hoped, considering how many long hours he had to spend in his fighter, racing across the galaxy by hyper drive. Hours spent only with BB-8's company, who was furious with him. He was furious with himself (for the cowardice).
"Yeah, yeah, I know," he was saying to BB-8 as they were approaching the planet. "What do you know, anyway? You're a droid. Unless you guys have affairs that I don't know about."
A series of beeps and whistles and Poe laughed, despite himself. "I really do not want to think about that in depth." He turned his head, clicking communications on. "HQ this is Black Leader, reporting in and coming home."
"You're cleared to land, Black leader."
Twenty minutes later, he touched ground again, pulled off his helmet and opened up the cockpit, to breath in fresh, unrecycled air. He swung himself out of the X-wing, feet landing with a thump as BB-8 was lowered back to the ground. He was fighting with himself, but in the end the stupid half won out, and he went to go find Finn.