THIS IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT I DON'T SHIP REY WITH ANYONE BUT FINN
But anyway. There might be one or two more parts. I'm not sure yet.
Snap Wexley had apparently appointed himself Rey’s personal Resistance base tour guide while Poe was currently indisposed. It wasn’t that she minded; in fact, Rey found she rather enjoyed Snap’s company. It was just so very strange to go from one almost-friend to suddenly having a whole fleet of them eager to show her the ropes.
She certainly didn’t mind Snap’s company, or Jess’s. Not at all.
“Poe’s due to be discharged from the medcenter,” Snap told her as they navigated their way through the crowded mess. His hand rested lightly on her back, barely any pressure, guiding her. “Clean bill of health.”
“That’s good,” she said, and Snap hummed in agreement.
Rey didn’t bring up Finn. Talking about Finn just made her eyes itch and chest ache. Talking about Finn just made her want to waste all those tears Mashinta told her to hold onto. The prognosis was still good, he was still expected to recover fully, but it was just taking so much time.
His body is working overtime, Kalonia had told her earlier in the day, when she went buy to visit Poe and Finn. Fighting off infections, working the First Order toxins out of its system, and repairing the damage done. It’s a lot of work, but he’s young, he’s strong. He’ll get through this.
At least Rey had her training with Master Luke to help take her mind off things. And, apparently, she now had Snap.
“If you’d like,” Snap said, “we could take a tour of the gardens later.”
Rey immediately perked, thinking of endless green. Flowers. Tress. Plants. All the things she’d been denied on Jakku. She’d kept desert flowers in a vase, but it just wasn’t the same as seeing vibrant plants sprouting from verdant green earth.
“That would be lovely,” Rey said, smiling at Snap.
He ducked his head and smiled at the tops of his boots.
After lunch, Snap took her to the gardens, which really weren't more than a few plots of freshly turned earth. She could see tiny sprouts shooting up from the dirt, their leaves just beginning to unfurl.
“I was expecting something more… green,” she explained to Snap as she crouched down low and touched one of the curled up leaves.
“They’re just babies. General Organa had the plots installed after Starkiller Base. To give us something to do when we weren’t off flying around and shooting at things, or being shot at,” Snap joked.
Rey turned her face toward the sky and smiled at him. “Do you think the general would let me plant something?”
“I think she’d like that very much,” Snap said, grinning back.
His smile was warm, kind, almost as kind as Finn’s, and his eyes crinkled like Poe’s. He was someone Rey thought she could trust. She could feel the goodness in him, in his center, radiating out like the rays of a sun, as she had when she met Finn and, later, Poe.
Snap extended a hand to her and she wrapped her fingers around his, let him help her to her feet.
“Thank you,” she said, searching his face, his eyes.
“Uh. I—I could put in a request for you, with the general,” he stuttered, taking a step back, letting her hand slip from his. “For a garden plot. If you want.”
Rey let him pull his hand back. “I’d like that very much.”
The smile returned to his broad face, and his cheeks reddened ever so slightly. “Excellent. Good. That’s great.”
“Let’s head back to the medbay, Snap.” Rey offered her elbow to him and he looked down at it, for just a moment’s hesitation, before linking his elbow with hers.
-
“—whatever you’re doing, you need to put an end it.”
Rey paused in the medbay doorway and clutched the flowerpot to her chest. Kalonia had noticed an increase in Finn’s brain activity and told her he was close to waking up. Rey decided to unearth some of the flowers she’d planted to bring him as a ‘welcome home’ gift.
“I don’t know what you’re getting at, but I don’t like it.”
Rey inched forward, grip tightening around the pot. It was Finn’s gift, but she’d use it as a weapon if she had to.
“Of course you know what I’m getting at.” That sounded like—Poe? He seemed so angry, and it left a sickly feeling rolling and tumbling in Rey’s gut.
“I really don’t, man. I’m just trying to be helpful. A good friend.”
“Jess said she saw you with her at the gardens,” Poe said.
Rey felt the bottom drop out from under her feet. Poe was angry at Snap?
“I took her on a tour of the gardens. So what? Jess is always in other people’s business. She—”
“She’s a kid, Snap. Leave her alone,” Poe said.
Rey frowned; they weren't talking about Jess anymore. She stepped into the room and knocked loudly on the doorframe. Both Snap and Poe jerked to attention, looked at her with mortified expressions on their faces. Poe hastily tugged his shirt down over his head and swept a hand through his unruly hair.
“I’m sorry you heard that,” he said, stalking away from where Snap at on the end of his hospital bed.
“Jess is wrong,” Rey said, wrapping her arms around the flowerpot.
“Rey,” Snap begin, getting to his feet.
Rey powered past him, rounding on Poe, who was yanking on his jacket and trying his hardest to ignore her. “I’m not a kid,” she said. “I can make decisions for myself.”
Poe glanced briefly at Snap, over Rey’s shoulder, before returning his eyes to hers. “Of course you can,” he said, offering her a smile. “I just worry about you, that’s all. With Finn laid up, someone’s got to. Right?”
Rey sighed. “I appreciate it, but you don’t have to.”
“Well,” Poe said, stepping closer and giving her arm a squeeze. “I think you’re just going to have to put up with it a little while longer. I’ll leave you to it.”
Rey turned and watched him walk out of the medbay. Snap lingered in the doorway, watching her with worried eyes. Did he think she was angry with him?
“I’m fine,” she reassured him, smiling. “I’m not angry with you.”
“I didn’t think… I mean, that’s great. That’s awesome.” Snap smiled back, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Uh, how much of that did you hear?”
“Just the part where Jess Pava apparently thinks two friends taking a stroll in the gardens is something to be suspicious of,” Rey quipped, drawing an almost reluctant laugh out of Snap.
Snap swept a hand through his hair and down over his face, into his bushy beard. “I’ll tell her to lay off, if you want.”
“It’s okay.” Rey approached him and reached out, laying a hand on his arm. “Let her talk. It doesn’t bother me. Unless it bothers you.”
Snap looked down at her hand on his arm. “Nah. It doesn’t.”
“Then we’re good.” Rey moved around him for Finn’s room.
Poe was sitting beside his bed, that old, beaten-down jacket of Finn’s resting across his lap. Rey slipped into the room, set the flowerpot on the little table next to Finn’s bedside, and slipped away just as quietly.
[FILL] Rey/Snap, Jess, Poe, Finn - Rey and Snap bond~ 2/?
But anyway. There might be one or two more parts. I'm not sure yet.
Snap Wexley had apparently appointed himself Rey’s personal Resistance base tour guide while Poe was currently indisposed. It wasn’t that she minded; in fact, Rey found she rather enjoyed Snap’s company. It was just so very strange to go from one almost-friend to suddenly having a whole fleet of them eager to show her the ropes.
She certainly didn’t mind Snap’s company, or Jess’s. Not at all.
“Poe’s due to be discharged from the medcenter,” Snap told her as they navigated their way through the crowded mess. His hand rested lightly on her back, barely any pressure, guiding her. “Clean bill of health.”
“That’s good,” she said, and Snap hummed in agreement.
Rey didn’t bring up Finn. Talking about Finn just made her eyes itch and chest ache. Talking about Finn just made her want to waste all those tears Mashinta told her to hold onto. The prognosis was still good, he was still expected to recover fully, but it was just taking so much time.
His body is working overtime, Kalonia had told her earlier in the day, when she went buy to visit Poe and Finn. Fighting off infections, working the First Order toxins out of its system, and repairing the damage done. It’s a lot of work, but he’s young, he’s strong. He’ll get through this.
At least Rey had her training with Master Luke to help take her mind off things. And, apparently, she now had Snap.
“If you’d like,” Snap said, “we could take a tour of the gardens later.”
Rey immediately perked, thinking of endless green. Flowers. Tress. Plants. All the things she’d been denied on Jakku. She’d kept desert flowers in a vase, but it just wasn’t the same as seeing vibrant plants sprouting from verdant green earth.
“That would be lovely,” Rey said, smiling at Snap.
He ducked his head and smiled at the tops of his boots.
After lunch, Snap took her to the gardens, which really weren't more than a few plots of freshly turned earth. She could see tiny sprouts shooting up from the dirt, their leaves just beginning to unfurl.
“I was expecting something more… green,” she explained to Snap as she crouched down low and touched one of the curled up leaves.
“They’re just babies. General Organa had the plots installed after Starkiller Base. To give us something to do when we weren’t off flying around and shooting at things, or being shot at,” Snap joked.
Rey turned her face toward the sky and smiled at him. “Do you think the general would let me plant something?”
“I think she’d like that very much,” Snap said, grinning back.
His smile was warm, kind, almost as kind as Finn’s, and his eyes crinkled like Poe’s. He was someone Rey thought she could trust. She could feel the goodness in him, in his center, radiating out like the rays of a sun, as she had when she met Finn and, later, Poe.
Snap extended a hand to her and she wrapped her fingers around his, let him help her to her feet.
“Thank you,” she said, searching his face, his eyes.
“Uh. I—I could put in a request for you, with the general,” he stuttered, taking a step back, letting her hand slip from his. “For a garden plot. If you want.”
Rey let him pull his hand back. “I’d like that very much.”
The smile returned to his broad face, and his cheeks reddened ever so slightly. “Excellent. Good. That’s great.”
“Let’s head back to the medbay, Snap.” Rey offered her elbow to him and he looked down at it, for just a moment’s hesitation, before linking his elbow with hers.
-
“—whatever you’re doing, you need to put an end it.”
Rey paused in the medbay doorway and clutched the flowerpot to her chest. Kalonia had noticed an increase in Finn’s brain activity and told her he was close to waking up. Rey decided to unearth some of the flowers she’d planted to bring him as a ‘welcome home’ gift.
“I don’t know what you’re getting at, but I don’t like it.”
Rey inched forward, grip tightening around the pot. It was Finn’s gift, but she’d use it as a weapon if she had to.
“Of course you know what I’m getting at.” That sounded like—Poe? He seemed so angry, and it left a sickly feeling rolling and tumbling in Rey’s gut.
“I really don’t, man. I’m just trying to be helpful. A good friend.”
“Jess said she saw you with her at the gardens,” Poe said.
Rey felt the bottom drop out from under her feet. Poe was angry at Snap?
“I took her on a tour of the gardens. So what? Jess is always in other people’s business. She—”
“She’s a kid, Snap. Leave her alone,” Poe said.
Rey frowned; they weren't talking about Jess anymore. She stepped into the room and knocked loudly on the doorframe. Both Snap and Poe jerked to attention, looked at her with mortified expressions on their faces. Poe hastily tugged his shirt down over his head and swept a hand through his unruly hair.
“I’m sorry you heard that,” he said, stalking away from where Snap at on the end of his hospital bed.
“Jess is wrong,” Rey said, wrapping her arms around the flowerpot.
“Rey,” Snap begin, getting to his feet.
Rey powered past him, rounding on Poe, who was yanking on his jacket and trying his hardest to ignore her. “I’m not a kid,” she said. “I can make decisions for myself.”
Poe glanced briefly at Snap, over Rey’s shoulder, before returning his eyes to hers. “Of course you can,” he said, offering her a smile. “I just worry about you, that’s all. With Finn laid up, someone’s got to. Right?”
Rey sighed. “I appreciate it, but you don’t have to.”
“Well,” Poe said, stepping closer and giving her arm a squeeze. “I think you’re just going to have to put up with it a little while longer. I’ll leave you to it.”
Rey turned and watched him walk out of the medbay. Snap lingered in the doorway, watching her with worried eyes. Did he think she was angry with him?
“I’m fine,” she reassured him, smiling. “I’m not angry with you.”
“I didn’t think… I mean, that’s great. That’s awesome.” Snap smiled back, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Uh, how much of that did you hear?”
“Just the part where Jess Pava apparently thinks two friends taking a stroll in the gardens is something to be suspicious of,” Rey quipped, drawing an almost reluctant laugh out of Snap.
Snap swept a hand through his hair and down over his face, into his bushy beard. “I’ll tell her to lay off, if you want.”
“It’s okay.” Rey approached him and reached out, laying a hand on his arm. “Let her talk. It doesn’t bother me. Unless it bothers you.”
Snap looked down at her hand on his arm. “Nah. It doesn’t.”
“Then we’re good.” Rey moved around him for Finn’s room.
Poe was sitting beside his bed, that old, beaten-down jacket of Finn’s resting across his lap. Rey slipped into the room, set the flowerpot on the little table next to Finn’s bedside, and slipped away just as quietly.
TBC (probably)