The trio are American confidence players at the turn of the (last) century. They go from backwater town to backwater town, pulling small time games, and occasionally making a splash in a big city like Cincinnati, San Francisco, or Toronto.
They never stay in one place long enough to put down roots and get to know anyone and that's the way they like it. That way no one starts to look at them funny. Wonder why a young lady seems to be living with two men and none of them married or related. This way, people only start to mutter about running them out of town when THEY'RE ready to be run out of town.
(If it's longer and/or plotty, maybe the First Order is the organized crime ring in a big city or the corrupt government in a rural town. Leia is the assumed leader of the town's more benign criminal activity - the clean speakeasies and clubs, goons that actually protect the businesses that pay them, etc etc.)
Finn/Poe/Rey Turn Of Century Grifters AU
They never stay in one place long enough to put down roots and get to know anyone and that's the way they like it. That way no one starts to look at them funny. Wonder why a young lady seems to be living with two men and none of them married or related. This way, people only start to mutter about running them out of town when THEY'RE ready to be run out of town.
(If it's longer and/or plotty, maybe the First Order is the organized crime ring in a big city or the corrupt government in a rural town. Leia is the assumed leader of the town's more benign criminal activity - the clean speakeasies and clubs, goons that actually protect the businesses that pay them, etc etc.)