Rey was looking at the display of culinary spices as she listened to Poe bartering for a small bag of a particular spice blend.
They finally came to a price and Poe handed over the coins and tucked the small waterproof package away in his pocket. “You and Finn just wait until I make this dish for you.”
The woman looked at Finn across the hallway with Rose Tico, then hmpfed. “Sometimes the galaxy is just so strange and small. He looks like he could be one of Tryl’s boys.”
Poe and Rey traded looks and Poe leaned in and said, “Tell me more.”
“Buy four canela sticks at full price and I’ll draw you a map to Tryl’s workplace.”
Poe and Rey had Finn and Rose return to the ship while they followed the map. Tryl was a burly man who ran a droid repair shop.
“Tryl?” Poe asked.
“That’s me.” He turned from carefully stacking some parts.
Poe was struck by how similar this man was to Finn. “I’m Poe, this is Rey. We have a friend who may be related to you.”
Rey could sense the man’s sudden well-hidden nervousness. He said, “Oh what makes you say that?”
“Physical resemblance.”
“Lots of people resemble each other.”
Rey touched Poe’s arm, then said to Tryl, “Our friend was a stormtrooper, but defected. It’s the only life he has ever known, meaning he was taken as a very young child.”
Tryl fiddled with some droid parts on the counter while looking between Poe and Rey. “I’ve got a sister. She and her husband settled in a relatively small settlement. Her husband Sindile is also in the droid business. Our family was sort of nervous about settlement, it was out of the way and somewhat isolated.” He paused, almost overwhelmed.
The door chimed and he pulled himself together to greet the incoming customer. Poe and Rey exchanged looks and she had to pull him away from a display of paints.
Tryl poured three cups of tea from the dispenser and continued. “Jayla’s youngest at the time was just shy of two years old when the First Order came. They moved from settlement to settlement, from farm to farm, taking every child three years old and younger. People tried to hide the children, some tried to fight them. Sindile didn’t say it explicitly, but I get the feeling some people died trying to save their children.” He stared at his cup, “Jayla was broken inside. She got panicky when she got pregnant again so our family helped them move well inside Republic territory. There was no guarantee that it would not happen again, but they live quietly.”
Poe pulled a mini holo projector then activated it and let him look at the pictures of himself, Finn and Rey. There were a couple of Finn and Rey, a one of Finn and BB8. Tryl picked it up and studied the pictures. “Can I transfer some of these?”
Poe nodded and Tryl transferred a couple of the best pictures of Finn to his own unit. He handed it back to Poe, “I will contact my sister, I will bring this up, and tell her. Where can I contact you?”
Poe and Rey both handed over their comm frequencies then Tryl plopped an antennae, still in its package, on the counter in front of Poe. “On the house.”
Poe smiled and said, “Thank you.” They nodded at each other and he and Rey headed to rejoin their friends.
*
Leia was working in her office when Poe came bursting in. “General!”
“Yes, commander?”
“Remember I told you about Tryl the droid repairman? He’s contacted me, Jayla wants to see Finn.”
Leia smiled, “Have you told Finn?”
“Rey’s doing that now.”
Leia pulled up some screens, “I can arrange to have her picked up, brought here.”
*
The shuttle Leia arranged arrived. Finn was nervous and would have been overwhelmed if not for Poe and Rey sticking with him as his siblings emerged and they were greeted warmly.
Leia looked toward the shuttle and Poe said, “His mother is still in there, she doesn’t want to come out.”
“Is she alone in there?”
“The shuttle pilot volunteered to stay in there with her.”
Leia nodded and boarded the shuttle. She nodded and the pilot excused herself and she sat in the seat across from Jayla. “I’m Leia.”
“Jayla.” She twisted the cup that the shuttle pilot had given her. “Do you know my son?”
Leia smiled, “He’s a good man with a kind soul.”
“I haven’t seen him since he was two years old.” She gave a shaky sigh, “Do you have any children?”
Leia smiled, “I have a son, Ben.” She paused then continued, “He’s currently lost to me right now, but I have hope that he will come back to me.”
“I almost lost hope, then we received word, about Finn. It wasn’t until we were on our way here that my nerves got the better of me.”
“You have nothing to worry about.” Leia stood and offered her hand.
Jayla stood and took Leia’s hand and let her lead her from the shuttle.
Finn saw her and while the party did not stop it did collectively hold its breath as they moved toward each other. Jayla had tears in her eyes but pulled her son into her arms for the first time since he was a child. The party released its breath and resumed its previous rowdiness.
Leia stood on the ramp, watching from a distance, missing her own son, but trying to keep a neutral expression on her face. She looked up as Chewbacca moved to stand next to her, then pulled her into a hug so she could allow a few tears to escape without anyone noticing.
*
Rey slipped out of the party and returned to her room alone. She sat on her bed and let the tears fall from her eyes. She felt the connection establish and said in a voice full of misery, “I’d rather not.”
Kylo knelt in front of her and took her hands in his. “Then we don’t have to talk, but your misery is not something I can ignore.”
Rey lifted her eyes from their joined hands and saw his eyes. “They found Finn’s family…” She choked on a sob and could not continue.
She really did not need to. Kylo got up to sit next to her, pulling her into his lap, letting the heartbroken girl sob in his arms. He patted her hair and rocked her gently. “Don’t give up hope sweetheart, they will turn up, they will be found, please don’t lose hope.”
FILL - Re: Finn/Rey or Finn/Rey/Poe, Finn gets reunited with his family
Rey was looking at the display of culinary spices as she listened to Poe bartering for a small bag of a particular spice blend.
They finally came to a price and Poe handed over the coins and tucked the small waterproof package away in his pocket. “You and Finn just wait until I make this dish for you.”
The woman looked at Finn across the hallway with Rose Tico, then hmpfed. “Sometimes the galaxy is just so strange and small. He looks like he could be one of Tryl’s boys.”
Poe and Rey traded looks and Poe leaned in and said, “Tell me more.”
“Buy four canela sticks at full price and I’ll draw you a map to Tryl’s workplace.”
Poe and Rey had Finn and Rose return to the ship while they followed the map. Tryl was a burly man who ran a droid repair shop.
“Tryl?” Poe asked.
“That’s me.” He turned from carefully stacking some parts.
Poe was struck by how similar this man was to Finn. “I’m Poe, this is Rey. We have a friend who may be related to you.”
Rey could sense the man’s sudden well-hidden nervousness. He said, “Oh what makes you say that?”
“Physical resemblance.”
“Lots of people resemble each other.”
Rey touched Poe’s arm, then said to Tryl, “Our friend was a stormtrooper, but defected. It’s the only life he has ever known, meaning he was taken as a very young child.”
Tryl fiddled with some droid parts on the counter while looking between Poe and Rey. “I’ve got a sister. She and her husband settled in a relatively small settlement. Her husband Sindile is also in the droid business. Our family was sort of nervous about settlement, it was out of the way and somewhat isolated.” He paused, almost overwhelmed.
The door chimed and he pulled himself together to greet the incoming customer. Poe and Rey exchanged looks and she had to pull him away from a display of paints.
Tryl poured three cups of tea from the dispenser and continued. “Jayla’s youngest at the time was just shy of two years old when the First Order came. They moved from settlement to settlement, from farm to farm, taking every child three years old and younger. People tried to hide the children, some tried to fight them. Sindile didn’t say it explicitly, but I get the feeling some people died trying to save their children.” He stared at his cup, “Jayla was broken inside. She got panicky when she got pregnant again so our family helped them move well inside Republic territory. There was no guarantee that it would not happen again, but they live quietly.”
Poe pulled a mini holo projector then activated it and let him look at the pictures of himself, Finn and Rey. There were a couple of Finn and Rey, a one of Finn and BB8. Tryl picked it up and studied the pictures. “Can I transfer some of these?”
Poe nodded and Tryl transferred a couple of the best pictures of Finn to his own unit. He handed it back to Poe, “I will contact my sister, I will bring this up, and tell her. Where can I contact you?”
Poe and Rey both handed over their comm frequencies then Tryl plopped an antennae, still in its package, on the counter in front of Poe. “On the house.”
Poe smiled and said, “Thank you.” They nodded at each other and he and Rey headed to rejoin their friends.
*
Leia was working in her office when Poe came bursting in. “General!”
“Yes, commander?”
“Remember I told you about Tryl the droid repairman? He’s contacted me, Jayla wants to see Finn.”
Leia smiled, “Have you told Finn?”
“Rey’s doing that now.”
Leia pulled up some screens, “I can arrange to have her picked up, brought here.”
*
The shuttle Leia arranged arrived. Finn was nervous and would have been overwhelmed if not for Poe and Rey sticking with him as his siblings emerged and they were greeted warmly.
Leia looked toward the shuttle and Poe said, “His mother is still in there, she doesn’t want to come out.”
“Is she alone in there?”
“The shuttle pilot volunteered to stay in there with her.”
Leia nodded and boarded the shuttle. She nodded and the pilot excused herself and she sat in the seat across from Jayla. “I’m Leia.”
“Jayla.” She twisted the cup that the shuttle pilot had given her. “Do you know my son?”
Leia smiled, “He’s a good man with a kind soul.”
“I haven’t seen him since he was two years old.” She gave a shaky sigh, “Do you have any children?”
Leia smiled, “I have a son, Ben.” She paused then continued, “He’s currently lost to me right now, but I have hope that he will come back to me.”
“I almost lost hope, then we received word, about Finn. It wasn’t until we were on our way here that my nerves got the better of me.”
“You have nothing to worry about.” Leia stood and offered her hand.
Jayla stood and took Leia’s hand and let her lead her from the shuttle.
Finn saw her and while the party did not stop it did collectively hold its breath as they moved toward each other. Jayla had tears in her eyes but pulled her son into her arms for the first time since he was a child. The party released its breath and resumed its previous rowdiness.
Leia stood on the ramp, watching from a distance, missing her own son, but trying to keep a neutral expression on her face. She looked up as Chewbacca moved to stand next to her, then pulled her into a hug so she could allow a few tears to escape without anyone noticing.
*
Rey slipped out of the party and returned to her room alone. She sat on her bed and let the tears fall from her eyes. She felt the connection establish and said in a voice full of misery, “I’d rather not.”
Kylo knelt in front of her and took her hands in his. “Then we don’t have to talk, but your misery is not something I can ignore.”
Rey lifted her eyes from their joined hands and saw his eyes. “They found Finn’s family…” She choked on a sob and could not continue.
She really did not need to. Kylo got up to sit next to her, pulling her into his lap, letting the heartbroken girl sob in his arms. He patted her hair and rocked her gently. “Don’t give up hope sweetheart, they will turn up, they will be found, please don’t lose hope.”