[ she'd never given it much thought before. if anything, rey had always been a little dismissive of the shows of affection on base or the niima outpost. it was just kissing — just mouths pressed together, sometimes in brief touches and sometimes more animalistic, but at the end of the day, it was just two mouths touching together. there wasn't anything to be awed by, no reason to be jealous.
but in that moment, as finn's mouth presses to her own, as sweetness and warmth and the echo of something settles in her chest, rey thinks she might understand. because there wasn't anything particularly special about it, nothing new or novel in a simple kiss, but there was everything in the gentle way he held her, in the slow lingering sensation of his lips against her own. there was love and adoration and careful, gentle sincerity — and beneath it, barely there, the sudden and undeniable knowledge that it wasn't just a kiss.
so she follows it, going on instinct alone, her head tipping to the side just enough that she can press that much more firmly into the embrace, her arms lifting to loop around his neck so that she might pull herself in. she may not know what she's doing, but she knows she wants to be doing this with finn, and that's half the battle. ]
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but in that moment, as finn's mouth presses to her own, as sweetness and warmth and the echo of something settles in her chest, rey thinks she might understand. because there wasn't anything particularly special about it, nothing new or novel in a simple kiss, but there was everything in the gentle way he held her, in the slow lingering sensation of his lips against her own. there was love and adoration and careful, gentle sincerity — and beneath it, barely there, the sudden and undeniable knowledge that it wasn't just a kiss.
so she follows it, going on instinct alone, her head tipping to the side just enough that she can press that much more firmly into the embrace, her arms lifting to loop around his neck so that she might pull herself in. she may not know what she's doing, but she knows she wants to be doing this with finn, and that's half the battle. ]