What -- [ Rex had plenty to say before Poe went ahead and stunned Andy. He reflexively reaches out, catching her by the crook of her elbow to keep her propped up, legs dangling uselessly beneath her. And then Poe tries to leave. He grabs onto his elbow too, his grasp just as firm. ] What are you -- now, hold on!
[ It's rare that he feels truly out of his depth, but he feels it now, all of his anger and fear tipping into something more clear-headed. This is stupid. This whole ordeal is stupid. All that anyone is saying is simply reaffirming their love for one another in the worst way possible and now they're fighting about it. He rounds on Andy. ]
You absolute ass! [ He can't say that she was wholly wrong about him. He's loved before. He's loved dearly. But he's never been in love and his inexperience runs so deep that poor Poe had to tell him how he felt before he managed to figure it out. So he doesn't run with that. ] I know exactly what this is, and so does Poe. You're the only one who has a problem with it. I love that man, and god help me, for some reason I love you too, and I don't give a bantha's ass whether or not you can say the same. [ Never before has a declaration of love sounded so much like chiding an errant child, his voice raised and cheeks blooming red, eyes wild. ] You do not speak to him that way, and you don't get to make the decision of how we're dealing with this for us. I'd already lost everything before I met you idiots.
[ She knows that full well. He'd been stranded when they'd found him, away from his home, his family, from everyone he's ever known and loved. All that he ever loved died the same day the Republic did, either struck down where they stood or corrupted beyond reason, wholly unrecognizable as the men they once were.
And then he rounds on Poe. ] And you! You are not leaving me with this mess!
[ He drags them both towards him and towards each other with a real danger of simply knocking their heads together. ]
You are going to stay here, and you are going to sort your shit out! Now! [ He lets go of them both, sending Andy hurtling down to the ground, flinging his arms up in the air in a rare show of unrestrained emotion, even if that emotion happens to be exasperation. His voice rises further into the loud, commanding sort of timbre one would use to get people's attention in a military bunker, only it's absolutely unnecessary in their small quarters. It's easy to forget his previous position much of the time, happy as he is to take the others' leads, but now he sounds every inch the Captain he once was, even if the substance of what he says is anything but professional. ]
This is ridiculous! You don't have the right to hold your age over us when you're acting like a child!
[ Is it so much to deal with matters of the heart with some goddamn dignity? Is that really so much to ask for? ]
We are going to sit down, and we are going to talk! [ He waves a finger in Andy's face. ] And that includes you!
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[ It's rare that he feels truly out of his depth, but he feels it now, all of his anger and fear tipping into something more clear-headed. This is stupid. This whole ordeal is stupid. All that anyone is saying is simply reaffirming their love for one another in the worst way possible and now they're fighting about it. He rounds on Andy. ]
You absolute ass! [ He can't say that she was wholly wrong about him. He's loved before. He's loved dearly. But he's never been in love and his inexperience runs so deep that poor Poe had to tell him how he felt before he managed to figure it out. So he doesn't run with that. ] I know exactly what this is, and so does Poe. You're the only one who has a problem with it. I love that man, and god help me, for some reason I love you too, and I don't give a bantha's ass whether or not you can say the same. [ Never before has a declaration of love sounded so much like chiding an errant child, his voice raised and cheeks blooming red, eyes wild. ] You do not speak to him that way, and you don't get to make the decision of how we're dealing with this for us. I'd already lost everything before I met you idiots.
[ She knows that full well. He'd been stranded when they'd found him, away from his home, his family, from everyone he's ever known and loved. All that he ever loved died the same day the Republic did, either struck down where they stood or corrupted beyond reason, wholly unrecognizable as the men they once were.
And then he rounds on Poe. ] And you! You are not leaving me with this mess!
[ He drags them both towards him and towards each other with a real danger of simply knocking their heads together. ]
You are going to stay here, and you are going to sort your shit out! Now! [ He lets go of them both, sending Andy hurtling down to the ground, flinging his arms up in the air in a rare show of unrestrained emotion, even if that emotion happens to be exasperation. His voice rises further into the loud, commanding sort of timbre one would use to get people's attention in a military bunker, only it's absolutely unnecessary in their small quarters. It's easy to forget his previous position much of the time, happy as he is to take the others' leads, but now he sounds every inch the Captain he once was, even if the substance of what he says is anything but professional. ]
This is ridiculous! You don't have the right to hold your age over us when you're acting like a child!
[ Is it so much to deal with matters of the heart with some goddamn dignity? Is that really so much to ask for? ]
We are going to sit down, and we are going to talk! [ He waves a finger in Andy's face. ] And that includes you!