[ a pilot. airforce? a sudden twitch of his mouth as he thinks as long as he isn't an army boy. it isn't serious. curtis was navy, but they're brothers anyway. then he remembers... rey and this guy are from space, he probably flies freaking spaceships. this place couldn't get any more unbelievable if it tried, and he's coming from a place with super ninjas in hell's kitchen and shit.
the second message hurts, but that's expected. everything always hurts, especially innocuous things other people take for granted. he doesn't have the luxury of caring for people, and yet he seems to keep falling into the trap all the same. frank can't meet poe's eyes any longer. ]
semper fi, brother.
[ a soldier is gone but never forgotten. he swallows, not knowing if poe will understand what it means. he does care, so much it's burning up his throat and threatening to burst him into flame on the spot. but he would never say as much, not when he can't even admit it to himself. ]
i'm an asshole.
[ which doesn't exactly dispute poe's statement but it's still true. ]
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the second message hurts, but that's expected. everything always hurts, especially innocuous things other people take for granted. he doesn't have the luxury of caring for people, and yet he seems to keep falling into the trap all the same. frank can't meet poe's eyes any longer. ]
semper fi, brother.
[ a soldier is gone but never forgotten. he swallows, not knowing if poe will understand what it means. he does care, so much it's burning up his throat and threatening to burst him into flame on the spot. but he would never say as much, not when he can't even admit it to himself. ]
i'm an asshole.
[ which doesn't exactly dispute poe's statement but it's still true. ]