i love all the ‘poe has a wonderful singing voice’ headcanons for the obvious reason, but you know who else has a wonderful singing voice? rey. except where poe is a connoisseur of mellow space folk and lugs his space guitar from base to base and sings to his fellow pilots, rey has always made up her own songs and her own lyrics and her own stories to sing to herself about.
i’m saying: rey sitting at finn’s bedside, singing to him about the tiny desert critters burrowing in their tiny burrows with their tiny families for the night. it’s a strange combination, part lullaby, part counting song, something she made up when she must’ve been 7 or 8, and she’s never sung it to anyone else. but she’s singing it to finn, who’s unconscious, and it’s soft and sweet and poe walks by med bay one time and catches a glimpse and a couple of verses and he’s like
OH NO
#next morning at breakfast poe sits with her#‘was that a song from jakku?’ he asks; rey looks confused so he hums a couple of bars for her and his voice is low and warm and lovely#rey instantly goes beet red; poe feels kind of like an asshole. ‘sorry’ he says ‘i was passing by yesterday i didn’t mean to listen in’#‘thatsasongimadeup’ rey sputters and then shoves an entire slice of toast in her mouth#‘sorry?’ says poe#rey chews aggressively and then swallows with a little gulp and then looks at him defiantly and still totally red up to her ears#‘that’s a song i made up. when i was little.’#and poe is like ‘oh’#(poe is like OH b/c he’s in love he loves them both it’s been like a week he would literally die for them it’s prEPOSTEROUS)#‘it’s lovely’ he says. ‘could you teach me sometime? if you want? i could teach you some of ours’#rey is not yet comfortable enough around him but she lets poe stay when she’s singing to finn#eventually lets him join in#they’re not perfectly harmonious#rey’s voice breaks a little in some parts and poe takes her hand; and poe’s voice breaks too in others and she squeezes his fingers gently#finn sleeps beside them; his heart rate monitor their only accompaniment#star wars#ah yes the damerons#SOMEBODY TAKE THE INTERNET AWAY FROM ME I SWEAR TO FUCK
*pushes the internet slightly closer to you*
Awwwwwwwwwww.