I just got this 😅 but yeah the mobile app sucks.
I can’t remember if it was in the TFA script or novel, but she does. It’s never been a question that she’s been sweet on homeboy since Jakku. The
It’s from Jedi the Last, the (admittedly non-canonical) Shakespearean adaptation of TLJ. See the excerpt post (link) by @kingofjakku for the lines.
(sorry this is so late anon! life got in the way)
Oh shit, is the first thing Rey thinks when she see him. Because the ridiculously hot guy walking towards her with purpose, waving at her, just has to be the tutor that was assigned to her – Finn. And however thankful she is to see someone this beautiful in the flesh, she cannot, she repeats cannot, spend an hour face to face with this guy and survive. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to let this guy be tutor? How many poor souls had to endure this blinding handsomeness up close? How is anyone expected to learn in the presence of this Adonis?
“Hey.” Finn, who might be the most attractive man in the world by Rey’s reckoning, says. Rey doesn’t know when he had got so close probably when she was gawking over him she guesses. “You’re Rey, right?” He asks smiling. She resists the urge to cover her eyes or look away. The sun is less radiant.
Marry me, is her next thought, because how, HOW, is she supposed to live her life without this man lighting it up for her every day. She has no idea how she hasn’t seen him on campus before because surely he glows like a goddamn beacon of light that no one could miss. She realizes she hasn’t said a word and has just been starring open mouthed for longer than is appropriate (though she would argue that propriety can be damned because HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY?).
“Hi.” She says dumbly. She winces at her own voice. Nice one, Rey. Really turned on the charm and wit with that one.
He sits down beside her and she can feel the warmth from his skin. Rey already feels like she’s melting – she’s that far gone from being cool.
“So what are you struggling with?”
FUCK IT, Rey thinks. There’s no way she’s learning shit with these thoughts swirling in her head. Might as well do something about it.
“Right now, I’m struggling with not asking you out.” Did she just say that? Yep, she totally did judging by the look on Finn’s face. It’s shocked, but it soon turns into a smile so that’s definitely a good sign.
“Oh?” He says, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and Rey desperately wants to jump him. “Well as your tutor I can help you with that. I’d recommend asking me to get wings at the campus pub, in about an hour when I’m free after my tutoring.” His grin is wide as he checks her out, and Rey’s heart is racing.
“Ok, do you wanna get wings after this?”
“I’d love too. But first, we’re gonna kick chemistry’s ass!” He says opening the book in front of him.
I think we already have, Rey thinks, and then says, getting a laugh out of Finn.
REY YOU WEIRDO I LOVE YOU
Finn jerks awake, panicking for a moment when he feels restrained – but it’s only Rey’s arms wrapped around him (she’s got limbs like a rathtar, this one). He thought he heard booted feet and shouting down the hall, but as he takes a moment to listen and breathe, he realizes that it was only part of his dream.
Rey’s awake, too, looking rather alarmed; he pats her once on the shoulder, trying to be reassuring, but she just lies there looking at him. He sighs.
“Did something happen or was it a dream?” she asks.
“Just a dream.”
She sighs too, then, and buries her face in his chest. “It’s not that I wish I could block it out. I don’t want you to go through it alone.”
“But I wish Luke had at least taught us to control it so we wouldn’t leak all over each other,” Finn replies ruefully.
Rey affects a comically pompous tone. “Yes, I’d like for you to keep your feelings over on your side of the bed, please.”
He pokes her in the ribs, making her cringe and giggle. He pokes her again, and she smacks his hand away.
“Stop it,” she says. “Go back to sleep.”
“Alright,” he lies, and nuzzles into her hair. There’s no point telling her that sleep won’t return anytime soon – if he’s awake, she will be, too.
As incredible as Anakin contrasting Padme with sand is.
As beautiful as Han telling Chewy to look after Leia is.
No words in Star Wars are more romantic than Finn asking Rey to go with him, and Rey begging Finn not to go.
Okay new headcanon:
Finn and Rey definitely fucked in what was once the Cape Closet that night after the Battle of Crait
If Last Jedi wont give us Finnrey cuddles, I will! 🙂
Actually it was the lovely and kind Em, @finnreyfridays who commissioned these pieces. I am always so, so happy when a commission request from her pops up in my inbox 😀
finnrey is anidala reincarnated
rey is anakin:
x unexplained force abilities
x unrelated to any character we know
x comes from a desert planet where she was sold into slavery by her ‘parents’
x amazing mechanic
x stellar pilot
x lightsaber calls to her; this hasn’t happened to a single skywalker yet; it calls to her because it recognises its true owner
x grows strong attachment (finn, bb8, han)
x has big dreams of helping the resistance like anakin dreamt of freeing the slaves
x has a propensity to the dark side
x wins her first lightsaber battle and hones her abilities quite quickly because she has done it before in her previous life
x maz told her in tfa to forgot her past (her traumatic past as anakin) and focus on her future (finn, luke)
x rey immediately thinks of luke because unconsciously is hopeful to finally have a relationship with her son
finn is padmé:
x incredible goodness and kindness
x amazing blaster aim
x finn is a born leader; used to head his team of stormtroopers just like padmé led her planet
x has a way with words, knows exactly what to say to get what he wants; he gets the resistance to save rey through his clever deception; reminiscent of padmé’s diplomatic nature and her job
x will do anything to save his loved ones despite opposition; finn will save rey no matter what han says and padmé will save obi-wan no matter what anakin says
x thinks of others first before himself. when he gets knocked out on jakku by the blast he immediately asks rey is she’s alright just like padmé asks if anakin is alright when she’s, uh, dying
x “same eyes in different people” we know that maz has lived for a long ass time and it’s not unreasonable to assume she has met padmé or at least heard and seen of her
x they’re both beloved by many people. finn is loved by rey, poe, and rose and padmé is shown to be the crush of quite a few people. they have a magnetism which attracts others
finnrey is anidala:
x they met on a desert planet
x finn is 4-5 years older than rey just like padmé was 4-5 years older than anakin
x rey believes finn is with the resistance and anakin believes padmé is a handmaiden at first
x padmé: come away with me; finn: come with me
x (in case finn is not confirmed FS) jedi x rebel couple (yes padmé is a rebel in rots)
x immediate, unexplainable connection
x soulmates
x finn stares at rey when he first sees her. as if … she is familiar
x rey: we will see each other again, I believe that. she believes that because they already did once
x finnrey is established as main pairing in tfa just like anidala
x finn and rey hug in tfa like anakin and padmé do in tpm
x finn’s priority is rey just like padmé’s priority is anakin
x feel free to add
Cheering on the cute boyfriend in his Jedi exercises can be thirsty work!
This bit of wonderfulness was drawn as a Patreon reward by artist extraordinaire @inchells! Thank you, Eve!
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