[IC] Appointments

[borntorebel]

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Action, February 14th

[borntorebel]

[She takes his hand with a soft chuckle, standing up on her feet at his chivalry. She loves the fact that he's so sentimental. It's not exactly something she would have accused him of when she was nineteen, but it fits him.]

I agree. It's the perfect excuse for us to be obnoxiously cute with each other, right?

[And it's probably easier with no kids or obligations in the way.]

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[notsosolo]

Exactly.

[He draws her close. There was a time he would have thought a holiday like this was contrived and pointless. That was before he'd met someone who made him want to be obnoxiously cute.

And they don't even need a sitter, how convenient is that?]

Any excuse to dote on you.

Action, February 14th

[borntorebel]

Please don't tell me that we become predictable.

[She couldn't stand that if it were true. Though she loved him with everything she had, being predictable was worse than anything she can imagine.]

Although, I do like doting.

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[notsosolo]

Sweetheart, we couldn't be predictable if we tried.

[Why would they try? Why would anyone try?]

Doting, dinner, dancing... some things that don't start with D...

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[borntorebel]

It isn't always about trying, Han, as you well know.

[But that is a relief.]

Those all sound wonderful, but I suppose that I already knew that this day was approaching a while ago and I had a gift prepared for you.

[Because why be predictable.]

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[notsosolo]

Have I ever told you you're incredibly devious?

[And from his tone there's a clear undercurrent of "and I love it"]

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[borntorebel]

Not lately, but that's quite alright. You'll probably spend enough time trying to show me just how devious you are.

[She does so love it when she can surprise him in the non-dangerous sort of way. It doesn't happen enough.]

Now, the question is do I let you have it now or do I let you wait until after you take me to dinner?

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[notsosolo]

[She's right, of course. They always keep trying to surprise each other.]

I don't actually get a vote on that, do I?

[borntorebel]

[Well, can she help it that he's just so cute when she surprises him? He makes it so easy too.]

Well, do you really want a vote on that? Because something tells me that you'd like to surprise you later.

[notsosolo]

I do like surprises.

[Okay, that isn't strictly true]

At least when they come from you.

Key. Words.

[borntorebel]

You only say that because I'm insufferably rigid most of the time and you and Winter have conspired against me in your past to remember to not be that way. And to take care of myself.

[There's no use lying, Han. It'll never work.]

Besides, surprising you seems to be relatively difficult unless I'm confessing that Luke is my brother and therefore not an obstacle to us being together. Or agreeing to marry you.

Yes. Ma'am.

[notsosolo]

That one was my favourite surprise ever.

[He's still not sure how it had happened, really. But he's glad of it every day.

Which he expresses in the best way he knows how to. With a kiss.]

He *can* be taught!

[borntorebel]

[She returns the kiss but doesn't let it get too heavy. While it is one of her favorite things to do, it ends up being very distracting if she has any goals in mind.]

Han, if, at any point after the second Death Star, you'd have asked me, it wouldn't have taken a surprise. [She manages a small smile for him.] Perhaps I should just return home and ask you to marry me. Waiting will be difficult.

Some things

[notsosolo]

[They do have dinner plans. Dessert later.]

You would create an alternate timeline just to marry me earlier?

[Then again, it would save them a lot of stupid]

The important things.

[borntorebel]

[Definitely dessert later.]

It's a possibility. I can't say that I'm looking forward to going back to waiting for two years to pass before the Hapans show up and you do something drastic to prove your love for me. Something I already knew.

[She's just not ready to go back to all the dumb things they have to face when she returns. She'd like to skip it and go on to being married and in love and parents.]

Mostly Leia things

[notsosolo]

[It really was a bit ridiculous what it had taken them]

I can't think of many things better than getting to be married to you for two extra years.

[And here he thought wasn't the marrying type]</small.

Well, those are the important things in his book, so...

[borntorebel]

[It sounds so impossible to her that they'd fall to the extremes that they do, but she knows that Han is a horrible liar when it comes to her and Luke wouldn't. No, her future isn't exactly what she imagined it would be, but nothing in her life was.]

That sounds like a wonderful dream. [She can't help but feeling sad over what she's about to say.] However, it's incredibly selfish of me to change the timeline to do so. And I don't want to ruin anyone else's life just so that you and I are married earlier.

Patience might not be my forte, but I've managed it with the Rebellion. And it's not as if we'll never see each other, right?

[Just so you know, altruism sucks.]

He has his priorities

[notsosolo]

[He sighs. She's right, of course. She usually is.]

It's not. Not as much as I'd like, but what I'd like is an awful lot.

[ALl the time? He likes all the time.]

When I leave the Falcon with you. That's meant as a message.

And sometimes they're the right ones.

[borntorebel]

[Being right a lot of the time is boring. She wishes she were wrong in this instance. She wanted to be with him before she came to Luceti for the second time. Now, she wants it even more.]

Han, what you'd like is impossible, even after we can get married. You know better than anyone else that we both have duties back home, duties that we can't ignore.

[She touches his face, trying to ignore the ache she feels.]

It would have to be, considering sometimes I think you love that ship more than me.

On occasion

[notsosolo]

I know. But I'm always going to want it.

[Because he loves her. So very much.

He brushes a hand over her cheek.]

The Falcon is the most important thing in the galaxy to me.

But most important thing.

[borntorebel]

And that, Han, is one of the good things about you. One of many.

[She can feel the strength of their mutual affection through the Force Bond she established with him. And it's immense. So much more than she ever imagined.]

I hope you'd value our children over your ship. It's nice to know my faith in you hasn't been misplaced. [Not that she questioned it after everything they'd gone through both here and back home.] But I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me about the Falcon. Why would you leave it with me?

[notsosolo]

[Han can't feel affection through the Force. So he settles for holding hands as he starts heading toward the restaurant.]

The kids and you. [Nothing meant more to him. What could?]

When I went off to try and track down Zsinj, I knew it was going to take a while. That I'd be away from you for longer than I wanted. So I wanted you to be sure I was coming back.

[borntorebel]

[If he could feel it, he probably wouldn't be surprised. He seems rather used to this sort of thing. But the hand-holding is perhaps one of her favorite things about being with him. The small, unspoken gestures are the best, after all.]

So, your family ranks higher than your ship. That's good to know. [She smiles up at him as they walk.] There was a point when I'd resigned myself to being the second love of your life. How could I compete with your souped up freighter?

[So, leaving her the Falcon is beyond a huge deal, and she knows it.]

[notsosolo]

So easily.

[He didn't used to have such a cheesy smile. Until he had someone to bring it out.]

The Falcon is important, but she's not a person.

[borntorebel]

No, it's not the Falcon that's replaced me as first in your life. [She loves that dorky smile. It's just so unexpected and boyish.] I believe the children have managed that.