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Han Solo ([info]bloodstriped) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2016-02-15 12:00:00

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Entry tags:elena gilbert (au), han solo, kazuki makabe, kitty pryde (aoa), leia organa, malcolm reynolds, spencer reid, ton phanan, yona

Day 363 | Open Video
[ It's easy enough to figure out the headset. He even listens to the message and information before he starts throwing a decidedly scruffy, Corellian-sized tantrum about it to whoever is on this thing that will pay attention. ]

Listen, this is General Solo. [ And isn't he glad he can finally pull rank, if there's anyone here he can pull rank on. ] If this is some kind of kriffing joke, it's not funny. But if it's not, then someone needs to tell me what's going on that contaminating carbonite is illegal, not to mention my fault.

[ Not that he'd think someone (one of the Rogues is his first guess) would pull a prank of this magnitude in the middle of a crisis that includes people getting entenched to power droids, but it would be nice if that were the case. Mostly because then he wouldn't really be in prison and could more effectively yell at someone about it. ]


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[info]forceful
2016-02-20 03:27 pm UTC (link)
[ a dressing room is no place to have this conversation, but there's no one else here, save the droids who run the store, restock the shelves, and keep clothes on the hangars. there's no room for her to join him on the tiny table, so she leans back against the mirror. ]

I don't know. One minute he was there, and the next— [ a sharp hitch of a breath, for the next moment it was like someone had all but severed a limb. those first few luke-less moments were disorienting. she'd felt dizzy and nauseous, like her center of gravity had shifted dramatically and she no longer knew how to stand on her own two feet. ] The next it was like... Like part of me was ripped away. Cut off. Every time I reach for him [ in the force, something she's become far more adept at since yelling at ghosts on bakura ] there's nothing. Nothing but impossible emptiness.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-21 03:10 am UTC (link)
[ On some level, Han is still wrapping his head around Leia and Luke being siblings. He doesn't know how this part works. The Force, feeling things that way, it's all beyond him. The last time he'd tried to speak about it hadn't gone well, though how much of that was his fault and how much was Vader(Anakin)'s is up for debate.

He does know the hitch in her voice, and how she usually deals with things like this. It's what has him reaching over to grab her hand, eyes on her face. ]

And it's been like that for seventeen days... [ It isn't a question. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-21 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Yes. [ a quiet answer, weighted down with shame and abhorrence for even attempting to fill the void that luke left. especially with someone who could never be a replacement for han (not that she intended him to be) and was ultimately lying to her. she may be open to repairing her friendship with reid and unwilling to ignore valuable information he possesses, but her trust is something he's going to have to earn back.

han isn't going to like hearing about any of this, and she's sorry she has to hurt him this way. but she isn't about to lie or hide any of it. not even (especially not) to protect him. they've had enough of that, and she would be the pot calling the kettle black if she did what she took reid to task over. ]

I tried... [ she can't look at him, can't do this as an alliance superior with an impassive façade in place. ] I tried to fill that void up. It's been unbearable, and I'm constantly aware of it. Like the throbbing absence of a phantom limb. [ there's a quick glance his way, a hard one that warns him away from referencing luke's hand in any way. ] I was misguided, and I'm sorry for misleading him, but I'm not sorry for the black eye I gave him when I found out he was lying to me the whole time.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-22 04:40 am UTC (link)
[ Oh, no. No, no, she can't be saying what he thinks she's saying, because if something like that didn't happen in the year he was stuck in carbonite it wouldn't have happened in a month underwater. His heart sinks and the familiar, wriggling weight of doubt settles into his stomach like so many Coruscant garbage worms.

Still, she's sorry for misleading him, and filling a void, and maybe he's assuming a lot more than he has a right to. Slowly, he pulls his hand back and grips the edge of the table so tight his knuckles go pale. ]

You gonna tell me what happened or do I have to guess?

[ He's already guessing, and it's already terrible. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-22 04:55 am UTC (link)
[ she can tell that he's already guessing, already twisting together worst case scenarios in his mind. likely of her in a new, loving relationship with someone a little more on her level — a panic spiral best saved for the day when obligation, responsibility, and stature rear their ugly heads and demand that she allow someone with a title, fortune, and no outstanding bounties to court her in han's place.

but that's not the case here. ]

Eight days ago [ again with counting days, because of course she's counted forwards and backwards on every moment of her time here ] there was a party. I kissed someone I considered a close, trusted friend at the time. I discovered he was lying about knowing who I was three days later.

There are films that exist in his world. Films about us. Our galaxy. Our lives. He knew me from them.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-22 08:29 pm UTC (link)
[ He can't look up from her feet. Not looking at her face doesn't make it any easier to hear, and Han is still waiting for something else to drop. There's some small relief in only hearing the word 'kissed,' at least, and knowing whoever this guy is managed to screw it up, but it's not enough. Not yet. ]

How much does this kissed guy know? [ It isn't the first time there's been vids--Han had signed off on some for the extra credits right after Yavin--but they were never very accurate. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-23 12:16 am UTC (link)
About us? [ a shrug. it's one he doesn't see, because he's not looking at her. but she's looking at him, staring hard at the mess of hair on of his head. ] More than I ever wanted anyone to know about me. Including things I fought hard to keep out of the news reels. Tatooine—

[ no. that's not a conversation they've had, and she refuses to allow any of this to force her hand on this issue. she'll talk to him about it when she's ready. and she's still furious that a planet full of cinema goers know about an experience she hasn't even discussed with the man she risked it all to save. ]

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-23 03:49 am UTC (link)
[ His head snaps up when she mentions Tatooine, but he doesn't turn his head to look at her, not yet. He might have been blind at the time, but Han wasn't stupid and you don't work for Jabba as long as he had without knowing exactly what that slug was capable of. ]

So this guy knew... Things. He knew, and you kissed him, and then you hit him?

[ Finally, he chances a look at her face, knuckles a little less white from the grip he has on the table's edge. He needs the facts, the timeline, so he can wrap his head around it and figure out what it means. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-23 03:59 am UTC (link)
In that order, though not necessarily as fluidly as you listed them. He knew about me, about my life, and I didn't find out until after he kissed me. Not that I intended for that kiss to go anywhere. I just...

[ he looks up at her, and she looks away, staring at her reflection in the mirror. there are times when she barely recognizes herself. now is no exception. ]

I wanted to feel something other than his absence.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-23 05:20 am UTC (link)
[ Until this moment, he hadn't really considered how they'd fare through something like this. Then again, until now their biggest obstacles have been torture, carbonite, and Vader, so maybe this will be easier.

What is he supposed to do? Forgive her? Yes, obviously. That answer is immediate and undeniably correct. But what about this other man? It was easier to apologize for being a vrelt's ass when the jealousy was all in his head, when there was nothing solid urging it on. Or maybe it was Luke doing that Force trick with him, it's hard to tell this far removed from Bakura and Alderaanian Imperials.

That one will take a while to figure out, but seeing the look on her face drains away some of the anger. Hard to stay mad when she's like this, when she's talking about things openly instead of pretending nothing gets to her. ]

Okay. [ Just that, one word of acknowledgement as he lets go of the table to hug his arms to himself. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-23 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Okay? [ she turns on him, incredulous. almost as if she wanted — needed him to yell at her for this infraction in a relationship that they hadn't even applied a definition to yet. ] I screw up and all you can say is "okay?"

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-23 08:21 pm UTC (link)
You-- What do you want me to say, Leia? [ He's hurt, and that's obvious, but he's not entirely unfamiliar with the concept. It's just one he'd rather move past as quickly as possible. ]

I don't like it, I really don't, but you were here and I wasn't. Nothing either of us says is gonna change it. [ Han sighs, hugs his arms tighter to himself, and he pretends it helps. ] Besides, I figure if you're in here with me and not wherever he's at, I've still got a shot.

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[info]forceful
2016-02-24 03:04 pm UTC (link)
I never wanted you here, [ she says, but quickly clarifies: ] This place does things to you, Han. Awful things. It forces your hand and makes you endure scenarios you would never chose to experience were you not dropped unexpectedly in the thick of it. I don't want you to have to go through any of that.

[ leia moves swiftly, gripping at his arms in attempt to unwind them. ] You've always had a shot. That shot's been yours longer than you realize.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-25 06:13 am UTC (link)
[ He doesn't like this. Doesn't like seeing her like this, doesn't like knowing what she's told him, doesn't like the sinking suspicion that maybe this time he hasn't had worse (but now she has), doesn't like being in this place where he has no choice but to stay put and cope instead of getting into the Falcon and taking off.

No, actually he hates it. But he loves her.

She unwinds his arms easily, Han doesn't fight it and he doesn't pull them back. Just lets her do what she wants with them for the moment. ]

Yeah? How much longer? [ There it is, the forced lopsided grin and the loud whooping signal of let's talk about anything else for a while. Except he can't even keep that up, and moves to grab her hands and hold them a little too tightly, because he wants to make sure (again) (for the first of many times) this isn't another carbonite dream being particularly cruel to his mushy decaying mind. ]

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[info]forceful
2016-02-25 06:28 am UTC (link)
[ he can hold on to them as tightly as he needs to. she isn't going to fight him. not today. ]

Do you really need specifics? [ his grin may be forced, but hers is a touch more genuine. ] I love you. I never stopped.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-26 06:26 am UTC (link)
[ That's a relief to hear, like a weight as big as a Star Destroyer just dropped off his back. ] I love you, too.

[ Serious, now, as he squeezes her hands and then lets them go to hold her again. He likes to think he knows, likes to think she does, too, but if it felt that good to hear it on his end it couldn't hurt for her to hear it, too. ]

Could stand to hear that again, though. Just to make sure I heard you right.

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[info]forceful
2016-02-26 06:59 am UTC (link)
[ funny how three simple words could be so reassuring. leia sinks into his embrace, glad to put that brief bout of distance behind them. ]

Oh, fine. [ she tries to sound put off, but fails. ] I love you. Happy?

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-26 07:35 am UTC (link)
Hold on.

[ Han pulls away, but in the next second he's leaning down to kiss her. Properly, this time, though he keeps it short. ]

Yeah, that's a lot better.

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[info]forceful
2016-02-26 07:04 pm UTC (link)
Later, after they've wandered about the dome gathering the first day essentials and Han's conversed with a good portion of the population (at her insistence, urging him to at least try to make a good impression), they return to her apartment in Sector Four. Her apartment and the furry friend that greats them the moment the door swings open.

The tiny kitten bounds towards Leia, but stops short upon spotting Han. It skitters against the tile, hair standing on end. Trying hard to look intimidating the little animal hisses.

"Oh, don't do that." Leia sidesteps Han, bending down to pluck the disgruntled kitten off the ground. She holds it close, stroking its fur. "Don't let the Wookiee smell fool you — he's a friend."

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-26 09:29 pm UTC (link)
He's probably had longer and weirder days, but he can't really think of a good example at the moment. Chewbacca might remember one, but he's not here. And he's not at all sure the impression he made was good, but probably better than nothing.

Sure isn't make a good impression on that cat.

"You're kidding me. They take me, put me in a flight suit, and none of this is even technically real, but I still smell like a Wookiee?"

That's just insulting.

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[info]forceful
2016-02-26 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Leia's too busy holding the kitten up, above her head and murmuring nonsense to it to notice Han's comment. (He doesn't smell like Wookiee — but he should. She won't tell him how odd it is that he doesn't.)

"Now," she turns, holding the kitten out towards Han, "you two are going to have to learn to get along."

The kitten clearly disagrees. He hisses unhappily, tiny paws out displaying his tiny claws.

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[info]bloodstriped
2016-02-27 12:24 am UTC (link)
"I'm not the one hissing," as if this is a question of his character versus a cat's. "Where'd you get this, anyway?"

Said as Han reaches out fearlessly to try and scritch the top of said cat's head, only to have the side of his hand gnawed on for a moment before he pulls his hand back and narrows his eyes at the furry little thing in Leia's hands.

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[info]forceful
2016-02-27 12:49 am UTC (link)
"He," the princess amends. "And his name is Gold Three."

Which doesn't explain how she got him. But her friend has been missing in proverbial action for less than twenty-four hours, and Leia doesn't want to open up a new wound when this morning's still stings.

She shifts the kitten to her shoulder, holding it in place like one might do an infant. Her free hand is extended out towards him.

"Let me see."

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2016-02-27 01:06 am UTC (link)
Han holds out his hand, eyes still on the cat.

"Gold Three?" It's not that he's judging her, but he kind of is. Just a little, and in the sense that he finds it to be very reassuringly her.

"I've had worse than a bite, it's fine."

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2016-02-27 01:16 am UTC (link)
She doesn't seem convinced, but drops her hand and glowers at him in both disapproval and warning. It's possible she looks a little too much like a disgruntled child with her hair twisted back into twin boxer braids.

"Yes, Gold Three. What's wrong with Gold Three?"

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