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i_shot_first (i_shot_first) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-05-06 23:06:00

Entry tags:

- deck five lounge, ^ log, han solo | star wars (legends), padme amidala | star wars

Meeting the Mother-In-Law (Han and Padme)
WHO: Han and Padme
WHEN: 226405.7
WHERE: The lounge where they agreed to meet
SUMMARY: Han meets Padme for the first time in person
WARNINGS: There shouldn't be any

Han couldn't help being nervous as he waited for Padme to arrive at the place where they'd agreed a few days ago to meet. He'd been happy to give her the time to talk to Leia and whoever else she needed to and to get settled in before doing this meeting. He tried telling himself that he didn't need to be afraid, but knowing she'd been a queen and being unable to escape the fact that he was just a nobody smuggler didn't exactly make him feel the best about it.

He was doing his best not to let out that he wasn't always doing legal things for a living, that was why he'd said he was a cargo pilot. It wasn't entirely untrue, it just wasn't always legal things he'd been running. Nowdays, he was more respectable, but still worked at times with the smugglers' guild when he wasn't busy with Leia and the kids.

Vader was also on his mind. He didn't know anything at all about what had happened back then. Would Vader try to harm her? What kind of guy had Vader been before he'd needed the suit, when he'd presumably gotten Padme to fall in love with him? There had to be more to him than just the homicidal monster he, Luke and Leia had met, although Han was mostly just worried about the Sith's current state of mind these days. It might be wise to warn her while they were talking.

He just hoped that, by the time it was over, she'd see that there was more to him than the brash, cocky attitude he usually projected and that she'd recognize whatever it was that had made Leia fall for him, even though she had pretty much hated him in the beginning. That she'd see that he was ok, even if he wasn't some high and mighty aristocrat.

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amidala
2017-05-19 11:57 pm UTC (link)

"I'll take whatever I can get, it is all of it a precious gift. I think it's possible that I am the one getting the most benefit out of this odd situation we're all finding ourselves in. And yes - I am glad that Luke is there for them. But I have no doubt you're doing your best, Han. You seem like a caring man, and I think you must have made a good father." Padme said, giving him an adoring smile.

She reached out and patted his hand, "Each of us can only do what we are equipped to do. You're trying your best. Even in this place."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-21 07:55 pm UTC (link)

"All I gotta say is, I've come a long way..." he replied. She'd probably have got a very different opinion of him if they'd met before that trip to Tattooine.

He smiled back, glad the meeting had gone better than some beings could say about meeting the mother-in-law. "Glad you think so. I guess maybe it's just getting past the first impression. Ya kinda have to crack through the outside to figure out who I really am. And I'm glad to have met you. I was a little nervous at first, but I'm definitely gettin' to like you."

"That's all we can do, I agree." he nodded. It did make him wonder if perhaps Bail would ever show up. Leia would like that, no matter which timeline she was from.

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amidala
2017-05-22 11:39 pm UTC (link)

"Perhaps we are all lucky that our first impressions happened over text on the logs instead of in person. It helped me to form a good opinion of you from the start." Padmé said, smiling at Han adoringly.

"And I was always well trained at looking through those cracks to see the person on the inside. Whatever else there is about you, I believe that you truly love my daughter and would do anything to look out for her. That's the best thing anyone can ask for, I think."

She rose to her feet, then, and grinned at him. "It was wonderful meeting you, Han. I hope we'll talk again."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-24 08:10 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, maybe it did work out better that way." he nodded, smiling back. It could be tough figuring out tone of voice and interpretation via the text system, but at the same time, there was less looking at the person behind the text and judging based on appearances.

"I think so, too. It's odd, though...somehow, things seem to have gone very differently in Leia's world...at least from what she told me. I just keep wondering how things turned out so different. And I feel bad that she's been through so much pain over the years...I mean, we've had our share, but at least we had a few times to be happy now and then. It doesn't seem much like that for her."

"It was nice meeting you." he replied, a lot less nervous now. "I'd like to talk again soon, it'd be nice."

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