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Who's worried?

[aside from, you know, han. obviously. but the way she keeps picking at it is making him regret his initial angry outburst, if only because he hates admitting that he thinks she could do better.]

Your dinky kid friend can worry about the talk we're gonna have if I ever track him down, maybe.

You seem to be.

[She's calling him out, complete with a matter-of-fact look on her face as she says it.]

And be nice. Let me talk with Ezra first, I'll explain things to him.

[things, meaning why she'd rather he not sign any letters he sends to Han as "Jabba the Hutt."]

I ain't worried about some damn kid. You talk to him all you want, just let him know he ought to watch himself around, uh, more mature guys.

[because that's han in a nutshell: a real mature guy.]

And while you're at it you might wanna bring up why some punk from Lothal shouldn't be throwin' Jabba's name around. He's got a little reach, you know?

More mature guys meaning you, I'm guessing.

[which: debatable.]

That was what I planned on talking to him about, actually.

[but, she sighs, still not fully convinced by Han's response. Because if this is going to be an issue with him, she'd rather work on getting past this now instead of later.]

Han, if one of your old girlfriends showed up here, and I were jealous of her, what would you think?

[it's mostly hypothetical, to see what he might say. But she probably would be the slightest bit jealous if that were to happen.]

One of my?...

[he actually seems startled by the question, letting go of the ezra issue for the moment to look appropriately alarmed by the thought. he wouldn't necessarily say he's had girlfriends before but there are a few individuals of a female persuasion he might not want leia to meet, not least of all because after they got over the jealousy thing they might actually get along. talk about a nighmare.]

It's not like I have a squadron of'em lined up somewhere, I haven't, I mean. [DEEP BEWILDERED BREATH.] Maybe some girl might show up and start spouting off about stuff we used to do together, but I've never met a girl that could stand up to you, get it?

[It's a longer, more roundabout answer than she probably predicted (and she also doesn't want to think about Han doing stuff with a bunch of nameless girls in spaceports throughout the galaxy, even if she knows it happened), but at the end it got about where she wanted it to. Leia reaches out and places a hand on his cheek, both to get him to look at her and to get him to focus on the present and not any horrible nightmare fantasies he may have running about in his head.]

I want you to think about your answer, and ask yourself if you think I feel differently about you.

[this is asking a lot of him, leia, wanting him to actually think about this stuff. but he doesn't try to look away. if anything, he looks like he's actually giving what she said some thought.]

Probably...not?

[THAT SEEMS LIKE WHAT SHE WANTS HIM TO SAY? it's kind of awkward, too, but at this point he knows her well enough to know aside from throwing a fit and stomping off he's not going to get out of the conversation.]

[Throwing a fit and stomping off isn't even guaranteed to get him out of it, since there's a good chance she'd just follow and they'd start screaming again. But she is slightly surprised he's actually willing to sit and think about and have this conversation instead of doing just that. Pleasantly surprised, but surprised nonetheless.

She leaves her hand where it is on his cheek as she pushes on, still wanting to get to the root of this problem.]

Exactly. So, why are you worried about whether someone may or may not be interested in me, and whether you need to "defend my honor"?

Do we really gotta do all this, uh, this psycho-analysis?

[because it's not that he doesn't enjoy hanging out with her, it's just that he's hitting his limit for deep conversation, at least when it relates to his faults.]

If this is going to be something that keeps coming up with you, I'd like to get past it now.

[She has her own worries when it comes to her relationship with Han, even keeping in mind the fact that they have a son in the future, but for now, they're working on Han.]

We've discussed it one time, what makes you think it's gonna come up again? Unless you really do have some kind of ex-boyfriend you think might show up?

[well, if such a person exists then apparently it's possible for them to show up, but han is feeling a little defensive over the implication that he would get hung up over this again, regardless of how true or untrue the sentiment is.]

[Leia doesn't respond right away, instead searching his expression and seeing how far she wants to go with this questioning. because she knows he's being stubborn about this because he doesn't want to talk about it, and she's made her side of the conversation abundantly clear. Or she thinks it's clear enough, anyway. After a moment or two, she sighs before responding.]

If it comes up again, we'll discuss it then. But whatever you're worried about, I don't want you to be. I love you, Han.

[And to punctuate that point, she leans in to kiss his lips. It's not as if him being insecure about her feelings about him hasn't happened before, and she does have a feeling it won't be the last. So, if just words won't make her point, maybe actions will help.]

[as usual, she manages to surprise him with physical affection, even though you'd think he'd be used to it by now. once he gets over the shock he happily returns the action, leaning into her to lengthen the kiss. he looks fairly pleased when he pulls away, too, a stark change from his guarded look from before.]

Right, got it. [wait no, that's not the right response here.] I love you too.

[there, nailed it. they're done talking about the stuff he doesn't want to talk about and he got a kiss, clearly he is a winner in this situation. suck on that, jabba the hutt!]

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