[He places the cups on the table and slides into the bench across from her, looking a little embarrassed, pleased and rueful all at once.]
Uh, well. Leia and I got along pretty good. [It feels a little strange to use her first name after only calling her 'your worship' or 'princess' when they were themselves, but now that feels strange too after getting so familiar with each other in the breach, plus having a kid together in the future.]
I doubt that she's mad that you got along. She might be embarrassed, but if she seems mad it's probably not really that.
[Speaking as someone who has found themselves lashing out because they don't know what to do with being made to feel a certain way. She doesn't know Leia very well, here or in the future, but to be married to Han Solo for as long as she has been Rey has to believe they understand each other on some level.
And, you know, that love probably plays a big role in overcoming the less appealing character traits the both of them have.]
[He looks unconvinced by that, scratching the back of his neck.] It was a little more than just getting along, actually.
[At his time-point, all the attraction was on his end and he's not yet unaware of any reciprocity on her part (or three years of denial, as the case may be).]
Just because we get married in the future, that doesn't mean she's gonna appreciate getting a... uh... jump start on it.
You could ask her to have dinner with you and then not bring up the breach at all. Then no one is talking about it, but you can still see if there's something there.
[In enough ways that some days it feels like too much, and yet still the only choice is to press on. She can't even really tell Han it'll all end up alright, because it won't be that easy. He has such a troubling road ahead of him and if she gets her deal there's a happy ending there somewhere, but right now, at this second, his road ends with him dead.
But-]
I do know that you make each other happy. That can't be something that's only true during my time, it has to start somewhere.
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Date: 2016-09-01 03:01 pm (UTC)Uh, well. Leia and I got along pretty good. [It feels a little strange to use her first name after only calling her 'your worship' or 'princess' when they were themselves, but now that feels strange too after getting so familiar with each other in the breach, plus having a kid together in the future.]
She might be mad about it though, who knows.
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Date: 2016-09-02 05:32 pm (UTC)[Speaking as someone who has found themselves lashing out because they don't know what to do with being made to feel a certain way. She doesn't know Leia very well, here or in the future, but to be married to Han Solo for as long as she has been Rey has to believe they understand each other on some level.
And, you know, that love probably plays a big role in overcoming the less appealing character traits the both of them have.]
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Date: 2016-09-03 03:48 pm (UTC)[At his time-point, all the attraction was on his end and he's not yet unaware of any reciprocity on her part (or three years of denial, as the case may be).]
Just because we get married in the future, that doesn't mean she's gonna appreciate getting a... uh... jump start on it.
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Date: 2016-09-04 08:16 am (UTC)[That's not Rey saying the opposite is true, but Han just assuming Leia's feelings won't get him anywhere for so very many reasons.]
*aware dammit
Date: 2016-09-04 01:34 pm (UTC)[Hi there avoidance, old friend.]
Bringing it up kinda feels like ruining the mood, you know?
[He'll just be over here enjoying the calm before that particular storm.]
NO I LOST THIS TAG I'M SO SORRY
Date: 2016-09-14 12:05 am (UTC)You could ask her to have dinner with you and then not bring up the breach at all. Then no one is talking about it, but you can still see if there's something there.
no worries!
Date: 2016-09-15 12:50 pm (UTC)[So unconvinced.]
This place has made everything so... different.
[In that knowing about all the bad things that happen in the future makes him much less inclined to press things than he would've been otherwise.]
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Date: 2016-09-15 05:30 pm (UTC)[In enough ways that some days it feels like too much, and yet still the only choice is to press on. She can't even really tell Han it'll all end up alright, because it won't be that easy. He has such a troubling road ahead of him and if she gets her deal there's a happy ending there somewhere, but right now, at this second, his road ends with him dead.
But-]
I do know that you make each other happy. That can't be something that's only true during my time, it has to start somewhere.