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[haveyourmoments]

I’m on Coruscant for the farce that is the Imperial Senate, knowing how precarious my position is as I work secretly with the Rebellion. I’m told that there is a new prisoner, thrown in jail without a trial for treason and dissent, and I can’t help but want to see him with my own eyes. To see if he’s truly figured out the evils of the Empire.

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[going_solo]

“I mean, yeah, but I’m not leaving it up to fate this time.”

[haveyourmoments]

“Ohhh, so you have a plan?” I ask.

[going_solo]

“The beginnings of one,” I say, sheepish as ever. “Still up for it?”

[haveyourmoments]

“Sure,” I say with a soft laugh. “Maybe I’ll be your lucky charm.”

[going_solo]

“I’d be honoured,” I say, and I squeeze her hand again, grateful.

[haveyourmoments]

“Don’t thank me until you have your ship back,” I joke. “I might be unlucky, too.”

[going_solo]

“No, I can tell you’re my lucky charm already. After all, you saved me.”

[haveyourmoments]

I blush at that, looking down at my feet. No one has ever had the same effect on me as he has.

[going_solo]

“I…” I start to say, and then my cowardice takes over and I shake my head.

[haveyourmoments]

“You what?” I ask, looking back up at him.

[going_solo]

“I wanted to kiss you before,” I blurt out.

[haveyourmoments]

“Why didn’t you?” I ask, looking up into his eyes and stepping closer.

[going_solo]

“Because you’re a princess and I’m a… nobody,” I answer, looking at her.

[haveyourmoments]

“You’re somebody to me,” I say, “and I wanted you to kiss me.”

[going_solo]

I almost ask whether she does want me to kiss her, still, but instead I just capture her lips in my own.

[haveyourmoments]

No matter what, I’m still surprised by the kiss, and it takes me a second to catch up. Once I do realize what’s happening, I stretch my arms up around his neck and kiss back, nervous but happy.

[going_solo]

I can feel her nerves and something about them makes me smile against her mouth, dropping my hands to rest at her waist.

[haveyourmoments]

“What are you smiling about?” I ask, looking up at him.

[going_solo]

“I just, never thought someone like you would be locking lips with someone like me.”

[haveyourmoments]

“You’re a cute boy, and. I’m just a teenage girl,” I say, batting my lashes, half joking, half serious.

[going_solo]

“A very cute teenage girl,” I correct; wild tor her lashes.

[haveyourmoments]

“You think I’m cute?” I ask, living for his compliments. No one ever treats me like a normal girl with normal girl feelings.

[going_solo]

“I think… I think you’re beautiful,” I say with more confidence than I’ve ever offered a girl, woman, whatever, before.

[haveyourmoments]

I know that I blush more than I ever have before, even the time that I walked in on my father holding court wearing my fuzzy Loth Cat slippers.

[going_solo]

"You don't think you're beautiful, Leia? Has no one ever shown you a mirror?"