It's an inside joke between them now, though saying the words makes a bittersweet ache flutter in Luke's chest. Stars, how long has it been since that day? For a moment he feels so much younger, remembering the look on Hannah's face when he'd first told her that he loved her. I know, she'd said in reply, because of course that's how she'd take something like that.
Dropping out of the line, he rests both palms on the surface of the console and exhales deeply. One step taken, so many more to go. But first things first: his family's coming home.
—
Jane's never been so excited to get planetside, already standing by the entry ramp even as Hannah's still easing the ship into the hangar bay. The nervous energy about her is hard to miss, at least for those of them with some affinity to the Force, enough to make Rey actually ask if she's alright and for Finn stare at her worriedly.
The ship's not even come to a complete stop when she punches the codes and unlocks the door, using a Force-assisted jump to get off. Had anyone else been piloting, she'd be fussing over like a mother hen, but it's Hannah on the controls and there's no one else more suited for the task than she who'd captained the ship before her.
She's not surprised to find Jon and Luke waiting for them, though she goes to her father first, hugging him tightly. They'd already had their moment of reunion when she and Jon first came to the base, but even that feels so long ago now.
"You're safe," Luke breathes.
"I told you I'd keep Mom safe for you." There's an attempt to give him that lopsided Solo grin, but it's drowned out by her unease, feeling Ben coming up behind her with the others and she... she just can't deal with that right now. "Sorry, Dad. Excuse me."
Then she shifts out of Luke's grasp and makes a beeline for Jon, because damn right she's going to distract him from trying to kill Ben by making out with him.
"Let's get out of here," she murmurs against his lips after a while of that, though it's probably been long enough to make anyone else watching uncomfortable.
—
Both Finn and Rey would agree that they've never had such a long ride in their life. Sitting there in the main hold with Kylo Ren, sensing all the tension and anxiety in the Force... it almost makes them want to just go back to the vicinity of Starkiller Base and deal with whatever else is left there.
And then there's the rest of the family making things weird and awkward. They'd thought that maybe Hannah or Jane would check up on them eventually, but neither did, the latter only reappearing after Hannah announced that they're approaching the base. There's definitely so much history that they can't even begin to fathom, so Rey decides to just leave them alone for a moment, and Finn follows her lead, keeping quiet despite already having a myriad of questions.
She only frowns all the more when Jane practically leaps out of the ship.
"Your sister's in a hurry," she comments to Ben, just to break the ice, although her words hang in the air awkwardly after that.
we're traveling through hyperspace folks lol also warning for a little tros spoiler
It's an inside joke between them now, though saying the words makes a bittersweet ache flutter in Luke's chest. Stars, how long has it been since that day? For a moment he feels so much younger, remembering the look on Hannah's face when he'd first told her that he loved her. I know, she'd said in reply, because of course that's how she'd take something like that.
Dropping out of the line, he rests both palms on the surface of the console and exhales deeply. One step taken, so many more to go. But first things first: his family's coming home.
—
Jane's never been so excited to get planetside, already standing by the entry ramp even as Hannah's still easing the ship into the hangar bay. The nervous energy about her is hard to miss, at least for those of them with some affinity to the Force, enough to make Rey actually ask if she's alright and for Finn stare at her worriedly.
The ship's not even come to a complete stop when she punches the codes and unlocks the door, using a Force-assisted jump to get off. Had anyone else been piloting, she'd be fussing over like a mother hen, but it's Hannah on the controls and there's no one else more suited for the task than she who'd captained the ship before her.
She's not surprised to find Jon and Luke waiting for them, though she goes to her father first, hugging him tightly. They'd already had their moment of reunion when she and Jon first came to the base, but even that feels so long ago now.
"You're safe," Luke breathes.
"I told you I'd keep Mom safe for you." There's an attempt to give him that lopsided Solo grin, but it's drowned out by her unease, feeling Ben coming up behind her with the others and she... she just can't deal with that right now. "Sorry, Dad. Excuse me."
Then she shifts out of Luke's grasp and makes a beeline for Jon, because damn right she's going to distract him from trying to kill Ben by making out with him.
"Let's get out of here," she murmurs against his lips after a while of that, though it's probably been long enough to make anyone else watching uncomfortable.
—
Both Finn and Rey would agree that they've never had such a long ride in their life. Sitting there in the main hold with Kylo Ren, sensing all the tension and anxiety in the Force... it almost makes them want to just go back to the vicinity of Starkiller Base and deal with whatever else is left there.
And then there's the rest of the family making things weird and awkward. They'd thought that maybe Hannah or Jane would check up on them eventually, but neither did, the latter only reappearing after Hannah announced that they're approaching the base. There's definitely so much history that they can't even begin to fathom, so Rey decides to just leave them alone for a moment, and Finn follows her lead, keeping quiet despite already having a myriad of questions.
She only frowns all the more when Jane practically leaps out of the ship.
"Your sister's in a hurry," she comments to Ben, just to break the ice, although her words hang in the air awkwardly after that.