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helloeverybunny2019-09-17 10:23 pm
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Catching the disk, he nods at Luke. "I'll have her prepped so soon as you step in we can take off." There's a look at Luke before he turns though. "Five minutes." The tone is almost an order. Almost. Because in five minutes, if Luke isn't back Jon may be back to drag his father-in-law into the shuttle to get them to safety.
He doesn't want to take any chances with himself, but he also won't leave her father behind.
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It’s the sort of thing she and Jon do on jobs, actually. Try to outdo each other, occasionally make bets over daring maneuvers, argue and sass each other. Hannah would enjoy having them in her crew.
“Hey!” Another laugh. “Not my idea, I’m just going with the flow!” She grips the controls again, all the Force awkwardness forgotten for the time being. “You can rest easy, Finn. I got this.”
Soon, she sends back to Jon in their bond, settling into the Force as Hannah takes their ship around for another run through the enemy flank. As promised, she closes her eyes, easily able to pick out the targets around them with the Force--
Then the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end a second or two before Starkiller Base explodes.
“Holy kriff.” She looks out the viewscreen, laughing incredulously. “It worked. It actually worked!”
--
Rey looks like she’s about to say something, but the comm chatter makes her pause and raise an eyebrow, equal parts amused and confused by everything that’s going on. She’s heard all sorts of things about Hannah Solo, but--
“Your mother?” She’d seen some kind of confrontation back at Starkiller, but she hadn’t been privy to what had been discussed. She squints, trying to remember what else she’d caught when Ben had tried to read her mind; it hadn’t been terribly intrusive, strangely enough, and she’d actually expected more from the man they called Kylo Ren. “Didn’t she… lose both her children?”
The stories about the Solo-Organa family have been scattered in fragments, some even just gossip, but one hears all sorts of things in Jakku. Especially after some Outer Rim bounty hunter had bought off what was supposed to be the Millennium Falcon for an outrageous sum of money. “Are we… is this the Falcon?” she asks, awe in her voice. She has to know, okay?
--
“Thank you.” Luke nods at Jon, then he turns his attention back to the battle feeds, almost immediately absorbed by everything that’s going on elsewhere. He might really have to be dragged out of the base at this rate.
Amilyn’s amused voice breaks through Luke’s comm; he’d forgotten to mute the line. ”He seems like a good kid. Where’d you pick him up?”
He blinks, surprised both by the voice and the question. That’s right, Hannah had sprung up her little surprise on him, and he hadn’t actually been able to get to the introductions before they were all on the move again. “Jane. She…” He shakes his head. Not enough time to explain. “Later. Get everyone out of here. I’ve not heard from Poe, so we might--”
Then a loud victorious whoop echoes through Resistance’s comm frequency.
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Ben picks up on the word being passed through the Force, and frowns just slightly. Who is Jane talking to? Is she still with Jon or is that message being passed over to their father? He paused, glancing back over at Rey.
"...Depends on how you look at it. Technically she did," he shrugged, "But at the same time, we're both still here." He sighed and then looked upwards, as if inspecting the ship itself.
A smile crawled over his face.
"Yeah, yeah it is."
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Starkiller Base is gone. They're all going to be okay. Any of the enemy ships that remain would be smart to turn and run. The war isn't over but the battle is. How many times has she narrowly escaped from a situation where she should have gotten herself or someone else killed? There were some good years when she was doing more racing and transporting than she was running - and she even thought Luke might step back from a life of non-stop politics. Then everything changed and Luke found himself leading a rebellion all over again. It was hard to know what to do with herself then.
She sinks into her seat, letting the relief wash over her. She can't wait to get back to Luke, to let him see Ben, to get a small break, no matter how brief it is. Then it all start to feel real. Normal, though... she thinks they're still a long way out from that. If she's honest there will probably never be a normal for any of them.
Hannah steadies the ship and glances to Chewie. "You got this? I'm gonna check on on the kids."
--
Hannah finds Rey and Ben, taking a moment to study him. She's wondered his entire life if she's a good mother. She never had good role models and hadn't imagined herself as a parent. Babies don't wait for you to be ready and Ben wasn't an exception. Maybe if she'd been softer with him, or if she'd just been a different person he would have turned out differently. She tried. That's all she can do now.
"You two okay?" she grins at both of them as she approaches, reaching out to pull Ben into a hug.
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Jane slumps back against the gunner’s chair, smiling to herself. That part’s over, at least. Starkiller Base would no longer pose a threat to the rest of the galaxy. More than that, her mother’s gotten what she wanted out of this little mission.
Not that Jane feels the same way. She doesn’t know what to think, let alone feel, about having Ben with them, now and later on in the Resistance base. Ben who less than an hour ago was still Kylo Ren the Jedi Killer, who’d betrayed his family and his friends, who’d led the First Order to the Jedi temple that fateful night six years ago, who’d killed—
She’s honestly still not sure what exactly happened. There’s a part of that night that’s a blur, as though a dark haze had descended upon her mind. All she remembers with certainty is that Ben had killed Jon, striking him through the heart with her lightsaber before destroying it and leaving her in the fire. And then she woke up in a medical facility in the Outer Rim covered in burn scars.
She pulls out her comlink from the inside of her jacket, connecting to Jon’s line. “Hey.” She swallows, her mouth dry despite the Resistance’s victory. Because she’s still answering to him for leaving him behind. “We’re done here. Heading back to base.”
—
Rey looks up when Ben does, inspecting the ship’s interior as well. It doesn’t look like the Falcon from the outside, though she supposes it’s part of their strategy, camouflage and all.
Her head turns at the sound of Hannah’s voice, and she can’t help but smile in return — the older woman’s grin is contagious. She starts to say something in response, because it would be rude not to ask, but mother pulls son into a hug and the sight... stills her. For so many reasons.
She averts her gaze. “I— I’ll go check on Finn,” she says awkwardly. A part of her wants to stay and make sure Ben doesn’t do anything funny, because, come on, he was Kylo Ren. But... he’s having such a private moment with Hannah, and standing there, Rey feels like an intruder.
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Her voice on the line calms him a little as he leans back against the wall to watch people celebrate at the base. For the moment, the tension is broken and there will probably be a lot of partying tonight in celebration. "Hey," he answers into his com. There's the slightest growl to his voice for her, at odds with the slightly needing feel of him in the force around her. He doesn't know whether he wants to hug and kiss her when she gets back to base, or toss her over his shoulder and growl at her in private. Because with them, the growling will turn heated. It always does, and her parents don't need to see that.
"You okay?" It's the question he settles on for now, because her answer and how she's doing will dictate the greeting she gets. And just because they're done and heading back to base doesn't mean she's okay. He can feel some of her up and down emotions in their connection and even growly, his first need is her, to ensure she's okay. The tone in the question is tilted, because he doesn't just mean physically but emotionally too. He knows where they went, who they went for and who her parents wanted to bring home.
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Well, no, this isn't the Falcon herself, but it's the nearest Ben thinks he'll ever get to the ship that was more 'home' to him than any planet they happened to reside on for a period of time. So to him, it might as well be that ship. No one will let him go home, not properly, he knows that.
He hadn't expected the hug and his whole body goes rigid. It had been... No, he couldn't remember the last touch that hadn't been a strike of lighting in punishment for failing in his training under Snoke. He didn't know what to do with it, so he stepped back, giving an awkward nod instead.
"I'm fine." It was curt, short, and clipped. He wasn't sure how much his mother actually knew of the plan, though he doubted Leia had told them a damn thing. Everything they had said to him thus far confirmed that doubt. Why was he set up like that?
A feeling of loneliness, pain, and hurt overwhelmed. He frowned, and looked round to see Rey leaving. Was... that coming from her? He squinted.
"I think she needs the help."
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Hannah takes a step back herself, crossing her arms over her chest and shooting him a confused look. "Her?" she motions after Rey. "She seems fine to me." Not that she really knows Rey well enough to make that sort of judgement, but Rey isn't her child. Ben's back after years of being lost to her and it's not her instinct to turn to comfort someone she hardly knows.
"Uh," she continues, still trying to navigate out of the awkward situation she's created. "Maybe I should give dad a call." Talking to Luke - that should be a good distraction.
She buzzes Luke's comlink, not waiting for him to greet her before she launches into the conversation: "Told you we could handle it."
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Jane's not okay. She doesn't know how to deal with the bantha in the room; she feels too many conflicting things about Ben and what had gone down between them in the academy all those years ago. Of course, she's never been great at articulating her emotions, at least not with words. Thankfully, she's bonded with Jon so strongly in the Force that she doesn't have to explain herself.
"I'll be fine," she eventually manages to get out. A part of her hopes her father won't insist on some base-wide celebration because all she wants right now is to get back to D'Qar and lock herself up in their quarters, far away from her brother. Or maybe go off-planet. Because even if she's been generally hovering around another 'frequency' in the Force these days, she can't help feeling Ben's distinct presence, given their proximity at the moment. "I'm just... not looking forward to tonight's family dinner." It's a weak attempt at a joke, but she knows he'll get what she means.
"Wanna take the ship out and head somewhere later?" Away from Ben. Stars, if there was a way they didn't have to meet, she'd spare him that.
—
Talking to Luke might not be such a good distraction.
He'd seen Jon return to the command center, but he'd been too busy to talk to the younger man again. Sure, the victory brought excitement and relief and all the congratulatory words, but he knew the worst was far from over. Starkiller Base and Kylo Ren gone? The First Order would throw a fit. And given that the location of the Resistance base wasn't a secret anymore, he had to make sure that they were prepared for the eventual retaliation.
He's in the middle of coordinating all that when his comlink buzzes. Hannah.
"Thank the stars," he breathes, relief evident in his tone. As if considerable weight has been lifted off his shoulders. "Are you okay? How are they?" If she's going to be smug and insufferable, he's just going to let her be; what matters now is that they're alive and well, his wife and their two children.
It's... strange, for their family to finally be together again, after all these years. After all the tragedies that have befallen upon them. If someone had told him a week ago that this day would come, he would never have believed them.
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They're bonded strongly and he's had years of them working on that bond that all she has to do is curl into him in the Force and let him in. Which, after all these years is a natural reaction to each other anyway. Which also means that he's there and offering her the comfort he can for her to burrow into until she's back at the base and able to curl into his arms. It doesn't mean they're not going to have at the very least a long, growly conversation about leaving him behind, but that conversation and growling can wait until she's feeling a little bit more solid in everything.
"Of course you will, because you're my badass Targaryen wife," he offers. That growl is still in his tone, but there's also a small smile in his tone for her as well. He's more than happy to stay in their quarters, away from Ben for a few days. Truthfully, he's not too thrilled that her brother will be coming back with her either. There's too much history there, too much to try and get over, and he's not sure any explanation will really help things now. Not for Jon at least.
There's a chuckle for that attempt at a joke and his head dips down a little so he's not looking over at her father. "Do you want me to have stuff packed and we can slip out once you're back?" He'd agree with Luke, the First Order's going to be coming back hard soon enough, but it's not going to happen tonight or tomorrow. They'll have some time to prepare, to plan. And it means they'll have time to disappear together while they sort through how they feel about her brother being home. "How pissed would your parents be if we slipped off within the first hour you're back?" Not that it'd really stop them, right? Unless Jane felt she really needed to be here for her parents, but Jon'll give her the option to slip out because he knows she needs it soon enough.
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He knows he did wrong by going stiff at Hannah's touch, he can feel the hurt rolling off her. Ben won't call his mother out on it, the shift to the Solo front seeming seamless but he knows that's what she's doing. She has her way of coping and he has his. He glances back in the direction Rey wandered off, eyes narrowing.
"She... I can feel it. There's..." He stops, and shakes his head. "Maybe I'm reading it wrong." He isn't, but he won't say that. At the mention of Dad, his head snaps round, waiting.
Had Luke known? Leia's plan. He had to have known, right?
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"Uh," she hesitates before answering Luke because he's asked some loaded questions. "More excitement than I've had in a while but I'm good. We're all fine - great. Everything's good. The kids are, uh, taking time to process the events. Separately, in different parts of the ship. They'll come around." As usual, Hannah's said too much under the pressure to handle an uncomfortable situation and once she starts talking she struggles to find a place to stop.
Ben's watching her stumble through her side of the conversation and she grabs onto that as a possible way out of having to explain the palatable tension on the ship.
Her tone softens. "Ben's right here. He can hear you if you want to say hi." Hannah gestures to Ben and then to her comlink. "He's missed you, Ben. We both have."
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Which makes the option of slipping out more appealing. It’s easier to just keep up the pretense of them being Westerosi bounty hunters than for her to revert to being the General’s daughter. Or, worse, Kylo Ren’s sister. Really, she’d rather have the base whisper about her supposedly incestuous relationship with her alleged twin brother than deal with Ben and whatever shit had gone down in their family in the years that passed.
“Probably just as pissed as you are,” she manages to tease. “But they should understand. I might murder Ben with a fork at dinner. That kind of beats the whole family reunion idea, and it’ll make the General look bad.” Maybe it’s a joke, but he’ll sense that the sentiment’s real, that a part of her does want retribution.
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Luke’s been through so much in his life that he’s hardly fazed by anything these days — until Hannah asks him if he wants to say hi to Ben. Their son. Their son who’d gone over to the enemy and who, through the years, he’d thought was in part responsible for the death of their other child.
He wishes Leia had told him more before leaving, but all he’d really gathered back then was that Ben had given in and turned to the dark side. And so he really doesn’t know what to say; no amount of training and experience back in his youth to be a proper politician and statesman could’ve prepared him for this.
“Hello, Ben.” What else is there for him to say? “Welcome back, son.”
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There's a resonating sense of retribution from him, because honestly, he'd probably murder Ben with the spoon with her. His lips stay quirked though, "But I have ways you can make it up to me when you get back," he offers. Yes, he's pissed, but he'd rather put that energy elsewhere between them than staying mad at her. "And not as bad as me punching him as soon as he walks off our ship?" The question has a lit of maybe it's a joke, but she knows him well enough to know that he's not actually kidding either. The only reason he might refrain is because he doesn't want to hurt her parents by doing it.
Running a hand through his hair, Jon sighs softly. He'll rest his head back against the wall behind him. "I'll pack us enough for a couple days, and leave enough that if your parents look they know we'll be back. That way once you're back, we can take Blackfyre out after a quick refuel." He doesn't want to have to sit across from the table and see Ben, no matter what it means to her parents, and after the comment about murdering Ben with a fork, he knows for a fact neither does she. Let her parents have him back for a bit and him settle in some before throwing fuel on the fire between the three of them.
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"Luke," his voice is clipped and he stands awkwardly. No, no, all of this is... it's too much. They don't know any of it, and now he's stuck as the villain of the piece.
He walks out of that main room, needing the space.
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Hannah hadn't really expected a warm and tender early family reunion, but she''d expected more than that. She lets the silence hang in the room for a few long beats, still trying to get a grasp on what's just happened. Even more that she had before, she wishes Luke was at her side instead of just a voice on the other end of the comm.
"He walked off," she explains, though she imagines Luke may have started suspect that based on the deafening silence. "Our kids are not how I remember them." It's a half-hearted attempt at a joke but there's a lot of truth to it. Hannah feels entirely unprepared to deal with everything that's unfolding. "Should I go after him? Should I check on Jane?" Or should she just leave the kids alone? They don't always see eye to eye on parenting issues but she's going to defer to him on this one.
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She groans when Jon mentions punching Ben, though, because if she could prevent them from having to meet face to face at all, she would. Kriff, at this rate she might have to stalk off the ship first thing and make out with him in front of everyone or something, if only to distract him from outright attacking her brother.
"Don't waste your breath on him." Her voice is strained, giving her unease away. "And refueling sounds like a good excuse. I'll see you in a bit, then."
--
The silence seems to stretch on for eons.
Luke sighs, slumping back against his seat and pinching the bridge of his nose. Yeah, that went well. And he'd argue that Hannah's wrong, because it's still a lot like the old days, really -- he and Hannah fumbling with what to say, Ben walking out on them. But he doesn't have the energy or interest to antagonize his wife right now, purposely or otherwise. They're in this together.
He glances behind him at Hannah's question. "I think Jane's occupied at the moment," he hints, catching Jon in the middle of a serious conversation with someone over his comm. The two have always been close, going all the way back to their time in the academy, and they've only become inseparable in the years that passed. Luke might have not seen their daughter in six years, but that he could easily tell. "Just... hurry back, Hannah. We can deal with them together here."
His expression softens. "Are you okay?" It's probably a stupid question.
--
Both Rey and Finn stiffen when they see Ben coming up through the corridor; Finn even steps protectively in front of Rey, though everything in him clearly wants to bolt and run. Because, man, Kylo Ren. He doesn't trust Ben to not murder all of them in the end anyway.
Rey, though, gives Ben a concerned look. There's something... off. She can feel the conflict rolling off him in waves, and it's not about him debating whether he should turn on them or not. There's a lot of confusion, for one. And... pain. Old hurts, perhaps. Something to do with family...
She takes a breath, closing her eyes for a moment. Family.
"Are we needed for anything?" she asks awkwardly. Just trying to break the ice.
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Whatever she decides, whatever direction with the Resistance she wants to go, Jon will follow her too. She doesn't have to be that hope alone this time though. They're together, and he'll always be at her side.
"I love you," he offers at that unease he can hear in her voice. "And I'm here, for whatever you need. Just get here safe and soon."
He glances over at Luke briefly, he can see tension in her father from whatever conversation Luke's having on his comm. "Pretty sure your dad needs your mom back, as much as I need you back." None of this is easy on anyone.
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He stopped, staring at Rey and FN-1... Finn, they call him Finn. Probably thinks he'll kill them all. Ben wonders if it would be easier, to just give in and be the evil one everyone is so insistent that he is.
His eyes dart to the girl. Rey. There's still that odd feeling. Loneliness, and pain, and want. Want of... family? Ha, he wanted his and now he's wondering if he was in the wrong about it all. He shakes his head.
"This ship is too small," he mutters. How long until they landed? Then he might be able to breathe.
oops sorry guess who forgot to keep tracking the thread
And the truth is she isn't doing okay. This all beyond anything Hannah had prepared herself to handle - mostly because she'd went into the situation headfirst without taking time to think about any of it. She'd spent so many years accepting that their family was fractured, possibly beyond repair, and now there's a chance that things can come back together she doesn't know what to do other than grasp for all the shards and hold on tight.
"I'm not the right person for this, Luke." The threat of failure is starting to loom large and despite her desire to fix everything, Hannah's starting to feel the heavy doubt and fear that's made her run before. Only now there's no where to run except back to Luke. "Things are -" she sighs heavily. "I'll be okay when I'm back with you."
no worries! y’all know december ate me alive lol
"I love you, too," she echoes. "We shouldn't be long now." Thank the stars for hyperspace travel. Because if she has to be stuck with Ben in the ship for days, she might not be able to stop herself from committing murder.
After she signs off, she cozies up into the seat, deciding to slip into a hibernation trance until they arrive back at the Resistance base. She's not incredibly exhausted, but more than anything she doesn't want to be bothered. Knowing her mother, Hannah might attempt some reconciliatory talk and she's honestly not ready for that. This ship is too small.
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This ship is too small.
Rey frowns at Ben for the comment. It's... loud. She can't quite place it, but it sounds like two thoughts instead of one, like there's a faint echo of the words he's just spoken. It's going to bother her now, but what's she supposed to do? It's not like she can ask him about it... can she?
"Do you know where we're going?" she asks instead. There's nothing they can do about the ship being small, either. Or that if they look out the viewscreens, there'd be nothing but starlines.
Finn gives her a look. Like he wants to answer her, tell her that they're headed to the Resistance base in D'Qar, but that he refuses to give that information willingly to Kylo Ren.
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Not the right person? Luke actually chuckles at that. "Don't start selling yourself short now, hotshot," he teases lightly. Okay, so they might not know what to do now that Hannah's actually gone and done what she'd said she'd do — but what's most important is that she'd done it. She'd brought Ben, their son, back. And she'd technically brought Jane back, too. Nevermind the failures of the past or whatever else might happen in the fallout of this day. For the first time in years, their family would be together again...
But, yes, it's a terrifying thought. Even he is terrified. Not that he'd ever admit to it, or show it.
"We'll figure it out. Just... get yourself back here. You wouldn't want to miss the celebration." He won't be celebrating much, he knows, but it's a decisive victory and nearly everyone else left in the base is already beginning to get festive. He can already imagine the hero's welcome for Poe and his squadron, and it almost makes him groan. Pilots. "I still have the last bottle of that brandy you like so much."
There was a December? I feel like we're going from November straight into January... >.>
"Good," he the last murmur to her before the comm goes quiet on his end too.
Gray eyes watch the men around him happy and celebrating already about the win as he comes back to now and the room instead of his conversation with Jane. There's a tight smile for some as they clap his arm as they pass on their way out to find some drinks and fun, but without Jane near him or talking to him his demeanor goes back to stoney and watching everyone around him. They're all going to be sore in the morning, and confused if Luke brings everyone in for a next phase meeting or debriefing.
Though that may wait a day or two. Jon can already figure that he'll have his hands full with Jane and Ben under the same roof once they get back. He's not moving from his position against the wall as his gaze turns to the general, not wanting to interfere with the conversation he looks to still be having, but also not wanting to go celebrate with the other men.
This whole year has jumped too fast
Ah, he didn't trust him. Of course not. A mirthless smile appeared, still looking at the ex-Stormtrooper as he picked the location from his mind. They needed to teach people how to shield their minds better. He kept his gaze on Finn
"I think it's on D'Qar."
Point made, he glances over at Rey again. That look... he knows that look, and yet...
"It shouldn't be much longer."
and then it's gonna be a new decade
She heads back to the cockpit, content to hide out until they arrive back to the base.
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.
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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.
I had my friend give me the cliffnotes. So I am good in terms of spoilers for tros
good if we're all good
i do love a good spoiler
the lovebirds are going off to their room now and will reappear for the brawl during dinner lmao