A Day with the Scoundrel {A H/L viggy}

[JediLeia]

Disclaimer: Everything and everybody in this story are property of George Lucas. I, in no way, own any of them. No money was or will be made off of this story. I am just a poor Star Wars fan writing about my two favorite characters (Han and Leia). Please don't sue me! I don't have enough money worth suing for!

Note: Words in italics are thoughts. I don't know much about Sabaac, so just bear with me, please. This is a response to the following challenge. "Write a story post-ROTJ where Han and Leia are just spending a relaxing day together. They can, but don't have to be married yet. Must include a classic banter session, and interruption from the Alliance Coucil, some spicy Corellian food, and at least one good kiss scene." Han and Leia are married.
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A Day with the Scoundrel


Leia keyed in the last few words on the datapad.

"There." she declared. "One down..." the triumph in her voice dropped to disappointment. "four to go. I'm never going to get everything done in time go get home by five." Her face brightened as she heard a knock on her office door. "Come in!" she called. Her eyes lit up further, and filled with a twinkle as Han Solo stepped into the room.

"Hiya, Princess!" Han exclaimed.

"What're you doing here?"

"Oh, just kidnapping you," Han said as he pulled her into his arms. They kissed.

"What?" Leia questioned, baffled, as the realization of what he said hit her. What was her husband doing?

"Yep, you heard me right. I've cancelled all your meetings, extended all your deadlines, made all the arrangements, and I've even fixed up the Falcon."

"Wha..." Leia's mind still questioned. "But, Han! I have so much to do! I have four more reports to write, three holomails to reply to, two reviews to do, and one..."

"Star Cruiser in a Secchy Tree." Han finished for her, in reflection of the festive holiday song.

"But I can't possibly! There are so many..."

"Ah! Not another word, Princess. You're coming with me, and that's final!" And with that, Han swept her tiny body into his arms with one swift movement.

"Han Solo! You scoundrel! You put me down this instant!"

"Leia, you need a break and you know it. You're taking one today, no matter what you say. Even if I have to carry you kicking and screaming to the Falcon." Leia thought about her "image," and about what rumors and stories would begin going around if that scene were to be witnessed.

"Alright, alright. I give in. Just put me down and let me walk out of here like a civilized person." Even after years of being around Han, Leia still spoke eloquently--like a princess--instead of adapting Han's "smuggler" talk filled with slang, contractions, and improper grammar.

"As you wish, Your Worship." When she first met Han, Leia came to despise this nickname, but now it was one of her favorite pet-names that Han used. "Wait a minute!" Han said as Leia was reaching for the doorknob. She turned her head back towards him. "You're leaving all forms of communication here."

"What?!?" Leia began. "But what if the council needs me? What if they can't get a hold of me? What if..." Han cut her off.

"I think the council can walk through a day by themselves without you holding their hands. Now empty your pockets." With a sigh, Leia emptied her pockets of her holo-pilot and her iHolo. "And the holomailer," Han said. With one more sigh, Leia reached in and pulled out the holomailer.

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More to follow! But it won't be a full fic. That's why it's a viggy

[obi1roxmysox]

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[DV's Daughter_♥]

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[JediLeia]

Deal! DRL won't get me this time!!!

[Courtney Solo]

DRL won't get me either! ;D Owww... he just HIT me!!!

More soon?

[JediLeia]

Can do! Soon.

[Courtney Solo]

You're such a DRL deprived person... LUCKY!!

[obi1roxmysox]

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[Courtney Solo]

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[Courtney Solo]

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[obi1roxmysox]

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[Courtney Solo]

No one has responded to my new viggie

[JediLeia]

A new viggie? Just gimmie a chance to find it, and I'll be all up and down those boards!

[JediLeia]

And now...Jedileia presents...an update!
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Leia sat in the co-pilot's chair of the Millenium Falcon as Han keyed in the coordinates for their surprise destination.

"Now will you tell me where in the force you're taking me?" she asked Han. Leia was dying to know, but secretly, she enjoyed the anticipation more than anything.

"No! Of course not! It would ruin the surprise!"

"Come on, Han! You know I hate not knowing!"

"Oh, come on, Leia! You know that you love it!" Han replied, half mocking her previous comment.

"Wha...? How'd you...? But, I...?" Leia stammered. She couldn't believe he'd unlocked her secret so quickly.

"Hey! It's me!" Han answered in response to her wonderment. That ended that discussion.

"Well, then, I'm going to head back, to sleep. Wake me when we get there." Leia hated traveling through hyperspace. There was nothing to see. And besides, she wasn't about to give Han the satisfaction of actually talking to her in the time it took to get wherever they were going. She still carried the same competitive nature that she'd had when she first met Han. Even though she loved it like crazy when Han did insane things like this, she wasn't about to let him know it. Deep inside, she knew that he knew, but she wasn't going to show it. Leia wondered why she couldn't just sit back, relax, and let him know absolutely everything just the way she felt it, but something kept her from revealing everything about herself. Maybe that was what kept Han in love with her. There was always some mystery to unlock.

By the time Leia got back to her quarters, she decided she didn't actually want to sleep. She took to surfing the holonet instead. Leia keyed in the address to check her holomail, still worried about the dependence of the council on her. The parental control block popped up. Han's voice came through the computer speakers. "Sorry, Leia! I said NO FORMS OF COMMUNICATION!"

"Ooohhh..." Leia wished Han didn't think of so many things when scheming such insane plans. She keyed in a few more holonet site addresses, hoping at least one would work. None of them did. It was official. Han had thought of everything. Leia wandered back to the lounge. There she found Han drinking a bottle of Corellian ale.

"I thought you went to go nap," Han said with a smirk.

"Yeah...well I couldn't. It was too bumpy," Leia lied. Han chuckled to himself, knowing that she had found his holonet blocks.

"I have a Sabaac deck. Wanna play?"

"Sure." Leia took his offer. "Deal me in."

"Alright! But let's make it interesting." Usually Han and Leia just played Sabaac for fun.

"Okay, Nerf-herder. What do you have in mind?"

"Well," Han reached for a bag of Captain Corellia's Super Spicy Jalapeno Poppers. Sure...the name was sissy, but the flavor was anything but. "Every time you lose a hand, you have to chow down a certain number of these."

"Ah, I see. Well, bring it on flyboy. Let's set the numbers."

"Okay. If the other person wins with a full house it's 2. Half sabaacs are 3. Full sabaac is 4. And so on."

"So...if you had been playing like this with Lando when you won this bucket-of-bolts, he would have had to eat...12."

"Yep." Han smiled. "Idiot's array. Worth 12 of Captain Corellia's Super Spicy Jalapeno Poppers. And these are dangerous ya know."

"Oh really?" Leia said. "How so?"

"Well," Han bragged, "once when I was about six, I snuck one of these into my baby-sitter's burger. She turned beet red and cried for hours!"

"Is that right?" Leia questioned, not quite believing his mischievous tale. "Then count me in!"

"Okay...but I'm warning you. I'm good."

"Whatever, flyboy. Just deal." Han shuffled the cards, and his quick fingers passed the cards out in a more than timely manner. Both stared at their cards for a few moments. Their eyes met. Leia flashed Han a look of mystery. Han managed to keep his Sabaac face on. He layed his cards down.

"Full sabaac," he said with confidence.

"Royal sabaac," Leia stated, adopting a version of Han's signature lopsided grin. "You have to eat nine poppers." Han eyed the bag. He tore the bag open. Just the aroma wafting up to Han's nose made his eyes water. He stopped them though, bringing back skills of his smuggling days. He looked completely confident. Yet, he still hated those things. "Why do I even keep a bag of these things around?" Han grabbed all nine and stuffed them into his mouth at once. As he exhaled, he felt the remininsce of the spicy poppers bounce around his mouth and then find its way up to his nose. It was severely irritating. He sneezed a couple of times. Then, to his dismay, his eyes began to water again. This time, however, he wasn't able to stop them. Leia looked up and realized that Han was crying! They were so spicy, he was crying! Leia stifled her laughter into a giggle. But then, she just couldn't hold back any longer. Her laughter exploded into one giant laughing fit. Han just sat still in his seat, recovering from the shock of the spiciness. It was worse than he remembered. Han slowly regained his ability to speak.

"It's not..." Han gasped, "...that funny!" Through her laughter, Leia managed to reply.

"Yeah *giggle* !" Leia managed to say. "It *giggle, giggle* is!" Leia finally recovered from her fit of laughter. "Okay, okay. Deal the next hand." Han dealt. Rats! Nothing! Leia studied Han's face. No sign of emotion at all. Nope. None.

Han evaluated his card choices. At best, all he would end up with was a full house. "Sure, I can take some more poppers. I guess after you have one, they all taste the same after that, right? Yeah. Okay." Han lied to himself. "Full house," Han stated simply, dreading that Leia would have something better. She didn't.

"I have nothing." It was Han's turn to laugh.

"Ha! You have to eat 2 poppers!" Leia reached for the dreaded jalapeno poppers. She made all her best efforts to keep her "diplomat" face on. Nothing was going to show through that face. And her diplomat face held true. Not even a muscle in Leia's face twitched as she consumed the jalapeno poppers. Han stared, dumbfounded.

"How...? How'd you...?" Han couldn't believe she was able to hold a straight face. He had cried. Han Solo, the emotionless Corellian smuggler, had cried over nine jalapeno poppers. Leia Organa Solo, the delicate Alderaanian Princess, hadn't even moved over two. Han was dumbfounded.

"Diplomat beats smuggler. Every time."

[Courtney Solo]

Oh Yeah! Nice one, Destiny! ::claps::

[JediLeia]

Thanks! *bows*

Still more of this story to come!

[Courtney Solo]

I like the fact that they had to eat those hot chips. ::laughs::

[JediLeia]

Yup! It was part of the challenge!

[JediLeia]

"Okay then. You deal, miss diplomat."

"Fine then, I will." Leia shuffled and dealt just as quickly as Han could. Each surveyed their cards. Leia couldn't help but show her winning, full smile. Her hand was just too good.

Two can play at that game thought Han. He too, flashed his most brilliant smile.

Wait a minute Leia wondered. Stupid move, smiling like that. I don't know what he has in his hand at all. He could have everything. He could have nothing. Hmm. Well, I guess they're only a couple poppers if I lose. "Idiot's array!" Leia fanned her cards out on the table.

"Well! Just wait until you see what I have! I have..." Han's voice dropped. "absolutely nothing."

"Ha! That means you have to eat 12 poppers!"

"Uh," Han thought fast. "well...you cheated! You expect me to believe that the moment you deal, you get an idiot's array?"

"What's the matter, flyboy? Scared?" Leia taunted.

"Uh, no...um...I...hear the hyperspace alarm!" Whew! Saved by the bell! Han raced to the cockpit. Anything to avoid eating those jalapeno poppers. Han pulled the ship out of hyperspace with expert skill. "Leia! You can come see where we are now!" Leia made her way to the cockpit.

"Okay...but you still have to eat those..." Leia stopped as she caught sight of the planet they were approaching. The forest moon of Endor. The planet held so many memories. This was where Leia found out that Vader was her father. This was where Leia found out that Luke was her brother. This was where Leia and Han really declared their love to each other. Sure, they realized they loved each other on Bespin. But here is where it was really made official.

Leia remembered the way Han looked into her eyes when she sustained that blaster wound during the battle of Endor. So loving, so concerned. She had never thought that the mercenary nerf-herder from Corellia would be the nicest, kindest man she would ever know. She never in her wildest dreams thought she would end up marrying him. And she never thought that three years later, she would be returning to the same spot where so much had happened.

"Oh, Han. It's wonderful." Leia continued to stare in awe.

"So, you like it?"

"Of course I do." Leia leaned closer to Han, and pressed her soft lips into his.

[obi1roxmysox]

yay! 1st 2 post! i luv it!!!!!!!!

[JediLeia]

*sigh* This is the last chapter of my viggy. I hope you like the ending!
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The docking ramp of the Milennium Falcon creaked open, and Leia stepped into the cool forest air of Yavin IV. Han followed close behind her with a picnic basket. He grabbed her hand.

"Follow me," Han said, and Leia followed him without a doubt in her mind, just like she always had. Except for maybe when he'd led them into that asteroid field. But her doubts had always been quickly wiped away. The two hiked in silence, both listening to the crunch of their feet on the forest floor, accompanied by the singing birds. They emerged into a clearing, and Han's pace slowed. He turned to his right, and then kept walking.

Soon, they arrived at a quiet brook. Han turned, and began to hike up-river. A distant roaring became evident as the couple neared their destination. The roaring grew louder, and louder, until finally they came to a glistening, sparkling waterfall. Leia was breathless. Not because of the hike, but because of the beauty of the area.

"Han. How did you pick such a beautiful spot?" Leia was still in awe of the area's magnificence.

"Luke, Chewie, and I came across it while searching for you after you took off on that speeder bike. If you weren't missing, we would have stayed here ourselves." Leia turned around to face Han. She flashed him the biggest smile that he had ever seen. The fact that he had planned this out so intricately, taking the greatest care in every detail, touched her heart. Leia pulled Han close to her. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately. Han kissed back, his fingers running through her cascading, auburn tresses. Such a beautiful moment, yet the council chose that exact moment to need to contact Leia.

"Leia Organa Solo! This is Jan Dodonna! Come in Leia! Leia, do you read me?"

"I thought I told you to leave all forms of communication behind!" Han scolded.

"I know, I know! I'm sorry." Leia reached into her pocket for her hidden commlink, upset that she hadn't listened to Han. Now the passion of the moment had been shattered.

"I read you loud and clear Jan! Proceed, over."

"Leia, where are those extra paper reams?" Paper? Paper. The council had to contact her for paper. The passionate kiss she had shared with her husband had been smashed into a million tiny pieces because the council couldn't find paper. Leia stared at Han in disbelief. Han smiled. He reached forward for the commlink. Within two seconds, the commlink was out of Leia's hands, into the air, and then into the river, lost in the swirling depths of the waterfall.

"You scoundrel!" Leia exclaimed! "I could have just switched that off!" Han ignored Leia's last comment.

"Scoundrel? Scoundrel! I like the sound of that!" Just as he had before, Han took Leia's hands in his.

"Stop that!"

"Why?"

"My hands are dirty." Leia smiled.

"My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?" Han returned the smile. "You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."

"I happen to like nice men."

"I'm a nice man."

"No you're not, you're..." The two pulled closer, and closer, until finally...they kissed.

"Wait a minute..." Leia began as the realization caught up with her. "you still have to eat twelve of Captain Corellia's Super Spicy Jalapeno Poppers!"

"Not on my life," Han said, and kissed her again.

[obi1roxmysox]

I LUV IT, LEIA!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!1

[JediLeia]

Thank you! Sorry it's over!

[tahiriveilasolo]

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! [face_love]

I just saw Ep. 5 again and ;D

[tenelka]

Yea! Hooray for episode 5! Except that Han (erm...my father-in-law) gets frozen in that icky carbonite.

[JediLeia]

I agree, Tenel Ka! (If any of you haven't noticed already, I'm talking to myself! I'm Tenel Ka!) Haha...I made a funny.....

[tahiriveilasolo]

I would laugh if it was funny. ;D



OK, I'm laughing IMH @ that little statement I just made. Shows u how weird I can be. ;D

[JediLeia]

I agree, I can be weird, too. Like sometimes, I tell myself really dumb jokes and then laugh at them. I heard this one today:

What do you call a skeleton in the closet?

The 1963 hide and seek champion!

[tahiriveilasolo]

HaHa. My mom was born . . . *trails off* Wow! She OLDDD!!!!