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[duelfated]

Reunion

Han.

Before the transport shuttle had completed its landing cycle, Luke could feel the other man's familiar aura radiate through the force and did his best to calm his quickened heartbeat. A year had passed since his friends and family had celebrated their triumph over the Empire. In the following days, when hope returned to the galaxy, they could not comprehend how much more complicated their lives would become.

The short trip from the former Imperial Palace to the spaceport provided enough time for Luke's anxieties to heighten, ironically, one of his fundamental traits that hadn't changed in the time since he'd left Tatooine. There was far more to worry about and more at stake than there ever had been back on the moisture farm.

His sister, the fate of the Jedi and the fledgling New Republic, all of those concerns preoccupied his every waking moment. Still, as he disembarked, he tried his best to compose himself and to focus on the important matter that had presented itself: the question of his romantic attachment.

The young farmboy who had always dreamed of exploring the galaxy hadn't quite gotten used to the level of protocol and ceremony that accompanied his sudden status as a Rebel Hero. Two squads of security officers greeted his arrival at the private landing pad, his default position of awkwardness suppressed as his immediate focus homed in on the battered freighter that had just landed.

From the Falcon's entrance ramp, Chewbacca's distinctive growls and grunts echoed loudly before his tall, furry frame appeared; clearly irritated, the Wookie began immediately inspecting various spots of venting hydraulics spewing from the patchwork hull and then, with all the nonchalance of a cool-headed smuggler turned military genius, the Captain of the Millenium Falcon followed suit.

On instinct, the blonde quickly covered the space between them and enveloped Han in a tight, almost desperate hug.

"You finally made it."

That smile that formed on the bashful Jedi's lips advertised his affection to everyone around him.

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