Saga - ST A LETTER FOR LEIA (From: THE FORCE AWAKENS)

Writer: Hopefulwriter
Rating: G for everyone
Characters: Leia Organa Solo
Time Frame: From The Force Awakens
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A LETTER FOR LEIA

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(From THE FORCE AWAKENS)


　

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Twilight was falling on the now quiet Takodana battlefield. Scattered rubble smoldered
on the ground and the acrid smell of spent weaponry still fogged the air.

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Leia Organa-Solo sat motionless on a large boulder, staring into the distance; she’d experienced both loss and victory today. Wrapped up in her thoughts, she didn’t hear the crunch of approaching footsteps and jumped slightly when the soldier spoke quietly. “General Organa-Solo.”

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Leia turned slowly. “Yes?”

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The young Rebel held out a creased envelope to her. She gave a tired, wry smile and reached for it. “New directives already?”

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“No, ma’am.” He answered.

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Giving the soldier a quizzical look, her mouth dropped when he said…”It’s from your husband. He asked me to give it to you if anything happened to him.”

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She didn’t realize she’d been holding her breath until she tried to speak. “Th….thank you.”

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The Rebel gave a quick salute and his retreating steps echoed as Leia stared down at the envelope in her hand.

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Slitting it open with a fingernail and unfolding the paper, emotion clutched her heart and tears welled in her eyes when she saw Han’s familiar handwriting on the page.

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‘Leia, you may have already sensed I’m no longer alive
before you get this. You know I won’t be coming back.
I came back to you time and time again - even after all
our years together I was always anxious to get back to
you. Not for just our intimate times, but I loved the
banter between us. Why do you think I enjoyed getting
you so riled? I liked to see that fire in you come to life.
That fire and determination will sustain you now. Keep
going, fighting for what you believe in - your efforts will
bring freedom and a better life for many. I wish you a better
life than I gave you. Your love was the best thing that
ever happened to me. The second best was when you
presented me with our son. You’ll be the one to reach
him now, Leia. The Ben we knew, the Ben we raised is
not the same Ben, but he is still a part of both of us.
I love you Leia - remember me when you see the
stars in the sky. Han

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She took a deep, cleansing breath; and in the darkness surrounding her, tightly
clasped the letter lovingly to her heart. Raising her head to the night sky, blinking away
the moisture that filled her eyes, she gazed at the star filled canopy of space.
They did seem to shine brighter than they had before.

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Me after reading

 

Thank you for taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
I've been writing SW fan fiction for many years and love writing Adventure, Drama, Humor and Light romance for
Han and Leia.

Hope you will enjoy the other SW stories I've posted here if you choose to read them.
Have a good day. Lynda V.

 

Gorgeous and moving. Just what Han would feel & how he would say it. Thank you for sharing.

 

A wonderful missing moment, indeed. Love the emotions - both Han's in the letter and Leia's upon reading it.

 

Hi WarmNyota...appreciate you taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
I'd mulled this short over for some time before putting it to paper.
Thank you also, for your kind and encouraging words. Lynda V.

 

Hello, Ewok Poet.
Appreciate you taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
This took some thought for me to write and glad to know it went well, by your kind words.
Have a good evening. Lynda V.

 

Darn it, someone must be chopping onions nearby. Or, maybe I've developed an allergy to the cat. Because...oh, who am I kidding? BWWWAAAAAAAHHH!

And it's just the sort of thing I can see him writing to her, too!

 

Hi Mistress Renat...appreciate you taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
Thought a lot about what to write for this....it's writing affected my emotions also.
Thanks for your kind words and encouragement.
Lynda V.

 

Onion cutting ninjas!

 

Cowgirl Jedi, appreciate the time you took to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
It took a while for me to think this out and put it to paper.
It seems to have elicted emotion and that is what I was aiming for.
You readers are very generous to me and it is appreciated.
Lynda V.

 

Beautiful letter from Han.

 

Jen, appreciate you taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
Thank you for your kind comment.
Have a good day. Lynda V.

 

The old scoundrel knew her well. Sniff! And he was bravely marching into his death.

*carefully looks around for DarthUncle, because certain husband badly teases about Germans having a liking to march around instead of just going places

That was a very touching piece of work. Thanks for making me cry and then smile again with just a few considerate words.

 

Hi Azure, appreciate you taking your time to read A LETTER FOR LEIA.
Thank you for your kind comments. I wanted emotion in this piece
and the comments just show how much folks love Han and Leia.

Have a nice evening. Lynda V.

 

Ahhhh, I can't. That was beautiful!

 

Ridley Solo, thank you for taking your time to read LETTER FOR LEIA.
Hope you will enjoy the other stories I've posted here if you choose
to read them.

Have a nice weekend. Lynda V.