Beyond - Legends Delaney Talks To Statues (Han & Jaina songfic)

This is my first songfic (I tend to be annoyed by them) so I hope it doesn?t stink too bad. The song is Delaney Talks to Statues by Jimmy Buffett, and the story is about Han thinking about Jaina?s life before her wedding.

Delaney talks to statues
As she dances 'round the pool
She chases cats through roman ruins
And stomps on big toadstools
She speaks a language all her own
That I cannot discover
But she knows I love her so
When I tuck her 'neath the covers.

Han Solo smiled as he watched holovids of his children. This one had been taken on Yavin IV when the twins were five. He watched Jaina laughed as she pranced under a waterfall, being pursued by Jacen. Han laughed out loud as Jaina lost her balance and plunged headfirst into the water.

Flipping to another holovid, he saw himself trying to read a bedtime story to his three rambunctious children as they jumped around the room. When they finally settled down and went to bed, Jaina kissed him on the cheek.

?I love you, Daddy.?

?Love you, too, Princess,? Han said on the holovid, turning off the glowpanel.

Father, daughter
Down by the water
Shells sink, dreams float
Life's good on our boat

The next holo Han picked out of the box was taken right before the twins left to train at Luke?s academy. The twins were saying good-bye to their parents and brother, ready to live up to their potential and learn the ways of the Force. In the holovid, a tear ran down Leia?s cheek as she hugged her children goodbye.

?Now you kids behave for your Uncle Luke, hear??

?We will, Mom. We promise,? they assured her.

Han looked at the holographic Leia?s face and realized that that was how he felt now. Jaina was the only child Han had left. Anakin had been killed. Jacen had up and married already. And now he would lose Jaina too.

Delaney draws me pictures
She finger paints the sand
We chase the dogs and hop like frogs
Then I do my bad handstand
She's growing up too fast for me
And asking lots of questions
Some I know the answers to
And some I'm looking for suggestions

Putting away the box of holovids, Han found another box of pictures and artwork Jaina had made as a child. Pulling out a piece of flimsy with what he guessed was a drawing of the Falcon on it, Han remembered how hard he had tried to get Jacen into mechanics. How foolish he had been! Jaina was the mechanical one. By age nine, was able to fix the Falcon?s hyperdrive with only minimal help from him. Always inquiring how everything worked-that was his girl. He often wondered if perhaps Jaina knew more than he did on occasion.

Father, daughter
Born by the water
Surf's up, sun's down
Life in a beach town

?Today Daddy let me fly the Falcon. It was very much fun. I didn?t run into anything like I thought I was going to, and Daddy says someday he might let me fly it all by myself. I hope so. I love space. It?s so pretty.?

Han read Jaina?s personal datapad and remembered that day. She must have been seven years old or so, and was terrified of messing up before they took off. In the end, she proved herself a natural pilot almost immediately. Pretty soon she could fly loops and do all sorts of tricks with absolute perfection. Even at that young age, Han knew Jaina would want to fly with the rogues when she was old enough, and when she had finally been accepted five years ago, it made him swell with pride.

And some of the things I've seen
Maybe she won't have to see
But there's a lot I want to pass along
That was handed down to me

War was an ugly thing. Han had flown and fought for the New Republic in the hopes that his children wouldn?t have to. No such luck. When the Vong invaded, Han knew that the galaxy was an unsafe place for his sons and daughter. And as proud as he was of Jaina?s piloting skills, fear gnawed at his insides every time she climbed into the cockpit of her X-wing to fly into battle. His baby would be out in the firefight, out of his protection. Now that the Yuuzhan-Vong were gone, he could r

 

Awww. That was such a sweet ficlet!

 

That was really nice, I loved the scenes with little Jaina and Han, really good stuff there. Don't usually read songfics, but this was too good to ignore, really great job!

 

Awwww...
Such a cute father/daughter story!

Even if she did marry Zekk...*grumble*

 

GreatOne: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
Briman: I usually dont like songfics either. Thanks for the review.
Gina: *laughs manically* Yep, J/Z! Did it just for you. JK

 

Cute!!!! That was a great ficlet!!!

OOH! It was J/Z ME LOVED!

 

Awe, this was cute! The song definately fit. I've never heard of it, but I could tell by the lyrics that it was a good choice. Nice job!

 

very sweet

 

aww, that was so sweeet :melts: