Beyond - Legends Desideration and Rapture. (H/L) JC Title Challenge

Title: Desideration and Rapture
Author: Jade Pilot
Timeframe: Post ROTJ
Characters: H/L
Genre: Prose (aw, come on?give it a try!)

Summary: Written for the ?What?s in a Name.? JC title challenge. Use the acronym DAR as title.

Notes: Thanks to my most excellent master JadeLotus.




?As this is only for you, Beloved, that which is hidden from their eyes. For my veil will be a pledge of love, not given lightly or in haste.?

~ From the Sonnets of L?orelai Boviatte, Vol. II


He admits it to no one, only acknowledging it to himself secretly, silently. This obsession completely owns him and renders him vulnerable for a time, as it assails his senses. From somewhere rooted within his calloused soul, he watches her, spellbound as she luxuriates in this nightly ritual.

Sitting at her mirrored vanity, she slowly unwinds the intricate coiled design with her deft and knowing hands. As it tumbles from its concluding restriction he marvels at the fluid movement, unable to look away, awash in the resplendent beauty that threatens to possess him. Shaking her head, it shimmers darkly and seductively but also with a radiant fire not seen by many.

Taking her implement, she carefully applies it to the shining mass of warm mahogany shimmer silk. Slowly, she strokes and soothes the riotous portion that refuses a more conventional existence. He smiles. For this insurgent is the measure he admires most, as it spirals away from the other more sedate assemblage.

His hands ache, yearning to reach out and capture this long flowing convergence before she can deny him this pleasure. Mellifluous, flowing waves slip through his fingers as he caresses each soft segment until he is left with only one. This one he brings to his lips, as he meets her gaze and smiles.

So lovely, so mesmerizing?Leia?s hair.

 

What lovely imagery!

 

Great job!

 

Wow! Ok I think I should start calling you the prose queen You did such an amazing job with the imagery in this fic. And you have a marvelous grasp and use of what I call $10 words... those big words that hardly ever see the light of day. Wonderfully done!

Cheers,
Wyo

 

Vaderlvr: Thank you! My master, JadeLotus is a great teacher.

Ponytricks: Thanks!

Wyo: I don't know about prose "Queen", I just sometimes get in the mood for something like this. Thank you for reading and your kind words.

 

I don't read enough Han/Leia - but this was beautiful, J_P! Lovely descriptions.

 

Lovely- then, I love imagery, so you were preaching to the choir here!
Han is such a softie
-SE

 

JadeLotus: Thank you, master. I have this Insatiable need to keep trying my hand at prose.

Solo-Evenstar: Ooooh love the name! Thanks for reading. Yeah, I think Han fell for Leia and her hair.

 

The imagery here was so rich and beautiful! Well done!

 

dm1: Thank you so much!

 

Very nicely written.

 

Thank you Sara!

 

He's got a point, she has great hair. I'd never have the patience to grow my hair that long.

Beautiful imagery! It was almost dream-like. It was very clear how such a nightly ritual could be so tantalizing.

Especially for someone who's spent most of his life on a small freighter with a seven foot tall wookie.

He smiles. For this insurgent is the measure he admires most, as it spirals away from the other more sedate assemblage.

That's so Han. And it's my favorite part too


Great job

 

Well done. I could just see them there, Han on the bed watching her brushing out her hair!

 

padawanlost: Thanks, Paddy! Especially for someone who's spent most of his life on a small freighter with a seven foot tall wookie. LOL You have a point!

starwarsfan68: Thank you so much. I appreciate you reading!

 

You described Leia's hair as I've always imagined it: a thing of vibrant beauty, & Han's reaction as I've always known it to be: ecstatic & loving fascination. Thanks for capturing & poetically sharing this sweet, gentle everyday moment between them.

 

Wow! Thanks Jade_eyes! I always imagined their day drawing to a close this way.