Beyond - Legends "The Drabble Drop" UDC III responce - COMPLETE with Week 20 on 3/18/09!!

The Drabble Drop

Genre: Everything!
Rating: PG
Time Frame: Everywhere!
Characters: Everyone!

Summary: The Ultimate Drabble Challenge part three! An exciting look at a multitude of characters, lives, and relationships within the Star Wars universe ? all with a good dose of crack!pairings.

Notes: I wasn't going to this time, I really wasn't. But the muse said yes, and that means that my own opinions mean nothing. So, here we go . . .

Disclaimer: Everything belongs to George Lucas. I'm just playing in his world.

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Week One: Luke/Mara
Week Two: LoTF Characters
Week Three: The Solo Family
Week Four: Han, Mara
Week Five : The Skywalker Ladies
Week Six : Zekk/Tahiri
Week Seven: Jag/Jaina
Week Eight: Emperor's Hand Mara Jade
Week Nine: Wedded Bliss
Week Ten: Mara, Ben
Week Eleven: Zekk/Jaina
Week Twelve: Misc. Characters
Week Thirteen: Jag/Jaina
Week Fourteen: Teneniel Djo
Week Fifteen: Five Kisses
Week Sixteen: Karrde/Shada
Week Seventeen: Leia Solo
Week Eighteen: Mara, Jaina
Week Nineteen: Zekk, Jaina/Jag
Week Twenty: Mara/Luke

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[b]Week One (Luke/Mara, post Sacrifice)

01. Happy[/b]

The first time he sees her, he's making a cup of cocoa, of all things.

Her voice was light and lilting and ?Still can't break the addiction, farmboy?? He dropped the mug, felt it shatter.

And there she was ? shimmering sapphire, like he remembered Obi-Wan being. Her smile was young - younger than he's ever seen her, without the weight of guilt pressing her down.

And all he can ask is how.

?A gift,? she said simply. [i]An apology[/i], her eyes say.

Then she came and wrapped him in her arms, and he held her for a long, long time.


[b]02. Sad[/b]

It was raining. The steady pitter platter against the window pane drew him out of doors ? away from the students with questioning eyes, and away from the colleagues with pitying gazes. He cares for neither ? cares for the pity even less, he thinks.

The rain soaked his cloak - cleansed him, he liked to think.

?Well, you can't always keep your cool,? she was saying next to him then. Her eyes were smirking and her smile was sad.

He turned to answer her, but she was already gone.

Sometimes he wonders if he's finally lost it.

The rain continued to fall.


[b]03. Curious[/b]

?She's a cutie, isn't she??

Luke smiled at the glow of blue behind his shoulder, and then turned the child in his hold so that he could face his wife. ?That she is.?

Mara reached out a ghostly hand to finger the baby girl's face. ?Ben really outdid himself this time.?

Luke nodded in agreement as he looked down at the wide green eyes staring curiously back at him. A moment of silence passed, one thick with what-could-of-beens and things of that nature. Minutes passed, he whispered, ?She looks like you.?

Mara smiled sadly. ?Perhaps a little.?


[b]04. Angry[/b]

?She likes you, farmboy.?

It's a cold day. The window panes are frosted, and the wind blew fat flakes of snow across the ivory landscape. Luke raised a brow as he looked over at the specter lounging by the fire, who was watching him with careful amusement.

He nods, fiddling with his wedding ring as he thought of the girl ? brightly sweet and young and innocent. Everything he had once been before. Mara followed his hands with her eyes, angry possession flaring in a face that could no longer claim.

So he smiled. ?Worried??

Her mouth twitched. ?Should I be??


[b]05. Content[/b]

He's old now, so very old.

His hands are weathered and worn, and his hair shimmered in silver wisps. His eyes, once a brilliant sky blue, were now a pale shade of winter ice. His breathing comes in tired gasps as he fingers his wedding ring.

He's dying.

His son is asleep in the

 

I'd like to thank you all for the warm support you showed with my first week. You guys are the best!!!! Alrighty then, here we go with some replies!

Jade_eyes : PMs are a go! And I'm glad you liked the sig, it was . . . well, fitting.

DarthBerryStraw : Same for me. I thought that I was just morbid.

amidalachick : Aww, thanks.

Myriad_Daydreams : Pms are on their way! Thanks for reading.

Tabby : Thanks!

brodiew : Thank-you.

SilSolo : Thanks for the break down. I love it when people doing that - and your reference to the anime subs had me laughing. Too true, now that I think about it.

ginchy : I'm glad that you enjoyed them! They were fun to write, and definitely a . . . different take on Luke and Mara's relationship. So that was fun for me.

dancing_star : *passes a tissue* I'm glad that you enjoyed them!

More up soon!

~MJ

 

You know what? This was the hardest set of drabbles to write during my three times doing them. No joke. The idea was easy - it always is. It's a hundred words that was a problem when my overly zealous muse went and wrote a nice little three to four hundred word viggie for each of them! It took me a while to cut them down to size.

That said, this set explores the reprecussions of the "Legacy of the Force" series on a multitude of characters - seeing as how I couldn't pick just one.

Now that I'm done rambling, enjoy!

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[b]Week Two - After the storm . . .[/b]

[b]06. Alderaan[/b]

On nights when she was too tired to hear stories about her mother, and too old to hear them about her father, she is told of Alderaan. Tales of warriors and sunny children were pushed aside for careful, reverent murmurs about sunlit palaces ? pretty princesses with pretty perfect dreams.

There was a far off gleam in her grandmother's eyes as she spoke. Her hands ? older than her mother's, but still smooth ? weaved through her hair, braiding and coiling it in the tradition of both of their people.

Alanna ? Amelia now, smiled once, softly, and watched the stars outside wink away.


[b]07. Yavin IV[/b]

On nights when she was too old to remember, and too young to forget she turned to him. Her father's brandy was cold between them, and his embrace was warm. She cherished the moment, thinking about how many she had wasted before.

?Jag?? her voice was soft.

?Yeah??

?Do you think . . . do you think [i]he's [/i] okay??

A moment passed before his whisper.?I don't know.?

She nodded, clutching him tighter as memories floated through her mind like ghosts ? of sun and Yavin, of young love and forever, eternal sort of things that were now nothing more than youth's faded bliss.


[b]08. Bespin[/b]

It was a night when memories were thicker than most. The three were chatting softly about the old days ? from Alderaan to Bespin and then -

?It's going to be a boy.? Lando said, fatherhood's careful happiness in his eyes as he looked hesitantly between them.

It was a long moment before Han spoke. ?You don't have to tell me like I'll break.? More silence. ?C'mon. I lost one son, but I gained another.?

A minute passed, heavy with old sorrows before Lando smirked. ?So, do I have permission to tell Jag that you said that??

And Leia let herself smile.


[b]09. Hapes[/b]

On nights when the she longed too much, and pretending became too hard, she let herself cry. It was an unfamiliar thing, the tears ? her mother's death was followed by action while childbirth was handled with a fierce determination. Even Jacen's fall failed to produce a tear as she fought to preserve the only light he ever gave the galaxy. Yet, now she broke ? a flood of longing and regret bursting free.

In the dark she could feel the brush of her daughter's mind. She touched back and when she withdrew her eyes were dry, determined as she straightened again.


[b]10. Dagobah[/b]

It was one of those nights when all he could see in his son was his wife. Ben's eyes sparkled with her fire, and his look was all Mara.

Luke had forgotten how much he hated to be on the receiving end of that look.

?So . . . you crashed on Dagobah, and then mistook Yoda for an elf with one too many circuits frazzled?? Ben snorted. ?Did [i]mom[/i] ever hear that version??

?Yes. I'm surprised [i]she[/i] didn't tell you.?

?She would never say anything bad about you.?

The memories that passed between them were heavy. Yet they were no longer unpleasant.

[b]~MJ[/b][face_rose]

 

Thanks a million to everyone who read and reviewed! You guys are the best!

Myriad_Daydreams: Thank-you so much. Your review really just made me smile. And yep, that was the whole purpose of Dagobah ? to sneak in a little heartfelt L/M-ness.

SithGirl132: Wow. Thanks. Hopefully I can keep it up, then.

DarthBerryStraw. Your review really made me feel all warm inside. I hope I can keep your interest piqued.

Jade_eyes: Oh, longer versions of these will be on the way soon in a viggie near you. Thanks so much for being such a faithful reader.

dancing_star: Thanks! PMs are a go!

brodiew: Thanks so much for the thoughtful words, I really appreciated them!

path-seeker ? that was an underlying theme of this week, so I'm glad that you enjoyed that.

EarthKnight: Thanks!

earlybird-obi-wan: Thank-you.

ginchy: Thank you so very much. I'm glad that you enjoyed them.

amidalachick: Thank-you for your kind words.

~MJ