→ @ereneda said: ❛ will you go with me? ❜
“ Do you even have to ask? ” He couldn’t help but flash her that classic Solo grin as he answered. She knew exactly he wouldn’t turn such an offer down even if he technically had other things to do and other responsibilities but he could claim his enthusiasm was due to her status, that even a Jedi could not DARE to deny the queen mother her wishes so when she asked him to accompany him he had no choice but to agree. Not that he would ever dream of rejecting any offer she made him but no one else had to know about such details. His love was hers and hers alone. It pained him sometimes, having to HIDE it like this, not being able to shout it from the rooftops, to declare his love for her to the whole galaxy but he had known what he agreed to when she had invited him into her bed. It didn’t mean he liked it though.
“ Though I wonder — what will all your noble lackeys think when they see a Jedi at your side? ” His grin never vanished from his face. As much as the reaction of Tenel Ka’s people was a genuine concern he couldn’t help but feel some kind of malicious glee at the thought of the offence they would take at his appearance at the divine queen mother’s side. He did not often have a chance to brag with the fact she had chosen HIM over all her other suitors. Did they know why she continued to play games with them? Why she rejected them all in the end? If they had done their job right about keeping their relationship a secret they shouldn’t know ... but he couldn’t help but wish these men at least SUSPECTED something and that it filled them with envy over the ‘ simple Jedi ’ who had stolen their beloved queen’s heart. They would never understand her anyway, would never fully grasp that it was her who had stolen his heart years ago on Yavin 4, that he had loved her long before she had accepted the glory and the BURDEN of the crown, before he had even known about her heritage at all. No one would ever know her like he did. It was a blessing and a curse. For both of them.













