@warstar, cont.
he can’t say it, the words he’d need are too unfamiliar, but what difference would it make if he could? really? he’s not withholding the death star plans, nothing changes between luke knowing or not, so it’s a waste to spin a guilt trip over. what’s a little more debt to the mantra of “no harm, no foul?”
you’d think he’d have picked up on it already, just by looking and without having to hear it formally announced. they’ve been together long enough that han’s one poker face has worn thin, luke should have more of a clue, that’d be a shove in the right direction. he slings his arm around luke, pulls him flush to his side and musses with his hair. ‘ sure kid, but later. i’ll tell you later. believe it or not, it’s too early to hear the sound of my own voice- i’m still running on reserve power. ’