Title: A Walk In the Garden
Author: Flowerlady
Timeframe: Post-New Jedi Order
Characters: Various Pairings both Canon and OC's
Genre: Romance, Drabbles
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: A collection of romantic inspired tidbits.
A/N: Written for the Ultimate Drabble Challenge. The Challenge: to write One Hundred drabbles over 20 weeks. Each week will explore various parings. Some will be canon characters in actual parings or "crack" parings. Some may even involve original characters, pretty much whatever I think fits that weeks topics the best...

And so we begin with my personal favorite...

Week One: Kyp and Jaina

Beginnings

She jumped out of the X-wing and franticly looked around. She couldn't lose him. She reached out into the Force and felt her legs go weak when he reached back. Then within minutes she saw the battered X-wing come in.

Her breath caught and her heart skipped a beat while watching him stand and remove his helmet. He caught her as she flung herself into his arms. They both knew that this was the beginning, that there was no hiding after this. Kyp met Jaina's gaze and without further thought, he captured her lips in a kiss perfecting their love.

Middles

She was perfect, beautiful he thought as he watched her in slumber. They had been married for several years and she still could take his breath away. Kyp reached down and gently brushed a wayward lock of hair from her forehead while he considered his fortune. He was in the middle of his life and she had made him complete.

She began to stir and he knew she would awaken soon and catch him watching her sleep again. Their reactions were always the same: she would blush and shyly smile; his would be to tell her that he loved her and to kiss her passionately.

Ends

She gazed down at him and thought back over their lives together, she couldn't even remember them not being together.

He coughed and rasped, "We had a good life, Goddess. You have made me happy and complete."

She fought the tears; his end was near, "I know. I would never have become who I am without you, Kyp."

He coughed and his breathing become more labored, she could barely hear him, "Goddess, I will always love you."

She let the tears go as she felt his life leave him, "I love you, my Mortal, wait for me."

First

"Push, Jaina," he encouraged while holding her hand. The labor hadn't gone well and he was worried. He wished they weren't alone trapped in the void of space.

"I can't!" she gasped at the peak of the contraction.

"Just a little more, Goddess," Kyp kissed her damp brow and let his strength wash over her.

"Ahhh!" she arched her back and then bared down as the pain coiled around her, squeezing.

"That's it," he said watching his first-born son pass from his mother's womb to land in his trembling hands.

Kyp left the tears fall as he presented Jaina their son.

Last

Jaina watched as the ship took off and she sighed. A small smile crossed her lips as Kyp wrapped his arms around her from behind. He grinned and whispered, "Well, that was the last one, Goddess. Now, we have an empty nest."

They had just witnessed the marriage of third child, their only daughter. She smiled and granted him a kiss on the cheek. "Well, that's true until the grandchildren start arriving at our door."

Kyp scowled, "There better not be any of those for a while. I'm nowhere ready yet."

Jaina only laughed.

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