Bucket list
It was their 8th day of their 40-day long journey to Bespin and they've already done all the repairs they could with the equipment they had on board of the Falcon. As a result Leia was bored and since she had no better idea what to do she decided to clean the bunkroom just to keep herself busy. She hated it when she had nothing to do.
She asked Han about it to make sure he wouldn't mind, after all this was his ship, his bunk with his stuff in it. But of course he didn't mind it. Actually he was grateful for it as he hadn't really had the time to clean lately.
As she was cleaning the drawers of his desk she found something that looked like a diary but she dismissed this idea immediately, thinking Han would never write a diary. She wanted to put it aside but she accidentally dropped it. It opened at the very last page and Leia was a bit surprised to see a bucket list there. The paper was old and yellow and the handwriting was like a child's. There were boxes drawn next to every line and some of them were ticked.
She immediately noticed the world 'princess' written in not just one but two lines:
'Save a princess' and 'Kiss a princess' with empty boxes next to them.
She felt her heart skip a beat as she recalled those moments in the circuitry bay.
Suddenly she heard the door slide open and she quickly closed the diary but she knew it was too late. Han had already seen it in her hands.
When Han saw he startled her and noticed the diary in her hands he just smiled and laughed a little.
"I was ten when I wrote that." and then he added with a smile "Did you find anything interesting in it?"
"I dropped it and it just opened…" Leia tried to explain.
"Hey, don't worry, it's ok." said Han.
"It opened at the last page, I didn't see much." Leia kept explaining.
Han walked up to her, took the diary and opened it at the last page. It's been a long time since he had looked into it, he didn't remember its content.
"Oh, my bucket list" he had completely forgotten about it in the last several years. He saw Leia blushing but slightly smiling.
Han reached into the drawer that was still open and pulled out a green pen. Then with a mischievous smile he said
"These two has already been remedied thanks to you." then ticked both boxes. With a self-satisfied smile he put the pen and the diary on the desk.
With a sly smile Leia took the pen and put another tick next to the line 'Kiss a princess'.
At first Han looked a bit puzzled. He had never met another princess and how the hell would he forget if he kissed Leia more than once? It almost scared him how amazing that one kiss in the circuitry bay felt. It only downed on him what the second tick meant when Leia stood on tiptoes and gently kissed his lips.
At first he was surprised but then he kissed her back. The kiss was sweet and gentle. After Leia pulled away Han smiled at her and said mischievously
"By the end of this trip the whole diary will be full of ticks."
Leia smiled and even blushed a little at that. Then she looked down and nervously bit her lower lip.
Han always thought she was adorable when she did that. Adorable and sexy at the same time. Every time he saw her bite her lip he had to fight back the urge to cup her face in his hands and just finally kiss her. But this time was different. This time he didn't have to hold himself back. With that thought he cupped one of her cheeks in his hand and kissed her.
This kiss was just as sweet as the previous one but in an entirely different way. They both felt that this was the beginning of something new and wonderful.
After the kiss ended another one quickly followed. And then another. And then many many others.
Han was right. That diary soon will be full of ticks.