Strip Sabacc. Han's gambling strategies play horribly to his favor. Leia endures and enjoys the consequences.

No, you DO NOT have to know the rules of Sabacc to understand this story. It'll all be simply explained in two or three sentences that a kindergartener could understand. Well, a smart kindergartener.

If you type in 'Sabacc' on Google and then click on the Casino Sabacc game, you can play and figure it out for yourself.

Besides, this story isn't highly concentrated on the game, just on the wagering and loss of clothing and dignity.

That's right, I'm a dedicated author, I learned how to play Sabacc just so I could write this story.

Care to Wager? -----

Chapter One: Propositions

"Han!" General Han Solo heard the voice behind him and immediately slowed his swift pace to a slow walk. His brother-in-law, Luke Skywalker, was just behind him.

"You're sure in a hurry, anything special going on tonight?" Luke asked, coming up to walk beside him.

"Not much, just a little game of cards."

"Sound like fun, care if I join?"

"Not tonight, kid, it's an adults-only game," he answered smugly.

Luke took instant offense to the comment, but his curiosity got the better of him. "Adults only? Just what are you planning on playing?"

"A harmless game of Sabacc."

Han's self-satisfied grin gave Luke the impression that the stakes on the 'harmless game of Sabacc' were going to be much higher than what his sister was aware of. The smuggler's intentions were anything but good and Luke knew that Leia was in for trouble of the best kind.

The two men boarded the lift where they were destined for different floors. Luke got off on twenty-seven, while Han's apartment was on forty-two.

"Keep it clean," Luke smirked as the doors closed behind him.

The rest of the ride had Han tapping his foot impatiently through fifteen floors. The lift took forever, and by the time he got to his door, he was ready to do away with his plans for the evening. Taking a deep breath helped him regain some self control, and he walked into the apartment looking calm and composed.

"Leia?"

Han threw his jacket on the back of the sofa and grabbed the mail off the coffee table to see if anything was his.

"I'm in the bedroom!" Came the response, muffled by a half-shut door. Tossing the junk mail into the trash bin, Han followed the sound of his wife's voice.

He found her laid out on the bed, a stack of paperwork on the nightstand nearby and a stack of paperwork laying in her lap. She had a pen tucked in her hair and a look of concentration on her face. When Han walked in she looked up and gave him a smile, but didn't set aside her work.

"How was your day?" she asked.

"Well it started off alright," he sighed, sitting on the edge of the bed. "Then I got to meet the new recruits."

Leia chuckled to herself. "That bad, huh?"

"Nothing will ever be as bad as the Rogue Squadron, but these guys look like they might come close."

"Oh the Rogue Squadron wasn't that bad," Leia chided.

"You're right, they weren't bad. They were terrible."

"Well not everyone is as wall-behaved as you," she said.

"I'm about the most well behaved guy you're ever gonna meet," he assured.

"I have to admit that you conducted yourself very well at the last New Republic gala. You were a perfect gentleman."

"I don't do charity balls voluntarily, y'know. Besides, I knew that I was gonna get a treat when it was all over with," he leered.

"It wasn't a charity ball, it was a celebratory feast to welcome the ambassador of Corellia to Coruscant. You should have been more enthusiastic about it since it is your home planet."

"Sweetheart, I wouldn't have cared if my own birthmother was the ambassador to Corellia. All I wanted was to get you out of that dress and into some sheets."

"Is that all you think about, sex?"

"Yes, which brings me to my next proposition. How about a game of Sabacc?"

"Somehow sex and Sabacc weren't exactly two things that came smashing together in my mind."

"Then obviously you've never played Strip Sabacc."

"I don't think I've ever played Sabacc. With or without my clothes on."

"Well unless you plan on getting naked real fast the first thing you'll need to do is put on some socks…"


The living room table was perfectly suited for their mischievous little game of cards. Han sat on one side of the table while Leia sat on the side next to him with only a corner to separate. For wagering purposes Leia had added a long, flowing jacket and a pair of socks on her husband's advice. Han had discarded his vest and thrown his shoes in the corner.

"Well, hotshot, how do you play?"

Han divided a very large deck of playing cards in half, expertly shuffling them as he gave Leia a quick run-through of the game.

"There are seventy-six cards in a Sabacc deck, sixty cards have ranked cards in four suits, and there are two types of eight different special cards. Follow me?"

She nodded.

"You want your four cards to equal twenty-three, called a Pure Sabacc. You can call the hand, or make everyone show their cards, at any time. Whoever has the highest score wins."

"You won the Falcon playing this game?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, so how do I know how much these special cards with the pictures are worth?"

Han reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper with card values written on it. He handed it to Leia who began to quickly study the sheet like her very existence depended on it.

"Now in Sabacc there is a hand, and there can be as many rounds in a hand as you would like before someone calls the cards. Typically you would put a bet down on each round, but since it's just us and our clothes, we'll wager a piece of clothing for every hand."

"That's confusing," she said.

"It won't be when you start losing your clothes. You'll learn real quick what's gonna keep you dressed."

"Not that it matters, you're far too good at this game."

"I'm glad we both agree. Ready to play?"


a/n: Let the games begin.

Had to do some research on this story to make it accurate. Learned how to play Sabacc, though, and that's always a useless thing to know. Fun, though.

Surprisingly enough it only took me about five minutes to learn how to play the basic game of Sabacc. The website that I mentioned in the first author's note is a bit confusing at first, but if you just start hitting buttons to see the cards you'll eventually understand the scoring factor. And hovering your mouse over the cards tells you card values.

Anyway, this is probably only gonna run two or three chapters long, so enjoy it while it lasts. There is a lot of unfinished fic on my comp that I'll try to work on for your amusement after this is done.

It's a fanfiction sin to read without reviewing.