Author's Note: This is another shortlittle story that takes place on the day Jacen goes to see Tenel Ka during The Joiner King. It's the companion piece to Verdigris, which is the other side of the story. Written: 11/14/2005.
Lapis Lazuli
The corridor was still.
He had taken care of the guards out front, he had gently pushed the social secretary aside. There was practically no one standing between him and his goals now.
He narrowed his eyes and paced towards the sunlight at the end of the hall, his gaze drawn to the glowing curls that snaked into the ornate set of open doors and splayed themselves across the carpet. He let his eyes trail over them, his mind wandering restlessly as he moved. He was to busy letting it settle on something beside the task at hand.
Something it should've settled on a long time ago.
It had been years since he had seen her last, since he had touched her tan skin, saw the sparkle in her eye that only he could set off. He saw visions of her all the time.
Tenel Ka.
It didn't help that he would meander outside sometimes, during his time away and meditate under the dark sky, the soft ceruleans and deep grays reminding him of her sharp gaze. The way the waves of countless seas crashed against stone, the strength of them bringing back memories of their swimming races, and how she would always win against him.
He stopped in the towering door frame, peering up to the azure sky above him, shots of turquoise running through from the setting sun. It reminded him of the glow of her lightsaber. The way it had cast a beam of light across her high cheekbones as she shut it off and stepped forward to kiss him at Myrkr. An opportunity missed.
One that he was planning on fixing in the future.
Through the last couple of obstacles, the sapphire tint of the sky cloaking him, he felt her. And through their connection, he slowly breathed his emotion into her.
He heard her tell the guards to hold their fire, the men surrounding her to stand down and he himself basked in the light of her small smile and the warmth she pushed back to him.
The breeze danced through the indigo clouds overhead, the sun setting to make way for the moons. The simple dress she wore matched the deep hues of the sky.
That was the day that she meant more to him than life itself.