Leia was finding it very hard to concentrate on what the general was saying, her thoughts were running away from her as she tried to concentrate on the paperwork in front of her. Rieekan was trying to talk to her about costing and some numbers on a chart that ultimately meant they were struggling to feed everyone, and no matter how much Leia nodded her head or wrote something down, she just couldn't focus.
She had never had a problem with this before, work had always been the first thing on her mind, no distractions, but then she realised that was because nobody had ever played on her thoughts in the same way Han did. He was just so different, similarly, for all the right reasons and for all the wrong reasons. She had been so mad at him, the argument they'd had was the biggest yet, she was sorry for the things she'd said, and she was sure he was too, they were always sorry.
It didn't stop her ignoring him for the rest of the day though, she had made a point to turn around in the corridors or purposefully avoid eye contact with him, she just couldn't bring herself to speak to him, so when he followed her and pushed her into the store cupboard, she had braced herself for another fight.
She had gotten just the opposite though, Leia wasn't often surprised by things, but that, that surprised her. She had no idea Han even thought about her in that way, she'd be lying to herself if she said she had never had those thoughts, she wasn't blind, Han was handsome, but he was arrogant, irritating and aggravating all the same.
"Princess?" Rieekan said, clearly picking up on her lack of focus.
"Yes, sorry general, i'm just having a very strange day" she said, half smiling and then focusing back on the work in front of her, she managed to keep her thoughts at bay for the rest of the meeting.
Her schedule was empty for the rest of the day, which was rare considering the masses of work they usually had coming in, so once the meeting concluded, she made her way through to the dining hall.
Hoth was cold. she hated it here, there was no where to escape to, she was stuck inside this dull base with nothing to do for the rest of her day, even when her days were full of paperwork, at least the time passed slightly faster than it did when there was nothing. especially today, she had nothing else to do but sit and think.
There weren't many people in the main hall, everyone tended to go about their work and eat at the same time, but Leia made an effort to stay and eat with the pilots or the workers, she didn't want them to think they were forgotten about. She picked up a drink and a small portion of food and made her way to sit on a table on her own, it seemed in the time it took her to find some food, the last few people on the hall had left, Leia noticed more and more that people were becoming more distant from each other, it was as though people were losing faith in what they were doing, Leia blamed the weather.
She was alone for a while, eating in silence with her data pad on the table next to her, she was tapping through some notifications and deleting unimportant notices. She was so involved with her work, she barely noticed someone sit down next to her.
"Do you ever stop working?" he asked, Leia took another sip of her drink before turning to face him.
"Sometimes, but rarely" she said with a slight smirk.
"Why are you sat alone?"
"I'm not anymore" she smirked
"Alright smartass" Han said, placing his own drink on the table in front of him.
"Actually, i've not got any work for the rest of the day" Leia said, going back to his earlier point.
"You mean, you have a day off? what even are those?" he said, earning another smile from Leia. "You look nicer when you smile"
"Hence why I don't do it too often" she said, finally powering down her data pad and fully turning to face him.
"I think you should"
"What, and make people think I'm going soft, you don't know me very well, Solo"
"I know you better than most" he said, now giving her a smirk of his own.
"Right, of course, how could I forget your little stunt from earlier" she was trying to act mad, but Han saw straight through her, she couldn't even pretend she didn't enjoy it… him.
"Stunt? i'd call it more than that, sweetheart" he said with a wink.
"Right, sorry, stupid" she said as sternly as she could, before taking another sip of her drink.
"So, I was gonna ask Luke if he wanted to join me and Chewie for a game night on the Flacon"
"Are you asking my permission or inviting me?" she said, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips.
"Well, it was an invite but i'm afraid we don't admit smartass princesses"
"Okay, so what if I was simply a friend for tonight?" she said, averting her gaze from his.
"I think we could make that work, sweetheart" he said, a genuine smile toying on his face.
"Okay, ill come round later then, and ill be sure to leave my smartass behind"
"Not all of it, its a pretty nice ass when its not being smart" Han said with a wink as Leia stood up to leave, leaving him there on his own, as they were talking they hadn't even noticed the hall filling up again, Leia opted to leave before the other pilots came for their lunch and she started even more wagers about herself and Han. Normally, she would've yelled at him or become defensive after his last comment, but she didn't, instead, she decided to leave it there and see where this would lead.
