Han and Leia – Costumes

"Mommy! Daddy! Look what I got!"

Ben came hobbling up to his parents, his taun-taun costume hindering his step a little and the taun-taun head in danger of toppling off of his head, but all that just made him even cuter. "Look, look!" he shouted, waving his little candy pail.

Han grinned down at his son. "What'd you get, buddy?"

"Candy!" exclaimed the five-year-old, waving his pail from side to side and letting his parents see the hoards of treats inside.

"Wow!" exclaimed Han. "Looks like you've been doin' well in the games!" Of course, he didn't mention that this party was giving out candy to all the kids that played the games, but Ben probably did do well in the games anyway.

"Yeah!" Ben exclaimed back as he grabbed his father's hand. "C'mon, they wanna see the grownup costumes and take a holo!"

"All right, sweetheart, we're coming," said Leia as she and Han rose from their seats and followed Ben to the other end of his school's gym, though it was slow-going since little kids in costumes would be running all over the place and if they weren't careful, running into them.

"I didn't know they'd want to take a holo," said Leia.

"Hey, relax," said Han, grinning at his wife. "You look fabulous."

"Do I?" asked Leia, staring into her husband's eyes with her own heavily-mascaraed and eyeshadowed eyes. She had been self-conscious about dressing as a Naboo queen, but Han had talked her into it on the basis that she'd be honoring her mother.

"Course you do," said Han. "Hell, that stripe in the middle of your lip makes your lips even sexier. He playfully leaned over, but Leia cringed out of the way.

"Not now," she said. "If you kiss me, you'll smear the makeup."

"Fine, fine," said Han, though he was unable to stop grinning at her white painted face and her hair braided out to the sides of her face like horns. She'd had to use a ton of hairspray just to get the braids to stay in place and it would probably be a nightmare to get all that hairspray out. Not to mention that Han didn't envy her when she would have to go to the refresher in that elaborate orange gown.

"Now do I look all right, my queen?" Han asked in a purring voice.

"Oh, of course you do."

"Really? You sure?"

Leia grinned as widely as she could with her makeup. "Han, what's there to worry about? You're supposed to look scary."

Now Han gave an exaggerated pout. "I'm hurt, sweetheart. It was your idea for me to dress as a zombie in the first place."

"Yes, and you make a very cute zombie." Leia kept grinning at him. "Especially with the green makeup, though I'm surprised Ben wasn't scared of you."

Han snickered at his son, who was already at the holo spot and gesturing for his parents to join him, his taun-taun head still toppling over like it would fall off, though for now it was miraculously staying on. "C'mon, the kid always knows his daddy, even when his daddy's green."

That was certainly something Han had never thought he'd say out loud, but the school costume party meant any strange thing could happen.

"C'mon, c'mon!" Ben was shouting, though most of the other parents were still on their way to the holo spot as well and most of the kids were still dawdling.

"We're comin', son!" Han shouted back. "Just remember that zombies ain't as fast as taun-tauns and Naboo queens are s'posed to walk all daintily so they don't trip over their dresses."

Ben giggled. "Daddy, do the zombie walk!"

Leia's brow went up as she looked at her husband. "Zombie walk?"

"Yeah, something me and Ben came up with. Here, I'll show you." He stuck his hands out in front of him, curling his fingers like claws, and gave a long growl. "Rrraaarrrrr, I'm a zombie! I wanna eat some BRAINS!" With an exaggerated motion, he kicked one foot in front of him and stomped it on the floor, then he did the same with his other foot. "Braaaaaaiiinnnss! BRRRRAAAAAAAIIIINNNSS!"

Ben was giggling so hard that he had to hold onto his taun-taun head to keep it from falling off, while Leia was rolling her eyes and grinning at the same time. "Well, Ben certainly can't say he doesn't have an entertaining father."

Han snapped out of his "zombie mode" to grin at his wife. "Hey, bein' entertaining is part of the job description for dads. If dressing up as a zombie and growling makes him happy, then I do it."

"True," said Leia, gripping her husband's arm as they finally reached their son, who was still giggling up a storm and nearly dropping his candy. "I hope Ben will always realize how lucky he is to have a father like you."

Han wrapped an arm around his laughing son. "Oh, I think he will."