The Falcon comes into the Hoth System. Han, Luke, Bria and Chewbacca are looking out at the ice planet. Leia has spent the whole voyage in Han's cabin. Han sees their arrival to Hoth as an excuse to go talk to her. Han gets up and looks at Chewbacca. "I'm going to go get Her Worship, I'll be right back."

Chewbacca nods.

Han leaves the cockpit and goes to his cabin door. He knocks "Princess." The door opens and Leia is wearing a snow suit.

Leia, "I'll be right there I just have to put my boots on."

Han nods. "I thought we could look along the equator for a good place."

Leia, "Okay. I'll be right there."

The door closes in Han's face. Han steps back and walks to the cockpit.

Han sits down in the cockpit. "Okay Chewie, let's take her down so we can get a better view of this ice ball."

Leia comes into the cockpit. Han turns around and looks at her. "There is a spot up here. I want to get a better look at it."

Leia nods.

Han points his finger. "Right here. It looks like a natural cave. The mouth is wide enough for the bigger ships."

Han looks at Leia. "What do you think?"

Leia, "Let's take a look."

Han looks around. "I don't know how deep the snow is and I can't see how deep that cave is. I'm going to have to set her down on this flat area up here."

Leia's eyes get big. "You mean we are going to have to climb down that?"

Han, "Unless you want to risk getting stuck here. Do you see a better place?"

Leia looks around. "It looks like everything else is covered in ice and snow. I guess we have no choice."

Han lands on the flat plateau. "Everyone get your snow gear on. You may want to add some more rations to your survival packs. We might be down there a few days."

Everyone gets up and leaves the cockpit except for Chewbacca.

Han goes into his cabin and starts to undress. He is down to his underwear when Leia comes in.

Leia stops at the door when she sees Han in his underwear looking through the closet. "Sorry."

Han looks back to Leia. "I can't find my thermals."

Leia involuntarily looks at Han's muscular body.

Han smiles to himself. He can feel her looking at him. He throws some things back behind him. "Here they are."

Leia shakes her head and begins looking around.

Han stands and begins putting on his thermals. He then grabs his snow suit and puts it on. Han looks on the floor and grabs his coat. He looks at Leia. "Where is your coat?"

Leia looks down. "It seems that the supply center forgot that."

Han looks back in his closet. "How many layers do you have on?"

Leia is still looking down. "Same as you."

Han reaches in his closet and grabs a coat. He gives it to Leia. "This will be a little big, but you are going to need it."

Leia takes the coat and puts it on. After she is finished fastening the snaps, she looks up and sees Han smiling at her.

Leia looks away. "Let's go."

Han follows Leia into the hold where Luke and Bria are waiting on them. Leia and Han grab their packs.

Bria, "We had better get going."

The ramp lowers and the four descend and walk to the cliff.

Luke points. "I think it will be easier get down over there."

Luke walks over to where he was pointing and Bria follows. The two begin to descend with Han and Leia close behind.

The four are making good time until Leia slips and falls into a narrow hole.

Han turns around and doesn't see Leia. "Hey, Your Worship. Where are ya?"

Han panics when she doesn't answer. "Leia!" Han hurries back up the cliff to find Leia. "Leia!"

Leia, "Han, I'm down here!"

Han, "Keep yelling."

Han follows Leia's voice until he finds the hole from which it is coming. Han looks down in the hole and sees Leia looking back up at him. Han quickly lies on his stomach and reaches down for Leia. "Try and grab my hands."

Leia stretches herself and manages to grab one of Han's hands. Han pulls Leia up with one arm until she is sitting on the ground.

Han sits up next to her. "You okay?"

Leia rubs her foot. "I twisted my ankle."

Han puts his hand on Leia's shoulder. "You sure that's all it is?"

Leia nods and her com goes off. "Leia, Han, where are you?"

Han picks up the com. "Leia slipped and hurt her ankle. You two go on."

Luke, "Han, it's going to be getting dark soon."

Han, "I know." Han looks around and sees a small cave just down from where they are.

Luke, "What are you going to do?"

Han, "I can see a small cave. If we hurry we can get there before night."

Luke, "Okay, you two be careful."

Han, "Talk to ya in the morning Kid."

Leia looks over to the cave. "You think we can make it?"

Han picks Leia up. "I know you don't like this, but we've got to get going."

Leia lets Han carry her without protest.

After about an hour of climbing Han finally reaches the cave. He stands at the mouth of the cave and pulls out a lamp.

Leia, "You can put me down now."

Han gently puts Leia on the floor of the cave touching her body a little more than he needed to. He then pulls out his blaster. "I'm going to make sure we're alone in here."

Leia nods and gets up. "I'm coming with you."

Han walks back several meters with Leia hoping behind him on one leg. They come to a dead end.

Han looks around. "Good. This will do nicely."

Han drops his pack and brings out a lantern. He lights the lantern and pulls out two emergency sleeping bags. He takes one and attaches it to the walls. "That will keep the wind off us."

Leia sits down and starts to take off her boot. Han sees her. "Don't do that."

Leia, "My foot is killing me. I need to get this off."

Han, "Your foot might swell and you won't be able to get your boot back on. I know it hurts, but it's best that you leave it on."

Leia looks at her boot and nods.

Han looks in his bag. "You hungry?"

Leia nods and Han hands her some ration bars. Han gets up. "You left your pack at the entrance?"

Leia, "Yeah."

Han goes back to the front and grabs Leia's pack. He looks outside. It is dark and the wind is blowing. He turns around and hurries back to Leia.

Leia looks up at Han as he closes the curtain. She thinks to herself. "Great, I'm going to be stuck in here all night alone with him."

Han hands Leia her pack. "It's already dark and the wind is really blowing." Han looks at Leia, "It's going to be a long cold night."

Leia digs her sleeping bag out of her pack, and then she digs for something else.

Han sits down next to Leia. "What are you looking for?"

Finally Leia pulls out a small bottle of pills. "These."

Han has a serious look on his face. "What are those for?"

Leia opens the bottle and takes one out. "Pain." Leia puts one pill in her mouth and puts the bottle back in her pack. She takes out her sleeping bag and wraps it around her.

Han watches Leia with concern. "You carry pain pills around with you?"

Leia looks down. "I have some nerve damage. Sometimes the pain..."

Han wants to hug her and comfort her, but he knows that wouldn't go over well. Instead he dims the light and wraps his sleeping bag around him.

Han looks at Leia and sees her shivering. Han makes a suggestion. "We should huddle together. Our body heat will keep us warmer."

Leia looks at Han suspiciously.

Han, "I will be on my best behavior. All I want is to keep warm."

Leia hesitantly scoots closer to Han and he wraps his arms around her.

As much as Leia fights it, a part of her enjoys feeling Han's strong arms wrapped around her and to her disbelief, she does feel warmer.

Han enjoys the feeling of Leia in his arms. He smiles and closes his eyes.

Leia, "Han?"

Han still has his eyes closed. "Yeah."

Leia, "Tell me about Bria."

Han opens his eyes. He thinks to himself. "Why does she have to bring her up now?" Han hugs Leia a little tighter. "What about her?"

Leia, "What did she do to you?"

Han doesn't say anything.

Leia, "Come on, I told what happened to me on the Death Star."

Han shifts around. "She is power hungry. She made a deal with me and my friends if we helped her get some things for the Alliance. In the end she decided that it was more important to look good for General Dodonna than to keep her agreement with us."

Leia, "You said she is power hungry. Is that why I shouldn't trust her."

Han, "I think she wants your position in the Alliance. One of the few conversations I've had with her, or she's had with me, I really didn't do any of the talking. She said as much. She thinks you've been handed everything, and she's earned it. It's kind of funny though."

Leia, "What's funny."

Han, "She grew up rich too. It's funny how she seems to forget that."

Leia, "Do you agree with her? I mean you are always calling me royalty names, mocking me."

Han, "You've spent your whole life preparing for this haven't you?"

Leia nods. "I didn't know it at the time, but when I look back at my childhood… My father was preparing me to be a soldier as well as a diplomat."

Han, "He did a good job with both. From what I've seen, I would say you have earned your position."

Leia smiles and scoots closer to Han.

Han hugs Leia tighter. They lay there not saying anything for a while.

Leia yawns. "Han?"

Han, "Yeah."

Leia shakes her head. "Never mind."

Han reaches over and turns off his lantern and they both stare at the ice wall until they fall asleep.