Title: Kiss #2

Time: SBS

Characters: points to title

Disclaimer: As much as I would like to own Star Wars, I don't. As far as I know, I'm not making money off of this, so do not sue this poor teenage student.

Note: Beware of the hopeless romantic who just can't resist J/TK as it nears Valentine's Day. So feel free to give constructive criticism. Couldn't think of anything for that challenge (tho I did picture a big, fat buffoon jumping off the palace and crashing through several levels of basement when I read the rules), but I'm compelled to write J/TK for Valentines Day.

Summary: Vergere didn't stop TK from kissing Jacen…

Author: SilSolo on TFN, Master Solo on unclipped his lightsaber. "I'll need to concentrate on the voxyn, so we have to do this without the battle meld. May the Force be with you, my friends."

Taking her own lightsaber in hand, Tenel Ka stepped over and kissed him. As Jacen felt her warm lips against his, he remembered the first time the princess had kissed him. That first one was years ago, but to Jacen, it did not seem so distant. The first kiss was to surprise the young man, but the second one was different.

This time, Tenel Ka kissed him out of a love that grew in strength over the last few years, a love the Jacen took long to realize despite it being under his nose most of the time. But with the kiss, the Dathomiri woman had brought to his attention those feelings. It started as a crush and a few jokes, but the relationship had evolved since. He thought it ended when he accidentally chopped off her left arm, but in the end, Tenel Ka emerged a stronger, more unique Jedi and the two were together. Neither was sure how the friendship evolved into a love that was difficult for both to recognize and admit, but it became evident to the woman when she found herself expecting to feel Jacen's 'death' as he plunged through the clouds of Bespin.

Jacen kissed the woman back. All those years, and Jacen had seen things from many distant systems without realizing a bond that was directly under his nose. One half was mostly solemn and the other notorious for jokes, but both halves belonged to the same circle, the same Force, for both hated politics but were children of renowned politicians. Both have been born with the Force and refused to use the powers, but one half was for the sake of being a warrior and the other for the sake of being a pacifist. Both Jedi felt as if two semicircles fused to become one balanced circle, as if the Force had predestined them to be together.

For a moment, Jacen was at peace and a vision of Fountain Palace enveloped him. An older Tenel Ka stood beside a figure with a mustache and a beard, whom Jacen recognized as himself. Jacen lost count of the number of children he spotted in the palace, but he knew they were all his royal children.

A sense of the voxyn queen and a reminder from Vergere prompted Jacen to leave, but he promised to return to Tenel Ka.

I love you, friend Jacen.

I know. Jacen responded mentally.

And so the rest of SbS proceeded like it did without the kiss, perhaps with a few minor differences. When Jacen and Vergere escaped from Coruscant in Nom Anor's second ship, Jacen kept his promise and paid a visit to Tenel Ka along the way. In the meantime, Danni found her love in the form of an engineer introduced by an old friend from Commenor.

Yesterday I was officially old enough to get the permit, tho I'm not free to visit the BMV 'til Saturday. :)