Authors Note: Hello everyone! Thank you to everyone that has read and reviewed, sorry it's taken me up till now to include an author's note. I hope you all like my retelling of the aftermath of COPL. I'm sure you can all agree that this is a much better explanation. I also hope you like what I'm doing with this whole "who poisoned Leia" thing. I want to turn this into a full blown Poirot-esque thing but I won't if too many of you disagree with it. Leave a review or send me a message about what you think I should do. Thanks very much and enjoy! :)

"I feel like an idiot Chewie." Han said, sitting with his furry companion outside the hospital. The news hadn't spread yet about what had happened to Princess Leia and they were all glad. Riekeen and han decided not to make it public until the culprit was found. Leia still hadn't awoken but the doctor said she was making a great recovery for someone who'd been spiked for the last month with Empire drugs.

*There's no way you could have known anything was up cub.*

"I shouldn't have been so hard on her, I..." Han starts but realising he can't find the words, he stops himself, looks at the ground in front of him and lights his second cigarette that afternoon.

*Would you cut that out?*

"It's the only thing keeping me from ripping someone's head off!" He pauses for a moment. "I'm sorry, I just feel so... angry. You know, I was actually gonna leave without telling her. I was there thinking about whether or not I should leave a note and what it should say when she came home earlier than I'd expected. If I had left then I never would've known what really happened to her and I would've lost her completely."

*And you can forgive everything that she put you through know?*

"She wasn't sober when any of it happened Chewie, it wasn't her fault."

*Have you called Luke yet?* Chewie asks. Han just shakes his head.

*Why not?*

"I guess I never really thought about it."

*Well I'm more than confident that he'd want to know."

"Yeah you're right." He says, reaching to take his datapad out of his right trouser pocket.

"Han!" Riekeen calls from behind them. "Han, she's awake. She's awake and she's asking for you."

Han threw his cigarette on the floor and shoved his datapad to Chewie. "Call Luke for me!" he shouted as he ran to Leia's room.

When he got there, Leia was sitting on the edge of her bed, her legs hanging over the side, waiting for him. Judging by her position, it looked as if she'd tried to get out of bed.

Han burst into the room. It felt like the first time he was really looking at her in so long. She looked at him. There was so much in her look – there was sorrow and love and a silent begging for forgiveness. She was back. Without thinking, he threw his arms around her and drew her into a tight hug.

"I've missed you." He whispered.

Leia start gently weeping into his shirt.

"Han, I'm sorry." She said. "I don't understand what's happened but I'm so sorry. Please don't leave me."

He let out a sigh, realising that neither Riekeen nor the doctor hadn't told her what had really happened to her. He wondered how he should break it to her.

"Han." She said, moving her head from his chest to face him and cupping his cheeks. "Han, I love you. I love you so much, I always have. I don't understand what happened to me. I knew what was going on but I was unable to act or say how I really felt about anything. Almost like I was trapped in my own body and I wasn't in control of any of the things that I did or said.

"Wait so you were, conscious the whole time?" Han asked randomly.

"Um... yeah I guess so. Look, I know that it sounds really stupid and incredibly idiotic but it's the truth. I don't blame you for wanting our relationship to end but I can't let you go, Han, it would break my heart."

Han knew he should have interjected earlier but it was nice to hear her say that she loved him. It'd had been too long since she done. Taking her hands in his, he said:

"Leia, it's okay. You don't need to apologise, you-

"Yes, I do, Han."

"No, you don't, just listen to me. They've done some tests here and found a lot of sodium ranthol in your system."

"The Imperial compliance drug?"

Han didn't know why it surprised him that he knew that. "Yeah. It would appear that someone has been drugging you, Leia." Each word came out slower than the last. He watched her intently as she processed the information, understanding exactly what had happened and why.

"Oh my Gods." She said. "But you know that I love you, Han, and I wouldn't have done any of those things if-

He cut her off by kissing her. Their kisses always had the power to heal each other and this time was no exception. Their kisses held within them unspoken promises and in this kiss, she took a vow to never let anything penetration their love again.

"I love you so much, Han." She whispered, breaking the kiss so she could look into his eyes.

"Leia!"

Han turned around to see Luke in the doorway. He ran up to her and embraced her as Han moved to the side, allowing them some room. Although he loved Luke, it was quite hurtful to see him now. Instead of being the friend that Han had expected him to be, Luke was not on his side during the whole Isolder debacle, in fact, he was much the opposite. Han didn't know what he'd done to make Luke suddenly act so cold towards him and he didn't know what to expect from him now. What he wanted was an apology but for some reason, he didn't feel like he was going to get one.

Luke and Leia talking gave Han the opportunity to think for a bit. If Luke was a man of the Force as he claimed to be, surely he would have been able to sense if his twin sister was spiked with such a dangerous drug.

"How you doing, Han?" Luke asked having sat down on the bed besides Leia.

Han produced a fake smile. "Just fine, Luke, how are you?"

"Been worried about my little sister." He said, looking at her lovingly and pulling her into another hug.

It was at that moment that Riekeen appeared. He, Leia and a Luke talked for a little bit until Han asked if he could talk to him out in the hall.

"What's the matter, Han?" Riekeen asked when they were alone.

"Riekeen, have you thought anymore about who could have drugged Leia?"

"Han, how many times have I told you to call me Carlist. And yes but I was pretty much on board with your Mothma idea. Why, do you have some new information?

"No, but – well I know this is gonna sound pretty implausible but," he started, lowering his voice, "Do you think that there is any possibility at all that Luke could have done it?"

Riekeen stared at him for almost a full minute. "Seriously? Just look at them, Han." Riekeen said, pointing to Luke and Leia, who could be seen talking to each other like they were best friends, listening to every word. "Do you honestly think he could have drugged his own sister? Why would he do that, you and him are friends? Plus, she was repeatedly drugged. Being as close as they are, even if he did it once, he would've eventually came to his senses. You can tell how much he loves Leia, Han, it couldn't have been Luke. What's this really about?"

"Well, Luke's kind of been a douche lately. I mean, he didn't stand by me during the whole Isolder thing; he tried to stop me going to Dathomire and right now he's barely said five words to me."

"Han he tried to stop you because you'd kidnapped his sister. Hell that's probably why he's a little reserved around you now."

"Doesn't explain his behaviour before I kidnapped her."

"Han, please. Leia's just woken up. Now I'm sure we'll find whomever did this but-

"No, I want answers now! You know what, this is too much to take in for one day, I can't be here anymore." Han said, before storming out.