Hey you guys! While this is technically the next installment in Gold Leader, it's not the next in order chronologically. I actually typed this up a week or so ago in an inebriated fit of inspiration and then promptly forgot about it until today. I rushed home after work to see if I still had the file, and lo and behold, it was still there, and actually pretty good!

This is more of a snippet or drabble than anything, and it takes place immediately after Chapter 5.

I'll answer reviews when I post the next proper one-shot!

I don't own Star Wars. Consider yourselves disclaimed.

YAVIN-4

11 YEARS OLD

That night saw Poe and Rymer sleeping on the couch propped up together, holovid still playing in the living room.

Delu was watching them thoughtfully, thinking of the encounters with those two boys from their class and the strength of the relationship between her daughter and the young boy she called 'son' in her heart. Tali noticed her gaze, sidling behind her wife and gently kissing her neck.

"They are pretty adorable, huh?" she asked, resting her head on Delu's shoulder.

"They're incredible. I can't stop thinking about those boys from their school and the way they both handled them. And then the connection they have - no matter what happens they always have each others' backs. Trust me, as soon as they're old enough to understand what they have between them, they'll be lost to each other."

"You think so?"

"Don't you?"

"Oh I know they'll end up together, I just don't think it will happen while they still live at home full time," Tali shrugged as they returned to the kitchen to meet Kes, who had just put Davlon to bed. "I think it will be while they're at the Naval Academy."

"What will be?" Kes asked, passing around an ale for each of them as they settled to a game of cards.

"The commencement of Poe and Rymer's romantic relationship," Delu said, raising her ale as if in a toast. "I think it will be in just a few years, Tali thinks it will be at the Academy. What about you?"

Kes groaned. "You're giving them too much credit. It won't be until they're both Commanders in the Republic and they can't be attached at the hip anymore."

"Oh ye of little faith," Delu said, scandalized. "You don't know our children at all."

"Sure I do."

"I'll tell you what," Tali said over her drink. "Why don't we make this a little more interesting?"

This series has become as much about Poe and Rymer's family as it is about Poe and Ry. I absolutely love writing scenes between their parents - they have the same easy banter I heard among my parents and their friends at this age. It makes me feel all fuzzy and nostalgic when I write them, which is probably why this came out so well despite how inebriated I was when I wrote it :) I hope you guys enjoyed! Please remember to follow or drop a review to let me know what you think!