AN: So, I know, this shows up a quite a bit in my writing but I cant help I! I love Jaina's star map. Simply love it. It's in my Into the Future fic as well as my Time & Time Again series. So anyway, here's another look at it :)
I think we all needed something cute. Kehwie - this is sort of kind of for you - as an apology for making you cry over Lost. :(
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"What about that one?" she whispered, her small hand pointed to one of the many glowing lights on her ceiling.
"Which one?" Han quieted back, glancing down to her small face, smiling softly as he watched her eye screw shut and concentrate on the newly placed star-chart.
"Beside Kashyyyk. The bright one."
"That's Togoria." Han replied in a quiet voice, settling down more comfortably in the small bed, tucked up beside Jaina.
The star map Leia had found her for her birthday a week prior had been an instant favourite - as they knew it would. He had spent the evening tacking the small glowing dots of light across the expanse of her bedroom ceiling, carefully following the swirled layout of the galaxy he knew so well. Jaina had been euphoric. She stood on the bed, handing him pins as he needed them, bouncing with excitement. It had taken far longer then he expected to get all the pins to sit correctly in their place, and even longer to settle his little girl into bed. He had stayed with her for a long while, smiling happily as she pointed out Coreuscant, Kashyyyk, and the Maw. He watched her small hands as they traced the Corellian Trade Spine, and nodded when she asked if that's where Alderaan should be.
"Torgoria." She repeated rolling the word around on her tongue with delight. "Have you been there?"
She always asked him that. When did you go? How long did you stay? Was Chewie there too? What was it like? Who lives there now? How far away is it from us?
Together they mapped hyperspace jumps to visit whichever planet she wished, opening up imagination and discovery.
"I have. It's very beautiful. Huge trees - but not as big as Chewie's - cover most of the planet, there are large deserts and deep canyons."
"How many times have you been there?"
"Twice, once when I was very young, then again with your mom after we fought at Yavin."
Her questions went on, one after another until finally, at long last, she fell asleep. He stayed with her for a long while, content to feel the steady rise and fall of her breathing in the darkness.