A/N: A little introspection based on a convo between me and Jedi-lover.
After thinking about one of the lines I read, I agreed that Mara should be considered his best friend... She was before they got married, why should that change. It just doesn't seem right for her not to be.
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Her husband sighed heavily in the semi-lit room; he'd been doing that a lot. Then again, considering the current circumstances, Luke had a lot to sigh about.
Mara wandered forward and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Luke, what's wrong?"
"Oh nothing…"
"You don't sigh over nothing, Skywalker. It's this whole Alliance-Corellian deal isn't it?"
"Of course it is." He said, almost scornfully.
"Ok, out with it."
"I just wish things were like they usually were, Mara. You know, where we actually spoke to my sister's side of the family; where Han and I were actually friends."
"Luke, Han is still your friend."
"Maybe." He admitted grudgingly, but it was obvious he didn't believe it. "It's just that, ever since this deal with Correlia, I don't know where that friend has gone, Mara." He put a hand to his chest. "I feel like I've lost my best friend. "
"Oh?" Mara raised an eyebrow. "I thought I was your best friend."
"You are..It's just that...well..."
"I get it."
"Mara, I..."
"Don't." There was brief silence before she spoke again. "You haven't lost your friend, Honey. He's still there, a bit far away emotionally, but still there. He'll come around."
"I don't know, Mar. Han is Corellian, and he has that Corellian pride. I'm not so certain it will be all that easy. Still, I want us to be a family again. I know that's going to be hard at this moment, but I want us to be united the way we usually are; all on one side, fighting for one cause." He paused. "Now it feels like there's a divide between Han and I…and Leia of course goes with him."
"She's his wife." Mara reminded.
"I know that, but I can't help feel lost. My sister and he are spending their time away from Coruscant. They stay on Corellia and I barely get to talk to Leia… Han barely talks to me. I just want it to return to the way it was…" He snorted bitterly. "It was so much easier when we had some common foe to go up against; the sides were so clear. Now….not so much." He sighed and got up. "When did things become so complicated, Mara?"
She countered, "When did they ever stop being so complicated?"
Luke looked at her and simply nodded, acknowledging his beloved had a point.
Mara put a hand on his shoulder, leaning her head on it. "We just have to take this one step at a time, Farmboy; just one foot in front of the other."
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