AN: The chapter that originally went here has disappeared. Both the document and the piece of notebook paper. So instead I give you this.

This goes AU when Han leaves instead of coming to get Leia from the Command Center and is a sort of a letter he writes to her.

TO THE GALLOWS

FINE,

I'M | STEPPING | BACK,

I'M | LETTING | GO,

IF | YOU | WANT | TO | FALL,

GO | AHEAD,

I | WON'T | BE | THERE | TO | HELP | YOU.

I'M | DONE,

AND | I | HAVE | A | FEELING | THAT | EVEN | IF | I | HELD | YOU | UP,

YOU | WOULD | ONLY | BE | DEADWEIGHT | IN | MY | ARMS.

I | LOVED | YOU,

I | WANTED | TO | HELP | YOU,

BUT | YOU | PUSHED | ME | AWAY.

I'M | LEAVING | NOW | THAT | I | KNOW | THIS | IS | WHAT | YOU | WANT.

IF | THE | EMPIRE | CATCHES | YOU,

THEY'LL | PROBABLY | EXECUTE | YOU | LAST | OF | ALL | YOUR | COMRADES.

I | WISH | I | COULD | STAND | BY | YOUR | SIDE | WHEN | IT | HAPPENS | BUT | I | KNOW | YOU | DON'T | WANT | ME | THERE.

I'LL | PROBABLY | BE | THE | ONLY | ONE | TO | CRY | WHEN | THEY | EXECUTE | YOU.

IF | YOU | ARE | WALKING | TO | THE | GALLOWS,

JUST | KNOW | THAT | SOMEONE | DOES | CARE | ABOUT | YOU,

SOMEONE | DOES | LOVE | YOU.

GO | TO | THE | GALLOWS | SAFELY,

BUT | NOT | QUIETLY,

MY | LOVE,

AND | I | WILL | FOLLOW | YOU | THERE.