Title: "You look Tense"
Summary: A collection of AU moments between Luke & Mara and how their friendship progressed over the years and how they have helped each other relieve 'tension'
Rating: M
She ground her teeth together as she accidentally pulled at a muscle that had very much not enjoyed it. With a breath she tried to relax her body once more.
"Wow. You look like crap Jade," a male voice said from the doorway and Mara Jade couldn't stop the laugh that tumbled from her lips. She turned and encountered sparkling blue eyes and a boyish grin looking at her with amusement.
"Thanks Skywalker," she said grabbing her bag from the medcenter bed.
"You ready to bust out of this joint?" He asked motioning towards the door and she nodded quickly.
"Will you be my accomplish or my enemy in this Farmboy?" She taunted narrowing her eyes at him and he smiled at her.
"Think you can escape without me needing to use my Jedi Magic on a few nurses?" He questioned and her eyes lit up with the challenge.
"Pretty sure that would be against your precious Jedi Code," Mara smirked walking towards him and he nodded, ignoring her slight limp as she headed out. Gently he pulled something from his robes and she stopped as he held it out. The silver cylinder had been hers for over a year now and her eyes lit up a bit at it. She grasped it quickly from him, gently turning it over and inspecting it. When it looked up to par she quickly clipped it onto her waist.
"Can I keep this?" Luke inquired with amusement and she watched tolerantly as he flicked his wrist and her hold out blaster jumped to his fingers. She let out a breath and slid her hand up his wrist and quickly unstrapped her beloved weapon.
"Now I'm going to have to sterilize it," she snarled with annoyance and he grinned at her. "Don't play with toys you don't understand farmboy," she snorted as they quietly made their way out of the medcenter.
"I'm actually quite proficient with a blaster thank you very much. A lightsaber though is a more elegant weapon, from a more civilized age," he trumped as he walked beside her towards the exit.
"Oh you mean the one where no Jedi were allowed romantic attachments and they all died horrible deaths at the hand of a crazy sith lord?"
"Why are we friends?" Skywalker questioned dryly and Mara snickered.
"We are not friends. Uneasy allies when a blaster is pointed at our heads," Mara added with a breath as they made it out of the center and she saw a waiting speeder. "Speaking of uneasy alliances I'm surprised your sister isn't here with some big ceremony," she confessed, a shiver going down her spine forever thankful she was not. She suddenly felt Luke's wave of appreciation hit her. She gulped trying to reinforce her shields but she knew he was sending it so she would feel it. He was forever thankful for her help for helping to take care of his family. She nodded once. As she was embracing more of her force abilities she could communicate with him differently. Not like she once could with the Emperor. But she could understand him a bit more, feel his emotions… it was creepy.
"I told them all you were checking out tomorrow," Luke admitted and she stilled turning to him. "Karrde too. Also gave them your wrong medcenter room. Some lucky old man received about seven bouquets of flowers and fruit grams," Luke said with a small grin.
Mara Jade was touched and she smiled against her better judgment.
"Maybe we can be friends when no one is looking," Mara breathed and he grinned opening the door for her.
"Well, you have seen me naked on a few occasions. That does mean friendship on some planets," he said casually as he walked to his side of the speeder. Mara looked at him with amused horror.
"On what planets?!"
The rest of the trip was uneventful to her apartment. She put in her code and motioned that the Jedi could follow her in.
"I'll be staying on planet a few days more then I'm going to scout out locations for the Jedi Academy," Luke had been saying and Mara nodded.
"Still going through with that?" Mara asked and he smirked a bit at her.
"Still hoping my first prospect will say yes and join me," Luke mumbled and Mara set her bag down and gave him an amused look.
"Don't you think it would be a bad omen for your first Jedi to be the infamous Emperor's Hand?" She spat and Luke shrugged.
"I'd more see it as a huge success story," Luke said dryly and she narrowed her eyes at him, an anger igniting in him at that.
"I do not need to be a Jedi to be a success. I am fine the way I am Skywalker. A success in every aspect of the word," she said, anger lacing her words and Luke looked at her with understanding. That just pissed her off more. She looked tired. Her body looked tight and uncomfortable. Silence passed through them for a few minutes and Mara let out a breath. When was he going to leave? She turned away from him limping a bit to her console when suddenly she felt his fingers lightly trail over her shoulder and down her left arm.
"You look tense Jade," his breath was warm and tickled her right ear. Her body tensed up further. His fingers brushed over her own then grabbed onto her hip pulling her back against him and she let out a surprised breath. She was trying to maintain control when she felt him through the force, comforting her weary mind and sending images to her head that were not helping her think straight.
"Skywalker," she bit out with alarm and he spun her, suddenly pushing her frame into a doorway and leaning heavily into her. His eyes caught her own as one of his hands gently ran down her jaw, the other slinking around her waist and yanking her up against him.
"Are you tense Jade?" He questioned quietly, his eyes darkening at her and she licked her suddenly dry lips.
"I won't be in a minute," she breathed back and his lips quickly descended on her own as her hands started to pull at his Jedi robes. His hands felt everywhere and her body was aching for him. She felt him even messing with her force sense heightening her sensations and she gasped.
"Learned a few things from those boring Jedi teachings," he hissed before he bit at her ear causing her legs to fail her. She was in his arms then and the next few minutes were a blur of arms, legs, wanting and need. It wasn't as fast as it usually was. She could tell he was trying out new Jedi techniques on her and she did not care in the least. This was definitely different than Myrkr. In fact the man just seemed to be getting better and better at this. She smirked pulling his lips back to her own right before a scream left her lips out of her control.
She curled onto her bed, her hair a mess but content down to her toes. Gently he pulled the blanket over her and lent down kissing her temple. She moaned something at him and he smiled, preventing himself from doing anything more.
"Till the next life threatening mission Jade," he mumbled and she grinned.
"Later farmboy," she whispered curling to her pillow and he smiled, heading easily towards the door.