Chapter One

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Just a warning there is nudity in this chapter as when past Leia arrives in the future both she and Han are lying naked in bed but it's not the main focus and nothing sexual happens between the two.

Corscant - 8 ABY
Orowood Tower, Organa-Solo Apartment

The first thing Leia was aware of was how warm she was.

She couldn't even remember the last time she had felt this warm. It was probably when she'd had to spend the night on the Falcon because the medbay was full. Leia had had a twisted ankle and was unable to receive treatment till the next day.

She felt as if she was resting her head on something that didn't feel like her pillow but never the less very comfortable.

Leia snuggled closer into it not wanting to have to deal with Hoth's freezing cold atmosphere just yet so she decided to wait for her alarm to wake her up. It wasn't unusual for Leia to wake up before her alarm.

For a second Leia thought she heard someone else breathing near her but she brushed it aside. She was probably just imagining it. So she kept her eyes closed and tried to gain a few more seconds of precious sleep before her alarm would go off. Then she felt something wrap around her waist (an arm?) and she suddenly knew that she wasn't imagining it.

Leia instantly screamed and reflexly pushed her arm backwards to elbow the person behind her before clutching the bedsheets to her chest and lunging herself out of the bed and onto her feet. Leia heard a grunt and a thud as her target seemed to fall onto the floor.

Leia quickly moved to grab the emergency blaster she kept in her bedside table only to find that it wasn't there. And neither was her bedside table. Or her bed. Or her quarters. Leia realised she was in a room she had never seen before and if the view from the bedroom balcony was any indication it would appear that she wasn't even on Hoth anymore.

Great! So she'd been kidnapped as well!

The person on the floor, who Leia assumed was a man, let out a somewhat pained grunt and seemed to struggle for a moment before popping his head back over the bed looking both annoyed, shocked and a little hurt both emotionally and physically.

And it was Han.

Wait! Han‽ How could he-? No. She wouldn't allow herself to think Han capable of something like this. She knew him. He was her friend. Maybe this was all just a misunderstanding. Maybe he was just as confused as she was.

"Ow!" He exclaimed as he wrapped an arm around where she had elbowed him. "What the hell Leia!"

Was he mad at her? Why the little. . .

"Sorry," she said sarcastically, "I don't take well to waking up naked in places I don't recognise!"

"Don't recognise?" Han said looking almost as confused as Leia felt. "This is the exact same place where we went to bed last night."

"What are you talking about‽" Leia demanded.

"This our apartment!" Han exclaimed then he motioned towards the balcony. "On Coruscant! Ring any bells!"

Leia looked towards the balcony again. Before she had just glanced at it, long enough to recognise she wasn't on the ice planet that she wasn't supposed to be on. but now that she took a proper look she could see that Han was right as she recognised several know Coruscanti landmarks such as the Imperial Palace, the old Jedi Temple and the Galactic Senate Building though it appeared that there had been a few changes since the last time she had visited.

When Leia turned back towards Han she saw him shuffle about on the floor before finally standing up and revealing he was wearing nothing except a pair of black boxers. Leia felt herself blushing but given the situation she couldn't allow herself to become distracted.

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