leupagus: leupagus: HAIL MARY AU, LET’S GO PEOPLE. *** Into the silence, Leia said, “I w
leupagus:leupagus:HAIL MARY AU, LET’S GO PEOPLE.***Into the silence, Leia said, “I want the crown.” The grass under her shoulders rustled as she squared them, even here, lying prone and gasping and waiting for the enemy to cut them down.Luke craned his neck to look over at her; behind the stubborn tilt of her nose he could see the high wheat waving, and beyond that, the billowing smoke of their home.“You can have it,” he said, and began to laugh at the hollow whole of all they had lost, the meaninglessness of what Leia sought to gain. The crown sat on a burning corpse in the ruined palace as the Emperor’s Dark General laid very precise waste to the rest of the capital in search of them. Vader would not rest until Luke and Leia were dead; the Empire would roll over their country with all the awful certainty of an avalanche, leaving nothing but rubble and silence in its wake. They had already failed and here was his sister, always the better part of him, planning for victory.“Good,” said Leia, and years later — decades later — Luke would recall that it was that moment that he began to believe. (In what, he could not say.)Reblogging because apparently people missed this the first time around? Yes guys, this is the Priest AU. This is why none of us are getting into heaven.I missed it. I caught up. I’m in TROUBLE. -- source link
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