“From what I remember, which I admit is not much, Alderaan is ruled by a Queen. Doesn’t that mean the fancy Princes should be coming out to woo you?”

All things considered, there weren’t that many planets that he could think of that still had royals. Or maybe he just only knew of the really rich and famous ones. They were all gonna have trouble if they didn’t yield to Palpatine, Han supposed. That was the only thing that mattered when it came to hierarchy of power in the galaxy.

Han sat beside her and that will probably remind her of the guy that she knew — because he immediately settled into a posture that was comfortable and not one that seemed overly concerned about impressing anybody. His arm stretched out along the length bench, behind Leia’s back. He hadn’t expected her to lay that kiss on him, even if it was fairly chaste. His eyes had widened slightly and his cheeks seemed to have picked up a bit of flush in the aftermath.

“Uh, you’re welcome.”