Episode III: Phone confession [Public]

[last_ofthe_jedi]

[The phone line is picked up rather suddenly, as if the speaker didn't know he was going to be talking on the phone a second ago.]

Kaylee, I think you're beautiful. You're confident and fun and the fact that you know more about machines than I do turns me on.

I like you a lot. A lot.

[Suddenly the line is silent except for a small puff of breath. It's hard to tell exactly what's going on. Then the phone is promptly hung up.]

[Call him back and ask him what the hell that was all about?]

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[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Oh, Luke is a happy man. You see that big grin? Sign #1 that Luke is happy.]

Good! Uh, I mean great!

[Shut up, oh my god, shut up. Eloquence. Use more words. Or better words. Or something.]

But uh, I was hoping I could take you to dinner first. I mean, you never know. I could be a slobbering drunkard with no table manners. You'd want to make sure, right?

[Whew! Saved it with charm.]

[wrench_and_ruffles]

[Ooh, his happy is even cuter than his blushing!]

Dinner'd be nice. Pretty sure if you ate like Jayne I'd've figured it out already, but dinner sounds real nice.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Her thoughts comfort him and he's starting to feel a little braver. He happens to think that discussing this while taking a stroll through the park is a nice idea so he gently guides her in the direction of a nature trail, and even feels bold enough to put an arm around her shoulders.]

Jayne? Is she a friend of yours from home?

[wrench_and_ruffles]

[Kaylee giggles at the point of constant confusion]

He's a merc on my ship. Real good at what he does... not so good at polite.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

He? Really? Jayne? [Luke laughs with her and shrugs. It's not like people don't have funny names where he comes from.]

Yeah, I haven't known many polite mercenaries, either.

You wouldn't happen to be free tonight, would you? [Patience is definitely not one of Luke's virtues.]

[wrench_and_ruffles]

I am!

[Probably a little too enthusiastic, but she's always liked to be upfront about things]

Really ain't much to do 'cept for tinkerin' and that ain't goin' anywhere.

[That's right. She'll pass up mucking with engines for you.]

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Perfect. [That's okay. Her enthusiasm matches his own.]

You know, sometime I want you to show me what you've been working on. It's hard not to notice the technology around here is pretty lacking. You could probably help out a lot of people with some handy inventions. I've been thinking about doing that myself.

[wrench_and_ruffles]

[She might be dancing around a bit. Inside her head, at any rate.]

The heater was pretty handy when the power went out. Mostly I've been seeing how much I can get the car here to do. It ain't much, but it gives me somethin' to work at.