Room 317 [evening]

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke had decided that since he'd been in his room for a year, it was time to finally put up evidence that he lived there. Since he didn't have stuff, that took the form of photographs and holos of friends: he, Han and Leia right after the first Death Star, he and Wedge drunk later that same night, he, Rikku and Dawn looking giggly and high on sugar, he and Jaina, he and Rory, he and Tori...he and Z.

There weren't any photographs of him and his father (those were stuffed into a drawer at the moment) and he kept taking down Artoo's offering of a holo of him and Gavin believing they were Siegfried and Roy.

Corellian rock music was playing and the door was open. If he was caught staring off into space, well, he might've been reliving parts of last week's date with Jo.

[OOC: Open like a thing that is not closed.]

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"And if he starts leaning towards parts that feel wrong, you'll say something," Luke said, trusting her completely.

[solo_sword]

"Without hesitation," Jaina said immediately.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "It's not that I don't trust him..." he began.

Except that it totally was.

[solo_sword]

He still needed to earn it. "But?" she prodded.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"He hasn't done anything to indicate he was sliding back--and Force knows Umbridge was an incentive--but I just can't accept it. I'm not sure if it's my emotions clouding the Force, and I certainly don't want him to feel watched or trapped." He glanced over at Jaina. "I think you're in a better position than I right now to keep taking his temperature."

[solo_sword]

"And I don't want to watch or trap him," Jaina nodded. The things she'd heard about the Umbridge stuff indicated the exact opposite of a slide to her. "I think it's easier for me, because I grew up knowing who and what he was. I can't really be any more or less disappointed in what happened before. But I know what to look for, too."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke's eyes lasered into hers. "How do you know what to look for?" he asked.

[solo_sword]

Jaina's pause was taken entirely to figure out how to say this without spoilers for his timeline. "Let's just say I've deal with a few people who have overstepped a boundary or two," she said slowly.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke let out a heavy sigh. Clearly he didn't know enough to train other Jedi. But he'd always kind of guessed that.

"Very well," he said in a tone that meant he was more than fine steering away from these dangerous waters, "keep doing what you're doing. If the unthinkable starts happening, let me know."

[solo_sword]

Hearing the sigh, she kind of wanted to reassure him, but there wasn't really anything she could say that might not mess things up down the line.

"I will," she said. "I should probably leave you to your music, and happier things."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke gave her a small smile. "I'll see you soon," he promised, "and promise not to let the conversation get this heavy."

[solo_sword]

Jaina smiled back and stood, heading for the door. "I'll call the boys tonight. No bad music, I promise."