She knew a lot of soldiers. She was surrounded by them. Han did not move like a soldier. His movements, or even his poses when he was standing still, were not symmetrical. He was not a methodical man. He was riveting with his hip-shot grace as he climbed out to join her on the main deck. It was incredibly annoying how distracting that was when there was business to be done. And fun. His arrogance was off the chart, but what could she do when he was so good at his job? He flew his ship with the same unexpected grace that he moved his body.
A slow smile started on her face. “You thought I might be Chewie? I can’t say the same for you. Wookie’s are - ” Leia’s eyes gave him an inspection sweep. Didn’t the man know what a rag was? “ - very tidy. I might miss your face if you washed it.”
Business. Buisness, Leia, what are you doing?
“I haven’t seen Chewie. Han. How long do you think it will take to get the Falcon up and running?”
Han couldn’t stop the grin that graced his lips at her giving it back to him as good as he gave it. His jaw muscle twitched slightly. It unnerved him that he couldn’t get to her quite like he wanted to, but that’s okay. He flustered her enough and that was good enough for him. He shifted around her to find a reflective surface to check his reflection. He found no grime or dirt anywhere on his face.
He turned back to face her as she inquired about the Falcon. “Hour or two once Chewie hauls his ass back here with the part I need.” He didn’t know what was keeping his co-pilot, but then he remembered they were on a frozen planet that had limit resources for parts. The Falcon wasn’t exactly top priority. The fighter ships needed to be in pristine condition in case of an attack, and the Falcon was low on the totem poll.
“Why? Needing to get somewhere in a hurry?” He was intrigued now, wondering just what it was that she needed with him and his ship. “I can go light a fire under Chewie if it’s a matter of urgency.” He placed his hands on his hips as he waited for her to tell him why she’d humbled him with her presence.
She should have known that her fib would be caught in the bright light of Han's vanity. Leia shook her head as she caught him looking at himself. Why did he have to make everything so hard? Why couldn't he just do what she said like everyone else who was on her side? Then again, if they didn't argue, how much would she get to speak with him? "I'm not in that much of a hurry." She said, the bite in her tone implying she wasn't in a hurry for him or his ship. Then her mouth went tight for a moment and dark brown eyes darted away. She'd just remembered she was about to ask him for what was essentially, a favor. Since he apparently wasn't the sort to take orders even from her. Or especially from her. Leia took a deep breath and looked back to him. Leia was probably unaware that as her gaze returned to him, her head was still giving that small, slow shake of exasperation. It annoyed her that her unavoidable base feelings of hers were so distracting. She pushed thoughts of the way he was standing out of her head, and gathered herself entirely with a deep breath and an extra centimeter of height she didn't really have. "I have to go to meeting in the Outer Rim. The X wings won't make it that far and I don't have any of the lightspeed freighters to spare. We're still using them as shelter. Han. I need your ship."