for Your Quick Surrender5/24/2020 c1 
2cassandane
Wow, you really feel both the grieving and support here! Nicely done, thank you for posting!
2cassandaneWow, you really feel both the grieving and support here! Nicely done, thank you for posting!
9/27/2019 c1 6onwardintolight
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh this was so beautiful! Once again I'm marveling at the way you get in Han's head and open up these moments for us so richly and tenderly. I so rarely see anyone write in second person—you did it so well that that was an added delight. It forced me to slow down and drink in each word. Gorgeous.
6onwardintolightAaaaaaahhhhhhhh this was so beautiful! Once again I'm marveling at the way you get in Han's head and open up these moments for us so richly and tenderly. I so rarely see anyone write in second person—you did it so well that that was an added delight. It forced me to slow down and drink in each word. Gorgeous.
7/8/2019 c1 44knitzkampf
Poetic. "She goes to places you cannot follow." That's a wonderful summation of what Leia is to Han.
44knitzkampfPoetic. "She goes to places you cannot follow." That's a wonderful summation of what Leia is to Han.
3/28/2019 c1 6JCBS
What a lovely birthday gift for Scruffy! My favorite line: “...your mind registering the glittering stars that mark a new day, the warmth of your familiar surroundings, the shape you love like no other.” All of it.
6JCBSWhat a lovely birthday gift for Scruffy! My favorite line: “...your mind registering the glittering stars that mark a new day, the warmth of your familiar surroundings, the shape you love like no other.” All of it.
3/26/2019 c1 3Scruffys Sweetheart
The age old problem - how to write an review appropriate or even adequate after reading such an liquid, passionate and moving piece as this? When the author has stolen all the words from you?
So many things that take my breath away about this piece, but I think best of all (to me) is how you use the persistent and inescapable sorrow of Leia's tragedy to reveal the grappling and floundering that Han feels in trying to relieve her of this awful burden that she can never shed, the place to which he "cannot follow her". How this has not only affected him ("Her sorrow comes in now familiar waves, the same ones that crash upon your tough exterior...") and left him feeling powerless and without resources, but also how through his own suffering, Han finally finds some of the clarity he seeks in how he may be able to help her, himself, THEM, to ease this pain ("You recover enough of your steadiness, taking hold of her name, blanketing her from all that has stripped her bare and you beckon her to you. Back within the boundaries of the life you're still building together."). And best of all, how this awful thing of the past, although it is unchangeable, nevertheless sharpens, hones, and heightens the thing of beauty that they have created with and for each other (""I love you," you hear her say then. "I love you, Han" and every word scorches your reality and becomes a marking in the place where her breath lands on your neck."). Truly one of the best "nightmare" pieces I have ever read.
Thank you, dear author, for perhaps the loveliest birthday gift I have ever received - a tender and expert weaving of words to reveal the beauty and pain that these two star-crossed lovers, like many others, share with each other.
3Scruffys SweetheartThe age old problem - how to write an review appropriate or even adequate after reading such an liquid, passionate and moving piece as this? When the author has stolen all the words from you?
So many things that take my breath away about this piece, but I think best of all (to me) is how you use the persistent and inescapable sorrow of Leia's tragedy to reveal the grappling and floundering that Han feels in trying to relieve her of this awful burden that she can never shed, the place to which he "cannot follow her". How this has not only affected him ("Her sorrow comes in now familiar waves, the same ones that crash upon your tough exterior...") and left him feeling powerless and without resources, but also how through his own suffering, Han finally finds some of the clarity he seeks in how he may be able to help her, himself, THEM, to ease this pain ("You recover enough of your steadiness, taking hold of her name, blanketing her from all that has stripped her bare and you beckon her to you. Back within the boundaries of the life you're still building together."). And best of all, how this awful thing of the past, although it is unchangeable, nevertheless sharpens, hones, and heightens the thing of beauty that they have created with and for each other (""I love you," you hear her say then. "I love you, Han" and every word scorches your reality and becomes a marking in the place where her breath lands on your neck."). Truly one of the best "nightmare" pieces I have ever read.
Thank you, dear author, for perhaps the loveliest birthday gift I have ever received - a tender and expert weaving of words to reveal the beauty and pain that these two star-crossed lovers, like many others, share with each other.
3/25/2019 c1 35justinegraham
This is beautiful. What a treat for Scruffy, and I'm so glad you shared with the rest of us.
Favourite line: You recover enough of your steadiness, taking hold of her name, blanketing her from all that has stripped her bare and you beckon her to you. Back within the boundaries of the life you're still building together. Within the love you've nurtured. Within the years you've already shared and those yet to come.
Be still, my heart...that is utter perfection. 3 3
35justinegrahamThis is beautiful. What a treat for Scruffy, and I'm so glad you shared with the rest of us.
Favourite line: You recover enough of your steadiness, taking hold of her name, blanketing her from all that has stripped her bare and you beckon her to you. Back within the boundaries of the life you're still building together. Within the love you've nurtured. Within the years you've already shared and those yet to come.
Be still, my heart...that is utter perfection. 3 3
3/25/2019 c1 45erindarroch
Gorgeous. Lush and lovely details gradually build up a full picture in the mind, and tug at heartstrings, too. Very nicely done.
Happy Birthday, Scruffy! And Happy Monday to the rest of us!
45erindarrochGorgeous. Lush and lovely details gradually build up a full picture in the mind, and tug at heartstrings, too. Very nicely done.
Happy Birthday, Scruffy! And Happy Monday to the rest of us!