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[imthepilot]

[From here]

There rooms are a bit of a mess. Bodhi spend all night cooking and as much as he cleans as he goes, there's still a lot left to do. But it can wait. He puts the last ingredients away to be made into something else tomorrow.

He turns to Galen, shedding his jacket. "That was enjoyable. I missed markets like that."

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[galen_erso]

Galen kisses him back, then looks deep into his eyes and puts his lips to the skinny knuckles of Bodhi's hands. "You are good at what you do, and what you make is excellent. I'm proud of you, and I love you."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi colours warmly. That means the world to him.

He curls onto the couch at Galen's side, just leaning into him. "Did you enjoy the day?"

[galen_erso]

Galen pulls him close. "I did," he says. "There were many things to try, so many kids around, odd animals with and without horns, people to talk to, and in the afternoon, I built the solar grill for tomorrow, with Teja helping with making it more sturdy. And people loved your food! It was a successful day all around."

[imthepilot]

"Is this what it is here? So open and easy?" It confuses him, as if he's seeing Milliways for the first time.

[galen_erso]

Galen bends his head to drop a kiss on Bodhi's neck beneath his ear. "It's a group of very diverse people mingling peacefully," Galen says. "Life often worked like that, before the Empire. Not everything is always open and easy about it, but a solid society absorbs that. Jedha felt like that, before the Empire. Despite the poverty."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi wishes he remembered Jedha before the Empire came. Bit his childhood was mostly cold and hunger. By the time he was paying more attention, they were starting to kick the Guardians out, taking the larger pieces of Kyber.

He puts the thought aside as Galen kisses his neck, focusing on how good that feels instead.

[galen_erso]

Galen strokes him, gently, and murmurs against his skin, "We will find a way of remembering Jedha and all it was, once we and the Guardians come to terms with each other."

He has no doubt that this will happen, if only for the sake of remembering one of the most fascinating places in the galaxy, and giving people an impression of what it was like.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi shakes his head. It's too much to ask just yet. Saving the memory of a world. Right now, he only cares about saving this - them. This little patch of happiness.

He draws back just enough to kiss Galen. Chaste and hesitant at first but then deeper.

[galen_erso]

Galen gives a deep, pleased hum as he returns the kiss with equal fervour, his lips soft and open and inviting.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi breaks the kiss, drawing back just enough to look into Galen's eyes. There's so much. So much he never has the words for. Just love.

He stokes Galen's cheek and kisses him again.

[galen_erso]

Galen pulls him close during that kiss, holding him as if never wanting to let him go. Ever again.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi rests a hand on Galen's ribs, over the burn scar. He isn't sure how fast to go, how much either of them is ready for. It's been months for him since they were last intimate and he wants to do this right.

[galen_erso]

Galen is deepening the kiss; but he is all about feeling and not so much about arousal. He wants to take all the time in the world for them to re-discover each other in peace and safety.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi breaks the kiss and cuddles close, just taking his time to feel Galen in his arms - warm and real and alive. "The last time I held you like this was... was the day before I left you. Before-" Before they both died.

[galen_erso]

"Before we did all that we had to, and suffered, and died," Galen says. "And now, we are back together. The Force has cast its pebbles on the riverbank, where they now can gather moss in peace."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi clings to Galen, kissing him again. "Washed up together."

[galen_erso]

"In the same pleasantly insignificant shallows," Galen agrees, his fingers running through Bodhi's hair.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi turns his face into the touch, enjoying the feeling. "And we can make it our own. Make this the new start we wanted." He wants to believe it. With all his heart.

[galen_erso]

"We can," Galen says. "And we will."

He leans in to kiss Bodhi again, very tenderly.

Yes, he is aware that they have both still a lot of healing to do, and Bodhi much more than he himself. But there is no reason to postpone the good things until the bad things are better.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi lets the kiss grow soft and slow and loving. He strokes Galen's hair, his fingers tracing down his cheek. Feeling to roughness of his beard.

[galen_erso]

"Yes, it's me," Galen whispers. "You and me, here together."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi almost finches. It hurts to know his pain and doubt is so transparent. "I'm sorry."

[galen_erso]

Galen kisses him again. "Do you think I don't find it a miracle to hold you again?" he murmurs. "At the end of all things. Finally."

He looks into Bodhi's eyes.

"Bodhi."

[imthepilot]

"I don't doubt you, Galen. I never did." Bodhi answers urgently, cupping Galen's cheek. "But I wasn't strong enough. Without you, I'm not-" his hands drop to his lap, scarred wrists showing. "After everything, you deserve better than me. Than me like this."

"You should have got Jyn back. Not me."

[galen_erso]

"Even if..."

Galen shakes his head. "I love you. You are my lover. I want a life with you, or an afterlife. Jyn is a grown woman -- it would have been lovely to know her again, but she has her own life. Must have her own afterlife. Do you know if she had anybody?"