Apr 6, 2018
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
It's not death that's the problem, it's how you die that's the worrying part. That's what Han always said. Had said. Luke too, in his own slightly more convoluted way. Closing his eyes a thousand times over the years and murmuring the learned phrase that transcended fear and mortality with a simple mantra like utterance, until the day it was finally true.
I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me, I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me...
For Leia, dying had never been hard. It was second nature, to burn to ash over and over in the ruins of her life, her hopes. Her love. No. For Leia the real trick had been living.
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#major character death#alternative lives#force visions#death#the living force#emotional hand grenade in 3...2...1#I've been processing this thought for a while#ever since Carrie died tbh#and I decide that however canon handles her death#just won't pass muster#so if you don't want to read about everyone's fave General passing peacefully into the Force#you may wish to move along#because this fic is for me#cause sometimes you just need to make yourself cry into your keyboard at 3am#cause fic is cheaper than therapy
