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[dancingmd]

"He is." Her smile is soft and sad, thinking about the stark contrast between their sons. After Jack died, Wesley was her rock and she was his, always there for one another. But Leia doesn't have that, doesn't even have her Resistance family anymore. It hurts to see how Ben treats Leia and Beverly wishes more than anything that she could change that. "And trust me, he likes you a lot."

[generalorgana]

"I don't know if I'd be here if he didn't." Light, teasing, but with a grain of truth to it. Not because she thinks Beverly would drop her for that reason--Wesley is a grown man, and Leia can't imagine Beverly letting him make such a decision for her--but because she's not sure she'd be able to tolerate two unhappy sons. Ben is a known, if unstable, quantity for her, someone she's slowly learning to manage. His anger is something she can bear. The anger of someone else's son isn't. "I'd better talk to Ben alone. But if you don't mind some company with Wesley..."

[dancingmd]

Fortunately for them both, Wesley cannot tolerate an unhappy mother. And Beverly now is very happy, however quietly. She smiles softly and reaches across the table to take Leia's hand. "Of course I don't mind. I'll give him a call this afternoon and we'll arrange something. Lunch perhaps."