[It might have started at rebellions are built on hope or maybe before that, when Cassian had allowed her to keep the blaster that she had pilfered from his things even though Kay had warned that the chances of her using it against him were high.
He'd returned for her time and time again when he hadn't needed to. He'd almost died with her on the beaches of Scarif and sometimes …
Jyn wasn't entirely convinced that they hadn't begun dissolving into stardust, atoms mixing and mingling before they were pulled back from the brink and pieced back together having left inexorable pieces of themselves behind.
Maybe this incident had been the catalyst she needed to knock their orbit off of it's axis, to intersect for once, rather than continue keeping a safe distance apart.
She was touched by his clear concern, but instead of saying as much, she breathed out what amounted to amused chuckle, her grip on his hand tightening in a reassuring squeeze - although whether it was for Cassian or for her or for both of them, she wasn't quite sure.]
I'm on the good painkillers, Cassian, I think I'll be fine.
[A breath. Screw feeling needy, maybe it was time to be a little more forthcoming.]
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Date: 2020-02-11 08:20 pm (UTC)He'd returned for her time and time again when he hadn't needed to. He'd almost died with her on the beaches of Scarif and sometimes …
Jyn wasn't entirely convinced that they hadn't begun dissolving into stardust, atoms mixing and mingling before they were pulled back from the brink and pieced back together having left inexorable pieces of themselves behind.
Maybe this incident had been the catalyst she needed to knock their orbit off of it's axis, to intersect for once, rather than continue keeping a safe distance apart.
She was touched by his clear concern, but instead of saying as much, she breathed out what amounted to amused chuckle, her grip on his hand tightening in a reassuring squeeze - although whether it was for Cassian or for her or for both of them, she wasn't quite sure.]
I'm on the good painkillers, Cassian, I think I'll be fine.
[A breath. Screw feeling needy, maybe it was time to be a little more forthcoming.]
I just want you near.