Yeah. You think we could ask the Empire to put their little war on hiatus for a couple of cycles so we can catch up with each other?
[He's joking, but man, wouldn't that be great?]
I thought we worked well together because I let you order me around and you like it?
[Kanan knows they work well because they trust each other blindly, just like he does with the Specters.]
Well, would you look at that? We just got requested for a milk-run mission on Telos. What a coincidence!
[Okay, he totally pulled strings to get assigned on that mission. Jyn should receive her orders soon enough. It's low-key enough that one stolen TIE fighter is not going to get them in trouble more than usual. Plus one less TIE is a good way to help out the planet. And Ezra could use a break too: he's been worked and trained to the bones after all.
Written words can't translate voice tone, but if Jyn was there, she'd notice that Kanan's tone would soften considerably.]
Yeah, me too. Do you think the Rebellion will let us go on retirement early after the war?
We could, but I hardly think that they'd be so kind as to give us a vacation. Best steal a moment or two for ourselves and then get back to beating them back.
[All that red tape to cut through! It's just not worth the time and effort to put in a request the proper way!]
Well, yes, I thought that part went without saying. But please don't pretend that you don't like it, too. That's doing us a disservice, you know.
[Trust has never come easy for Jyn, but in all things, she trusts Kanan, and in all things, she trusts those that he trusts, and so far, that trust hasn't let her down. So far, that trust has led to ... interesting places.]
An absolute coincidence, of course! But I'm certain that we'll do our very best, and nothing out of the ordinary will happen. Easy peasy.
[She's so not grinning like an idiot at the thought of the trouble that they could get into. And it's not as though she doesn't know all too well that a war's on, but something like this is necessary for ... morale. Or, at least to remind them both of what was waiting when it was all over, that there is a life just waiting to be lived, shenanigans to get involved in.
They need this, before things inevitably get dark and serious and deadly all over again.
Jyn almost wishes that they were speaking instead of messaging, just so that Kanan could hear the excitement in her tone, and then the contentment, as well.]
Stars, I hope so. Are you suggesting that you're thinking about some boring life with me?
Spoken like a true Rebel. Careful there, I'm going to think you're really coming into this! ;)
[Well, it was either calling in a favor, or using a Jedi mind trick. And as much as Kanan wants to try sex in a TIE fighter with Jyn, he's not ready to use his Force talents for personal gain.]
When have I ever said that I don't like it? I mean, you don't have to advertise it, I do have a reputation to uphold, after all!
[Trust is also something Kanan gives out sparingly. Even if years have passed since Order 66, seeing the ones he trusted the most cut down the one person he cared for above all left a mark so deep that sometimes Kanan wonders if he'll ever truly heal from it. The Specters have helped, taking in Ezra as a padawan has helped, and being with Jyn has helped as well. But still, the underlying fear of losing them all is there. It will always probably be there, even long after the war would end.]
Yup, just a milk run for supplies, nothing else. We leave in one rev, be sure to pack lightly, you won't be needing anything else than the clothes on your back. If they stay there at all
[He's probably just as giddy as she is, even though he's getting the info needed to infiltrate the Empire surveillance base there. It's small enough that it'll be easily feasible, but still no need to gamble.
It's the strangest things, really, that after being for so long in a dark set of mind, but keeping himself safe from the Empire, he finds light and to will to survive while taking on the most dangerous missions. 'I suppose I did find my place in the universe after all' he thinks, remembering Depa's last lesson.
Kanan is just as content to read that retirement together is something she looks forward too. And chuckles lightly at her words:]
Luv, even if the galaxy was living through a hundred years of peace, life with you would never get boring.
[There was a joke to be made there, but Jyn wasn't going to be the one to make it. On the flip side, she would also never ask for any special favors - even though they'd already been given one in being assigned to the same mission. Still, that was probably due to the fact that neither of them were scheduled for anything more important, and the duty did need to be done.]
You have never complained, and that's part of the reason that you're so good for me. Don't worry - it's all just between us, I promise.
[It was amazing how two people who had lost it all had managed to find each other in the midst of such chaos. Not only that, but they'd both found little cobbled together families, and Jyn was adamant upon never letting any of them go.]
I read you loud and clear. I will be ready to depart when the time comes - and may I just say that I look forward to undertaking this mission with you.
[And ... looking forward to other things entirely, but he knew that already. Of course there was a job to be done - there was always something that needed to be done - but they also needed to reaffirm what they felt.
She never expected any of this, and maybe she'd never understand why it had taken losing everything she'd ever known to find it, but Jyn was as content as she could be given the circumstances that she'd found exactly where she belonged.
Darling, if I'm rubbing off you, I'm clearly doing something wrong! ;)
[There, the joke has been done, and Kanan will keep to the version that it's all Jyn's fault for his kinked set of mind. All he can think now is the sight of her naked on the TIE pilot's seat while he kneels between her thighs...
Oh, how it'll break his heart to destroy that TIE fighter afterward!]
Excellent! I think we should meet up as soon as possible to discuss the...finer details of this mission. And maybe do the milk run before anything else. Just in case we get side-tracked for too long, yes?
[Maybe meeting ahead of time to 'plan' this might be good too. That way, Kanan won't be too distracted. Maybe.
The Force works in mysterious ways, but there are times where Kanan is convinced they were meant to come across each other, so they can save each other, so to speak.
Kanan can't help himself and grins like an idiot again:]
I was thinking more about keeping each other on our backs, but toes can work too!
[What can he say? He really, really needs to see Jyn. Soon.]
I don't know - I'd say you're doing everything just right.
[She snorts softly and rolls her eyes in the fondest way possible. If that's her cross to bear - being the one to corrupt his innocence so thoroughly, she'll accept the blame.
Her mental images are deliciously naughty, in all the best ways. Yeah, it'll be a shame to destroy the fighter when all is said and done. At least they'll have the memories?]
Absolutely. There's no such thing as being too prepared, after all. We should go over our plans until we've memorized them. We should go over them until we're satisfied.
[Oh, they'll get distracted - it's an inevitability. But Jyn knows that they'd both never allow it to occur unless the coast was completely clear and the actual assignment was well and truly taken care of.
Afterwards, though, was another story altogether.
Jyn doesn't know what she's done to deserve any little bit of happiness, but she tries not to overthink the hows and the whys, no matter how easily she could.
Despite all odds, they've found each other. Despite all odds, she'll do anything to keep him. And stars forbid anything gets in the way.]
We can do that, too, as much as you'd like. I'd hardly complain about it, you know!]
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Date: 2017-12-05 03:37 pm (UTC)[He's joking, but man, wouldn't that be great?]
I thought we worked well together because I let you order me around and you like it?
[Kanan knows they work well because they trust each other blindly, just like he does with the Specters.]
Well, would you look at that? We just got requested for a milk-run mission on Telos. What a coincidence!
[Okay, he totally pulled strings to get assigned on that mission. Jyn should receive her orders soon enough. It's low-key enough that one stolen TIE fighter is not going to get them in trouble more than usual. Plus one less TIE is a good way to help out the planet. And Ezra could use a break too: he's been worked and trained to the bones after all.
Written words can't translate voice tone, but if Jyn was there, she'd notice that Kanan's tone would soften considerably.]
Yeah, me too. Do you think the Rebellion will let us go on retirement early after the war?
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Date: 2017-12-06 09:36 am (UTC)[All that red tape to cut through! It's just not worth the time and effort to put in a request the proper way!]
Well, yes, I thought that part went without saying. But please don't pretend that you don't like it, too. That's doing us a disservice, you know.
[Trust has never come easy for Jyn, but in all things, she trusts Kanan, and in all things, she trusts those that he trusts, and so far, that trust hasn't let her down. So far, that trust has led to ... interesting places.]
An absolute coincidence, of course! But I'm certain that we'll do our very best, and nothing out of the ordinary will happen. Easy peasy.
[She's so not grinning like an idiot at the thought of the trouble that they could get into. And it's not as though she doesn't know all too well that a war's on, but something like this is necessary for ... morale. Or, at least to remind them both of what was waiting when it was all over, that there is a life just waiting to be lived, shenanigans to get involved in.
They need this, before things inevitably get dark and serious and deadly all over again.
Jyn almost wishes that they were speaking instead of messaging, just so that Kanan could hear the excitement in her tone, and then the contentment, as well.]
Stars, I hope so. Are you suggesting that you're thinking about some boring life with me?
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Date: 2017-12-08 03:38 am (UTC)[Well, it was either calling in a favor, or using a Jedi mind trick. And as much as Kanan wants to try sex in a TIE fighter with Jyn, he's not ready to use his Force talents for personal gain.]
When have I ever said that I don't like it? I mean, you don't have to advertise it, I do have a reputation to uphold, after all!
[Trust is also something Kanan gives out sparingly. Even if years have passed since Order 66, seeing the ones he trusted the most cut down the one person he cared for above all left a mark so deep that sometimes Kanan wonders if he'll ever truly heal from it. The Specters have helped, taking in Ezra as a padawan has helped, and being with Jyn has helped as well. But still, the underlying fear of losing them all is there. It will always probably be there, even long after the war would end.]
Yup, just a milk run for supplies, nothing else. We leave in one rev, be sure to pack lightly, you won't be needing anything else than the clothes on your back.
If they stay there at all[He's probably just as giddy as she is, even though he's getting the info needed to infiltrate the Empire surveillance base there. It's small enough that it'll be easily feasible, but still no need to gamble.
It's the strangest things, really, that after being for so long in a dark set of mind, but keeping himself safe from the Empire, he finds light and to will to survive while taking on the most dangerous missions. 'I suppose I did find my place in the universe after all' he thinks, remembering Depa's last lesson.
Kanan is just as content to read that retirement together is something she looks forward too. And chuckles lightly at her words:]
Luv, even if the galaxy was living through a hundred years of peace, life with you would never get boring.
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Date: 2017-12-11 12:26 pm (UTC)[There was a joke to be made there, but Jyn wasn't going to be the one to make it. On the flip side, she would also never ask for any special favors - even though they'd already been given one in being assigned to the same mission. Still, that was probably due to the fact that neither of them were scheduled for anything more important, and the duty did need to be done.]
You have never complained, and that's part of the reason that you're so good for me. Don't worry - it's all just between us, I promise.
[It was amazing how two people who had lost it all had managed to find each other in the midst of such chaos. Not only that, but they'd both found little cobbled together families, and Jyn was adamant upon never letting any of them go.]
I read you loud and clear. I will be ready to depart when the time comes - and may I just say that I look forward to undertaking this mission with you.
[And ... looking forward to other things entirely, but he knew that already. Of course there was a job to be done - there was always something that needed to be done - but they also needed to reaffirm what they felt.
She never expected any of this, and maybe she'd never understand why it had taken losing everything she'd ever known to find it, but Jyn was as content as she could be given the circumstances that she'd found exactly where she belonged.
And exactly who she belonged with.]
No? We'd keep each other on our toes, I think.
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Date: 2017-12-17 01:18 am (UTC)[There, the joke has been done, and Kanan will keep to the version that it's all Jyn's fault for his kinked set of mind. All he can think now is the sight of her naked on the TIE pilot's seat while he kneels between her thighs...
Oh, how it'll break his heart to destroy that TIE fighter afterward!]
Excellent! I think we should meet up as soon as possible to discuss the...finer details of this mission. And maybe do the milk run before anything else. Just in case we get side-tracked for too long, yes?
[Maybe meeting ahead of time to 'plan' this might be good too. That way, Kanan won't be too distracted. Maybe.
The Force works in mysterious ways, but there are times where Kanan is convinced they were meant to come across each other, so they can save each other, so to speak.
Kanan can't help himself and grins like an idiot again:]
I was thinking more about keeping each other on our backs, but toes can work too!
[What can he say? He really, really needs to see Jyn. Soon.]
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Date: 2017-12-20 04:11 am (UTC)[She snorts softly and rolls her eyes in the fondest way possible. If that's her cross to bear - being the one to corrupt his innocence so thoroughly, she'll accept the blame.
Her mental images are deliciously naughty, in all the best ways. Yeah, it'll be a shame to destroy the fighter when all is said and done. At least they'll have the memories?]
Absolutely. There's no such thing as being too prepared, after all. We should go over our plans until we've memorized them. We should go over them until we're satisfied.
[Oh, they'll get distracted - it's an inevitability. But Jyn knows that they'd both never allow it to occur unless the coast was completely clear and the actual assignment was well and truly taken care of.
Afterwards, though, was another story altogether.
Jyn doesn't know what she's done to deserve any little bit of happiness, but she tries not to overthink the hows and the whys, no matter how easily she could.
Despite all odds, they've found each other. Despite all odds, she'll do anything to keep him. And stars forbid anything gets in the way.]
We can do that, too, as much as you'd like. I'd hardly complain about it, you know!]
[She really needs to see him, too.]