[ it's not okay. very little of their lives are okay and usually jyn doesn't care because she can't change it and maybe she wouldn't but now she is struck by the unfairness of their lives. everything could have gone differently... they could have met in a bar at university, both studying rocks because clearly he'd liked them when he was small. they could have had lives and a chance.
instead they'd spent all their chances.
she opens her mouth to say something, looking up to find cassian watching her and whatever she was going to say dies on her tongue. the warmth that had surrounded her pools in her belly, stretching out through her nerves like fingers across her skin. her mouth closes and she smiles at him, small and uncertain, but welcoming. maybe this is their chance. ]
You can return the favor next time. [ quid pro quo and fair is fair. her other hand covers his as she straightens up, pulling his hand with her, now caught in both of hers. ] Come on. Dinner.
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instead they'd spent all their chances.
she opens her mouth to say something, looking up to find cassian watching her and whatever she was going to say dies on her tongue. the warmth that had surrounded her pools in her belly, stretching out through her nerves like fingers across her skin. her mouth closes and she smiles at him, small and uncertain, but welcoming. maybe this is their chance. ]
You can return the favor next time. [ quid pro quo and fair is fair. her other hand covers his as she straightens up, pulling his hand with her, now caught in both of hers. ] Come on. Dinner.
[ second dinner. ]