[he wants to gather her up in his arms but he can't, and that quickly becomes one of the more frustrating parts about this. it's fine when his limitations are on himself, but the more they seem to effect other people too, the more he hates it.]

[i've seen you fall before.]

[he squeezes her hand and tries not to think about the fall that caused all this in the first place. the blaster shot to his side, the air whipping by him, the crush of the metal beam, the collapse on the ground. he knows jyn sees it sometimes, just like they both know bits and pieces of all of each other's nightmares.]

This is our house. This is not a data vault. [he might be reminding himself too.]

I am going to get up in a moment. I pushed myself into something too strenuous.