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[realists]

[ it's delicious, the mint bright and cold and the buttercream smooth and mild, tempering the sharpness of the mint, and once she's fed him some, she turns back to finish frosting the the cupcakes so she can eat what is left over.

existential crisis averted, she feels fine going back to what they were doing. so cassian is more than welcome to go back to kissing her neck. ]

What did you buy at the grocers?

[evasives]

[it really is good. he savors the taste of the frosting, smiling when she turns around immediately to finish her cupcakes. crisis averted? yes, probably.] Did you make this yourself?

[he hesitates a moment, then slides his arms a little more tightly around her waist. not enough to disrupt her icing, but enough to prove he is now There to Stay.]

Some meats, vegetables. I want to try a new recipe, but it's a surprise.

[realists]

Your meat is going to spoil, Captain. Don't get so distracted by me that you don't put it away.

[ he can be there to stay in one minute after he puts the food away. she can probably finish the cupcakes in the same amount of time and then he can have all her attention. ]

And yes, I did. And I ruined the first batch. [ and almost cried because she was horrified at wasting the ingredients. you can take the girl out of food insecurity but you can't take food insecurity out of the girl. ]

[evasives]

Maybe I want to be distracted by you.

[the meat will be FINE. probably. not really. but he is very comfortable right now!]

You mean like how I ruined the soup the other day? [soothes her with his own kitchen failures. he gets it, the idea of wasting food in any capacity.] I like this frosting. You should make it again sometime.

[realists]

[ why is he so good to her? she immediately loses a little tension when he reminds her of that, softening against him. ]

Yeah? I will.

[ she will make it any time he asks since he likes it, mentally adding it to the list of flavors he likes to try again. the cupcakes are not pretty and fancy like taako's so she doesn't think they're as good, but cassian is always such a boost to her ego and she finds, weirdly, that baking calms her down with the precise nature of it. ]

[evasives]

[he can feel some of the tension slip away, and he doesn't know what he did to help that along, but he's glad for it.]

[he supposes she's right though. if he wants to keep kissing her like he wants to, he should probably at least put the perishables away. with a heavy sigh, he dislodges himself from around jyn and steps back towards the grocery bags. he putters at the fridge, storing away the meats and some of the veggies in his carefully organized drawers and compartments.] I like the mint.

[realists]

I will try to put it into another recipe. I'm sure there is another flavor it will taste good with, maybe those big red berries.

[ there's so many foreign berries here and they give jyn life. literally because food = life but she really loves all the food here, especially the fruit.

she glances over at him like she'll be able to see if he bought her more fruit with the veg. ]

[evasives]

[of course he brought her more fruit! who does she think he is! he piles some of it into the fruit drawer, but the rest is allowed to just stay in bowls on the table. it's a learning process as to what requires chill and what doesn't.]

[fresh food is... weird. another weird thing to add to their home and day of weird.]

[he holds up some aforementioned red berries.] These?

[realists]

Yes!

[ her expression lights up because those berries are so kriffing good and she can never get enough of them. honestly saying she'll put them into a batter is pushing it because she might just eat them all before she manages to put them in the batter.

oh well! ]

I will never get tired of fresh fruit.

[evasives]

[the real secret: watching her face light up every time he brings up some of her favorite fruits is one of his favorite things, so he will always bring some back. sometimes he feels like such a sap, but he's just... happy. jyn makes him happy.]

Maybe we can find some seeds and try to grow them ourselves.

[since!! they have the space for that now!! fresh fruit is great.]

[realists]

Maybe. I'll try to find a book on growing fruit.

[ herbs were easy for her, even the ones she didn't recognize, but fruit (and veg and flowers) would be a challenge. hacking away at that overgrown garden is stress relief for her though. ]

Can I have one now?

[evasives]

[listen cassian made SURE whatever house they picked out had enough property for jyn to keep growing whatever plants she wanted, regardless of whether they continued to just be herbs or not.]

[he takes one of the berries and walks over to her, holding it up in front of her mouth.]

Your turn. Open up.

[realists]

Should I be worried you'll get juice all over me?

[ for a moment jyn smirks, but then her lips part impatiently. give her the berry, cassian! ]

[evasives]

[he shrugs.]

Depends on how hard you bite down.

[he pops it in her mouth, thumb lingering briefly against her lip before he pulls his hand away.]

[realists]

[ the juice only spills across her tongue as she bites down, selfishly hoarding the sweet flavor for herself, mouth twisting into a pleased little smile as she hums a sigh. how kriffing decadent to be fed a delicious berry by her boyfriend. she is like a princess of old, lounging in a nest of pillows and being fanned by her adoring lovers. ]

I could eat nothing but berries for the rest of my life and be happy.

[evasives]

[well. he immediately grabs another one. how is he supposed to do otherwise when she looks so pleased and happy just because of a single berry??]

[time to shove them all down her throat but not really. cassian just holds it up in front of her mouth again.]

You need to include some kind of protein in that diet too, unfortunately.

[realists]

That's not true. The Lokori are a vegan species.

[ they are also an insectoid species that looked like green bowtruckles and had completely different physiologies than humans but THAT ISN'T THE POINT. ]

And the Ithorians are vegetarian.

[ she opens her mouth for the second berry. ]

[evasives]

And they have a different physiology from humans. They probably do not need it like we do. Even vegetarians get protein from something if not meats.

[BUT NICE TRY JYN. she will never be able to go total vegetarian as long as cassian cooks.]

[he feeds her the second berry, maybe slightly more languidly than necessary.]

[realists]

[ maybe she wants to go vegan! he has to cater to her dietary restrictions. jk no she loves red meat, she is going to be eating meat until she dies, again.

her mouth closes around his fingers briefly before he pulls away so she can chew and she looks up at him, licking her lips. ]

If you're trying to seduce me, Captain, you might want to stop contradicting me first.

[evasives]

[listen cassian is very excited to eat things with FLAVOR no more rations please! jyn can make her own vegan food, cassian is going to eat meat forever too, so it's a good thing they're on the same page in the end.]

I thought that was part of the fun.

[he's not gonna deny it though. he has his intentions!! and he's sticking to them!! sometimes bickering with jyn doubles as foreplay, that's not his fault.]

[realists]

Only when I'm winning.

[ #honesty. plus she's not super invested in this argument so. ]

I'd prefer the flirting in this case.

[evasives]

It is not fun when you win all the time.

[well now that she put him on the spot, he forgets how to flirt. he stares at her for a second, then gives up.]

What if I just asked you to kiss me instead?

[realists]

I do like direct, [ she supposes, but she doesn't move even a little bit to kiss him so maybe she is holding out for the seduction she thought was coming at her.

she'd built it up in the last minute, she wants to be seduced. ]

[evasives]

[he huffs.]

[this is dumb, he can't figure out how he wants to do this now! it was fine when he just went for it, but now he's overthinking. he knows jyn better than anyone, that should make it easier to flirt and seduce, not harder.]

I was walking through the grocery store when I realized how much I just wanted to come home and kiss you. I didn't think you would mind.

[realists]

I never mind. But you did stop kissing me... [ and that was her fault but they had to save the food so now he can go back to kissing her since her hands are free of frosting and his are free of food. ]

You're welcome to kiss me again, Captain.