"That did not seem to matter much before," he says, but it's teasing. "Maybe I do not have one either." He winds their fingers together when she reaches out. She is not wrong. His hands engulf hers a little more than expected, but they also fit pretty nicely together.
"And your hands are cold." He scoops his other hand up, wrapping hers between both of his. "I could warm you up."
"Hmm... Liar." She grins at him though, humming when he gathers both her hands in his. He probably can warm her up. Hopefully all of her. Before she can say as much, a thin girl with the stereotypical ballerina bun grabs Jyn's shoulder.
It doesn't move her much, but she blinks dumbly.
"You are grossing me out, Jyn. Go get a room," she orders, accent thick and clearly some kind of Eastern European.
Jyn makes a face. "This is a room, Dominika."
The woman, Dominika, makes a face right back before sweeping away to where Bodhi is sitting at the bar, whispering in his ear. Jyn has a feeling the message came from her brother and not her coworker. She looks back up at Cassian.
"My apartment is two blocks away. Wanna get a room?"
He is saved from the middle name reveal by what Cassian presumes is a friend of hers, he thinks Russian (he is pretty decent with accents), yelling at them to get a room. There is no actual yelling involved, but he will take it that way. Honestly, he doesn't even mind. He isn't a fan of bars, he can keep talking to Jyn elsewhere, and then - fuck, he guesses. That's apparently on the menu.
So when Jyn offers up her apartment, Cassian offers her a warm, agreeable smile. "Much closer than mine." His is a subway stop away. He likes the idea of walking with her those two blocks. He lets go of her hand, but not before giving it a solid squeeze. "Meet you by the door? I want to tell Shara I am leaving."
She can't argue with him for leaving the bar when he is leaving with a person. That thing she is always trying to get him to do!
"Great." Her smile is utterly delighted and she lets him go to flounce over to Bodhi. She shoves both her brother and Dominika, kisses Luke on the cheek, high fives Chewie behind the bar — she has to climb half up the bar to do so — before she lopes gracefully back to the door, slipping outside to breathe in the chill of the air.
It smells like rain and Jyn closes her eyes as she lifts her face to the sky, as if daring the clouds to open up and rain down on her.
He wanders through the bar until he finds his friends, and Kes smacks Shara in the shoulder. "Look at his face! Look! I bet he finally picked up a girl!"
"Or a guy," Shara corrects, but her piercing eyes are immediately on Cassian. He hurries to explain that yes, it's a girl, yes she invited him back to her place, please let him be, and don't worry he'll be fine.
"It's Jyn. The girl we saw fighting that asshole," he says for a final argument; Kes immediately howls with laughter, but Shara shoves him, and Cassian doesn't speak another word to his stupid friends, grabbing his coat and hurrying out the door. Din will be fine if he doesn't bail soon too, and he's pretty sure Fennec already left with someone herself.
He stumbles out, pulling the sleeves on once the chilly air hits him, and he catches sight of her looking at the sky. One thing he misses about living outside the city? Stars. He's by her side in only a few seconds. "Hey." He pauses a moment, then takes her hand. She was forward, he can be too! "I do not want to get lost along the way."
She's tugged a sweater on, Bodhi's based on the size, and the too big sleeve slides over their clasped hands in a way that makes Jyn grin before she gives his hand a tugs and leads him down the sidewalk.
The flat is literally two blocks down the road so there isn't much time for small talk but Jyn figures they can do a speedrun of getting to know you before they bang on some surface in her small apartment. Any surface will do, she isn't picky.
"Your friends satisfied you're not being kidnapped then?"
He will delight in holding her hand for those whole two blocks, as though he isn't about to get his hands on other parts of her. He's happy to be tugged along.
"Very. They were especially satisfied when they learned just who I was leaving with." Not that they knew much about her except her ability to handle a quality bar fight, but they encouraged him nonetheless. Honestly they'd probably have encouraged him regardless of who it was, even if it was a kidnapping, but he he's not about to share that with Jyn. "They were impressed with your right hook."
If they come back they might even figure out that she's left handed so while her right hook is impeccable (thanks, Saw,) her left jab has made more than one man spew beer when she's punched the wind out of him.
She really shouldn't have hit anyone though, her knuckles are going to bruise like an end of season peach.
"I will be sure to pass it along," he says, mildly amused, even if he's dreading the teasing conversation that's sure to follow from at the very least Kes. Shara might take pity on him, it's a toss up.
He snorts quietly at the way she does not drop the middle name thing - but honestly, it's not really a secret. It was mostly a silly game, and he's walking home with her now, so he's probably already won.
"Jeron," he says, squeezing her hand. "Satisfied now?"
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"And your hands are cold." He scoops his other hand up, wrapping hers between both of his. "I could warm you up."
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It doesn't move her much, but she blinks dumbly.
"You are grossing me out, Jyn. Go get a room," she orders, accent thick and clearly some kind of Eastern European.
Jyn makes a face. "This is a room, Dominika."
The woman, Dominika, makes a face right back before sweeping away to where Bodhi is sitting at the bar, whispering in his ear. Jyn has a feeling the message came from her brother and not her coworker. She looks back up at Cassian.
"My apartment is two blocks away. Wanna get a room?"
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So when Jyn offers up her apartment, Cassian offers her a warm, agreeable smile. "Much closer than mine." His is a subway stop away. He likes the idea of walking with her those two blocks. He lets go of her hand, but not before giving it a solid squeeze. "Meet you by the door? I want to tell Shara I am leaving."
She can't argue with him for leaving the bar when he is leaving with a person. That thing she is always trying to get him to do!
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It smells like rain and Jyn closes her eyes as she lifts her face to the sky, as if daring the clouds to open up and rain down on her.
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"Or a guy," Shara corrects, but her piercing eyes are immediately on Cassian. He hurries to explain that yes, it's a girl, yes she invited him back to her place, please let him be, and don't worry he'll be fine.
"It's Jyn. The girl we saw fighting that asshole," he says for a final argument; Kes immediately howls with laughter, but Shara shoves him, and Cassian doesn't speak another word to his stupid friends, grabbing his coat and hurrying out the door. Din will be fine if he doesn't bail soon too, and he's pretty sure Fennec already left with someone herself.
He stumbles out, pulling the sleeves on once the chilly air hits him, and he catches sight of her looking at the sky. One thing he misses about living outside the city? Stars. He's by her side in only a few seconds. "Hey." He pauses a moment, then takes her hand. She was forward, he can be too! "I do not want to get lost along the way."
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She's tugged a sweater on, Bodhi's based on the size, and the too big sleeve slides over their clasped hands in a way that makes Jyn grin before she gives his hand a tugs and leads him down the sidewalk.
The flat is literally two blocks down the road so there isn't much time for small talk but Jyn figures they can do a speedrun of getting to know you before they bang on some surface in her small apartment. Any surface will do, she isn't picky.
"Your friends satisfied you're not being kidnapped then?"
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"Very. They were especially satisfied when they learned just who I was leaving with." Not that they knew much about her except her ability to handle a quality bar fight, but they encouraged him nonetheless. Honestly they'd probably have encouraged him regardless of who it was, even if it was a kidnapping, but he he's not about to share that with Jyn. "They were impressed with your right hook."
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If they come back they might even figure out that she's left handed so while her right hook is impeccable (thanks, Saw,) her left jab has made more than one man spew beer when she's punched the wind out of him.
She really shouldn't have hit anyone though, her knuckles are going to bruise like an end of season peach.
"So? Middle name?"
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He snorts quietly at the way she does not drop the middle name thing - but honestly, it's not really a secret. It was mostly a silly game, and he's walking home with her now, so he's probably already won.
"Jeron," he says, squeezing her hand. "Satisfied now?"