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jyn ✧ (ง •̀_•́)ง ✧ erso ([personal profile] realists) wrote in [community profile] ohnofeelstho2017-05-14 03:23 pm
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-10 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Cassian's tolerance is remarkably high, and Draven once said it was out of spite towards people who told him he'd lose control the more he drank. He still generally doesn't like having more than a glass, but he knows for the most part he's still got a good handle on himself with it in his system. He may have partially trained himself that way.

His hand is still being used for a pillow, so Cassian is not about to move either. He does shift her again too, so the baby is more on her back. "When she's settled."

Completely ignoring the fact that Rey already is settled. He means in her crib, of course, but they're still giving it time! Just in case. Precaution. The mental gymnastics for excuses is not lost on him, which makes it fortunate they're not being said out loud. "She whistles sometimes, in her sleep. Not a real whistle but -" A little toot of air.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-10 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
He ducks his head, as best one can duck their head when he's already laying down.

"I only snore sometimes." Which is true! He only snores when he is sleeping in complete and total peace. Currently filed under: things he's not going to bring up to Jyn. But apparently Jyn beside him and Rey in the same room is enough to calm him that deeply. He's trying not to think about what that means. "At least it's light enough to be mistaken for an actual baby."

He wriggles his hand out, so he can smooth over Rey's head. "She does make noises in her sleep. Like she's trying to talk."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-10 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think anything is ever going to stop her. We may as well prepare for it now."

Cassian is not sure he's been called cute since he was a child. His hand stills on Rey while he processes this and resists the urge to tell her she has a cute face.

"I suppose that's better than an ugly snore." His voice is casual, but there's still a hint of something else there too - not shyness. Awkwardness, maybe, like he doesn't know what to do with a compliment even about something so innocent.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-10 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He fakes a silent sort of oof and resists the urge to take her hand when she drops it close to him. She's cradling Rey, that's all.

Still, if his fingers brush against hers while he's also cradling Rey, he's not going to call any attention to it. He's not going to move away either. "I'd have gotten used to it. It's surprising what one learns to sleep through."

Cassian is a very light sleeper, but it doesn't mean he can't separate the white noise from the dangerous noise.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
He would tell her thank you for just about anything at this point after Rey. He does huff out a snort, if only to make a bit light of it. She always seems to appreciate that sort of thing more.

Cassian looks down at Rey, then back to Jyn. "I suppose she has, for now, reached the point of no return." The nice part about Rey's sleeping habits so far is that after she initially conks out, she generally stays asleep for at least an hour or two, no matter how much she gets shuffled around between parents or beds - provided she has those few moments to nestle into her dreams first.

Not that he really wants to stop laying here, but breaking the crib habit is a bad idea. Slowly, Cassian scoops up Rey into his arms and she fortunately stays a sleeping blob of a baby, unfazed in her slumber as her papa picks her up and shuffles carefully towards the edge of the bed. He stands up and waits anyway, making sure she's still out, then walks over towards the crib where he tucks her in. He stares at her in there for a few moments, always ready to marvel her existence even when she's literally only passed out uselessly.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-18 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
He hears her coming, but he doesn't look from Rey to Jyn until she takes his hand. He steals a quick glance down at their hands, then turns it into a head tuck to pretend he didn't.

When she starts to pull him, he puts up no real resistance, but he lets himself be dragged along anyway. He's always reluctant to leave Rey, but he knows he can't really stay and watch her all night. Besides, he kind of likes the way Jyn's fingers feel wrapped around his, so maybe any bit of slowness on his part is to get her to keep tugging him along.

"It's the only time she does not like our attention, apparently." Weirdo sleep baby senses.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"That's something she gets from the both of us." It's not meant to be a slight on either of them. They're both very aware of how private they are as people, especially with the complete lack of it lately.

There's a certain level of fondness in his face as Jyn drags him into the living room, and he misses her touch when she lets him go. The natural follow up would be to sit down beside her, but it's not like they do that often, not like this, not when they're both in a good mood and feeling lighter than they have in ages.

He settles a hand on the back of the couch, raising an eyebrow and determined to keep the easiness a little longer. He's going to join her, he is! But first: "Do you still want that beer?"
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Cassian smiles back without thinking, just as small and quick and strange a feeling. It's like they're normal people for a second. They're not though.

"I don't know how worried I should be," he says lightly, but he lets go of the couch. "I'll be back."

And he ducks out of the living room. The smile fights back onto his face when he steps into the kitchen and he lets it stay there as he digs through the fridge. It's a tug of his muscles he's unfamiliar with, and it's not lost on him that he's smiling because of Jyn this time and not Rey.

He finds the beer from Bodhi buried away in a drawer, pulling out two of them. As he moves back to the living room, the smile slinks away even if his expression hasn't morphed back into perpetual grump, still easy. He holds out one for her, hesitates a moment, then sits down on the couch with her. It's on the other side with a cushion still between them, but he's there and hoping it doesn't turn awkward. "Apparently Bodhi never took them away."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
"In more ways than one." Zero arguments. Bodhi is the best. Jyn downs half her drink before Cassian even makes to open his own, and he sort of half watches her do so with vague amazement.

He takes a sip, the bottle freezing near his chin when she speaks up again. His mouth opens a little in surprise, and he takes another sip to give himself a moment to collect.

Rey exists because they're undercover and made a mistake, but Cassian never once thought about leaving Jyn to it alone. "She is here because of us both. I would not - it doesn't matter what we are, she is mine and my responsibility." Another drink! He doesn't even like beer. "I can't do this alone either. Thank you, for being a good mother to her. For being a mother in the first place."
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
He can't imagine not having Rey, but he can just as easily imagine Jyn in those moments, probably scared though she'd never admit it, worried and uncertain and everything else swarming her, and he wishes he could have helped her. The wish does nothing now. He knows the Alliance would have tried to sway her otherwise, but they're in Imperial territory, and had she decided no, it's true, he never would have known. It's odd.

"Then I still have all the more reason to thank you now but," he trails off for a second, frowning in thought. He wonders if he would have wanted it, if she did ask him first. "It was your call either way, and I cannot blame you for considering. Can I ask, what made you decide otherwise?"
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She deserves so much more than this. Rey does too, obviously, but Jyn deserves a real family and a real love and he swallows back the way the guilt squeezes at his chest. She deserves more than a liar and a murderer to be the father of her child but she's stuck with him now, and he hates himself for it.

"I never expected to have a family. The Rebellion - it's all I had for years. I was never treated unkindly, but it was never the same as my parents."

His next sip is a longer swig, three large gulps to the dead parents club. They're both going to need another sooner rather than later at this rate. "Rey is my family too, and I'm not ever going to give that up."

Even if he spent the entirety of the time till she was born second guessing everything.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-20 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
His eyes snap to her face, and he just looks - confused. She's never caught him off guard like this before. He doesn't even get to ask why, so startled by it that he just kind of stares at her at a loss for a long few moments, which probably gives her the time to keep going.

It doesn't help like he thinks, because it's an incredibly kind thing to say and he doesn't know what to do with it. It's hard for him to believe it. I'm glad it's you is not really a sentence people use towards him, not for something so good.

Cassian looks away because looking at her becomes too much. He still thinks Rey and Jyn both deserve better than him, but: "Thank you." It's so quiet he's not even sure he said it, half a question because he's still baffled. "I would never let anything happen to her."

It's easier to focus on that element of it, on Jyn trusting Rey is safe with him, because at least that part he knows to be true.
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-21 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait?? No?? She stands up and he looks at her again, still confused but worried now too. He might not always know exactly what she's thinking, but he has gotten a decent enough grasp on her moods to recognize the quick shift. He's the only factor that could have changed it.

She put herself out there a bit. He didn't respond appropriately. Cassian still doesn't know if he believes her, but it's also far easier to focus on making sure she's okay than any goodness in relation to himself.

"I do," he says, because wow he drank that fast, but he reaches out and grabs her wrist on some uncertain instinct. He wants to say something, but the seconds stretch on a little awkwardly, so he loosens his grip. "I'm not used to -" Kindness. Gratitude. Someone thinking he's a decent person. "I would not have blamed you for hating me. But I'm glad it's you too."

He definitely thought she hated him. It's a surprise she doesn't, and he doesn't know how to deal with that. But Jyn loves Rey more than anyone else, so even though he hates that he'd taken the chance of a better life from her, he can't imagine not doing this with her now. Maybe that makes him another kind of terrible, but he's not sure he'd take it back, not at the risk of never having Rey.

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