Called? The fuck? Out? It really shouldn't surprise him, because Jyn was always like that. She always saw right through him. It's been years, they've been talking for maybe an hour at most, and she already does it again.
There are a lot of things he really should unpack when it comes to Sofia and her mom and literally everything, but he doesn't want to dump it all on Jyn immediately. Even if she is absolutely wonderful with Sofia, what the fuck? He knows his daughter is very easy to entertain, but Jyn is so easy with her that it kind of pinches at his heart.
"Maybe," he admits, biting back a sigh. He should not keep talking because it doesn't feel fair when they haven't spoken in years, but Jyn pokes and prods and she wouldn't if she wasn't trying to get him to spill something. "It isn't anyone's business what happened between me and her mother. She is not going to be involved. If I go out, what else is there to talk about besides my daughter?" Sofia is basically his life now. Is he using that as an excuse??? mAYBE!!!!! "I work, I sleep, I take care of her." He feels boring. "I don't need to open up. You of all people should not be telling me to."
He doesn't say it meanly, but it is definitely a counterattack on her own inability to be open.
"Maybe if you said that?" Dummy. "You work, you have interests, you probably still watch football and binge seasons of Netflix and you always know everyone's fucking gossip before it's gossip, I will stop swearing in front of her, I promise."
If he just told them that he didn't want to talk about Sofia's uninvolved mother, Jyn knows most of them wouldn't press it. Leia might, but Jyn knows Cassian is the least likely person to give into her demands.
"Look." She sits up, legs sliding flat, Sofia squealing with absurd delight at this exciting rollercoaster that is Jyn Erso. "Yeah, they'll probably ask you about Sofia, the same way you'd ask Bodhi about Luke if Luke weren't there. Then you'd ask about work and then you'd both start talking rubbish about how Luke can't handle spices and then you'd talk about your teams and then you would have someone to talk to that can actually talk back. Someone that isn't your grandmother."
She leans over to tickle Sofia's belly and pointedly ignores his comment about her. She specifically moved away so she'd never have to open up again. It's not her fault he didn't have the good sense to do the same.
There's a pause. "I have watched so much Netflix." More than he ever thought he would, ever thought possible, but Sofia slept so much as a newborn, there wasn't much else to do!
He would rather just keep watching Jyn play with his daughter than talk, but at least it's Jyn, who always makes it easier to do that. "It's not that I do not want to see them, I suppose, even with a strange disconnect. I just feel like I should be with Sofia. I made the choice to take her."
Mutual agreement, but he'd wanted her, once he found out she was about to exist at any rate. But Jyn has a point in that good god does he miss having adult conversations, and he doesn't even like having conversations normally.
"This would be more effective if you did not ignore what I said too."
Yeah, don't think he didn't notice that avoidance, Jyn Erso.
Jyn almost points out that no one told her about Sofia so maybe it's not her that needs to open up, but she can hear his argument already -- she cut herself off so she wouldn't have to open up, she can't blame people for not telling her anything. She doesn't, not really, she knows Bodhi wouldn't do anything to hurt her. He probably thought he was protecting her. No one expected her to ever return.
"I'm not the one suffering from a lack of stimulating conversation on the regular, you are."
Besides, the last time she opened up to anyone he chose the military over her. Before that it was Saw and before that it was her mother. Jyn isn't unhappy alone, she just is alone. And she doesn't want to talk about it.
"I'm talking to you right now, aren't I?" And he likes it, so there.
He would argue he did not choose it over her, that financially it was his only option for more school, that he would have come back to her after it was all over, even stayed with her during. But it didn't work out that way.
And now he has Sofia. She wouldn't be here, if he and Jyn had stayed together.
"I just... don't want to put everything on you. Especially now."
They have not spoken in years! She only came back for a funeral! He doesn't even know how long she's going to be here, he doesn't want to get used to having her to talk to if she's going to disappear into Peru again.
"It's fine. I'll be your baby step." She ducks her head again to bury her face in Sofia's belly until she's laughing, tiny fingers clutching at Jyn's hair tight enough that she can't pull back right away and her own laughter is muffled against Sofia's clothes.
"Uh, little help here, Andor?"
At least Sofia seems to be fucking up the tension, it seems difficult to let any build up when she's being such a charming delight.
"I think I have already had a baby step." Dumb jokes, yay! But at least it's a joke, which isn't a sign he's about to close himself off again.
He laughs when Sofia's death grip knots into Jyn's hair, and he doesn't move at first. "I should just let you figure it out on your own. It takes a while."
Speaking from experience, hell yeah he is, and his hair isn't even that long. But he suppose she can help out, and he scooches forward close enough to tickle his daughter's side.
She giggles recklessly, unfortunately tightening her tiny hands instead of loosening them. "Miiiija," he taunts, and she laughs with her whole body like she recognizes the tone. Cassian leans in and kisses her little fingers, bringing his head very close to Jyn's oh no; he speaks very rapidly and happily in Spanish to her and her grip finally slackens enough for Jyn to pull her head away, even if the baby's limbs are flailing and smacking both of them in the process.
Sofia looks over at Cassian with complete and utter delight, and he ducks in again to smother her cheeks with several kisses, which she just laughs at all over again.
It's all so incredibly sweet and watching Cassian with his daughter makes Jyn oddly happy. There'd always been something missing from Cassian, a hole that his grandmother couldn't fully fill on her own though she tried her hardest. But it doesn't seem missing anymore, like Sofia's existence had filled him up completely.
Jyn's almost jealous, but she pushes the feeling down. Cassian deserved every happiness.
Once her hair is free and Cassian has Sofia laughing up a storm, Jyn takes a moment to just watch him. Sofia looks obsessed and honestly, same. "You know I speak Spanish now. You're disgustingly adorable."
He doesn't answer her right away, mostly because he is too busy playing with his daughter. He thinks Jyn would understand. She couldn't wait to scoop her up and do the same.
Sofia flails her arms up and rubs her little fingers against his stubble, because now apparently less than an hour later, she likes it. He pulls back, much to her baby dismay, but he was starting to feel like he was spending too much time in Jyn's space. He lets the baby latch on to his finger as compensation and she immediately shoves it in her mouth.
"I speak both to her. I was not hiding anything from you." Just going to ignore how sheepish he suddenly feels about being called adorable over it though.
"I was just reminding you," Jyn answers quietly, still watching him interact with his daughter and feeling odd about it all. It's impossible not to think of what might have changed, what might have been different if she made less selfish choices.
But she did and nothing has changed so she pushes it down with her ridiculous jealousy, letting the small smile touch her expression without any of the internal not quite discomfort come through. He is a good man with a sweet daughter and he looks so whole when he smiles at his daughter, he deserved every good thing.
"You're a very lucky girl, Sofia." Oh that is it. She's jealous of an infant. Not because she has all of Cassian's attention right now but because she has a father that Jyn knows would never ever leave her. God, how pathetic. Her smile weakens and she easily shifts Sofia out of her lap and on to the rug, sitting up before pushing to her feet. "I'll just be a second." She gestures toward the stairs, as if explaining that she's going to run to the bathroom.
Instead she scurries up the stairs to have a quick cry in her childhood bedroom.
There is something in her tone that gives him pause, and his attention shifts very briefly from his daughter's face to Jyn's. There's nothing in her expression to suggest any kind of internal struggle, but he wonders if there is anyway.
Sofia is completely at ease being moved around, and she immediately flops flat onto her stomach to stretch her little limbs out over the soft rug. Cassian watches Jyn hurry up the stairs and decides his suspicions were correct, but he doesn't feel like it's his place to follow her, even though he wants to.
He scooches down onto his stomach instead, getting eye level with his daughter, and she lets out a delighted peal of laughter for it. He stays there, talking and playing with her while she excitedly explore the rug, but time passes and passes, and Jyn still doesn't come back down.
"Vamonos, conejito," he says, scooping her up in his arms. She smacks at his chest, but he tucks her in neatly. "I want to check on Jyn.
He climbs the stairs quietly, and Sofia tunes in to his mood, keeping her happy baby chatter at a mumble. It helps that she is distracted by going up, by the new sights. The door to Jyn's old room is open, so he peers inside.
She's there. She's sleeping. Rather unceremoniously, like she passed out, and he feels like he may have overstayed his welcome. Not in a bad way just - she's had a very long week. Of course she's tired. He thinks about going downstairs, leaving a note on her table with his phone number attached, but Sofia has other ideas. She sees Jyn and reaches out her little arm, babbling and pointing. Her attention shifts from Jyn as she looks into the room and she lets out an excited shriek upon noticing a three foot tall stuffed llama, making Cassian flinch.
Jyn jerks, startled, a little gasp as she jumps awake, nearly falling off the bed in surprise. She swears under her breath, in Danish, familiar from their adolescence. She's always had a dirty mouth, but luckily it is rarely in English.
"Cassian!" She straightens up, pushing herself back up on the bed, shoving her hair back from her face. "What-- What're you-- Did I." Oh, she must have fallen asleep while he and Sofia were downstairs still. Oh for fuck's sake. She pushes out a sigh and shoves herself to her feet, lifting the llama so Sofia can see her close up.
"Her name is Lyra the llama, Sof, and she's so very pleased to meet you." Looking up from the baby, she gives Cassian an apologetic smile. "Sorry."
He recognizes it as a swear, even if he doesn't know the exact translation. Jyn swears, that's just a fact of life.
"We did not mean to wake you," he offers in his own apology, even if Sofia is still staring wide-eyed at the llama. She reaches out to touch the fur and lets out a pleased noise, running her tiny fingers up and down.
It's named after Jyn's mom. Now does not seem like a good time to bring it up. He shakes off her sorry, she definitely doesn't owe him one. "If you need to sleep, we can always meet up again later, or another day."
Jyn realizes, when he offers to leave her to sleep, that she doesn't want to be alone. The reason she'd be able to pass out was probably because he was there. That's a complicated thought and she shoves it away because Cassian can't just hang around her house while she naps, he has a baby to take care of and probably things to do.
And frankly, she doesn't want to unpack that feeling. She nods, belatedly, absently smiling at Sofia petting the fake llama. She wonders what her delight would be like at a petting zoo and makes a mental note to suggest it to Cassian, or to have Bodhi to suggest it to Cassian if/when she chickens out.
"Yeah." Another nod. "Yeah, I sure you should get Sofia back home before..." She trails off, before she's hungry or dirty or grumpy because she's become sleepy. Any and all options, but no doubt at least one of them will come true in the near future.
There's something dishonest in her tone, even if it's not terribly obvious. It makes him want to stay, despite what she tells him.
Sofia keeps petting the llama, babbling at it like she's trying to initiate a conversation. Even though it very clearly does not respond, she seems satisfied. He will have to take her home eventually, because he doesn't really have any food with him, but she's awake and alert and in a good mood.
"She is okay, for now," he starts, carefully. He hopes it didn't come across like he wanted to leave. "I would... still like to see you. You could come over for dinner, if you want?" It's half a question, leaving it slightly open ended in case she'd rather not, or if she has another idea? Maybe she just wants some time to regroup herself? He does have to get home, though he wouldn't mind if she tagged along. "You are still invited. I just don't want to overstep. You have had quite a week, I am sure."
Jyn nods idly, thinking about his offer. Question. Thing.
"Dinner," she agrees, mouth twitching in a smile at Sofia's interest in the llama. She wishes there were a smaller-- wait. Holding up a finger, she sets the tall llama on the floor and turns, ducking into her open closet. Pawing through a literal closet of high school clothes that have never been purged, she seems to be hunting for something in particular, mumbling under her breath. "Aha!"
Finally she emerges with a much smaller llama, baby sized, plucking a stray friendship bracelet from around its fluffy neck. "Here you go, ballenacita. Your size."
She looks back up at Cassian. "Dinner would be nice."
He's relieved when she agrees to dinner, nerves settling a little. This is fine, they can figure out how to interact again. "I can even cook, if you would help me entertain Sofia."
Sofia immediately reaches for the llama with delight, staring at its face like she can will it to life, all while she's babbling excitedly. Cassian, however, recognizes the tiny llama as a gift from Jyn's mother - she'd had it since they were kids - and he frowns thoughtfully. "You do not have to give her that, Jyn."
"Unless this is a complaint because she has too many toys right now and you somehow think a baby can be spoiled.. Let me give her the bloody llama." She doesn't want him to make it a thing. It's not a thing. Sofia will forget about it in two weeks, like babies do, and it will wind up back in Jyn's closet when Cassian feels too guilty about keeping it, which will be absurd because:
"It's been in my closet, unused, for a least a decade. She loves it."
She does not have as many toys as one might think, mostly because Cassian doesn't make a lot of money. There are lots of little adorable things he wants to buy, but he's very good at resisting.
"She can borrow it." There! A middle ground! He will absolutely shove it back into Jyn's closet when the baby tires of it, there's no stopping him.
Sofia cuddles the llama in close, then tucks her head against Cassian's chest with a mumble. It's so soft, she's so comfortable. He looks down at her and draws his finger gently over her cheek. "Say thank you, Sofia."
"You're very welcome, Miss Andor." It strikes her again, suddenly, that Cassian has a child, a daughter. This tiny little creature is his. She's accepted it, somehow with ease, but it hits her again, that Cassian is now part of a non-negotiable package deal and it's odd.
It's odd, especially, that it still seems so normal.
A small, tired smile flickers on her expression. "I'll see you in a few hours then?"
The aforementioned Miss Andor makes another happy noise, softer though like she's more relaxed. The llama has calming qualities.
Maneuvering one arm without disturbing his daughter, he pulls his phone from his pocket and holds it out for her. "Put your number in? I can text you the address."
It's such a normal offer, but it also means... he'll have her number again. He could talk to her whenever he wanted, and he's rather fond of that idea.
"Yeah," Jyn says, taking the phone and typing in her number. She saves it for him, putting a star emoji instead of her name and then closing his contacts so he will have to go in and find her.
Always a butthead. She does reach over to tuck it back in his pocket for him.
"Do you want me to walk you to the door?" It's a little teasing since he clearly knows the way from her bedroom to the door.
Sofia watches Jyn move around with just her eyes, and Cassian tries not to get distracted by the way her hand dips behind him.
He smiles when she teases him, albeit quietly. "I think I can find my way, if you want to transition into immediate nap." He ducks down and kisses Sofia's head. "Say goodbye for now, mija."
"Hasta luego caimán." It doesn't rhyme now, since Jyn refused to change it so it would rhyme, but the singsong tone is the same as she ducks in to kiss Sofia's round little cheeks. "I'll see you later."
That's for Cassian, really, even if it's still directed at Sofia. She feels odd, saying goodbye to him again, even if it is just for now.
Cassian puffs out a laugh, because of course she'd keep it caimán. He beams when she kisses Sofia, offering her another small smile. "See you later."
He almost doesn't want to leave, which is kind of stupid, so he just uses his suddenly sleepy daughter for motivation to slip from the room and slip downstairs, gathering his remaining things before he heads out the door.
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There are a lot of things he really should unpack when it comes to Sofia and her mom and literally everything, but he doesn't want to dump it all on Jyn immediately. Even if she is absolutely wonderful with Sofia, what the fuck? He knows his daughter is very easy to entertain, but Jyn is so easy with her that it kind of pinches at his heart.
"Maybe," he admits, biting back a sigh. He should not keep talking because it doesn't feel fair when they haven't spoken in years, but Jyn pokes and prods and she wouldn't if she wasn't trying to get him to spill something. "It isn't anyone's business what happened between me and her mother. She is not going to be involved. If I go out, what else is there to talk about besides my daughter?" Sofia is basically his life now. Is he using that as an excuse??? mAYBE!!!!! "I work, I sleep, I take care of her." He feels boring. "I don't need to open up. You of all people should not be telling me to."
He doesn't say it meanly, but it is definitely a counterattack on her own inability to be open.
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If he just told them that he didn't want to talk about Sofia's uninvolved mother, Jyn knows most of them wouldn't press it. Leia might, but Jyn knows Cassian is the least likely person to give into her demands.
"Look." She sits up, legs sliding flat, Sofia squealing with absurd delight at this exciting rollercoaster that is Jyn Erso. "Yeah, they'll probably ask you about Sofia, the same way you'd ask Bodhi about Luke if Luke weren't there. Then you'd ask about work and then you'd both start talking rubbish about how Luke can't handle spices and then you'd talk about your teams and then you would have someone to talk to that can actually talk back. Someone that isn't your grandmother."
She leans over to tickle Sofia's belly and pointedly ignores his comment about her. She specifically moved away so she'd never have to open up again. It's not her fault he didn't have the good sense to do the same.
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He would rather just keep watching Jyn play with his daughter than talk, but at least it's Jyn, who always makes it easier to do that. "It's not that I do not want to see them, I suppose, even with a strange disconnect. I just feel like I should be with Sofia. I made the choice to take her."
Mutual agreement, but he'd wanted her, once he found out she was about to exist at any rate. But Jyn has a point in that good god does he miss having adult conversations, and he doesn't even like having conversations normally.
"This would be more effective if you did not ignore what I said too."
Yeah, don't think he didn't notice that avoidance, Jyn Erso.
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"I'm not the one suffering from a lack of stimulating conversation on the regular, you are."
Besides, the last time she opened up to anyone he chose the military over her. Before that it was Saw and before that it was her mother. Jyn isn't unhappy alone, she just is alone. And she doesn't want to talk about it.
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He would argue he did not choose it over her, that financially it was his only option for more school, that he would have come back to her after it was all over, even stayed with her during. But it didn't work out that way.
And now he has Sofia. She wouldn't be here, if he and Jyn had stayed together.
"I just... don't want to put everything on you. Especially now."
They have not spoken in years! She only came back for a funeral! He doesn't even know how long she's going to be here, he doesn't want to get used to having her to talk to if she's going to disappear into Peru again.
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"Uh, little help here, Andor?"
At least Sofia seems to be fucking up the tension, it seems difficult to let any build up when she's being such a charming delight.
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He laughs when Sofia's death grip knots into Jyn's hair, and he doesn't move at first. "I should just let you figure it out on your own. It takes a while."
Speaking from experience, hell yeah he is, and his hair isn't even that long. But he suppose she can help out, and he scooches forward close enough to tickle his daughter's side.
She giggles recklessly, unfortunately tightening her tiny hands instead of loosening them. "Miiiija," he taunts, and she laughs with her whole body like she recognizes the tone. Cassian leans in and kisses her little fingers, bringing his head very close to Jyn's oh no; he speaks very rapidly and happily in Spanish to her and her grip finally slackens enough for Jyn to pull her head away, even if the baby's limbs are flailing and smacking both of them in the process.
Sofia looks over at Cassian with complete and utter delight, and he ducks in again to smother her cheeks with several kisses, which she just laughs at all over again.
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It's all so incredibly sweet and watching Cassian with his daughter makes Jyn oddly happy. There'd always been something missing from Cassian, a hole that his grandmother couldn't fully fill on her own though she tried her hardest. But it doesn't seem missing anymore, like Sofia's existence had filled him up completely.
Jyn's almost jealous, but she pushes the feeling down. Cassian deserved every happiness.
Once her hair is free and Cassian has Sofia laughing up a storm, Jyn takes a moment to just watch him. Sofia looks obsessed and honestly, same. "You know I speak Spanish now. You're disgustingly adorable."
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Sofia flails her arms up and rubs her little fingers against his stubble, because now apparently less than an hour later, she likes it. He pulls back, much to her baby dismay, but he was starting to feel like he was spending too much time in Jyn's space. He lets the baby latch on to his finger as compensation and she immediately shoves it in her mouth.
"I speak both to her. I was not hiding anything from you." Just going to ignore how sheepish he suddenly feels about being called adorable over it though.
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But she did and nothing has changed so she pushes it down with her ridiculous jealousy, letting the small smile touch her expression without any of the internal not quite discomfort come through. He is a good man with a sweet daughter and he looks so whole when he smiles at his daughter, he deserved every good thing.
"You're a very lucky girl, Sofia." Oh that is it. She's jealous of an infant. Not because she has all of Cassian's attention right now but because she has a father that Jyn knows would never ever leave her. God, how pathetic. Her smile weakens and she easily shifts Sofia out of her lap and on to the rug, sitting up before pushing to her feet. "I'll just be a second." She gestures toward the stairs, as if explaining that she's going to run to the bathroom.
Instead she scurries up the stairs to have a quick cry in her childhood bedroom.
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Sofia is completely at ease being moved around, and she immediately flops flat onto her stomach to stretch her little limbs out over the soft rug. Cassian watches Jyn hurry up the stairs and decides his suspicions were correct, but he doesn't feel like it's his place to follow her, even though he wants to.
He scooches down onto his stomach instead, getting eye level with his daughter, and she lets out a delighted peal of laughter for it. He stays there, talking and playing with her while she excitedly explore the rug, but time passes and passes, and Jyn still doesn't come back down.
"Vamonos, conejito," he says, scooping her up in his arms. She smacks at his chest, but he tucks her in neatly. "I want to check on Jyn.
He climbs the stairs quietly, and Sofia tunes in to his mood, keeping her happy baby chatter at a mumble. It helps that she is distracted by going up, by the new sights. The door to Jyn's old room is open, so he peers inside.
She's there. She's sleeping. Rather unceremoniously, like she passed out, and he feels like he may have overstayed his welcome. Not in a bad way just - she's had a very long week. Of course she's tired. He thinks about going downstairs, leaving a note on her table with his phone number attached, but Sofia has other ideas. She sees Jyn and reaches out her little arm, babbling and pointing. Her attention shifts from Jyn as she looks into the room and she lets out an excited shriek upon noticing a three foot tall stuffed llama, making Cassian flinch.
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"Cassian!" She straightens up, pushing herself back up on the bed, shoving her hair back from her face. "What-- What're you-- Did I." Oh, she must have fallen asleep while he and Sofia were downstairs still. Oh for fuck's sake. She pushes out a sigh and shoves herself to her feet, lifting the llama so Sofia can see her close up.
"Her name is Lyra the llama, Sof, and she's so very pleased to meet you." Looking up from the baby, she gives Cassian an apologetic smile. "Sorry."
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"We did not mean to wake you," he offers in his own apology, even if Sofia is still staring wide-eyed at the llama. She reaches out to touch the fur and lets out a pleased noise, running her tiny fingers up and down.
It's named after Jyn's mom. Now does not seem like a good time to bring it up. He shakes off her sorry, she definitely doesn't owe him one. "If you need to sleep, we can always meet up again later, or another day."
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And frankly, she doesn't want to unpack that feeling. She nods, belatedly, absently smiling at Sofia petting the fake llama. She wonders what her delight would be like at a petting zoo and makes a mental note to suggest it to Cassian, or to have Bodhi to suggest it to Cassian if/when she chickens out.
"Yeah." Another nod. "Yeah, I sure you should get Sofia back home before..." She trails off, before she's hungry or dirty or grumpy because she's become sleepy. Any and all options, but no doubt at least one of them will come true in the near future.
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Sofia keeps petting the llama, babbling at it like she's trying to initiate a conversation. Even though it very clearly does not respond, she seems satisfied. He will have to take her home eventually, because he doesn't really have any food with him, but she's awake and alert and in a good mood.
"She is okay, for now," he starts, carefully. He hopes it didn't come across like he wanted to leave. "I would... still like to see you. You could come over for dinner, if you want?" It's half a question, leaving it slightly open ended in case she'd rather not, or if she has another idea? Maybe she just wants some time to regroup herself? He does have to get home, though he wouldn't mind if she tagged along. "You are still invited. I just don't want to overstep. You have had quite a week, I am sure."
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"Dinner," she agrees, mouth twitching in a smile at Sofia's interest in the llama. She wishes there were a smaller-- wait. Holding up a finger, she sets the tall llama on the floor and turns, ducking into her open closet. Pawing through a literal closet of high school clothes that have never been purged, she seems to be hunting for something in particular, mumbling under her breath. "Aha!"
Finally she emerges with a much smaller llama, baby sized, plucking a stray friendship bracelet from around its fluffy neck. "Here you go, ballenacita. Your size."
She looks back up at Cassian. "Dinner would be nice."
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Sofia immediately reaches for the llama with delight, staring at its face like she can will it to life, all while she's babbling excitedly. Cassian, however, recognizes the tiny llama as a gift from Jyn's mother - she'd had it since they were kids - and he frowns thoughtfully. "You do not have to give her that, Jyn."
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"It's been in my closet, unused, for a least a decade. She loves it."
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"She can borrow it." There! A middle ground! He will absolutely shove it back into Jyn's closet when the baby tires of it, there's no stopping him.
Sofia cuddles the llama in close, then tucks her head against Cassian's chest with a mumble. It's so soft, she's so comfortable. He looks down at her and draws his finger gently over her cheek. "Say thank you, Sofia."
She bleats out a happy paaaa noise.
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It's odd, especially, that it still seems so normal.
A small, tired smile flickers on her expression. "I'll see you in a few hours then?"
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Maneuvering one arm without disturbing his daughter, he pulls his phone from his pocket and holds it out for her. "Put your number in? I can text you the address."
It's such a normal offer, but it also means... he'll have her number again. He could talk to her whenever he wanted, and he's rather fond of that idea.
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Always a butthead. She does reach over to tuck it back in his pocket for him.
"Do you want me to walk you to the door?" It's a little teasing since he clearly knows the way from her bedroom to the door.
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He smiles when she teases him, albeit quietly. "I think I can find my way, if you want to transition into immediate nap." He ducks down and kisses Sofia's head. "Say goodbye for now, mija."
The baby just stares blankly, then yawns.
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That's for Cassian, really, even if it's still directed at Sofia. She feels odd, saying goodbye to him again, even if it is just for now.
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He almost doesn't want to leave, which is kind of stupid, so he just uses his suddenly sleepy daughter for motivation to slip from the room and slip downstairs, gathering his remaining things before he heads out the door.
He'll text her later.
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