Summary: Cassian and Jyn have been dating for a whole five months and have planned everything so their first time is something truly special. When the fateful night comes, not everything goes to plan, and it sends their budding relationship in a tail spin that neither of them know how to set right again.
Chapter 3 Excerpt:
“YOU LOSE,” announced the thirty-year-old voice recording of the emcee for the fighting game of Duplication Wars: Double Duped. “PLAY AGAIN?”
“Fuck you,” Jyn shouted, shoving her seat back and flopping out, fresh out of quarters.
The mall arcade fell silent, even the group of loud-ass tweens playing against each other on a pair of Japanese racing games, but soon started chattering again as she made her way out. Her stomach rumbled, and she checked her phone to see the time, but Cassian’s fucking texts crowded the screen. She opened her phone and fuck, now they showed as read, fucking fantastic. In no mood to go home and her stomach rumbling from rage-induced hunger, she made her way to the food court that had never escaped the nineties: black and white tile, neon lights written in cursive above a pair of palm trees letting patrons know that yes, they were entering the food court, and the permanent fixture of Hot Dog on a Stick that was right next to the hallway that led to the bathroom.
Three corndogs and a refill of lemonade later, Jyn could feel the first prickle of frustrated tears since their fight. He just shut her down, got mad at her for trying to talk to him about something that bothered her, for trying to make this work. If he didn’t want to talk to salvage their relationship, then maybe it wasn’t worth saving in the first place.
say you love me 