I want a Prompt! What about fandom favorite “undercover as a couple”?

sleepykalena:

Hey y’all, I haven’t ditched these prompts, I’ve just got like 5 different fandom things on my plate that I have to juggle (on top of 2 work-related things), so thanks everyone for their neverending patience!

Rating: T // [ao3] // [more ficlet prompts]

Tags: POV Cassian, Undercover as a couple (sorta), Unresolved romantic tension

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“Hey, Willix,” the man whispered
to Cassian from across the table.

Cassian had been quietly eating in
the Imperial Officer’s Lounge, and one particularly chatty officer had decided
that striking conversation with him was a smart idea despite Senior Lieutenant
Willix’s clear body language indicating a desire to do anything but.

He said nothing, but instead
slowed his chewing significantly. His met his colleague’s eager eyes, but he
kept his head low, a stare-down from a predator daring its prey to come closer.
This part of Willix’s persona was the easiest to pull off- he had established
himself as the man of few words, unwilling to share anything that wasn’t
related to the task at hand-

“Is it really true that you and,
you know, Captain Kestrel are a thing?”

This officer was pushing his
luck.

Cassian stopped chewing.

It was a preposterous assumption.
There was a reason why Senior Lieutenant Willix and Captain Kestrel were brought
to this command- “We believe we can trust
you new lot to lead by upholding the standards of conduct expected of our
servicemembers, unlike your…recently retired predecessors,” they were told upon
arriving on this station- and everyone else knew as such. The alleged conflicts
of interest were too numerous for the station to function properly, and their
desperation for better staff gave the Alliance a convenient opening to gather
more intel.

The accusation of fraternization
was preposterous.

And yet.

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