Hello! If you are still taking prompts – “Don’t you think for one second that I didn’t care.” Angst is fine by me, whatever works best for you :) thank you!

jynirso:

thanks for the prompt! sorry for the wait on this one

read it on ao3!

It’s the sound of beeping that wakes Cassian up, slicing through the peaceful darkness and shoving him into wakefulness. His head aches, a sharp staccato beating at his left temple. Groaning, he blinks away the crust that had formed on his eyelids while he’d slept, the medbay blearily coming into view after a few seconds. 

Though he recognizes Hoth’s medical wing, he still takes stock of his surroundings, just in case. White walls, curtains sectioning off his bed from the rest of the room, heavy blankets pulled up over his legs to keep him warm. There’s an IV sticking out of the back of his hand attached to a stand at his left. Injury-wise, he suspects that he has a concussion – the pain in his skull, the gaps in his memory, and the dimmed lighting would explain that. And to his right…

To his right, Jyn rests slumped over in a chair, looking uncomfortable as she dozes. 

To be honest, he’s surprised to see her. While they’d been close after Scarif (codependent, some called it – not like he minded), she’s been drifting away from him these past few weeks. He doesn’t understand why, doesn’t have an explanation for her sudden frosty behavior. 

He may be a lot of things, but he’s not an idiot. Out of all of their friends, she’s only been avoiding him. They used to sit together at meals every day, now she takes her food elsewhere. They used to spar together, but now she prefers to take her frustration out on a punching bag. He knows the problem must be with him, but he doesn’t know what he’s done to deserve it. 

Eventually, he’d stopped trying. It hurt too much to continue chasing after a person who wanted nothing to do with him. 

(It still hurts. It hasn’t stopped. Whenever he sees her now, it feels as if his chest is caving in. She has so much of an influence on him, but it’s clear he meanings nothing to her.) 

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