𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 ✧ 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜

[realists]

who: jyn & cassian & friends
what: housewarming party
when: mid-august
where: jyn & cassian's home
warnings:

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It's not a very inviting text but since technically Jyn did invite the recipients to come to a location at a predetermined time, that counts as an invitation and Cassian cannot complain. The location is a small cottage home, space masonry covered in the same creeping leafy ivy as the rest of the moon, an overgrown garden on the side of the house being (what looks like violently) cut back to make room for the fresh plots of tiny herbs, each carefully labeled. There's a welcome mat and the door is open with the sounds of music drifting out of the screen door.

(Side note: none of that was there if early recon happened on the [LOCATION], so jot that down. This happened nearly overnight.)

Once inside, it's... shit, is it a party? Is it a party in Jyn and Cassian's new home that they got without telling anyone, moving in the cloak of night so that they could steal literally all of the furniture in their apartment that wasn't nailed down? Well, the shrimp dispenser is there in the kitchen and Jyn's wall of herbs are still there so that must be the case.

That's 100% what happened.

The kitchen is full of food, made by Cassian, and alcohol, and there is a small ginger cat prowling around and a small grey pile of fluff that occasionally makes a noise so it must be alive, the music is low enough to hold a conversation, and of course there is shrimp. Never ending bottomless shrimp. This is the extent of the party but be grateful that a year after Jyn and Cassian arrived in the Quarantine, they're inviting their, like, five friends to their home. Some people have never even seen the apartment, but that time has passed. Pour one out.

In addition to the food, there is one single cake, homemade, because turns out this party doubles as a joint birthday party. You know, for the birthdays neither of them told anyone about.

Yay! Party!

Comments

[winscenario]

[ The fact that Cassian accepts nice things, and nice things being said about him, is pretty good progress in Jim's eyes. It might seem like little to some people, but Jim looks at him now and thinks he's miles away from the first time they've met.

Granted, Jim had a lot to push past to even begin to really know Cassian, but still. ]

That's... so great. [ He tries so hard to suppress a grin, but!!! He's so happy!!! His shipper heart is so full right now, like whoa. ] You guys are really cute together.

[ THEY ARE, FIGHT HIM. ]

[evasives]

[cassian wrinkles his nose. he's not sure he's been called cute since he was a child, unless it was by jyn being ridiculous.]

[maybe he's also wrinkling his nose at how completely and utterly shameless jim is about his happy. he supposes maybe it is a big deal on some level, considering what utter disasters he and jyn are about anything even remotely related to feelings. it is a little nice that jim is happy for them, just more nice things cassian neatly tucks away and doesn't actually argue with this time.]

We are just... good together. We were a good team, even from the start. [a beat.] But it is. It's kind of great.

[jyn makes him happy, how gross.]

[winscenario]

[ Tough luck, Jim's doing it anyway. He's kinda rough around the edges, but Jim still thinks he is cute— on his own or with Jyn, doesn't matter either way.

Also shush Cassian, don't question it. You don't need to know Jim's been a shippy fanboy all this time. ]

Yeah, I could tell that much. [ From the very first day he met them, and they sort of adopted Jim as their overly excited golden retriever. ] You've come a long way. I feel like... we all have, in our own ways.

[evasives]

[gross, he doesn't wanna be cute. but you know who is cute? his girlfriend. jyn is fucking adorable and cassian tosses that word around all the time about her.]

I made a lot of decisions that were very unlike me at her influence, when we first met. [like literally running through a collapsing building just to find her, a relative stranger.] She has helped me come a long way. But I think... you have too. A few people here have.

There must be something about this place that enables us to become better versions of ourselves.

[the real good place was the friends they made along the way!]

[winscenario]

[ Those aren't mutually exclusive though, they can be both cute. Also Jyn loses a couple of points because she can also be pretty terrifying at times, that tiny merciless deadly warrior. Anyway, Jim says he's cute and that's that!! ]

Must've been a sign. [ Somewhere deep down, Cassian must've known that she would become important to him, in some way. Jim has made his own sacrifices for relative strangers too, in the past. Some have grown to become very important to him. Not as important as Jyn is to Cassian, but still.

Jim smiles, reaching out and placing a hand on Cassian's shoulder, squeezing briefly. It's as close to a hug as he'll force Cassian to accept while in public. ]

The people, undoubtedly. I'm sure I'd care about any version of you, but... I'm very fond of this one. And I'm glad I get to be friends with you.