these little moments
This is my EXCEPTIONALLY LATE rebelcaptain secret santa gift for @ohbeeone! I’m so sorry we were never able to catch each other, and that tumblr kept eating messages, but here’s your gift!!!
Your prompt included wanting something “Slice of Life”, which I had never really heard of or done before, so of course, I had to give it a go! A part of my research said that slice of life should be short and just a brief glimpse, but keeping it short? Me? Impossible! So instead, I went with two glimpses that are tied together, sort of!
Merry Christmas, my dear, and Happy New Year as well!
Rebelcaptain Modern College AU Word Count: 2284 Rating: General Prompt: Slice of Life
Cassian’s alarm goes off first.
In a house with six total people, Cassian has learned over the years that getting up first is a requirement to his own peace of mine. Getting up first means that he has first access to the only bathroom in the house. Getting up first means that he can make the coffee how he likes it, and enjoy a second cup before anyone else appears. Getting up first means that he can sit in peace at the table, reviewing the latest additions to his thesis that he had been working on late into the night before.
He’s not the first one that will leave the house that he shares with the rest of his friends, but is instead the last, but getting up first means that he gets to enjoy the best things… like time with Jyn.
Jyn is always the second to rise, despite the fact that she is not a morning person. Professor Krennic apparently despises her for some unknown reason that Jyn refuses to share, which means that she teaches his eight am Monday Wednesday Friday History 101, and his seven-thirty Tuesday Thursday History 102. She doesn’t hog the bathroom like Bodhi does, and showers the night before, so her routine is fast and easy, but she does require time to wake up, and at least two cups of coffee, before she can leave for class.
Cassian always makes enough for both of them, so that when Jyn comes down the steps from her attic bedroom, there’s a cup waiting for her at the table.
She says nothing, eyes still half closed as she sinks into her seat beside him, and it’s not until she’s halfway into the cup that she finally even acknowledges his presence, her head simple falling to the side. He knows that her eyes are open, reading over the last two paragraphs that he is working on, but she says nothing, just lets out a sigh.
They sit in silence together, the only sound the clicking of his fingers on his keyboard, and her sipping at her coffee.
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