[ she had hoped, when she'd told him that on the citadel tower, that someone really was out there, that they hadn't spent all of their chances for nothing. she'd hoped and he hadn't questioned but there wasn't much of a point in debating it by then.
they both knew they were going to die there, hope was of little consequence. it was easy to have faith at the end. ]
We did it.
[ she doesn't reach for his hand, too afraid of the hurt emotions inside of her and unwilling to hurt cassian with them, but both hands lift to settle on one knee. she looks up at him knowing that tears are prickling at her eyes, not yet falling, searching his face like she can pinpoint what he is feeling but only finding an ever-changing jumble of emotions like he can't settle on one in particular. ]
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[ she had hoped, when she'd told him that on the citadel tower, that someone really was out there, that they hadn't spent all of their chances for nothing. she'd hoped and he hadn't questioned but there wasn't much of a point in debating it by then.
they both knew they were going to die there, hope was of little consequence. it was easy to have faith at the end. ]
We did it.
[ she doesn't reach for his hand, too afraid of the hurt emotions inside of her and unwilling to hurt cassian with them, but both hands lift to settle on one knee. she looks up at him knowing that tears are prickling at her eyes, not yet falling, searching his face like she can pinpoint what he is feeling but only finding an ever-changing jumble of emotions like he can't settle on one in particular. ]