[ his face falls but softens as once, caught off guard by the admittance while simultaneously understanding to an extent where it's coming from. i hate seeing you hurt is not something cassian hears much, if at all, and he doesn't quite know what to do with it, despite knowing that coming from jyn it's utterly true. ]

[ he squeezes her hand again, then covers it with his other one too, enveloping her concern like he can cage it and save it for when he might need it for real. but maybe that's not how concern is supposed to work. the thought of being stuck with jyn's concern isn't as uncomfortable as expected. ]

My track record probably does not look so great to you. [ it's as much of a joke as it is a bit of self-deprecation. ] I cannot promise it will not happen again but... it seems less likely as long as you have my back.

[ it surprises him too how true that feels. ]