aka First time everyone found out

Time Cassian and Reader have known each other: 1 year and a day

Author's notes: Mwahahahahaha surprise! Didn't think I would get this up since I have finals this week but I did and I'm proud! Hope everyone in school is surviving finals I know I'm not….. anyways I hope this cheers you all up and I hope you enjoy!

You and Cassian had been interrupted once again. Though this time it was something serious.

The base had been put under lockdown. For the first time ever. No one knew what was going on, but everybody knew it was serious. Worried looks passed between rebels. People huddled close in the cold of the eerily silent hangar. Everybody was on edge and the tension in the air was palpable.

The hangar was empty of ships and was instead full of emergency tents and hundreds of cots. It was strange to see it without its usually bustling vibe.

Some people were already asleep on the cots, but most were anxiously pacing the floor waiting for news on the lockdown and their fellow rebels that were off-planet. Many rebels were still on missions. And were now stranded without any contact or way back.

When the alarm had first sounded, you and Cassian had been startled. Though you had planned for this exact occasion, you had never believed it would ever happen. With quick worried glances at each other, you each quietly packed a bag and took off toward the hangar.

Upon arriving, you went your separate ways, Cassian offering you a vague explanation and a promise to find you later.

After ensuring that everything was secure and in place for lockdown you found yourself in front of the tent you had been informed was General Draven's. You paced for a few minutes before deciding to burst past the guard. Surprisingly, he let you through with little resistance.

Without even looking up, Draven said, "Y/N. We have a situation."

You snorted, "Oh? Really? I didn't notice."

Draven glared at you and you sighed, "Sorry. Continue."

Draven rubbed his face exhaustively, "We have reason to believe that our base has been compromised."

You inhaled sharply. If the base was compromised why hadn't it been evacuated?

"Compromised? A spy infiltrated the base?"

"No. Thankfully not."

You breathed a sigh of relief.

"One of our intelligence agents was on Tatooine when she heard an imperial agent say the Empire believed our base to be on Yavin 4. They are going to be searching the planet within the next two weeks. Before lockdown, I sent out a message to a spy inside the empire who is going to make sure they don't find anything. But for now, we have to lay low. No one can leave and no one can come in."

You nodded in agreement, "What about all the rebels that are stranded on missions?"

"They were informed before lockdown that they are now on their own for the time being." Draven explained.

You nodded solemnly.

It was going to be a long two weeks.

Though you had more questions, Draven dismissed you with plans to meet up later.

You left the tent and immediately began searching for Cassian.

You found his bag lying by one of the cots, but he was nowhere to be seen. You asked around, but no one had seen him. After searching for a good 10 minutes, how big was this fucking hangar, you finally found him.

He was sitting in the far corner of the hangar, surrounded by children, droids, and some adults. You must not have noticed that he grabbed his guitar before you left because there he was playing and singing for everybody.

The children were dancing around to the music, the droids were beeping along, and the adults were smiling that their children could focus on something good during this time.

You leaned against the wall just watching him.

Cassian's smile was bright and his voice was soothing. You closed your eyes letting his singing wash you into a calm of relaxation. When you opened your eyes again your gaze locked with Cassian's. He smiled and winked at you before focusing back on the children.

After listening to Cassian sing for a little while, you left to go find a place to relax for the night. You were exhausted. It had only been two days since had gotten back from your 5-month mission and you had barely slept the night before. You settled down on one of the cots and closed your eyes.

Just as you began to drift off, you felt something shove the edge of the cot and you groaned.

"So…..you and Cassian? How's that going?" Came a sing-songy voice.

You grumbled, slumping further into the cot. "Ugh, Nei. I'm trying to sleep."

"Hey! It's not just me who wants to know!"

You sat up abruptly and glared at her, "What?! Who else did you tell?"

Mila stepped out from behind Nei, waving slightly, "Just me."

You scrunched up your face, "When did you two become friends?"

Mila and Nei shared a mischievous smirk. Well, that can't be good.

Mila had always been a relatively calm person. However, now that she seemed to be friends with Nei, you could see that changing very fast.

You pulled your legs up and rested your forehead against your knees with an irritated sigh. You felt a hand gently brush against your lower back and you immediately leaned back into the body behind you. Cassian lowered his head to your shoulder and brushed a quick kiss against your cheek.

Mila screeched, "You're actually together?! Nei told me but I didn't believe it. Oh my god, I can't wait to tell everyone."

You felt Cassian stiffen behind you, as you shook your head, "No no no, we are so not ready for that yet. We haven't even gone on a date yet."

Cassian snorted causing Nei and Mila to swing their gazes to him.

"Y/N won't even kiss me until our first date, so I don't see how anyone would even find out." Cassian grumbled.

A laugh shot out of Nei and she bent over trying to catch her breath. A few minutes later she still hadn't stopped and you sighed turning to whisper in Cassian's ear that you were going to talk to Draven.

Once you were gone, Nei immediately straightened up and whispered something to Mila.

"So…" Nei said turning around, "We have an idea. You're going to try to break Y/N."

Cassian frowned, "Break?"

"Yes. Break. You said you can't kiss Y/N until your first date. So since you can't do it. Make Y/N do it. Do anything. Touches. Innuendos. Flirting. Nothing's off limits. You can't be too obvious though because no one else should know. But if Y/N gives in, you win. If Y/N sticks it out or you break, she wins."

Cassian pondered it over smirking slowly, "I'm in."

Cassian began slowly. He didn't want you to catch on too quickly. He acted like he normally would, placing a warm hand on your back or gently brushing your hair back.

And as you continued to smile and lean into his affections, he took it a step further.

Maybe more than a few steps…

He didn't pull his punches. The teasing increased tenfold and he knew it was driving you insane.

He could see you holding your breath as he ran his fingertips across your skin, goose bumps forming underneath his hands.

He could see you shiver every time that he leaned close, whispering into your ear.

He could see your eyes flutter shut when his fingers brushed through your hair.

He could hear you moan quietly when his fingers dug into your waist, pulling you close to his side.

He knew the exact places that would drive you insane.

Cassian was driving you insane.

You had no idea what was going on, but he was acting very affectionate all of a sudden. And you couldn't handle it.

You couldn't focus. All you could think about was him.

His lips. His smile. His voice. His hands.

His hands were the worst. They were everywhere. On your back, in your hair, brushing against your hand, slipping between your shirt and pants and settling under the waistband.

You couldn't think anymore. Every time you would try to talk to someone, you'd lose your train of thought either at the memory of Cassian's hands on your body or because Cassian snuck up behind you subtly caressing you with his touch.

And it wasn't long until Cassian upped the game even further.

You were ready to fight back.

If he wanted to play dirty, you would play dirty right back.

As you were contemplating your plan, Nei and Mila scooted up next to you.

"Cassian driving you crazy yet?"

You squinted your eyes in suspicion, "What did you do?"

"We may have nudged him just a little."

"What did you do?" You repeated.

Mila giggled, "She convinced Cassian to seduce you until you kiss him."

Your mouth dropped open.

Oh, it was so on.

Cassian had just finished speaking to Draven. He was concerned about what this lockdown meant for the rebellion, but he had faith that they would make it through this.

As he stepped out of Draven's tent, he scanned the hangar for you. You weren't on your cot; you didn't seem to be anywhere. He kept searching until he finally found you.

And when he did, his eyes darkened.

There you were.

Standing next to Antilles.

Everyone loved him. And Cassian couldn't blame them. He was nice. He was attractive. He was a great rebel.

Cassian couldn't argue with any good thing said about him.

But that didn't mean he wasn't annoyed that you seemed to be flirting with him.

He didn't even know you knew him.

But there you were standing next to him, your hand rubbing up and down his arm, laughing at something he said.

The satisfied smile on Wedge's face was enough to get Cassian stalking toward you.

However just before he reached you, he caught sight of Nei and Mila standing off to the side giggling.

He stopped short furrowing his brows.

He watched you closely for a second and saw you give a subtle thumbs-up to Mila and Nei, who in turn pointed to Cassian. Your head slowly turned, making sure to act like you were still paying attention to Antilles. Your eyes met his.

You smirked, biting your lip.

And then you winked.

Nei and Mila must have told you.

Oh, it was so on.

To say you weren't prepared for Cassian's competitiveness was an understatement. You had no idea what you were in for.

Even though the days during the lockdown were busy with meetings, briefings, and procedural meetings, he used every free moment to break you. And you were ready to cave.

He really pushed the boundaries one day when he decided to spar with another rebel. You had been taking inventory for Draven when you saw Cassian pull of his shirt out of the corner of your eye.

You froze staring at him in disbelief.

He was standing there shirtless and panting. After sparring for the past 10 minutes he was drenched in sweat. As the drops dripped down his body, your eyes followed them over the curve of his stomach involuntarily.

You were snapped out of your thoughts when you saw Cassian's head turn to you. He threw you a quick wink before dropping to do some push-ups.

A squeak escaped your throat and the rebel next to you asked if you were alright as you ran off to the other side of the hangar.

After weeks of torturing each other, it was safe to say neither of you won.

You actually both lost, (even though technically you totally won).

Big time.

After two weeks of being locked together trying to get each other to snap you were both on edge.

Everyone knew something was going on.

The looks you gave each other when you weren't looking. The touches. The smiles. The flirting.

You and Cassian had become the distraction the rebels needed to get through the rest of the lockdown, even if they weren't exactly sure what was going on between you two.

Nei, on the other hand, was getting rather sick of the fact that neither of you had given in.

So she did what she did best. She butted in.

For days she pestered Cassian about his love life. All the rebels knew to steer clear; talking to Cassian about personal things never ended well.

And end well it did not.

After a few days of pestering about why he didn't date anyone, Cassian broke.

Cassian snapped, "Because I love someone else!"

"What?!"

"He what?!"

"I love Y/N. I. LOVE. Y/N." Cassian screamed.

"I FUCKING KNEW IT!"

"You owe me $50!"

"When are you getting married?!"

"Have you been fucking with us for the past year, because I lost a shit ton of money on that bet!"

"Fucking finally." Draven muttered.

You cleared your throat and Cassian turned slowly to face you, "I love you."

"I know. I love you. "

And then you were in his arms. And you were kissing. Finally. After weeks of teasing, you were finally together again. You were getting rather sick of this not kissing him thing. You had both wasted so much time already you didn't want to waste anymore.

His lips slowly brushed against yours and sighed in relief. You didn't dare deepen the kiss instead keeping the kiss slow and gentle. After weeks of pushing each other, you wanted a moment of calm. And this kiss was that moment.

You breathed him in, moving your lips deliberately against his. You loved this man more than you had ever loved anybody before. And you would be damned if anything ever got in between you two.

You heard a small tittering from the crowd and you pulled away with a small gasp.

"We still haven't gone on a date." You whispered, nudging your nose against his.

Cassian chuckled, "I think I can do something about that."

And his arms tightened around you and mirroring him you immediately pushed yourself closer to him, the both of you ignoring the world around you.

"Let's leave them alone for a minute, okay?"

The rebels scattered slowly, their eyes not leaving the two of you.

But you didn't even notice. You didn't even care.

You and Cassian were only focused on each other.

Next up: it may have taken years (but somehow we got here) aka First date