Disclaimer: Though I am a fan of Star Wars I am not as well versed as many, so there very probably will be some discrepancies with my story. Please note that this entire story is a divergence from canon, so if you have a problem with some of my mistakes just think of it that way. Thank you!

9

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butterflies in ones stomach

They sat around in their room for the next two days in hope that the Force would somehow magically show them the way. But on day three they were running low on funds and going completely stir crazy cooped up in the room.

"We need jobs." Jyn stood up from the table where been sitting in silence like she had for most of that day. They'd run out of little stories to entertain one another last night and had lapsed into a fairly comfortable silence.

"I don't know if that's a good idea." Cassian replied, he was lying face up in his bed and throwing a ball at the ceiling and catching it as it fell. "Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso died three years ago-it's not like we could go up to someone and introduce ourselves."

"Then we won't use our real names. It's not like they will check too thoroughly here anyways. We need a steady income until we figure out just what we need to do."

"So you'll be…?" Cassian asked, considering it.

"Lyra." Jyn replied instantly, her mother's name rolling off of her lips easily "It's simple and easy to remember. What was your father's name?"

"Raoul."

"Raoul." Jyn repeated, committing it to memory "That works for me."

Three hours later Jyn was smugly grinning as they successfully both procured jobs at a restaurant, Jyn as a waitress and Cassian in the kitchen. The man who had hired them was named Omar, he was an extremely fat man who's skin was so burned by sunburns that Jyn wasn't sure if he'd ever been any other color. He wore a white shirt that had sweat stains in the pits and looked as if it had never been washed. Jyn instantly disliked him but was grateful that he'd given them both jobs.

"You." He said pointing to Cassian, "Will work until this afternoon and you." he nodded at Jyn "Will work until this evening."

"I'll wait for you once I've finished." Cassian assured her.

"What's your relationship anyways." Omar asked suspiciously, squinting at them over the weatherbeaten desk in his tiny office. "Siblings?"

Cassian and Jyn looked at one another, Jyn didn't want to say she was his sister-but that was the easiest thing.

"More like… companions." Cassian finally said lamely and Jyn winced at how awkward that sounded.

"Hmph." Omar grunted with a shrug "I don't care. Don't let it get in the way of your work and I don't care if you are the Queen of Naboo and her secret lover."

He then shuffled them out of the office and into the dining area where people were seated. Jyn was given a shirt that was entirely too tight and an apron to wear over her pants and Cassian was pushed in the direction of the kitchen.

"This here is Lyssa." Omar introduced her to a nice looking young woman who waved her hand "I'll leave you with her, Lyssa no idle chit chat I better see you two moving." He then headed back into his office and slammed the door.

Lyssa grinned at her and ruffled her dark curly hair, "It's good that you two came, the last two people 'quit' suddenly." She put air quotes around those words, telling Jyn that they had probably been fired.

"Come on, Lyra right? I'll show you the board where all of the clean dishes are. Omar likes to think of this place as 'fine dining' but it's really just full of the merchants after they close their stalls and it's anything but inspired company." She chattered idly as she showed Jyn how to set the tables and take orders.

As they finished setting up the dining room Lyssa came really close to whisper conspiratorially, "So, who's the guy you came in with? Is he your brother?"

"He's not my brother!" Jyn said, probably with a little more force than was needed.

"So he's your boyfriend?"

"No not that either he's my… companion." Jyn said with a sigh, having to use the word that he did.

"Hm. It's a shame, he's attractive." Lyssa waggled her eyebrows at her and Jyn almost replied that she didn't know what the girl was talking about when Omar poked his head out of his office and berated them for chattering.

Jyn moved away from Lyssa to finish putting out plates and looked over at the window that connected the dining room with the kitchen. Cassian stood in the window, nodding at whatever the cook said. His face was scruffier than when she'd first met him but his dark brown eyes were still visible. His hair was pulled back into an easy top knot so it would stay out of his face but a few gray hairs could be seen in it's depths. He wasn't that much older than Jyn, she knew that, but his years in the rebellion had aged him.

Yes, she supposed, Cassian was attractive. She'd never really had the chance to think about it and wasn't sure she even wanted to pursue that thought any further than her initial observations.

Luckily she would have to think about that in that moment because Lyssa threw the doors open allowing their first patrons of the afternoon to filter in.

"You take this half of the tables and I will take the other." Lyssa said leading the first group to their table.

Jyn looked at the group that was waiting and plastered her best smile onto her face, "Hello, welcome to Omars! Let me direct you to your table, how many?"

"Ouch!" Cassian's voice filled the room causing Jyn to sit up sleepily.

It'd been three days since they'd begun to work at Omar's and Jyn was usually too tired from work the night before to stay up past eating their late dinner.

"Sorry, go back to sleep." Cassian said from the table as he dabbed at his face with a cloth.

A small bowl sat in front of him filled with a little bit of water and a razor was in his hand.

"Are you trying to shave?" She asked, swinging her legs over the side of the bed.

"Yes. Luggar said that I must in order to work in the kitchen. But unfortunately this room did not provide a mirror for me to use."

Luggar was the cook who spent most of his time barking orders at Cassian, Jyn didn't like him very much but Cassian told her that he reminded her of a general that he had once served under.

"Let me do it." Jyn offered, pulling a chair up to sit a crossed from him and held out her hand for the razor.

"Have you ever shaved someone's face before?" Cassian asked suspiciously.

"No, but how hard could it be? Besides it's better than you doing it to yourself blind." She had a point, Cassian thought as he grudgingly handed her the razor.

"Let me re-soap my face to get the hair standing on end." He grabbed the soap from the bowl and lathered up his face.

"Just shave in the direction of the hair growth and it should be fine." He crossed his fingers and she swatted at his shoulder.

She carefully began, taking her time as she didn't want to accidentally cut open his face. With her empty hand she reached out and pushing his chin upwards so she could get a better angle.

Cassian watched her, a line between her brow forming as she focused on the task at hand. Her hair was messily pulled up into a ponytail, her bangs were pushed to the side on her forehead-probably by her pillow. Her face was so close to his that he could feel her breath on his face heat up as he thought about it.

"You alright?" Jyn asked as she rinsed the razor and started on the other half of his face.

"Yes. Fine." Cassian replied quickly, a little embarrassed.

They sat in relative silence for the next few minutes, Jyn working diligently and Cassian trapped in his own thoughts.

"I think…" She said as she ran the razor along his jaw "I'm done." She rinsed the razor again and leaned back to examine her handiwork.

"Not bad if I do say so myself."

Cassian ran a hand over his smooth jaw "Not bad at all…"

Their eyes connected for a moment and they stared at one another, Jyn was surprised at how young Cassian looked without his scruff and Cassian was still amazed at their close proximity. They'd been closer than this before on Dagobah and again on Lah'mu but those had been times under distress-this was-something else.

"Well," Jyn said breaking the silence as she stood "I guess I'll just head back to bed…" She moved past him and he caught her hand in his own, swivelling in his chair and opening his mouth as if he were about to say something.

"Yes?" Jyn's mouth felt dry as she said it. An intense pressure was forming under her collarbone and she didn't know what to do next.

Cassian watched her squirm a little bit and sighed, "Nothing." He let her hand slide from his own, "Goodnight, Jyn."

- Author's Note -

Haha... ha...

I'm always a sucker for shaving scenes let me tell you and this was a pleasure to write. More to come in the next few days! I'm trying to write these as fast as possible as I go back to school in a week so I'm going to attempt to finish it but we will see!

Please read and review! Reviews help motivate me!

-LittleMoonLover-