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!
17
de·noue·ment
the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.
"I win again." Luke tossed his cards down with a grin and Leia groaned, tossing her own cards down in frustration.
"Another round." She demanded and Luke obliged.
Han had fallen asleep for a quick nap on the bed and was lightly snoring, the droids were standing quietly in the corner arguing with one another and Threepio could be heard scolding the smaller droid about pushing him off of the barge earlier.
"I'll pass on this one." Jyn said, standing and handed her cards to Luke to reshuffle before heading towards the cockpit where Cassian had been sitting silently for the past hour and a half.
"Credit for your thoughts." She said as she slid into the co-pilot seat of the ship.
"I wanted to save you, as silly as that sounds." He said quietly, his brown eyes never leaving the sand filled window "I let you get caught and because of that I wanted to be the one to save you."
"I mean you did save me, you found me in this sandy hell. We would have wandered around for ages and quite frankly I don't enjoy the taste of sand." She reached out to slide her hand into his and squeezed.
He finally looked over at her, his dark eyes dull with pain, "You were just gone and Lyssa was half dead when I found her-I thought that they had done the same to you."
"Lyssa is alive?" Jyn asked, hope filling her voice. She had been sure that the other woman had been murdered when she'd been taken.
"Yes, barely." He replied and watched Jyn wilt with relief "She sold you out to Linux and you still feel for her."
"Of course I do," Jyn said surprised at his reaction "She didn't exactly have a choice in the matter."
"We always have choices and her choice affected someone else's life-it affected your life."
Jyn sighed "Well it's my choice to forgive her and so should you. Because I'm okay, I really am." Jyn's voice wobbled towards the end of her sentence and with a sigh Cassian tugged her from her seat and into his own as she cried quietly, wiping away her tears until she had finished.
They stayed like that for fifteen more minutes until the sound of someone clearing their throat brought them back to reality. Luke stood in the door to the cockpit, looking intensely uncomfortable "I hate to break this up, but I think that the sand storm has finally stopped."
Jyn blushed and slid off of Cassian's seat and back into her own.
"Right." Cassian said, turning away to hide his own embarrassment.
"Right." Luke said and stood there for a moment awkwardly "Right." He said again before turning away and heading back into the back half of the ship.
Jyn held back a silly giggle, she really must have been in shock because she found the entire situation entirely too funny.
They landed on the outskirts of Mos Espa where the group's three ships were and their group disembarked from Cassian's ship and stood together chatting.
"You should go with us. Leave that crate behind." Han was saying to Luke. Luke and Leia embraced and he turned to Han and told him that he had made a promise to some people that he intended to keep.
Leia turned to Jyn, "You should come with us too, the alliance could use people like you."
Jyn and Cassian looked at one another before turning back to the rest of the group "I think that we've done enough fighting for a lifetime, thank you though. I'm sure you guys have it handled."
Leia frowned but Han touched her shoulder to let her know that they had to leave soon.
"In a minute." She said and dragged Jyn into a hug "I'll never forget you, Jyn Erso. Thank you."
Jyn gaped at her as she pulled away with a smile and put a finger to her lips as if to say: your secret is safe with me. Jyn didn't know how the other woman had figured it out but warmth filled her, almost telling her that everything would be alright even if the other woman did know.
Jyn and Cassian stood next to one another as they watched the ships leave the atmosphere of Tatooine.
"Do you think we should have gone to help them?" Cassian asked, turning to look at her.
"No." Jyn said, sliding her hand once more into his. "I think that they can save the galaxy all on their own. They just needed a little help to get off of this awful planet."
"Do you think that was what the Force wanted us to do?" He asked as they walked hand in hand back through the gates of Mos Espa.
"I think the Force wants us to live our lives," Jyn felt a little tingle in her body as if the Force was agreeing with her "And you know what? I'm tired of pussy-footing around what we have going on between us."
Cassian blinked at her in surprise but he gave her a slow smile "And what would that be Jyn Erso?"
"That I love you." She replied frankly, her face coloring a little bit at the words. Her heart hammered in her chest but nevertheless she continued on.
"It doesn't make sense and I don't think it's supposed to. But we have been through death and even more together and I can't think of anyone that I would rather spend this second life with and I know it sounds crazy because we absolutely hated each other at first and-" Her nervous babbling was cut off by Cassian pressing his lips to hers.
Jyn relaxed into the kiss, her fingers curling at the nape of his neck as her knees turned to jelly and he nearly had to hold her upright.
"I love you too." He murmured against her lips and Jyn thought she would faint again, except she hadn't been in an actual explosion this time.
As Cassian pressed his lips to hers again under the hot Tatooine sun Jyn could almost hear Chirrut's voice echoing in the vast sandy expanse: "I am one with the force, the force is one with me." Followed by the sound of people laughing and somehow Jyn knew that all of their friends were together at last.
Yes this is the conclusion of the main story line. Sometimes there is no greater purpose or nothing you could do better than to live your own life the way it should be lived: Happy and together with someone who makes you feel like a better person. Whether that relationship is platonic, romantic or familial. There will be one or two more chapters of side stories about what happens to our lovely couple after the events of With the Force. To all of you who read from the beginning and were extremely patient with me-I thank you so much. For all of you reading this after it has been finished, thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this! It means a lot to me!
So, until next time! Thank you all so much!
-LittleMoonLover-