Jyn/Cassian week, redux

The prompts for the last two were "trust" and "yearn"; this chapter was my response to "tender" and "survive." Lots of fun with this part—including returning to bi!Jyn and grey-ace!Cassian. :)

title: like a storm in the desert (3/4?)
verse: everybody lives!
characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso; vague OCs; Jyn/Cassian
stuff that happens: After Cassian's recovery and Jyn's official enlistment in the Alliance, they head off on their first new mission.
chapters: one, two

If the lieutenant had meant to redirect them, he changed his mind as soon as he saw Cassian’s rank. Lannan’s. It was Lannan stroking her—Zara’s—waist, Lannan’s low laugh, Lannan flashing his insignia to sneak away with his pretty wife.

“I—I beg your pardon, sir,” the lieutenant said, as Cassian turned around.

“It’s my fault,” said Zara. “I, ah, needed my husband’s help with … something. We’ll be rejoining the others shortly.”

He repressed a look of amusement with little success. “Yes, ma’am.”

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