J.C. An unlikely love story (Thrawnxf!reader)

Imperial secrets

You wait at the dinner, hiding under your hoodie and some sunglasses. You twirl your straw in your drink, awaiting. You side eye the dinner, you know some of your friends come and work here, you'd rather not be seen. But that's where she chose to see you. You sigh and slouch in your seat, is it reasonable? You wonder. You don't know what Arzel said to them, but all your friends stopped talking and texting you for some day now. You didn't realize you would lose so much by getting on his bad side...

"Lieutenant commander (y/l/n)?" A woman appears at your side, in a black trench coat complimenting her black hair and green eyes.

You rise up in a jump.

"Yes! It's me, Captain Hugtan."

She sat down in front of you, without removing her coat. She looks at you with piercing inquisitive eyes. You always thought she was beautiful, she is even more that close. She could still model for the Empire posters, like before. Your cheeks fluster as your old crush comes acting up again.

"So?" She ask impatiently

"Yes. I wanted to ask you about Nather Satlove."

She looks ultimately uninterested.

"And what do you want to know about him ?"

"You frequent him for longer than me, has he ever appeared... strange to you?"

"When was he never strange? He's a whole circus by himself." she snarls. Maybe their relationship is not as good as you first thought. "He always has been a self centered prick and if I'm judging by the latest news I heard about him, he didn't change."

You lower your head a little, that sounds like your man.

"Well" You start. "I'm sure he has some qualities..."

"Oh, he does! I have an immense respect for his work methods, that doesn't help the fact that he's insufferable."

You pout.

"Okay, has there been a period where he has been especially... Insufferable ?"

She takes a ciggie out of her pocket, lights it up and takes a deep puff of it. You cough because of the smoke but she doesn't stop.

"Well, you realize I can't disclose information about a respected Governor of the Empire to you like that."

"I'm his fiance" You retorted.

She looks at you dubious. You decide to show her some pics of Arzel and you together. You're a bit annoyed having to display your private life like that, but you swallow your pride. She looks at them with a raised eyebrow, and gives you back your community with a grin.

"I see every taste is in nature..."

"We'll talk about my taste another time." You respond, losing patience "What can you tell me about him?"

She stares into space for a moment, surely gathering her memories.

"We did our study together at the Academy, even though I was two years ahead of him. As far as I can remember he has always as been a free spirit, with a talent to gather people around him. He regularly spoke about the treatment of the aliens, which had the effect of enraging the teachers and some students. But what can I say? A solar personality and an influential family can melt any ice, and he was popular, except for one other thing..." She takes another puff of her cig. "He was a fucking classist."

You look at her in surprise. You already knew he had a military education and he used to go to the Academy, but you didn't suspect this aspect of him. You let her continue.

"Despite being his elder I was a victim of his scorn and disdain because I came from the working class, with other students. He finally showed some respect when some of us graduated." She pouts.