Memories

Lurker

Jyn stood in the corner of her co workers apartment awkwardly as she took small sips from some sort of fruity alcoholic beverage. It was Halloween and she got roped in to making an appearance to her co-workers party. Jyn sighed as she watched everyone mingle. There were two girls drunkenly dancing with each other both trying not to fall over. Jyn smiled, it was almost cute. She would be way more talkative if she knew the people but she didn't and that made her shy. She felt out of place and unwanted. No one seemed to notice her.

Jyn took this opportunity to slip out and head home. The air was cold and it stung against her exposed skin. Jyn dressed up as Black widow from The Avengers. She enjoyed how powerful the black suit made her feel. She walked with her head held high, despite the loneliness weighing down on her chest she felt all right. It had been about two weeks since she bumped into Cassian. She found herself looking for him in crowds of people she walked passed, she even began to enjoy working at the hope of seeing him pop by. But he hadn't yet. She knew it was useless, why would she think he'd want to even see her? For all she knew the things he mentioned at the bar about dreams was just a drunk illusion. It was time for her to move on. He didn't even give her a way to contact him. She thought ruminating about everything that had happened in the past week.

"Excuse me miss." A hand clasped on Jyn shoulder. Jyn spun around defensively. "Do you know where Baker street is? I'm lost." He said looking down at his shoes. The man was tall and lanky maybe not much older than Jyn. He seemed like a social outcast the few clothes he wore were old and ratty.

"Uh I think i know where it is..." Jyn turned to face the street and pointed."If you go this way and then turn left you should-"

The man covered Jyn's mouth with one hand squeezing her cheeks as he did so. Jyn was stunned, he seemed so harmless she turned her back for a second. Jyn tried to scream but it was useless. the man used his other hand to restrain her arms. He was a lot stronger than he looked. Jyn wriggled and writhed as hard as she could to get out of the mans grip. But she couldn't get out of his grip. "Scream and I'll kill you" he threatened his breath warm against her ear. He squeezed her mouth harder "Got it?" Jyn nodded slowly. Soon he had her pinned on the ground. His face was inches from hers, the smell of his breath made her stomach churn. He looked at her his eyes blazing and licked his lips as if he was a starving beast.

"God you're hot." He spoke as if it were a secret. "I can't wait to have fun with you." He leaned in to kiss her but she violently turned her head making him angry. "Don't be a bitch sweetie." His voiced clipped. He kissed her neck this time making her shudder. "You like that don't you?" He teased making her frustrated. Finally she managed to get a hand free, she used her long nails to her advantage and scratched him across the face.

"Ow! What the fuck?" He snarled bending her other arm back causing her to yelp. "I said shut up!" He bellowed slapping her across the face with an audible 'POP' Jyn fell back to the ground her ears ringing loudly. She just wanted him to go away. tears slowly dripped down her face. What had she done to deserve this? she thought. 'Please just make him stop. She pleaded.

Cassian had a bad feeling all evening. He paced around his best friends apartment beer in hand. He couldn't figure out why he was so antsy.

"Hey man what's wrong?' His best friend Reed asked running a hand through his blonde hair. Cassian shrugged.

"I don't know man just can't relax." Cassian bit at his nail anxiously.

"Why don't you go for a walk?" Reed suggested.

"I don't wanna leave you man. It's your party." Cassian sighed a walk did sound good.

"You're right and as host i command you go for a walk, you're basically walking around in my house anyway. Go get some fresh air." He said nodding to the door.

"Alright I will. Thanks."

"And don't forget to text me so I know you're still breathing." Reed urged. Cassian nodded before grabbing his winter coat and heading outside. Typical Reed, he was always over protective of his friends. Ever since he took psychology in school he got even worse, but Cassian didn't mind. It was nice to know he had someone that cared.

Cassian made his way down the street. Reed lived on the shady part of town so Cassian kept his ears open, he did not wanna get jumped. Then he heard it. It sounded like a wounded animal. followed by a man yelling and someone getting hit. He wasn't far from where he heard the yelling. Cassian began to run towards the sound feeling adrenaline begin to pump through his veins. When he got closer he saw a man pinning a woman down near some bushes. Cassian didn't think he just sprinted towards the man and yanked him as hard as he could from the back of the neck. The man fell back a bit but got back on top of the woman clawing at her clothes. This made Cassian disgusted. He punched the man in the back of the head. The man now got off the woman giving Cassian his full attention. Cassian glanced down at the woman and recognized who she was. Jyn. Rage flooded into his body. The man swung wildly at Cassian giving him an opening. He punched the slight man in the stomach. Hard. This caused the man to throw up. Cassian wasn't done yet. He pinned the man down now and began to punch him relentlessly in the face. It wasn't long before Jyn stopped him. Her hands pulled Cassian off of the man.

"I'm sorry he deserved it." Cassian stood up. Jyn looked at Cassian now her make up smudged he could make out lines where her tears ran down. Jyn didn't speak she just embraced him she placed a hand on the back of his head.

"Thank you." She whispered. "Thank you" she repeated again she began to cry. he body wracked with muffled sobs. "Thank you" She repeated again her voice strained. Cassian just held her tightly.

"It's okay now." He whispered. He placed his chin on top of her head. It was going to be okay.'