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“I’m going to help teach a class at a local ballet school. Do you want to come with me?” Cassian said quickly and looked over at Jyn who was hidden by her hair as she finished the crossword.
“A ballet class? Which school?” She sounded curious which was good, he knew that ballet wasn’t her favorite style. Too many years of being told to be a swan when she wanted to be a fighter.
“Feet of Fest, that’s where my mother learned, she talked about teaching there when she retired and where I learned. Whenever there’s enough time, I try to do something with them and after we won, there’s some time,” Cassian knew he was saying a lot all at once but Jyn had turned and was listening to him.
“I’d like that but my ballet technique has never been that good,” Jyn tilted her head at him as he knew she didn’t like not knowing what she was doing.
“That’s fine, we can talk to them and show them about partnering,” He walked over to her as his sauce could simmer to kiss her, “I’m glad you want to come.”
“Of course I do,” She moved her chin up to deepen the kiss and ran her hand through his hair, “This thing with us, its for all the parts of us and ballet matters to you, so I want to help. Then you can decide if you want me there another time.”
“Were you worried when you started doing lifts since you hadn’t done them before?” One of the girl students asked, her bun neat but Jyn noticed a few dark curls trying to escape.
“A little but I’d done partnering before when I was younger. I think there’s a rule that every young figure skater has to train pairs at least once,” That got a laugh and Jyn leaned back knowing Cassian would be there, “I didn’t like it very much but I learned about trusting someone else and I know that Cassian will never drop me.”
“I won’t. That’s part of the promise I make when I’m her partner. That’s one of the reasons we start doing this kind of work, so that your body learns how it feels to trust and how to fall for someone else,” As he said that Cassian started to move into one of their lifts and Jyn followed into it, moving with him as he shifted her to rest on his back before back around to the front.
As her feet touched the floor again, she heard the class gasp and a hand shot up from a young man and Cassian nodded to him, “How did you know which lift you were doing?”
Cassian turned to her with a nervous smile, “Jyn probably can answer that better.”
“Oh, from the way he was shifting his feet and before the class, we talked about what might be good lifts to show off. This one from our Pacific Rim routine is a favorite of both of ours as its a little unusual and impressive.”
“When we practice, we discuss which ones we’ll go over and by the time we’re doing the routines, your body knows it. You’ll find that’s true when you’re working on a dance. The hardest part is learning the moves the first time and figuring out what are the stress points. As dancers, your work is easier than ours as all the lifts you’ve been doing have long histories and people who know what they’re doing,” He said with a nod, ballet had been around longer than figure skating.
“We do have our coaches who are very good at knowing what we can do, better than we do usually,” She laughed and leaned against him at how well Baze and Chirrut knew them.
“But how do you keep in sync the way you do?” A male voice popped up from the back.
“That one’s all about practice but also if you’re in the male part, then you’re mirroring and almost doing her steps so that you’re right there. A lot of that is technique and learning and watching, if you know what else is going on around you then its easy to know your part,” He said in answer.
A cautious hand went up near the front and Jyn nodded to the young woman, “Um, if you were trained in ballet and your mother was a ballerina, why didn’t you stay as one?
Cassian went quiet and Jyn squeezed his hand before he said, “When I was about ten we went to an ice skating rink where Draven trained. I think it was part of the lead up to the Olympics, I’m not sure. Papa was doing an article and Mama was being elegant on skates and I got to try. I love the speed of being on the ice. For a few years, I did both, but you can go faster on ice.”
That got a wonderful sound from the crowd of dancers and they ended up wrapping up soon after, as they were changing, Jyn said, “We should come back. I liked this and you’re a good teacher.”
“I am?” She didn’t know why he was surprised, he’d taught her to be his partner.
“You are and it was fun. I liked their energy,” It was a nice way to spend part of a day and see more of Cassian.
Jyn settled herself onto Cassian’s lap and shifted, enjoying just how few layers were between them. The original plan had been to shower but he’d sat down and Jyn wanted to run her hands through his hair, which led to kissing and she loved this feeling. His hands were on her waist as she rolled her hips and he groaned, arching up into her. He started kissing her neck and growled in a way she felt all the way down, “Too much clothing that’s just thin enough.”
She laughed and moaned as he found her nipple with his hand and gave it a little tweak and circle. Then he was lifting her up, and cradling her as his eyes were full of want, “Where are you taking me?”
“Bed,” He answered with that growl which she could feel against her body.
It took a moment to find words as she pushed her hips into him and felt him hard and ready to be in her “Too far, need you now.”
His free hand moved down her body from her nipple to find her clit, first through her leggings which added an awful, wonderful kind of friction. Then she felt his hand on her bare skin and arched into him, gripping his hair as all her feeling was with his hands, as his hot lips were on her neck again. She shuddered as he kissed down her breast and changed his tempo to as fast and hot as she wanted and whimpered his name. Then she gasped as there was only feeling and she rested on him, knowing that he had her. She opened her eyes to him looking at her with desire and sweetness all mixed up and she said, “Bed.”
He carried her and then almost fell back on the bed as between the two of them they tried to get all of their clothing off as quickly as possible. Their tights ended up tangled as she straddled him and ground against him before positioning herself just so. Since she was already sensitive from before, the feel of him had her trembling as he held her hips to get just the right tempo so he could get his mouth on her nipple. She whimpered as she slid onto him and he held her hips as they began to move together. His breath was on her skin as he gasped, holding her tight as he came. Jyn slowed down, as she felt his fingers on her again, bringing her to the edge then kissing her hot skin as she came. She collapsed beside him, still tangled with him as he shifted enough to kiss her forehead. Soon enough they’d shower and eat, but now, this was all she wanted.