Jyn doesn't know it, but she's always been something of a night owl. It's not just insomnia and nightmares that keep her from sleep, it's a natural inclination to stay up in front of a screen. It used to be her drawing pad, then a data pad, then an unfortunate cell mate keeping her too scared to sleep. It's for the best that she doesn't remember that.
It does make the nightmares of an oppressively humid beach and Cassian so hurt in her arms and then nothing before she wakes up panting and shaking, sheets soaked through with sweat, a little bit harder to handle.
Which is what finds her outside at 2 in the morning, running a circuit around the town to shake herself out of her nightmare and exhaust her to the point that she can fall back into a dreamless sleep when she's done. It's been working and she doesn't always run alone, but tonight she is alone and seemingly more wired than ever. Her run turns into pacing around the town's park, more of a town green really. Her fingers worry around the hem of Cassian's stolen tee shirt, trying to push out her excess energy when she spots a familiar bobble of orange and white.
may 8 - look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness
It does make the nightmares of an oppressively humid beach and Cassian so hurt in her arms and then nothing before she wakes up panting and shaking, sheets soaked through with sweat, a little bit harder to handle.
Which is what finds her outside at 2 in the morning, running a circuit around the town to shake herself out of her nightmare and exhaust her to the point that she can fall back into a dreamless sleep when she's done. It's been working and she doesn't always run alone, but tonight she is alone and seemingly more wired than ever. Her run turns into pacing around the town's park, more of a town green really. Her fingers worry around the hem of Cassian's stolen tee shirt, trying to push out her excess energy when she spots a familiar bobble of orange and white.
"Morning BB-8."