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[imthepilot]

Bodhi can't help but get up and fiddle. He's slept so much since the accident, he finds it hard to stay still for too long. Even if holding Galen in the afterglow is magnificent.

Instead he investigates Galen's little kitchenette, seeing what he might have to work with. He's starving!

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[imthepilot]

"You and he-" He asks, he sentence hanging in the air. A jealous ex could be even more dangerous than a vindictive commander.

[galen_erso]

"Never," Galen says. "But in hindsight, I think he may have wanted me. I openly said no to all his schemes to advance, his job proposals, his grandiose ideas because I was just not interested. I might not even have noticed what may have been his advances, when we were student. I later puzzled that out with Lyra."

[imthepilot]

"Oh right." Not jealous, just worried. "What little I've seen of him up close, he doesn't strike me as a man use to being told no."

Hence the obsession probably.

[galen_erso]

"H'e most definitely is not," Galen says. "He even had Lyra killed, just to make me do his bidding."

[imthepilot]

"Galen, I'm sorry. I knew she'd died. I didn't realise- it must be hell for you. How- how can I help?"

[galen_erso]

"Be with me," Galen says. "And maybe keep your eyes open for my Jyn, out there."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi gets up and moves around the table to pull Galen into his arms. "Gladly."

[galen_erso]

Galen holds him close and buries his face Bodhi's chest. "There is hope again, now you are there."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi holds Galen close, whispering a soft endearment in his ear. "Tell me everything about her, Galen. Let me help you find her again."

[galen_erso]

"Fierce, unstoppable, fast and trustworthy," Galen says. "She answers fast and has a great sense of humour. She could make me laugh even in bad times, but she always knew when things got serious. She was a kid when I last saw her, but she can't have changed that much. Not even being raised by Saw."

[imthepilot]

"Saw?" Bodhi draws back a little to look Galen in the eyes. "Saw Gerrera?"

[galen_erso]

"You heard about him?"

[imthepilot]

"I've heard of him, yes. From what I've heard, he's the rebel leader on Jedha. The one leading the raids on the shipments."

His lips thin. "He's the one my brothers are-"

[galen_erso]

Galen just stares at him, wordlessly.

The, slowly, he starts to smile.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi doesn't quite follow the smile. This is a good thing?

[galen_erso]

"I entrusted my Jyn to him," Galen says. "And there he is again, the man your brothers are fighting the Empire with. Of all the billions and gazillions of people in the galaxy, you have a direct line to her."

Pause.

"Necessary pebbles. I was right."

[imthepilot]

"I'm not sure I'd call it a direct line. I'm not exactly... on good terms with my brothers right now." Bodhi still doesn't sound sure.

[galen_erso]

"They are your brothers, and they are alive," Galen says. "I call that a direct line, even peppered with resentment. Even factoring in the connection through your cargo and its source, the odds are ridiculously low."

[imthepilot]

"Pebbles in the stream." Bodhi nods, trying to keep a note of sadness out of his voice. Just a means to an end.

[galen_erso]

Galen still see!s to pick up on it.

"Being meant," Galen says, "being paired by the Force like dolls smashed together by a child, that is not necessarily a romantic or pleasant notion. It makes me feel humble and small. But I trust that it will be right; and in addition, we get each other and these wonderful hu!an and personal feelings. Not even realising how small a relay in the whole machine we are can take that away."

[imthepilot]

Bodhi touches Galen's cheek softly before stepping away. He needs a moment. Just a moment to catch his breath. To clear his head. He wants to believe. Wants to believe that he and Galen love each other, are right for each other.

The thought that all of this was because the Force wanted it makes him doubt himself. Perhaps he doesn't deserve love, he's just a pebble the river needed to move.

[galen_erso]

"To know this beyond a shadow of doubt is not nice at all," Galen says, softly, behind him.

[imthepilot]

Bodhi shakes his head, still silent.

He takes a deep breath and turns around to face Galen. His eyes are sad, dark, and heavy as he cups Galen's cheek. "It's not you I doubt, Galen."

[galen_erso]

"Yourself?" Galen says, softly.

[imthepilot]

He lowers his eyes, unable to deny it.