unparalleled
for @bassianprompts #1: laughter (thank you guys for starting up this blog)!
also because every time diego luna smiles it adds 10 years to my life
The only thing that could spread more quickly than a virus through the young recurits of the Rebellion was a rumor.
And there were plenty of those.
“The Princess has a comlink on her at all times, she hides them in her buns.”
“It’s so she can call up Solo whenever she wants to yell at him.”
“They’re probably sleeping together.”
“I heard the Wookie tore off the arm of the last person who said that, so be careful.”
One such rumor of course, was that Captain Andor never smiled. As it was with the legends of the Rebellion, there were many versions of the story. But all of them boiled down to this:
If you ever saw him smile, you were either the luckiest person in the galaxy, or the most unfortunate.
That was, before Bodhi Rook came along.
See, the pilot was a living legend. Not for flying Rogue One out of Scarif - though that was pretty cool - but for his charisma.
The newest recurits flocked to him, held rapt by the stories and jokes told by the cargo pilot from Jedha.
“So did you really use to work for the Empire? Does the Emperor really smell like bantha poodoo?”
“Dude, nobody says poodoo anymore. You sound like, five.”
But the pilot would laugh and reply likewise.
“I never met him, but a friend did and he said he smelt like rotten durang fruit.”
The recruits would laugh, and he would laugh, and their laughter would echo across the walls of Base One.
And if you were paying attention, you could see Cassian Andor smiling.