Two drabbles written in conversation with each other for the Star Wars 100 prompt "Hero" (both under the cut). Also on ao3.
Cold Rain
Character: Vel Sartha
Rating: G
Summary: Vel realizes the real weight of her decisions.
Warnings: Canon-typical blaster use.
Hot Steel
Character: Cinta Kaz
Rating: G
Summary: For Cinta, it didn't feel like a decision at all.
Warnings: Mentions of murder/colonial violence. Canon-typical blaster use.
Cold Rain
“It’s time for you to practice with the real thing.”
That’s when it finally hit Vel — the weight of the decision she had made months earlier, when she told Luthen she’d join him. The woman supervising her training took the stun blaster from her hands and gave her a real one. The glint of the metal was different. It felt heavier in her hands.
Vel pointed it at the target and felt the rain hitting her head and the mud under her knees. She braced herself against a tree, as if to shield her body.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Shoot.
Hot Steel
It was never a choice for Cinta; any decision was ripped from her hands when she saw her sister’s body on the ground, outside their home. The anger turned from fire to smolder, and it kept her warm in the cold rain, as she ran from target to target practicing her aim.
Mud splashed beneath her feet as she wove through the training course. Breathe in, breathe out, shoot. Run. Breathe in, breathe out, shoot. Run. She was never going to end up anywhere else — the blaster in her hands was held tight.
just some velcinta and rebelcaptain double date ideas:
assassinating Imperial officers over appetizers and cocktails
slicing into a showing of a new holofilm for some space piracy to cover up a massive rebel money laundering scheme
cinta and cassian trying to out-cook each other in front of their wives, who are just here for the delicious food and the hotties (and the inevitable sharpshooter competition after dessert)
bar crawl that turns into a bar fight (jyn's fault) guest starring chirrut and baze for a triple date, proud parents as always
laser tag except it's just guerrilla warfare at the amusement park
what a knife measures (1148 words) by roadtripexpert
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Andor (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cinta Kaz/Vel Sartha
Characters: Vel Sartha, Cinta Kaz
Additional Tags: Character Study, Fraught Lesbianism, implied past abusive home life
Summary: Vel wants what she can’t have most in the mornings, before dawn when Cinta starts to stir and the mist of ice that settled on their hammock’s bedding overnight starts to melt.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Andor (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Cinta Kaz/Vel Sartha
Characters: Cinta Kaz, Vel Sartha, Other Star Wars Character(s)
Additional Tags: Fanon, Canon Compliant (somehow), Andor season one missing scenes, Ficlet, Rebellion, Backstory, Flashbacks, Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Established Relationship, Cinta's story, Between the Scenes, in between episodes, Evil Empire, Snippets in time, retcon (sort of), The continued saga of Cinta and Vel
Series: Part 8 of Tales in Star Wars Andor, Part 6 of Cinta Kaz/Vel Sartha
Summary:
Andor, season one, in between episodes, the missing scenes, backstory
How did Cinta Kaz become a member of the Rebel Cause?
Some say, it as because the Empire slaughtered her whole family.
But was there more to it though?
Or was that, just enough to push someone over?
Set in the world of Star Wars Andor space time continuum. Somehow canon compliant, maybe, maybe not?
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