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A very late submission for the Jyn Erso Appreciation Week!! But hey, better late than never, right?

A heavily pregnant Hera Syndulla hears news that strikes fear in her heart for the future of her unborn child. But the bringer of said news has Hera captivated.

Day 7 - Free Day Writing Prompt - Heart

Trigger warnings:

Please note this is a POV from a heavily pregnant character, so if that is likely to make you uncomfortable please don't read. Unborn Jacen is quite the wriggler!

Cassian Andor christens her a rebel, so a rebel she is.

Jyn’s like them. She’s hard worked, hard to please. Eyes crinkle when she smiles, which is rare. Drinks like a pilot and can con their money too.

She’s a hero. Makes the boys line up after she dies, swapping Scarif stories to keep her alive:

We almost lost, but we didn’t.

She’s a hero. An abandoned girl left on her own, who came to them. Died for them.

On nights damp, dark, and deep, snuck-in liquor the only bright spot, they toast her.

In the Imperial academy, she’s a rumor. Watch for her in the night; if you leave the bar in a drunken stupor, she will take you for all your credits. Leave with you with nothing in your pockets, make you walk back home without shoes if she decides she doesn’t need you.

No one knows what she looks like. Just rumors: ponytail hair, stardust eyes. A strong high kick and a hell of a right hook. Looks like she knows she’s got you.

Girl’s got guts. Got that get up and go you need to get shit done. Got two hands, a plan to twist the world upside down. Make us free again.

A girl you build with: hammer, nails, board after board, pour a foundation, build a front door. She doesn't think she’s light but she is. Lighting up our dark, dark world.

She’s meant for this. Not your homemaker but your home maker. Not your wife or daughter or thing for your sons. Fully her own. Gracious enough to show the rest of us her strength.