#for now enjoy this panorama of the bosphorous and the golden horn that my hubbie took from galata tower

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At the Confluence of History and Hope

The next episode of the rebelcaptain food travel AU, set in Istanbul and Cappadocia, Turkey!

Jyn confronts ancient memories she thought she’d properly buried, learns a little more about Cassian’s history, and is forced outside her comfort zone. Plus some mutual pining.

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“Is that where we’re going?”

Cassian’s voice jolts her out of it and her camera jolts, too. She’s focused on the Hagia Sophia now and that’s where he’s pointing.

“No, not today, at any rate.” She stops recording and turns to face him. “That’s the Hagia Sophia. Originally built as a cathedral in… I want to say the sixth century? Later converted into a mosque when the Ottoman Empire finally conquered Constantinople. Now it’s a museum. We’ll be heading that way.” She points to Süleymaniye. “Not even half as old, but—”

“Still old and impressive?’

She smiles. “Yeah. Still impressive.”

“Just like you,” Cassian says, so quietly she barely hears it, barely allows herself to admit he really said it. She grips her camera a little tighter, resists the urge to capture that look in his eyes, because she is not some swooning fangirl bent on documenting—whatever this is. “You know a lot about Istanbul,” he adds, louder, more casual.

She tries to shrug, like a liar, like she’s not thinking about Mama. “I lived here for a little while.”

“I’m beginning to think you know Europe better than me,” he says, grinning. “Maybe you should be the one hosting the show.”

“Don’t even joke about that,” she admonishes, glancing back past their balustrade barrier for Luke. “Someone might get ideas.”

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