#i would also like some fluffy doomzo content but it admittedly is not a pairing that leans toward that

[wantonlywindswept]

eeyyy, hey guysss, how about doomzo being the reason akande got captured?

he takes out the speedy little time-jumper, hurls the cyborg ninja into a car, and only has the big gorilla left to deal with. except as we all know, winston is a terrible counter to doomfist (actually all three of those guys are, what even) so akande's not too concerned about it. I mean yes he does have to deal with a terrifying rage-gorilla but he's strong enough to face winston one-on-one.

except then the cyborg gets back up and joins the fight and as is proper raid protocol you take out the weakest target first, so akande does that super-annoying rocket punch and slams him face-first into a wall, as one does. except when he lets him drop into a heap the visor falls off and--

he knows that face. remembers it laughing at him, not unkindly, while he loitered like a lovesick puppy in the shimada castle courtyard. he knows those telltale features sure as a brand, thinks of them older and sharper, of long black hair and hands callused by wielding a bow. he remembers seeing fond exasperation curve a mouth usually set so serious, and warm brown eyes crinkling at the corners over a younger brother's antics.

he sees echoes of the man he loved, of a time when he was happy and whole, and he freezes, just for an instant--

but it's an instant too long.