☼ ┈ Settling down and starting a family has always been low on Jack’s list of priorities. It just isn’t something that fits into the life he’s chosen for himself, the path he’s forged. But that’s all assuming a family has to be a spouse, kids with his genes, a suburban home and an office job. Jack doesn’t have a single one of those things (though the ‘office job’ part is debatable at this point), but he sure as hell has a family. His close friends in Overwatch fill that role in his life just fine, and… there’s her.
Fareeha isn’t his daughter by blood, but the bond between them is awfully similar to what Jack imagines that must feel like. He adores that child, so much so that he often finds purpose where he thought he lost it. He wants to protect her; he wants to make the world safe for her.
She’s asleep on his lap again, her small body curled up inside his strong arms as they sit on the couch. He’d worn her out. It’s easy to keep up with the five-year-old’s bursts of energy, and he’s gotten good at exhausting her with playtime to get her to take a nap. It gives Ana time to rest, and it gives him a chance to be with Fareeha. Now, with a children’s film playing softly on the television, Jack feels more at peace than he has in a long time. He’s careful as he shifts so he doesn’t wake her up as he leans down to press a kiss to her dark hair.
It’s been too long, but nothing has changed for him. He knows he’s lost her, to some extent. He knows he’s let her down. He knows, and that awareness is a heart heavy with guilt, that sinking feeling in his gut. Despite what’s changed for her, he still feels the same looking at her now as he did when she was only five years old, safe and ignorant in his arms. He feels warmth. He feels adoration. Devotion. Pride. He feels all of it, and with it, tears stinging in his eyes.
She’s fallen asleep at her workbench, pieces of her suit littered about the surface, surrounding her head. Jack knows from experience how uncomfortable it is to sleep in such a position, so he carries her to her quarters, gets her settled into bed as he used to do when she was young. Before leaving, he presses a soft kiss to her forehead.
He doesn’t believe in the Recall, but he believes in her.
When Jesse arrived for his first day around Overwatch and Blackwatch, he was deadly silent. Each jeer or push was ignored. He seemed almost catatonic as he went wherever he was told. The hat that he kicked and screamed for when he was locked away was held loosely in his free hand as he was moved. Matted hair that was impossible to save was shaved away in front of the crowd that followed. He didn’t cry or fight it.
But it was plain as day that each movement was humiliating for him. The close he was pushed into was too big and the clothes he had were debated over. Some wanted to toss it all out, but some cared enough to at least try to save the thread worn clothes. Jesse didn’t voice a single thing. The new shaved head was hidden under the wide brim of the hat.
When he was allowed, he vanished in a heart beat. He just kept running. His feet silent on the hard floors as he escaped out a window to sit on the out cropped roof. He wasn’t going to fall or jump, he was simply breathing. His hat was snatched off and tossed to his side, closer to the window. He was told he wasn’t technically alone. Other people near his age was around. But he hadn’t met a single one of them yet.
Ana Amari (Overwatch) [ you are here! ]
Fareeha Amari (Overwatch) [ @jackcls (canon divergent) | @percgrine ]
Hugo (Fandomless OC) [ @melancolii ]
Robin (Fire Emblem: Awakening) [ @ecidit ]
Steven Universe (Steven Universe) [ @gemborn ]
WANT TO PLAY:
Jack Morrison but shhhh you didn’t hear that from me.
Link (Legend of Zelda)
HAVE PLAYED:
Ryoma (Fire Emblem: Fates) [ repurposed ]
Silas (Fire Emblem: Fates) [ @sphondeo ]
Pidge Gunderson (Voltron: Legendary Defender) [ deleted & reprposed]
Wheatley (Portal 2) [ deleted ]
Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who) [ lost email & password ]
Ambiguous Dalek (Doctor Who) [ deleted (tbh it was a crack blog) ]
John Egbert (Homestuck) [ deleted (honestly I can’t even recall what the url was. I just have a vague memory of it. the only remains were drawings for it. I don’t even remember if it actually existed) ]
Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) [ deleted ]
WOULD PLAY AGAIN:
Obi Wan Kenobi
Silas
tagged by: no one, i stole it
tagging: no one, steal it
name: alex
nickname: ^
zodiac sign: taurus
height: 5′4″
orientation: lvl 20 lesbean.
ethnicity: whiteish
favorite fruit: mangos
favorite season: fall
favorite books: stargirl
favorite flower: roses, violets (im a STERYOTYPE FIGHT ME)
favorite scent: i cannot smell really?
favorite animal: cats probably
coffee, tea, or hot cocoa ? tea
average hours of sleep: 6-8
cats or dogs ? cats
favorite fictional character: DONT MAKE ME CHOOSE
dream trip: MAKES IDK NOISE
when was your blog created ? April 30th 2017
what do you post about ? Jesse’s man pain
do you get asks on a regular basis ? kinda!
aesthetic: uh
favorite band/artist ? steam powered giraffe!
fictional characters i’d date: Any OW lady tbh
hogwarts house: slytherin
TWO
countries i’ve lived in: United States
favorite fandom: plead the fifth on this one
languages you speak: english and im learning spanish!
favorite film of 2016: wonder woman ;v;
last article you read: who knows
shuffle your music library and put your first three songs here: Good grief, bastille - far too young to die, p!atd - angel of small death and the codene scene - hozier
last thing you bought online: flower crowns
how would your enemies describe you ? relentlessly gay suspiciously amazing, idk who’s my enemy @ me
who would you take a bullet for? u and ur mom