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random scenario;
- Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
- Go to RNG and enter 1-7 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.
- Have fun!
TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!
ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honour → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.
CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.
FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?
GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.
SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hatesex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knifeplay, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?
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Take the ones that are coming up, I've got the ones that are already here.
[He trusts her ability completely. He's seen her work. She's earned that Number One title. A half second, just a quick glance at her over his shoulder and a quicker smile. One that is entirely his - but one that's laced with something dark and fanged too. This is what he does. It's what he was made for.
And then he's moving, fast, and getting himself right in the middle of a cluster of the machines. Because his strength is close combat and the closer and tighter the enemy, the easier his part of the fight is.]
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[ --and then he's off before she gets a chance to say much else. But she firmly believes that they'll see each other on the other side of this, so instead she sets to focus on the task at hand. She pulls up her HUD, letting it guide her targeting to focus her fire on mid to long range attacks. Her fusion cannons are really at their deadliest when she's up close, but Shiro's got that part covered. What she can do is suppress them so that they're slim pickings by the time they even get close enough to him. And that way--
That way she can watch him closely. She trusts that she'll keep his promise but if she can help herself, she won't let herself be any more than a couple paces away. What Shiro does, however, is entirely up to him. But, still-- ]
Hey. [ Shiro might not be able to open a private channel using his earpiece, but D.Va sure can from her mech. ] If one of us does something dumb, they're gonna owe dinner, okay?
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His fist smashes right through the core of one of the robots and he feels the caustic heat and burn of fluids that wash down his arm as he curls his fingers and pulls the power core right out, splintering it in his fist even as he's over the falling body and onto the next one.
He almost misses the sound of Hana's voice in his ear, lost in the dance through the darkness that's survival and nothing else. There's no place for sweet, soft, beloved things in the murk of the pits. Nothing precious should ever be dragged there. But... it's Hana. And whether she knows it or not, she owns his heart. Her voice is a golden pink thread through the murk, tugging insistently, the proverbial butterfly wings that can set off a hurricane. Hana. Hana. his Hana. The next omnic goes down and he's rolling to avoid laser fire, coming up practically at the feet of another to physically rip it to shreds. And his voice is blood soaked sand and dry, cold recycled air and dark shadows full of eyes but he still answers that flutter against his soul and everyone on the team hears his answer.]
Just name the place, koibito.
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Fire from her fusion cannons sweeps across the field, as she and her mech strafe across one step at a time and for some omnic units it's enough to cause them to fall to pieces, clattering on to the ground, and for others it's enough to hinder their movements, enough that Shiro--
that Shiro can tear them to pieces.
She finds him in the center of her field of vision, finally, just as his fist goes right through and pulls out a power core. She wants to call out his name, knowing full well that it must be burning him, but her voice catches in her throat, dies in her mouth, never leaves her lips. It's the same feeling as before--to have him right in front of her, yet still feeling like he's in a different world as he takes one enemy down and moves on to the next so efficiently, methodically, violently. Shiro's gone to a different place in his mind and she knows it.
And if that's the case, she'll just have to be the one to bring him back--
Except that she hears his voice, then, even low and dry and raspy as it is-- it's his voice and he's come back, even for just a moment. He's come back for her.
Koibito. She's definitely watched enough anime to know what that means. ]
Shiro...
[ His name is muttered under her breath softly enough that it doesn't get picked up on the channel, but, god. There's a heat in her chest that's different from the heat of battle, warmth blooming there and she moves her mech closer to him. If she could hug him right now she would, but right now they're still in the middle of battle. One that Hana decides, at this very moment, they're going to win and win it soon so she can have Shiro to herself again. And right now there's still adrenaline pumping through her veins and this is still the fight she's been itching to fight ever since she got back on Earth.
"Save it, lovebirds," rings 76's voice through the comm channel. But still, Hana answers as she turns her mech to resume shooting down targets, ]
Same place we got patbingsu. And you're gonna owe me a hug, too.
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But then they're both moving again and there are machines to fight that he doesn't have to hold back against and the sooner they make sure there aren't any left, the sooner the crowd can go home and he can find quiet darkness.
The sooner he can get that hug. Among other things.]
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The motions are methodical for her. Defense matrix, fire fusion cannons when there's an opening, boost to the next spot. Dart around the field to keep the omnics at bay. Take all the heat so that Shiro doesn't have to, and so the others don't have to.
"Symmetra to perimeter teams. We have secured the civilians in the building and will now perform a sweep of the area for more."
This town may be lost to the omnic. They were too late-- or rather, they were called in too late. Hana knows that closely. When they shift their focus to evacuating citizens instead of purely defending the place, she knows that as soon as they've gathered up as many people as they can, they're going to leave and let this place burn to the ground. She's seen it happen so many times at home and even after joining Overwatch. She's had to stand with civilians on ships and watch them watch their home, everything they have and love, go up in flames. She's been that civilian, too.
Still, her voice is strong and fierce and affirmative and it doesn't betray the surge of other emotions she feels, about Shiro and about what's happening around them, when she says: ]
Roger. We'll keep holding the line. Go, fight, win!
[ Then, she uses her boosters, zipping across to find Shiro once more. Sticks close to him. Switches back to their private channel again so she can tell him, ]
I'm right beside you, Takashi. Use me as cover.
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He's not there. Not yet. But his physical fighting style doesn't match long term battles. The detached part of him that always stays somewhere outside of what's happening to him during fights like this measures his stamina, how much energy he's got left, how much longer he can fight and shifts his fighting style.
He gets more brutal.
Because the point is to conserve energy and that means minimal effort with maximum efficiency. There's no show left to entertain beasts that don't exist anymore. It's down to survival and outlasting the enemy. Which means ending things as quickly as possible to move on to the next target. He switches from killing moves to debilitating crippling ones and his arm glows hot.
He's going to feel that, later tonight, in the dark, when he's alone.
It's what he does though, what he was built for. And, in that same far away somewhere that doesn't register or interfere with his present mindset, he's aware that, at least this time, its for a good cause. That there are people relying on him to hold the line until they're safe. That - this time - he won't feel the bile in his throat at the end for what he's done.
His focus narrows down, conserving. But, conserving, he only hears Hana's voice when she speaks, not what she says, melody woven through the roaring in his ears, formless but not ignored or lost. When Hana lands next to him he reaches up with his human hand, catches a handhold and hauls himself onto her mech. Control the terrain, control the situation, control the enemy.]
There. That set of walls. If you take them out it will bring both buildings down. [If anyone was alive in either of the buildings to start, they haven't been for a while now. Too many explosions, too much damage. The buildings are already half gone. But if they take out the support walls there both of the ruins will collapse that direction, away from 76 and close off this avenue of approach at least. Brutal. Effective. Move on to the next goal.]
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When she turns in her mech, she thinks that Shiro must have come to the same realization. Because the way he's fighting is-- even more ruthless than it had been. She recognizes its efficiency but it's-- No, it's not scary. She won't let herself be scared like last time. It's Shiro and whatever dark place he must be in right now she's going to try her damned hardest to pull him out of it. Except that when she'd spoken, she could tell that her voice reached him but not her words. She must be losing him, damn it, and she wonders if he's going to leave, mentally, and forget her again like he did last time--
Last time, his arm didn't give that much of a glow.
And then he's hoisting himself onto her mech and D.Va snaps back into focus, takes his words in and looks over to the two buildings, and she hesitates. Because what if there is still someone in there, anyone, who's hanging onto their last breath and hoping someone will find them? What if destroying the walls is going to cause even more destruction--
76's hoarse voice rings into her ears. "Team. We need to start falling back to the LZ. It's getting too hot out here. What's your status, evacuation team?"
"We just managed to get a bunch of people out of the last couple of buildings standing. They're on their way to the ship. I think.... I think that's all who's left now." That's Lúcio's voice. It had been a sleepy little town with not too many people to begin with but to hear his voice with that hint of resignation in it gets at Hana, and her gaze flicks to Shiro, watching him. "We're heading back. Winston and Tracer are gonna stay back and cover your exit."
D.Va takes a deep breath, steels herself back into the fight. She knows what she has to do now. ]
76, everyone, fall back, okay? I'm gonna blow something up so they can't follow us.
[ And if there are any protests to what could be unnecessary destruction, no one gives voice to them. Because they all know-- this place is a lost cause. The least they can do is cut things off here to buy time for the next town over. Hands grip tightly onto the controls as Hana boosts up into the air again, gliding over to the two buildings. She keeps her distance and lands on the rubble of another building so she can take the walls down and be sure they can get away safely when the buildings collapse. And collapse they do, when Hana lays down rapid fire, energy bursting from the cannons and embedding into the walls and chipping away at them. Slowly, but surely, they start to give, until there's just enough damage for structural integrity to be compromised, for the walls to give under the weight of the ruined buildings above them--ruined buildings that start to go to pieces quite literally, flames and dust and debris and everything else pushing out as what used to be two buildings crumble into a massive, obstructing pile of rubble.
Hana doesn't stick around to watch it all fall apart.
The drop ship is thick with silence on the ride back. Shocked silence, save for the quiet sobs of displaced residents-turned-refugees and wailing of upset children. The team spends the journey back tending to the wounded folks, at least enough to tide them over before they can get proper medical attention from Mercy and Captain Amari and the others back at the base. Hana focuses on comforting the kids. The ones that are suddenly alone in this world. Because of course she does; she was that kid too. And she wants so badly to take Shiro aside and make sure he's okay, but right now they're both soldiers with a duty to protect people and they're going to have to wait. That doesn't mean, however, that she won't be watching him from the corner of her eye even as she's cradling kids in her arms and telling them, softly, sweetly, that everything is going to be okay.
That also doesn't mean that she won't be trying to take him aside at the earliest possible opportunity.
The base kicks into high gear once they return. All hands on deck, either in the medical wing or on standby in case the aftereffects of what happened needs a second team to go out. And with the actual medics' hands full with tending to the refugees, tending to the other team members falls to the others. Hana's quick to interject and say she'll take care of Shiro; she came away mostly unscathed, shielded behind the layers and layers of thick metal and alloy. Sure, the joints of her fingers and wrists hurt like hell and she's got a few bruises of her own, but she's fine and she doesn't take any objections. None were given, except for a furrowed brow coming her way from 76.
He stops her after she's gathered up basic supplies in her arms and just as she's about to pull the door to where Shiro is open, strong hand on her shoulder and a stern look on his (still masked, because there are people around who don't know that 76 is one Jack Morrison) face, and says, "Hana. We need to talk about Shiro. The way he was fighting today."
She'd been afraid of having this conversation with him. She doesn't say anything, just quirks a brow. He continues, "Got a lot done. But that style of fighting isn't military. And I know you felt there was something cold-blooded about it. Bloodthirsty," and when he still doesn't get a response from her he goes on, "Just something you ought to keep in mind."
The old soldier just gets a nod and a quiet thanks from her before she turns back around and opens the door, enters the room, and closes the door behind her. ]
Shiro?
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He's still too dark. He knows that. He stays to the side of the ship, leaning against a wall with his shoulder, waiting for his arm to stop feeling fever hot even though he's aware its probably almost regular temperature on the outside. He's not the part of himself that usually rides at the front but - somehow - he ends up with a small circle of shell-shocked looking teens hovering in his area. He hasn't got anything to say to them but by the time the ship touches down and empties, they're reluctant to go, move out when he does and they follow along after him like crows He knows that that means. No parents. So he stops and lifts an arm and he's coated in them in short order, everyone finding somewhere to hang on. Spaceman. Star rider. Something that's a future that's more than this earth they suddenly don't feel safe on anymore. He lets them hang on until they're ready and then its heads and shoulders and hair his hand touches and, somehow, gets them all sorted out where they belong.
He's not a healer. And he's not part of Overwatch to know his place in the aftermath. He lifts what he's asked to lift and moves what he's asked to move and when Mercy waves him off, he goes. Heads for the showers.
And stops long before he gets there, dropping down to sit on one of the benches, head hanging, hands dangling between his knees, eyes shut. He's coming back. It's not as hard as it was last time. He can't hear the roar of the crowd in his ears anymore and he's fairly sure the blood he smells is just his. But his mind still feels the dance of shadows around it and he knows tonight isn't going to be a good night.
The door opening has the slightest turn of his head, just to register the sound but he doesn't crack an eye open until she says his name and he feels his lungs open just a little wider than they had been. His voice is all gravel but its soft.]
Hana. Here.
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She sighs, sobering at that thought, and her head hangs even as she stands in front of Shiro, hair falls limply over her shoulders. Was she not enough...? Why wasn't she enough?
And she wants, so badly, to help Shiro, to ask him all of the questions she wants to ask. But how can she help him when she couldn't even help those people? Fingers reach out to touch his shoulder; partly as a gesture to express that she's here for him, but-- one that says that she needs him, too. Even as she gives her best reassuring smile and there's the slightest quiver in her voice. ]
Thanks for helping out today. I'm sorry it went this way.
[ Then her fingers trail up, find the side of his face, and coax him to look up at her. ]
Are you alright? Doctor D.Va's here. Let me look at your injuries?
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I'm sorry too, Hana. I'm so sorry.
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(It's love, Hana Song. You're in love.)
Her arms wrap around him in turn as she settles into his hold. Her legs straddle him but more than anything else she just needs to feel close to him, and her eyes shut tightly at each touch. She's afraid that if she opens them tears will come out. Her voice is small, muffled against his shoulder, and the quivering of it doesn't go away, betraying the strength of her words. ]
I just have to do better next time.
[ Then, against all odds, she huffs a quiet, rueful laugh as she buries her face into his shoulder more closely, and her body in the shelter of his. ]
I was supposed to come here to cheer you up, not the other way around...
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Dame dame, koibito. There is no 'better'. Only doing all you can. You did. We all did. Sometimes that's not enough. [Against her back, his fingertips pressed a little, rubbed.] We saved lives today. So many lives that wouldn't have seen the sunrise tomorrow without us. We did it right today. People didn't die because of us. Because of you.
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She doesn't cry even when she wants to. She won't. But she'll let out another shuddering breath against him to keep the urge at bay. He's--right. They did all they could do today--but Hana wanted to win so badly and what happened doesn't feel like a victory. It feels like another loss. And it likely won't be the last.
She remembers the Korean military telling her that the colossal omnic is probably going to wreak havoc again, soon. ]
Everything we saw out there today reminds me of home. And those kids--some of them don't have family anymore. [ just like her. ]
It doesn't feel like we did it right. [ And she understands what he's saying, she really does, but-- ] I want to win, Shiro. I don't want anyone to have to go through this anymore.
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sometimes you fight the fight even though you're going to lose, just because the fight has to be fought by someone...
He lowers his face, presses a kiss to her shoulder and his hands spread on her. He knows. He's been there. And he wishes he could take that feeling, that frustrated hopelessness, from her. He can't. He knows that too. But he wishes he could. So he raises his head and strokes her hair and hums something low and long and deep. And he wonders if she'll tell him...]
You went through this... from their side of it before...
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Hana is sitting in the base of a paramilitary organization worrying that she didn't do a good enough job of preventing a tragedy, that children are now without parents, that people have lost everything they've known.
Her fingers tighten around the fabric of Shiro's shirt that she's been holding onto, if that is even possible, and the joints shoot pain through her nerves, still reeling from the exertion of the battle and Hana's piloting. Her voice is so, so quiet when she responds, ]
...When I was little. I never met my dad. He died when that omnic first showed up before I was born but, mom...
[ Mom, she lost in a similar attack to what they witnessed today. ]
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But - pain is a part of life. And she wears it as a strength as much as a wound. Tender, he presses a kiss to the top of her head and his voice is soft.]
And you survived. [Both hands shift to slide down her back and simply wrap her in a hug, curling his body forward around hers on a long, slow exhale. He rests his cheek against the side of her head, eyes forward. He's read enough about her to know what happened to her mother. She doesn't have to finish the sentence.] That's the hard part. Surviving. But someone has to. Someone has to stay behind and fight. Someone has to carry the scars. So that one day no one else will. I'm sorry, Hana. I'm sorry about your father and your mother. I'm sorry about your scars.
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[ She lets out a long, slow breath for each and every one of Shiro's touches, kisses, and gestures. Each is a wave of comfort and she--needs this. Needs him, even though she walked in fully intent on being the one he could lean on. Clearly, the way the mission unfolded hit Hana much harder than she would have anticipated and she's so, so glad that Shiro's here. If he wasn't... she'd be worse off. Much worse.
Still, she doesn't cry even when she wants to. She won't.
Instead, she tucks her head into the crook where Shiro's neck meets shoulder, humming, nuzzling the spot before softly pressing her lips there. Because she knows that Shiro's words ring true because he's been there, too. He's a survivor and so is she. Finally, she rests her chin where her lips had just been, and she opens her eyes. Although it goes unseen, she steels herself back into that fearless, young soldier that everyone knows so well, trying to bring fire back into her eyes. ]
That's why I'm not gonna give up. I'm too young to die.
I am adoring your new icons btw
Surviving isn't easy. Its what we do though. [His hand smooths back up her back and tangles in the hair at the back of her head. His warrior woman. Very gentle he tugs her head back, lowers his lips to find hers.] And I would never be the same if I lost you, Hana.
get a load of this one then ;)
But she doesn't expect what he says. And it tugs at her heart, giving way to that warmth and blossoming feeling that she gets whenever she's with Shiro. She can't help the heartfelt smile on her lips as she finally lets go of the back of his shirt in favor of spreading her fingers across his back and then dragging them down a little. ]
You're being cheesy again, Takashi.
[ But they both already know that she likes him that way. If the way that she closes the distance between their lips, kissing him soundly is any indication. ]
very nice!
He loves her. He won't say it yet - but he'll kiss her that way.
And when he finally pulls back its to press soft kisses to her pink whiskers and her forehead and the tip of her nose and her jaw. His voice is a soft thrum:]
You do know I'm filthy, right?
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She gives a sound that almost sounds like a whine without her even really being aware that she'd made it when he peppers kisses all over her face.
At his words, though, she manages a light little laugh, and she moves her hands off of his back and one rests against the side of his head, the other brushes the white hair that hangs over his forehead back gently. Her expression is undeniably teasing even in spite of the conversation they'd just had; joking around has always been a way for her to blow off steam and sometimes it takes on a flirtatious edge. ]
Why, are you asking me to help you with that?
[ Except that she tugs on his cheek a little after that. ]
I don't care, Takashi. But I do wanna make sure that you're okay.
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He's well familiar with humor to push through things and the quiet measure of it now he doesn't think is a bad thing. It can be a balm, something soft to gentle the edges after something hard's been brought up. The smirk comes back though at her tease and he's tempted to do something -
but he's being good. She's still recovering even if she's not as raw as she was before and he reaches up to cup the back of her hand while he turns his face to press a kiss into her palm. A gesture of affection - but it keeps her from tugging his cheek again too. Over her fingers he raises his eyes to hers. Kisses her hand again before moving his face to speak.
He can't say the image of her with her hair wet and clinging and water pouring over her skin isn't something he's fantasized about before and, for just a second, its in his eyes. But - gentle. His fingers wrap around her hand gently.]
I don't know if that's the kind of 'help' I need right now. [His smile says he's teasing back - and is fully aware of how 'help' can be, and is, being taken. Very gentle, he presses a kiss to her knuckles.] I'm okay. [He says it softly - and he means more than just physically. He's going to have to deal with what happened today once he has to sleep - but for now, he's stable and himself.] Let me take a quick shower and then I'll come back out here and let you patch me up. How's that?
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Alright, deal. I'll wait for you here.
[ And then she leans back in--though this time she's the one with her lips on his forehead just before she starts to pull away from him so that he can get off of the bench. There's a moment of contemplation that flashes across her face as she goes and then another moment of decision that shows in her expression, too. ]
I need to talk to you about something else too, okay?
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He doesn't want to leave her alone. Not until he's sure she's all right.
So he murmurs a pleased sound at the forehead kiss - and when was the last time someone kissed his forehead? - and waits for her to get back on her feet so he can get on his as well. He's already reaching to pull off his shirt, ready to head toward the back of the room and he pauses. Raises his eyebrows at her. It's not denial. He can't imagine denying her anything she asked him for much less answering one of her questions but:]
Right now?
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i didn't need my heart anyway
oh. were we supposed to still have those?
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