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A vibration against his hip had Hanzo huffing under breath from his nook in the shadows. He pursed his lips in consideration for a moment before lowering his bow and digging his phone out. He could have sworn he put it on silent.
From: McCee [14:26]
howdy there sweetheart
From: McCree [14:26]
how goes the mission??
To: McCree [14:27]
I am already in place and waiting.
From: McCree [14:27]
sht bad timin should we be textinf rn??
To: McCree [14:28]
No, we should not.
To: McCree [14:28]
How was your week?
From: McCree [14:30]
mighty uneventful
From: McCree [14:31]
miss ya so damn much
From: McCree [14:31]
miss ya like a damn limb
From: McCree [14:32]
;-)
To: McCree [14:35]
.....
From: McCree [14:36]
;-) ;-)
To: McCree [14:36]
Terrible.
From: McCree [14:37]
used it on genji at lunch and we high fived
To: McCree [14:38]
Terribles.
To: McCree [14:44]
Wait excuse me.
To: McCree [14:50]
You discussed with my brother how much you miss me.
From: McCree [14:52]
um hell yeah?? lmao he's known me long enough to know when I'm pining up a storm
Hanzo didn't know what to say to that so he said nothing. He was about to pocket his phone and get on with the reason why he was out here so far from home in the first place when his phone buzzed again in his hand.
From: McCree [14:55]
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From: McCree [14:55]
wish you were here (Victory Hand )(Sparkling Heart )
The picture loaded inch by excruciating inch. When it finally took up the whole screen he was met with the image of Jesse leant back against the railings of the balconies outside the labs at base, framed by the bright Gibraltar sunset. He looked almost golden in the warm light, glowing at the edges, smug smile tugging his lips, cigarillo hanging from his mouth.
Hanzo felt the breath wrung out of him. Jesse was so handsome it hurt, a very real physical ache deep in his chest. He poured over every detail, drank up the image of Jesse, all sunkissed tawny skin, sparkling eyes alight with knowing mischief, hair wind ruffled and caught in the seabreeze, rugged as the day they first met and the day they parted for Hanzo's solo mission.
From: McCree [15:02]
like what ya see?? ;-)
To: McCree [15:03]
I have no complaints.
To: McCree [15:04]
Apart from the distraction.
To: McCree [15:04]
And the distance.
From: McCree [15:05]
aw I knew ya missed me!!
To: McCree [15:06]
You have no idea how much I miss you.
Hanzo was an honest man when he chose to voice the truth, almost to a point of brutally so. That wasn't the kind of honesty that floored Jesse, the honesty that robbed him of words or sense. The casual, almost matter of fact admission of affection was the kind of honesty that had Jesse McCree flushed, snapping his hanging jaw shut, speechless and stunned with a distant shake of his head.
Hanzo could picture it perfectly, as if Jesse was right there beside him. It made his mouth hitch up at the edges, something unbearably fond uncurling in his chest.
From: McCree [15:11]
goddamn
From: McCree [15:11]
goddamnit hanzo
To: McCree [15:12]
Yes?
Like he didn't know. Like Jesse wasn't probably chewing through his cigarillo right now, maybe even his wrists, phone shaking in his hands.
From: McCree [15:15]
gonna give it to you so good when you get back ain't gonna leave our room for the whole day
From: McCree [15:15]
WHOLE WEEK
From: McCree [15:16]
the world can wait for us
To: McCree [15:17]
Winston may have something to say about that.
From: McCree [15:17]
fuck winston!!1!
From: McCree [15:18]
now that's just awful of me, I didn't mean a word of that
To: McCree [15:19]
He will forgive you I am sure.
To: McCree [15:20]
Target approaching speak later.
From: McCree [15:20]
go get em tiger!! (Sparkling Heart )(Sparkling Heart )