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Jesse woke suddenly, panting and shaking from another nightmare. They’d gotten so much worse recently, and he was unsure why. He looked down at Hanzo, sleeping peacefully beside him and tears filled his eyes. Pulling his knees to his chest, he sniffled and hid his face, trying to calm himself enough to fall back asleep.
Hanzo stirred, rolling over onto his side. His eyes opened to a quivering Jesse, curled into a ball on his side of the bed. He cleared his throat.
Startled, Jesse looked over at Hanzo. He wiped his nose with his fist and tried to be okay.
“Didn’t mean ta wake ya, darlin’,” he managed, voice only cracking a little bit. “Go back to sleep.”
Frowning deeply, Hanzo sat upright. He gingerly placed a hand on McCree’s shivering shoulder. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothin’. Just a silly dream’s all.”
The frown deepened.
“For you to react like this, I doubt if your dream was… silly.”
Jesse chuckled softly. “S’pose yer right.”
“Would you like to talk about it?”
Sniffling, Jesse rubbed his face. “Dreamt,” he said, voice muffled behind his hand. “Dreamt you were angry. Threatenin’ to shoot. Probably deserved it, whatever I did ta set ya off.” He paused. “Can’t stand to have you angry with me.”
Hanzo chose his words carefully. “I am not angry with you.”
Jesse did not answer, just nodded.
“And if I were,” he continued. “I would not threaten you with my weapon. I would never be so careless to hurt you in that way.”
Another pause, waiting for a reaction.
“I care for you far too much.”
Jesse let out a wail and threw himself at his partner, wrapping his arms tightly around Hanzo. He sobbed into Hanzo’s shoulder, shaking something awful. Hanzo held him close, rubbing his back lovingly, trying to calm the both of them.
Jesse could not tell how long he had been crying when the tears finally subsided. He could not recall when Hanzo began humming an unfamiliar, yet soothing tune. The specifics of the nightmare had faded away, leaving him only with a vague sense of fear. All he knew for sure was that Hanzo loved him, and that Jesse loved him to the ends of the earth and back.
Cheeks pink, Jesse finally pulled away, just enough to see the concern on Hanzo’s face.
“I, uh. Ain’t so sure what came over me there. Sorry.”
“Do not apologize. I understand.”
Jesse nodded, giving him a wet smile. “So glad you ain’t angry with me.”