Gabe had always been a different kind of leader, willing to take the hit before anyone else did, willing to sacrifice where others might hesitate. Reyes played by a rule book that he wasn't generally willing to share with anyone else, and that had led to some of the greatest successes of the Omnic Crisis. No one played the war lines like Gabe did, and Jack was right here alongside him, using his confidence, his recklessness, and his speeches to pull all the men and women in after them. Gabe went in first; Jack jumped in right after with a pip-pip to their army and everyone else followed in their wake.
It was odd to think that they were on their own, no platoons to pull in after them. They were at war, but suddenly they were an army of two. There was no other person that he would want to be in any army with. Gabe was his everything.
Jack had been tired even before the building blew up, the gray at his temples and scattered throughout his blond hair was easier to disguise given how fair he was. Now he wondered how long it would take for his hair to silver out completely, but if they dyed it, maybe he could avoid that for awhile longer. "If I go any lighter, I'll be silver. It should be darker, don't you think?" Though, lighter would be easier to maintain.
There was definite safety in the new position, holding on to each other and cuddling against the headboard as they were. He used Gabe as a pillow rather than trying to steal his back; it was his preference that Reyes was a better pillow anyway. His fingers stroked in lines and circles across Gabe's skin. He winced a little as Reyes' knuckle came a bit close to the long suture line that spanned most of his face but ended up snuggling in even more aggressively.
"I know," he agreed. It wasn't often they had to reassure one another like this. They were always comfortable with each other and what the bond meant to them both. "And I love you too. You're my other half, my person. You've never let me down."
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Date: 2019-05-18 06:28 pm (UTC)It was odd to think that they were on their own, no platoons to pull in after them. They were at war, but suddenly they were an army of two. There was no other person that he would want to be in any army with. Gabe was his everything.
Jack had been tired even before the building blew up, the gray at his temples and scattered throughout his blond hair was easier to disguise given how fair he was. Now he wondered how long it would take for his hair to silver out completely, but if they dyed it, maybe he could avoid that for awhile longer. "If I go any lighter, I'll be silver. It should be darker, don't you think?" Though, lighter would be easier to maintain.
There was definite safety in the new position, holding on to each other and cuddling against the headboard as they were. He used Gabe as a pillow rather than trying to steal his back; it was his preference that Reyes was a better pillow anyway. His fingers stroked in lines and circles across Gabe's skin. He winced a little as Reyes' knuckle came a bit close to the long suture line that spanned most of his face but ended up snuggling in even more aggressively.
"I know," he agreed. It wasn't often they had to reassure one another like this. They were always comfortable with each other and what the bond meant to them both. "And I love you too. You're my other half, my person. You've never let me down."