You act like you had one in the first place. Didn't Amari always call you a kitten?
[Hell of a difference between chasing and being chased across the globes, committing numerous acts of violence and murder. Playing the part he needed to in order to do whatever it took for one last self appointed mission, nothing left to lose.
To suddenly being here, not on opposing sides and just... taking something for themselves for once. So much of something, having moments that were more foreign than anything else after so many years.
Even when there were times he doubted so much, it was easy to sink in against Jack now, a hand rested against one of his arms and take the moment as a whole.]
People race them, use them for work like pulling things, transport, or ride them in to battle like I said. They're solid animal companions, really.
[There were plenty of differences between these lives and those lives, and he could admit that he sometimes missed the high octane, feral search for tech, answers and people. It was an adrenaline driven life, and he didn't have that nearly as much here, which was probably better for his life expectancy on the long-term.
He nodded his head as they sat there together, having overheard many of the chocobo uses while off loading the gystal greens. They sounded like the other world's horses, though perhaps they attached a bit more.]
Yeah, you've said and I overheard people at the stables talking about all they could do with them. Seem multi-purpose with less spook potential.
And yet you always got your face shoved in to your birthday cakes.
[Almost made him wonder some days, that if given the choice how hard of a decision would be be to make- to go back and finish what he knew he needed to do... or stay because he had something he wanted. To many times letting himself spiral whenever the thought came up.
Gabriel hummed a bit, letting out a huff of a breath.]
Hardier, too. Been compared against the horses here.
People should grow up and stop shoving my face into my cakes every year. It was funny once, but after that, I expect them to come up with something that less requires me to have a shower.
[Jack knew he would struggle with that decision himself, his sense of personal duty clashing with a personal want of his. He had lived with a sense of duty for more years than he could properly count these days, but this right here was some of the rare times when his head wasn't just cluttered up with ghosts of the past or the next mission.
In the end, would he make that choice for himself? He didn't know.
He glanced down to the chick sleeping in his arms, and he leaned head back to rest against the wall he was leaning against.]
Yeah, I imagine. They seem to fill the same kind of function.
You gotta admit, it was funny that Oxton got Wilhelm all hyped to do it that one time.
[All the more reason there'd been a picture taken of the before and only a rare few had the after shot of that one.
Right now? Right ow it was easier to have all of this, take it in and... exist like this, together. With each other and only things like this to worry about. As easy as it was to get restless at times, still having that need and push to do... Something. Down times like this were precious.]
You remember I had two shiners for the next day after that, right? That's how enthusiastic he had been about it.
[Jack remembered that day. He thought he had been under attack for a moment, but no, his face smashed into a birthday cake and right through to the table beneath. Everyone had a good laugh about it. That's what he got for turning forty apparently.
He nodded his head, figuring that was true. If there were horses, there wouldn't quite be the same need for these animals. And he could admit that chicks were cuter than foals anyway.]
They have these though. Helps they can get more out of females with laying anyway.
I had to in order to soothe the sting of betrayal of my friends. At least there were two cakes, though for that, everyone deserved to eat face-cake.
[He shook his head and finally shifted the chick in his arms to set her down in the nest of blankets that were there. However, instead of rising to leave immediately, he remained there and lightly pet her, which might have been the only reason she peeped and then went back to sleeping.
[At least that way the chick would stay and sleep- he had the idea she was tired of having him set her down like he was done and then walk away. Hell if he couldn't relate. Sometimes the most simple of things could soothe, and there was a slow exhale when the chick did start to go back to sleep.
Now if only Jack could remember this trick.]
Won't have to worry about any surprise chicks once she gets older, yeah.
How could I not? Good friends, good food, and plenty of booze to taste. Though I was picking cake out of my hair in the shower for days.
[And he didn't even have much hair! Well, more than he had now, but that was due to thinning anyway. Still, it had been a tale told far and wide across all of Overwatch. He had been teased here and there about it for weeks and months afterwards.
His fingers pet across her chest and down her back, letting her know he was still there for the time being. She was a baby, so he assumed that she needed sleep at this point.]
Which will be a good thing. You might have quite the parcel of land, but I figure we could get overrun. After all, their natural predators seem to be gone.
You exaggerate and you know it, boy scout. Might've felt like it, but I know better.
[People had always found it easy to tease Morrison after all, those who really knew him at the very least. The man outside of the painted picture of the Strike Commander.
He kept his head rested there against Jack's shoulder, humming a little. Honestly, it was a relief to not hear any more wanting peeps. She was getting exactly what she wanted at last.]
I don't even want to imagine that possibility, honestly. Good with what we've got now for the most part. Animal-wise.
[Those that knew him could easily crack the Commander Morrison front that he put up, and he was as willing to give a good ribbing as he was to receive it. It was a shame that the pressure of their situation prevented too many more parties like that, though they still tried a Halloween Party now and again.
He lifted his other hand to cup Gabe's cheek and stroke his fingers over it too. It was good to have Gabe relaxed like that.]
Right? I think that would get out of hand quickly. Though, you still adopt anything that comes in the yard.
I saw your hair daily, not a bit of cake of frosting, and you definitely didn't smell like vanilla.
[They always tried, whenever any of them happened to be in the same place when time rolled around. It couldn't be helped when something had any of them called off elsewhere. The point was that they tried, right?
His head tilted against Jack's hand, and really it was nice to be able to relax like this. Sometimes he just needed that reassurance, even if just physically, that he was wanted.]
Very, very quickly- and I do not. All animals I've adopted came from outside the yard.
You know, I wouldn't actually put it past you to be checking my hair every single day. You know you have an obsession with my hair, right? It's not healthy.
[He shook his head as if he were disappointed when he was no such thing in fact. The most Gabe tried these days was to mess up any work that he did to have it in any semblance of the old way, which he suspected was a hint to just leave it messy and stop worrying about what his thinning hair was doing.
He looked over at the blue chocobo still sleeping next to them, and he paused in petting to scratch the side of his nose. She didn't wake this time, which allowed him to have his hand back, though he made no motion to rise and leave her there.
Instead, he reached out to tangle his fingers in with Gabe's.]
That's definitely not better, you realize? That's actually way worse.
[There'd be some pointed look, but Gabriel was far more happy with his head where it was and simply nuzzled. Just some drawn out teasing that was no where near as interesting as what was being done, really. Content right where he was.
Fingers tangled right with Jack's, able to remain relaxed right there where he was.]
You're the one wanting to touch it and look at it apparently.
[He knew it wasn't an obsession, but he could needle at Gabe all the same. He passed his hand over to stroke the older man's cheek and scratched his fingers through Gabe's goatee.
Their fingers together squeezed, and he hummed low in his throat.]
I'd say you need a hobby, but you have way more hobbies than I do or most other people.
Ah, but there's your mistake! It isn't just your hair I want to touch and look at.
[Leaning still in to that touch, tone dry but still a lightness to it that made the playfulness to it clear as day for someone who knew him as well as Jack did. Just how Gabriel was at times, really.
So it's more than one part of me you like to look at and touch.
[He made it sound like obsession, raising his eyebrows as if such a confession was extremely risky business. His fingers lightly scratched at Gabe's goatee affectionately.]
I suppose so. As long as you enjoy them and get to prattle on with old women.
If you're going to give up on me that easily with a little teasing, can I really think you'll be so loyal in the tough times?
[He knew Gabe was loyal. They had been loyal to each other since they were young, foolish men with a determination to save the world. They did that and ended up remaining just as loyal to each other. The change that they were dating only solidified more to him that their loyalty was bone deep, that they would do for each other more now than ever.
He leaned in to kiss Gabe's cheek, nuzzling the side of his face with his nose.]
Can you call it giving up when you're talking like it's such an awful thing you're having to put up with?
[Very clear that his loyalty wasn't being questioned, just some stupid bit of back and fourth teasing from the both of them.
His head turned, all the better to capture Jack in a kiss as he slid a hand up to rest against the back of his head. Pretty easy with that arm already wrapped around him after all.]
As if. I like it when you touch me and look at me, just maybe not when I have cake in my hair.
[Not that that happened anymore. He glanced at the sleeping chick, and she was definitely out cold. He supposed that meant that they had this moment all to themselves now. It was a good thing, relaxed and comfortable like this.
He closed his eyes when their lips met, enjoying himself. Definitely no hard feelings about teasing at all.]
I'll be cursing you for them when the weather is cold in the morning but hot in the afternoons.
Then be glad I won't push your head in to a cake anytime soon, huh?
[Jack might have missed his, but if they were still here when Jack's came up? Well, he'd make him a vanilla cake and while he might smoosh a bite on to the man's face, he wouldn't shove his face in to an entire cake.
Let that kiss linger a bit, soft and sweet, filled with affection.]
He had no idea how long he would be here for, had no idea if his birthday would roll around and certainly didn't expect anything but a small celebration of it. They had done that for Gabe's birthday anyway, so he expected the favour to be repaid in kind if they were here that long. Hopefully, he wouldn't wear too much of whatever Gabe made him.
He slid a hand to the back of Gabe's head to hold on, to let the kisss linger between them.]
[He hummed against Jack's lips in a Aren't I just? to that statement, a further tease before he was letting them both simply enjoy that kiss. That bit of contact. It was the simple things that needed to be enjoyed at times after all.
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Date: 2020-03-21 02:36 pm (UTC)[Hell of a difference between chasing and being chased across the globes, committing numerous acts of violence and murder. Playing the part he needed to in order to do whatever it took for one last self appointed mission, nothing left to lose.
To suddenly being here, not on opposing sides and just... taking something for themselves for once. So much of something, having moments that were more foreign than anything else after so many years.
Even when there were times he doubted so much, it was easy to sink in against Jack now, a hand rested against one of his arms and take the moment as a whole.]
People race them, use them for work like pulling things, transport, or ride them in to battle like I said. They're solid animal companions, really.
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Date: 2020-03-23 02:03 pm (UTC)[There were plenty of differences between these lives and those lives, and he could admit that he sometimes missed the high octane, feral search for tech, answers and people. It was an adrenaline driven life, and he didn't have that nearly as much here, which was probably better for his life expectancy on the long-term.
He nodded his head as they sat there together, having overheard many of the chocobo uses while off loading the gystal greens. They sounded like the other world's horses, though perhaps they attached a bit more.]
Yeah, you've said and I overheard people at the stables talking about all they could do with them. Seem multi-purpose with less spook potential.
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Date: 2020-03-23 02:13 pm (UTC)[Almost made him wonder some days, that if given the choice how hard of a decision would be be to make- to go back and finish what he knew he needed to do... or stay because he had something he wanted. To many times letting himself spiral whenever the thought came up.
Gabriel hummed a bit, letting out a huff of a breath.]
Hardier, too. Been compared against the horses here.
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Date: 2020-03-24 01:58 am (UTC)[Jack knew he would struggle with that decision himself, his sense of personal duty clashing with a personal want of his. He had lived with a sense of duty for more years than he could properly count these days, but this right here was some of the rare times when his head wasn't just cluttered up with ghosts of the past or the next mission.
In the end, would he make that choice for himself? He didn't know.
He glanced down to the chick sleeping in his arms, and he leaned head back to rest against the wall he was leaning against.]
Yeah, I imagine. They seem to fill the same kind of function.
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Date: 2020-03-24 03:34 am (UTC)[All the more reason there'd been a picture taken of the before and only a rare few had the after shot of that one.
Right now? Right ow it was easier to have all of this, take it in and... exist like this, together. With each other and only things like this to worry about. As easy as it was to get restless at times, still having that need and push to do... Something. Down times like this were precious.]
Aren't horses in those worlds after all.
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Date: 2020-03-24 01:51 pm (UTC)[Jack remembered that day. He thought he had been under attack for a moment, but no, his face smashed into a birthday cake and right through to the table beneath. Everyone had a good laugh about it. That's what he got for turning forty apparently.
He nodded his head, figuring that was true. If there were horses, there wouldn't quite be the same need for these animals. And he could admit that chicks were cuter than foals anyway.]
They have these though. Helps they can get more out of females with laying anyway.
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Date: 2020-03-24 02:29 pm (UTC)[One of the last few that were thrown, really.
His breathing kept slow and steady, sitting there against Jack with fingers curled against one of his arms.]
Suppose they do, yeah.
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Date: 2020-03-25 12:52 am (UTC)[He shook his head and finally shifted the chick in his arms to set her down in the nest of blankets that were there. However, instead of rising to leave immediately, he remained there and lightly pet her, which might have been the only reason she peeped and then went back to sleeping.
He looked over at Gabe sitting next to him.]
At least it's two females here, yeah?
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Date: 2020-03-25 06:11 am (UTC)[At least that way the chick would stay and sleep- he had the idea she was tired of having him set her down like he was done and then walk away. Hell if he couldn't relate. Sometimes the most simple of things could soothe, and there was a slow exhale when the chick did start to go back to sleep.
Now if only Jack could remember this trick.]
Won't have to worry about any surprise chicks once she gets older, yeah.
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Date: 2020-03-25 01:33 pm (UTC)[And he didn't even have much hair! Well, more than he had now, but that was due to thinning anyway. Still, it had been a tale told far and wide across all of Overwatch. He had been teased here and there about it for weeks and months afterwards.
His fingers pet across her chest and down her back, letting her know he was still there for the time being. She was a baby, so he assumed that she needed sleep at this point.]
Which will be a good thing. You might have quite the parcel of land, but I figure we could get overrun. After all, their natural predators seem to be gone.
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Date: 2020-03-25 02:04 pm (UTC)[People had always found it easy to tease Morrison after all, those who really knew him at the very least. The man outside of the painted picture of the Strike Commander.
He kept his head rested there against Jack's shoulder, humming a little. Honestly, it was a relief to not hear any more wanting peeps. She was getting exactly what she wanted at last.]
I don't even want to imagine that possibility, honestly. Good with what we've got now for the most part. Animal-wise.
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Date: 2020-03-27 03:02 am (UTC)[Those that knew him could easily crack the Commander Morrison front that he put up, and he was as willing to give a good ribbing as he was to receive it. It was a shame that the pressure of their situation prevented too many more parties like that, though they still tried a Halloween Party now and again.
He lifted his other hand to cup Gabe's cheek and stroke his fingers over it too. It was good to have Gabe relaxed like that.]
Right? I think that would get out of hand quickly. Though, you still adopt anything that comes in the yard.
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Date: 2020-03-27 09:07 am (UTC)[They always tried, whenever any of them happened to be in the same place when time rolled around. It couldn't be helped when something had any of them called off elsewhere. The point was that they tried, right?
His head tilted against Jack's hand, and really it was nice to be able to relax like this. Sometimes he just needed that reassurance, even if just physically, that he was wanted.]
Very, very quickly- and I do not. All animals I've adopted came from outside the yard.
[He could joke right back about that.]
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Date: 2020-03-28 09:01 pm (UTC)[He shook his head as if he were disappointed when he was no such thing in fact. The most Gabe tried these days was to mess up any work that he did to have it in any semblance of the old way, which he suspected was a hint to just leave it messy and stop worrying about what his thinning hair was doing.
He looked over at the blue chocobo still sleeping next to them, and he paused in petting to scratch the side of his nose. She didn't wake this time, which allowed him to have his hand back, though he made no motion to rise and leave her there.
Instead, he reached out to tangle his fingers in with Gabe's.]
That's definitely not better, you realize? That's actually way worse.
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Date: 2020-03-28 09:08 pm (UTC)[There'd be some pointed look, but Gabriel was far more happy with his head where it was and simply nuzzled. Just some drawn out teasing that was no where near as interesting as what was being done, really. Content right where he was.
Fingers tangled right with Jack's, able to remain relaxed right there where he was.]
Probably.
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Date: 2020-03-29 12:48 am (UTC)[He knew it wasn't an obsession, but he could needle at Gabe all the same. He passed his hand over to stroke the older man's cheek and scratched his fingers through Gabe's goatee.
Their fingers together squeezed, and he hummed low in his throat.]
I'd say you need a hobby, but you have way more hobbies than I do or most other people.
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Date: 2020-03-29 12:49 pm (UTC)[Leaning still in to that touch, tone dry but still a lightness to it that made the playfulness to it clear as day for someone who knew him as well as Jack did. Just how Gabriel was at times, really.
Squeezed in turn, too.]
Very nice hobbies at that, thank you.
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Date: 2020-03-29 04:00 pm (UTC)[He made it sound like obsession, raising his eyebrows as if such a confession was extremely risky business. His fingers lightly scratched at Gabe's goatee affectionately.]
I suppose so. As long as you enjoy them and get to prattle on with old women.
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Date: 2020-03-29 05:49 pm (UTC)[While Jack walked himself out on to a very thin and sharp line if he really wanted to continue on that route of his.
Even with eyes closed and such a look of contentment on his face.]
You like the socks one of those hobbies gets you.
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Date: 2020-03-29 06:52 pm (UTC)[He knew Gabe was loyal. They had been loyal to each other since they were young, foolish men with a determination to save the world. They did that and ended up remaining just as loyal to each other. The change that they were dating only solidified more to him that their loyalty was bone deep, that they would do for each other more now than ever.
He leaned in to kiss Gabe's cheek, nuzzling the side of his face with his nose.]
They are warm and cozy socks, yes.
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Date: 2020-03-29 07:05 pm (UTC)[Very clear that his loyalty wasn't being questioned, just some stupid bit of back and fourth teasing from the both of them.
His head turned, all the better to capture Jack in a kiss as he slid a hand up to rest against the back of his head. Pretty easy with that arm already wrapped around him after all.]
Still glad you like them.
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Date: 2020-03-29 07:28 pm (UTC)[Not that that happened anymore. He glanced at the sleeping chick, and she was definitely out cold. He supposed that meant that they had this moment all to themselves now. It was a good thing, relaxed and comfortable like this.
He closed his eyes when their lips met, enjoying himself. Definitely no hard feelings about teasing at all.]
I'll be cursing you for them when the weather is cold in the morning but hot in the afternoons.
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Date: 2020-03-29 07:48 pm (UTC)[Jack might have missed his, but if they were still here when Jack's came up? Well, he'd make him a vanilla cake and while he might smoosh a bite on to the man's face, he wouldn't shove his face in to an entire cake.
Let that kiss linger a bit, soft and sweet, filled with affection.]
I can make something for that.
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Date: 2020-03-30 02:04 pm (UTC)He had no idea how long he would be here for, had no idea if his birthday would roll around and certainly didn't expect anything but a small celebration of it. They had done that for Gabe's birthday anyway, so he expected the favour to be repaid in kind if they were here that long. Hopefully, he wouldn't wear too much of whatever Gabe made him.
He slid a hand to the back of Gabe's head to hold on, to let the kisss linger between them.]
Going to make me socks for all seasons, huh?
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Date: 2020-03-30 06:19 pm (UTC)Fingertips grazed Jack's scalp just a bit.]
May as well? They'll last you longer.
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