Hello, loves! After talking with the mods over the results from our poll, we’ve decided on the topics for our first Shipwatch week! We will be holding our little event from July 16th – 22nd, and encourage all to join! Our hope is to be able to create more content for the smaller ships/rarepairs, but all ships are welcome as long as they adhere to the blog rules. Here are the topics!
DAY 1 – Fairy Tale/Mythical AU
DAY 2 – Domestic
DAY 3 – Beach Day
DAY 4 – Clothing/Ability Swap
DAY 5 – Mission
DAY 6 – Proposal
DAY 7 – First time
When submitting to the event, just make sure to tag your work as #shipwatchweek and we’ll check it out! If you have any questions about the week or about Ship-watch, feel free to send us an ask or message! We’re so excited to see what work you all produce for your ships. <3
– The Shipwatch team
P.S. To find out more about Shipwatch and our discord server, check us out here and let us know if you’re interested in joining. :D
The ticking clock in the hall whispered the passing seconds throughout the house.
He twisted in bed, the sheets coiled around his legs like pants without a waist. A shaggy hand ran short fingernails across an equally shaggy chest as a chiseled jaw hung open around a yawn, snapping shut around a contented sigh. Eyelids clamped down on the retreating hands of sleep, only to pry themselves open at the chill under extended fingers were a warm body should have been.
Awake, then.
Sleep slithered away from him as he levered himself onto his left elbow, head turning this way and that in search of the source of missing warmth. The night before had been long, what with both of them running into the mouth of hell to save innocent people; the other being awake so soon was…unusual, to say the least.
The clock counted the steps he took into the hall.
"Babe," Jesse's voice rolled against the walls, still hoarse from sleep.
There was a soft sound, before a small, delayed, "Kitchen," reached his ear. He followed the voice down the corridor and rounded the corner near the sparsely furnished living room.
The sun was a muted presence, a slow bleeding wound between the blades of the kitchen blinds. Glossy granite countertops, once lively mirrors, were dulled surfaces that reflected nothing but the heavy silence.
Lúcio leant back against the island in the center of the kitchen, facing away from the open entrance. It wasn't unusual to see him standing and dozing off whilst waiting for water to boil on the stove for his tea. But a cursory glance showed Jesse an empty stove; the teapot remained neglected next to the sink. It was a simple oddity, yet it drove the sleep in his eye further away, and the silence was made leaden in his chest.
"Mornin'." he greeted casually, stepping up onto the raised floor, padding around the island to stand before his lover. The older man leaned forward, bracing an arm on either side of Lúcio.
"Morning," came the barest of whispers.
Jesse frowned upon the dreadlocked crown under his pointed nose.
Lúcio, he knew, was never one for just a simple 'morning.' But he waited patiently, the whisper of the clock growing into a murmur in the quiet of the morning.
The Brazilian stood still, a statue frozen in time, cocooned in the shell of his own arms and huddled into himself as if wanting to hide from the world. His locks spilled over his shoulders and curtained his face, creating a cavern the oozing sunlight could never hope to enter.
The chanting of the clock began to echo.
When nothing seemed to burst out of his unusually silent boyfriend, Jesse balanced his weight onto the heel of his left hand and hooked a finger under Lúcio's chin to meet his eyes.
"Baby boy," he coaxed, tilting his head down and to the side to catch a glimpse of big, brown eyes currently hidden under thick lashes. "You alright?"
Lúcio sucked in a breath though slightly parted lips, and finally looked up at Jesse, killing the words that were at the tip of the older man's tongue.
Dull, bloodshot eyes met his own, the shadows beneath them like anchors to a sinking ship. The usual shine was gone, deadened by barely contained anguish.
"No," the Brazilian mouthed, his voice seemed to die beneath the shudder that suddenly wracked his small frame.
Jesse's lips pulled into a thin line.
"She was only four," came the barely audible murmur.
Oh, he thought, his worry morphing into the distress mirrored in Lúcio's own crumbling resolve.
In one swift motion, he squatted until his shoulders drew level with Lúcio's hips and hooked his arms under the shorter man's legs to hoist him onto the island. Wasting not a second more, Jesse gathered the quietly sobbing mess into his arms.
"Nothin' we could have done, Darlin'," he tried to soothe, moving an arm to run his fingers through the loose locks.
some mclucio wips / doodles ( pretty sure i uploaded the second one, but it’s lucio doing one of their kids hair while mccree cooks with another one in the background )
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