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me: does one reply me: im tired
i’m great! well, not really, but i’m just going to pretend i’m happy so everybody can be okay!
critical role / accepting.
PHYSICIAN HEAL thyself indeed.
❛ put like that, i guess everything’s just dandy, ❜ he says dryly. it takes a fair amount of restraint to not pinch the bridge of his nose. there’s also the blood on his hands they give some considerable weight to that decision. ❛ listen. if you're not physically or mentally capable of coming on this mission, then don’t. we can argue strength of character & your own personal standards later, but a tired soldier is a dead soldier & it doesn’t just stop at you.. ❜
LAZARUS DID NOT DIE independent & highly selective. gabriel reyes / reaper from blizzard’s overwatch. headcanon heavy & canon divergent. as narrated by coslyn. #killedgain.
gonna be here this weekend I am DETERMINED
ziegler / doctor
* SHE’S seen him from a distance, in those moments where no one else was looking. those critical moments when she’d get to flashes of what she considers to be the real person. for angela, she’s always considered the ways people react when no one is looking to be the most important ones, something that spoke closer to someone’s character more than anything.
❝ YOU know — i think you’re a far kinder person than you give yourself credit for, gabriel. ❞
starter call. | @killedgain
❛ IT’S REYES, ❜ he says automatically, bristling at the sound of his first name. eyes glance around, taking in the space around them before arc of his shoulders settles back into the closest form of relaxed he can take. then, a little gentler, he adds: ❛ just personal preference, that’s all. ❜
best just skip over the topic of her statement.
jack / axis
in times like these ;; jack tends to forget that they are at WAR. as time stands still in the quiet shadows of the world that anarchy cannot seem to grasp. they are allowed a moments rest to PRETEND things are normal and they may be what life intended HUMAN. inappreciable. how many would overlook such a gift offered from the ravished ruins people call life … BUT NOT JACK !
his head lulls // now BASKING in the view presented. many required the morning rays offered by the sun to start their day all jack needed was gabe’s smile. such fondness , generated from the GENTLE SOUL just out of reach. he mirrors him – an amused smile painting lips graced by nature before meeting with his mug , allowing delicate warmth to spill through his system ( the right amount of sweetness to kick-start the day ) before taking the seat beside his commander.
“ and yet you still seem to manage when the time comes ;; as though you have prepared for EVERY meeting your entire life. “ there is not a spot of jealousy behind his words , only ADMIRATION. gabe makes this all seem too easy – being such a NATURAL when being a leader. it was no wonder he was left in charge with ENDING THE WAR. ( if there was anyone that could do it , it was gabriel reyes. )
A SCOFF presents itself with a furrowed brow before features relax once more. “ overachieving i see. i didn’t know you could put a time stamp on war. “ another sip , elbows now pressed to the table in defiance as he weighed his next comment carefully “ though … I DO like the idea of being home for christmas without feeling the weight of the world on our shoulders … what d’ya think ? “
AWFUL THOUGHTS tend to be his purview. maybe it comes with the vastness of possibility. the limit will approach infinity & reyes wonders where he will be on the line that stretches yonder.
( * he’ll be a reciprocal for sure / the way things have been going, they’re hardly be anything left one he’s allowed to rest his head. it’s not so bad. he can comfort himself with the eventual finality of zero, at the very least. an arrow can travel infinitely forwards by halves, but it will land. nothing will change that truth. )
he takes a sip of his tea. warm, bitter & tangible as it rushes down his throat.
❛ their words, not mine, ❜ he laughs despite himself, low & soft. it’s a nice thought. one brought by a complete lack of understanding of the realities on ground zero, but it is nice.
( * home. where is that ? no one knows where they are that’s the point. they’re supposed to be untraceable. unknowable. anything they do will be used against them. do they know he takes his tea without any sugar ? )
reyes takes a full minute before he speaks. ❛ if we can manage it, great. if not, well, there’s always next year’s christmas. looking at the state of things, even if we can miraculously clear all the omniums in time, there’s going to be a lot of clean - up. press tours, talks, meetings, global news. it’s not going to end with the final shot ... but, it’s something to look forwards too. christmas with the family what d’you think ? my abuela would be so happy to see us in her sweaters. ❜
things i’ll eventually talk about
reyes’ largely untouched trauma about his father’s death
reyes & how he thrives around people & generally does well with people ( * a charismatic force ! ) but remains almost intensely guarded & distant despite seeming & acting so personable
reyes’ fear of open water
more solid bits about reaper’s personality & general outlook
blackwatch as counterintelligence
Because not all monsters were monsters in the beginning. Some are monsters born of sorrow.
Fredrik Backman (via quotemadness)
lms for a starter specifically from reaper ! capping at 3 or 5 probably / closed !
loose plot threads i’d be down to explore
blackwatch era threads ! literally ... anything blackwatch related. i have blackwatch loosely divided in (3) sections, aptly named the beginning, the middle & the fall.
the beginning covers the days when it was just beginning to form & recruit. i have loose headcanons that blackwatch was originally supposed to be counterintelligence & it’s something reyes himself built & oversaw the birth of.
the middle covers the general “golden era” of blackwatch where the focus is mainly on doing covert missions, gathering intel on various groups & organizations across the world but not strictly intervening or meddling just yet. this is probably the era where a lot of people get recruited into blackwatch. towards the end of this era blackwatch’s mo begin to change as the nature of the missions & goals bw are given shift steadily to the more covert ops type that it becomes known for.
the fall covers the moment of rome explosion onwards. this is the least developed & it diverges prettily heavily from the retribution comic ( * reyes’ response is VERY different ). but essentially it marks as the shift from reyes being this very personal & easy-going commander to someone who starts locking down. keeps his hards close to his chest & isolates himself from everyone. the most important fact is this: reyes deliberately & quite carefully inspired & caused overwatch’s fall, his efforts culminating in the eventual disbandment of the organization after the swiss hq explosion.
omnic criss threads ! please. just. just give me all of it. i need threads exploring reyes as a leader, looking into his workaholic habits & how ... genuinely kind & unrelentingly passionate he is about his cause, his team & the world. this is a man who loves life & loves people so much.
sep threads ! haven’t actually developed this era at all so i’m down for literally anything concerning it.
friends ... please give this man a friend ! he’s very charismatic & charming but when it comes to more familiar & personal relationships he flounders. reyes for all his charisma is a very guarded person who keeps his personal & professional lives exceptionally separate. but pls ... break down his walls. he’s a very lonely person indeed.
something that tackles the public vs personal personas of reyes. reyes from the public’s eyes seems very much like a hardass & a gruff commander. in person he’s actually anything but ! he’s very understanding & agreeable & incredibly sharp. it would be cool to see someone be faced with that disconnect in personality.
reaper threads ! specifically, reaper threads where they just have a talk. reaper outside of missions & performing is actually quite. quiet for the most part. he’s generally very Done with the current state of things & bittingly sarcastic, but it’s not all death & doom with him all the time. he’s actually quite curious about things & open to conversations, if a little unskilled & flat.
classic hurt / comfort threads. reyes is not skilled per se in medical aid, but he’s decent at adhoc fixes. he’s also unbelievably loyal & would never abandon anyone on the field & stay by their bedsides as they recover.
deep conversations opening up about Big Topics. i’m talking those heavy talks discussing their storied pasts, old / new / still persisting traumas. just anything about baring one’s soul to one another & submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known
reyes adopting every dog he comes across: i am. content
*blows kiss* is this ic or ooc who knows
( there is something about the man that drives you absolutely mad but what could it be ? is it the way that a room immediately LIGHTS UP upon his presence , how he can make even the sun look so dull compared to his own radiance ? or maybe it’s in his smile. how he is able to preserve such a simple action for only those deserving to see it in it’s full bloom – CAPTIVATING and shifting the mood of anyone that may be LUCKY ENOUGH to see him gleam from one cheek to the next. OH ! BUT HIS VOICE ! how it captures the attention and demands such respect , while also being a breeze in late september ;; gentle to the skin it touches while leaving chills in it’s wake. his eyes a deep oak // a forest of untold tales waiting to be discovered for those brave enough to engage in the fantasy. so much for one man’s being to hold … BUT THAT’S WHAT MADE HIM SO UNIQUE ! and what makes you so attracted to him and his brilliant soul. )
HE BLINKS // once , then twice , before crawling away from his buried thoughts. he wonders how long he has been staring ( or if he has yet to be caught ! ) or if the other has yet to notice the drawn out silence that has befallen them. jack remembers the topic , but what he had to say on the matter seemed irrelevant now. his attention was directed towards the commander’s body movement – attempting to pull apart and analyze every detail possible as if he was a sculpture needing to be studied. so he only hums in acknowledgement from time to time , agreeing to words that fall on deaf ears in a SAD EXCUSE for a conversation.
eyes the color of vacant lakes watch carefully as gabe brings a hand up to his lips before kissing the edge of fingers and wait. WAIT. confusion eats at features once lost to the world as brows knot before the realization DAWNS upon him as to what just happened. ( did the commander just blow a kiss at him ? )
the situation draws a sharp breath from his throat , the soldier’s face quick to rise with heat as he tries desperately to laugh away the BLUSH concreting to his cheeks. HOW EMBARRASSING … to be caught staring and forced to come back down to earth by gabe doing the unthinkable. that doesn’t mean he wasn’t going to try and play it off , though.
“ i didn’t know you were such a charmer , gabe. “
@killedgain ♥ . !
Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other
Euclid (via samflow)
❛ Fear is not a bad thing. Fear is the cornerstone of evolution. ❜
wolf 359 / accepting.
ISOLATED IN a vacuum, that logic does hold. fear will push them to be stronger. to be more competitive. to do whatever it takes to survive, to adapt, to overcome. it’s pushed the course of progress in ways that have been good, bad & frustratingly difficult to define as an absolute. but take it outside ? apply it to the real world ? the logic ... still holds, but there are far less people willing to admit to prescribing to it.
people will do terrible things to each other in answer to fear’s name. reyes has already been under the knives of men who were desperate to kill gods.
( * were he feeling particularly sorry for himself, he might remind himself that he had expected it. that he had read into their notched smiles & knew instantly the depths they were willing to go even if the details turned out to be far more gruesome than he could have ever predicted. reyes is very good at reading people. he’s very good at reading what comes next.
where he falls apart lies in the risk / reward ratio. take profit distance over stop loss distance. )
reyes flicks a pawn & watches it wobble before standing back into position. it’s not that he’s against what she’s saying per se, but something doesn’t sit right with him. maybe something he’s forgotten to observe within himself. it’s hard to do that with the lenses always pointed outwards & never in.
❛ no, but it’s a son of a bitch to have to deal with, ❜ he settles on eventually, leaning back in his chair and brushing a finger through his beard. ❛ i’m very glad i’m alive, don’t get me wrong. i just think too much, sometimes. ❜
jack / axis
listen carefully to the hymns of dawns break. the insistent chirps of crickets fading out along with the stars as the suns rays dance along the sleeping world below // encouraging those inhabiting to RISE against the urge of slumber. many would refuse , at peace in their dreams and blissfully unaware of those surrounding preparing for the day ahead. a testament to the base that remained quiet ;; many too CONTENT in their beds to stir , while select few ventured into the day , already out of bed HOURS ago … ( or maybe never in bed to begin with. )
his movements are slow , body still contesting being up so early without a cause. lazy tides blink hazily upon entering the room , gazing at the man speaking to him now. ( THE COMMANDER … already dressed and prim , prepared for the long day ahead. so many would be impressed by such readiness – BUT JACK KNEW BETTER. the man probably slept a wink before deciding he had seen enough of the back of his eyelids and wanted to get up. ) the brunette barely huffs an excuse for a laugh as he makes his way over to the coffee machine , gratefully pouring himself a cup.
“ and how long have YOU been up , commander ? “ his rebuke is coy and light in his approach , turning now on his heel to face the other.
“ getting all of your ducks in a row before the meeting ? “ jack knows all too well that reyes is prepared for everything DAYS in advance , but that doesn’t stop him from mulling over everything once more before the big event.
REYES LOOKS up & his face floods with light. a warm sort of light that’s gentle & calm, not unlike the rays of sun lazily peaking ‘bove the horizon line & draping them in honey-warm gold. somewhere, in the distance, a clock begins to tick again with the calendar rolling forwards. jack brings the beginning & it’s only now that reyes allow himself to smile.
( * routine. it will always begin with that. reyes doesn’t believe in paved roads of stone, but the dirt is soft & grooves run thicker with every pass. let their lines converge on a point & never run parallel / he can be content with that. )
it’s an hour before the meeting on the dot. no matter what happens in the world, reyes can rely on jack.
❛ you know me, i always leave everything to the last minute, ❜ despite the slow movements, jack’s feet never once drag. always in precise military step, not quite stomping but if there exists a gentler version of it, jack has found it. ❛ it’s been so quiet lately, i wanted to take advantage. don’t know when it’s ever going to be this quiet again. ❜
a string of successful missions eased the international pressure breathing down their necks & things are looking up in terms of funding, public support & morale. everything has gone ... well. it’s a little startling & reyes has already paced a circuit around the room ruminating over it. his lips go tight at the corners. ❛ the un’s happy with our progress, at any rate. they’ve started bragging we’d have this crisis wrapped up by christmas. ❜