Jaguar had a brief affair with Irma when they were younger. He didn't actively pursue it, so they only occasionally saw each other by pure happenstance.
He never felt he could be with someone given his dangerous lifestyle (OSG). Eventually, he stopped running into her. Through the rumor mill, he discovered that she retired from adventuring, but never thought much of it. Even after joining the OSI he never attempted to reach out. It wasn't as if he could provide any more security being at the galactic governments beck and call than he could as a member of the OSG. Especially when his position in the OSI was more precarious.
Besides, they only ever shared a few fleeting moments. He may treasure them, but who knew how Irma felt. If she still carried the pendant he gave her years ago. Perhaps it was too much for what they were. she wouldn't be waiting for a man like him. He hoped that she didn't spare a second thought to him in one moment and selfishly prayed that he never left her thoughts in the next.
In Universe Zero, some things are different, but the longing stretching under his skin, thrumming like a live wire, kept him company as heedless as his heartbeat. He couldn't put a name to the feeling. Implacable. It ached. It warmed his heart on his loneliest days. It was a gaping maw yearning to consume his entire being. Until, he took a visit to Norma and it all came rushing back drenched in sunshine and rose-colored hues.
