Would you be willing to do a widowmaker x reader where the reader is an empath? Maybe they can sense widows lack of feeling and helps her rediscover them and explains what she’s feeling when she does to help her adjust to having feelings again :)
a/n: here you go anon hope that what i scribbled down for your request is okay!!!
Your rules are strict, simple and self-opposed. Keep everyone an arm's length away, to protect them and yourself. The inner workings of a human both physically and mentally are not something to be trifled with, and emotionally you cannot deal with it again. Your words of comfort are free to give, but physical touch is something that will always be met with wearing your gloves. Keep your powers secret, keep them safe and in turn, you will remain safe.
Making the day you touched Widowmaker an event that shakes you to your very core. The emotional feedback is devastating, awash of ice cold water and emptying your gut of its contents (which was nothing but coffee) body trembling as everything replays on loop. Cold, unflinching and empty. You lock yourself in your room for some time after this, paying more attention to your surroundings.
The second touch was another accident, this time it felt different. Less cold, something warm behind it. Human, one could say. It was only for a moment, but it felt like years. Emotional feedback on loop, rolling your stomach around and around again while you held onto Widowmaker’s hand this time.
Grounding yourself to the woman, sifting through her confusion as well as her own. Maybe, just maybe, you can help her if she chooses to allow your help. Despite appearances, despite her jumbled box of emotions you opened, you can feel warm and so many wonderful things.