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Jesse’s initial reasons for being drawn to Hanzo were admittedly a bit shallow; he found him both physically appealing and mentally intriguing, like a puzzle to be solved, or a ‘do not touch’ sign to be defied for the sake of doing so, but to his credit that started to change pretty quickly. He ended up unearthing a deep vein of empathy for Hanzo’s desire for redemption, as well as his apparent sense of unbelonging and failure to live up to expectation, and once Hanzo started to thaw a little towards him he found himself genuinely caring much faster than he expected to.
Surprisingly, once they get to know one another better, Hanzo ends up being one of the few people with whom Jesse can share a completely comfortable silence. He normally runs at the mouth on instinct, filling space with bullshit that he may or may not actually care about, but that isn’t his most natural state, it’s just a part of the expectation he actively lives up to - and ironically, as he gets closer to Hanzo he speaks less, feels comfortable waiting until he has something of weight to say, being a little more the person under the persona than the persona itself.
Jesse has never picked up a bow in his entire life, and it’s one of the few weapons about which that could be said. He’d actually be very interested to learn, and while he’s never tried before, he wouldn’t be opposed to trying to share the secret behind his Deadeye technique in exchange, in large part because Hanzo feels like someone who could actively appreciate and potentially grasp it. Later in their relationship, this becomes less a matter of academic interest and far more a gesture of protection; he could never ask Hanzo to stay out of harm’s way, but by god, he can sure as hell arm him with everything he’s got to rig the odds in his favor.
Jesse really likes Hanzo’s new look. In fact, he might have actively encouraged him towards it, even if he wasn’t necessarily aware of it at the time; he knows from first-hand experience that physically reinventing yourself goes a long way toward putting a barrier between the old you and the new one you’re trying to be, makes it feel easier to start again, and it wouldn’t have been unlike him to off-handedly suggest a dramatic change.
