I saw the wings request for Soldier and I was wondering if you could do that for Gabriel Reyes before AND after the fall of Overwatch? Like how they might be different?
The more requests I get for these, the more I flesh out an actual AU around them. Please hlpe and my Winged! series before it’s too late.
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Gabriel Reyes (Pre-Fall)
Imperial eagle wings
Large g o r g e o u s wings
They’re one of his most prized features
Grooms them to the point that they’re almost shiny under light
Not a feather out of place
Basks in the many compliments he gets from them
Often unfolds them and stretches them out
Partially because sometimes it’s a pain to keep them folded up for long periods of time
Partially because he likes the attention they get when he does it
Big stronk wings
Silky and soft to the touch
Welcomes touching them as long as you ask first
The feathers shift and rustle when he gets extremely angry, annoyed, etc
Reaper (After-Fall/The Reaperning)
The bottom portion of them have been replaced by a constant smog that moves with the rest of the physical wings
They’ve lost their shininess but he still takes pretty decent care of them
Much darker in color; almost black (to point where they’re barely recognizable as imperial wings and could be mistaken for crow’s)
Keeps them folded up tight until he needs to use them (gliding, use in combat)
Only stretches them out when he’s alone because they ache from being folded all the time as well as because a large portion of them are smoke and hello there phantom pains
They still rustle when according to negative emotions; the color, smog, and lack of the rest of his wings keep it from being super noticeable though
Do n o t touch the wings
Kind of ashamed of them because they remind him of who he once was and now no longer is
Almost tried to remove them when he first came back as Reaper but was stopped; sometimes still thinks about it but ultimately always decides against it