This is the first time I’ve ever been a completionist for this kind of event! Please read all tags and warnings before reading any of these and enjoy!
(Note: Most of the stories were writen and posted before the cowboy name change. I will eventually go back and change them all but don’t have the time to do so at the moment).
Of taunts and Letting Go (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen, Cole&Gabe) “You have to let go”
The World Choked (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Gen, Mina) Choking
It's Never An Appropriate Time For Insults (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Taunting | Insults
A Beautiful Smile Part 1 (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Taken Hostage
Somewhere Cold (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Betrayal
Hugging Pillows (No warnings Apply, Gen, Cole&Gabe) Touch Starved
Blood in the Water (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen, Cole&Gabe) Blindness
Burning Up (No warnings Apply, F/M/M, Angela/Genji/Zenyatta) Exotic Illness
A Beautiful Smile Part 3 (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Blind Rage | Tears
Pace Setter (No Warnings Apply, M/M, Cole/Akande) Hospital | Flare-Up
A World Through Water (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Gen, Angela) Head Injury
To Save A Life (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Torture | Made to Watch | Begging
A Father’s Hand (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen, Cole&Jack) Cauterization
Growing in forget-Me-Knots (No Warnings Apply, Gen, M/M, Col/Akande, OC Children) Forgotten
Feed the Anger, Starve the Pain (No Warnings Apply, Gen, Cole&Ashe) Screaming
A Beautiful Smile Part 4 (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Aftermath
Stars and Hourglass (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Harold/Siebren) Field Care 101
A Beautiful Smile Part 2 (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) “Now smile for the camera”
False Solitude (Teen and Up, Gen, Genji&Gabe, Cole) Comfort
Solitary Home (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Gen, Cole&Jack) Solitary Confinement
Curious Little Beast (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Cole/Akande) Blood-Matted Hair
Cursed Eyes (Teen and Up, Gen, Cole&Gabe) Cursed
Caledonia (Teen and Up, Multi, Amelie&Akande, Ashe) Auction
Weak Kneed (Not Rated, Multi, Cole/Hanzo, Genji&Hanzo&Cole, OC Children) One Down Two To Go
Tag/Hide & Seek (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, M/M, Harold/Siebren) Escape | Hiding
Cole to the Flame (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Multi, Gabe/Jack, Cole) Regret
One Night Home (No Warnings Apply, Gen, Cole&Ashe) I’m Fire, I Prom- | Collapse
Tools and Vaults (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Gen, Mina&Gabe) Battlefield
Practice What You Preach (No Warnings Apply, F/M, Genji/Angela) Too Weak To Move | Overworked
True Love’s Last Shot (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, M/M, Gabe.Jack) Left For Dead
These Legs Were Made For- (Teen and Up, Graphic Depictions of Violence, F/M, Genji/Angela) Disaster Zone | Trauma
I’m THIS CLOSE to writing a slice of life style fic based on lighthouseraiders Tik Toks with Akande as the S Tier Villain and Ashe as the D Tire Villain.
You ever ship characters but only in a subtextual way. Like no I do not actually want them to kiss at all and in fact they’re probably pretty terrible for each other but I do think all of their interactions are laden with an unspoken homoeroticism neither party wants to think about or will ever openly acknowledge.
I love the idea that the younger heroes don’t know Cole from his Blackwatch days or any of his days after, so they have no idea that he’s probably more dangerous than all of them with a bounty higher than both of the junkers combined. These sweet things don’t see a seasoned warrior, see their good friend Cole, the silly jokester who always tries to make them smile and has ridiculous fashion sense and doesn’t get any of the trends the youngins are into nowadays, and that’s probably a sign of just how good at staying under the radar Cole is. They know logically that he’s a good fighter who can hold his own but they still think they need to protect him, that he needs someone to watch his back, and Cole is observant and totally aware that they feel this way and thinks it’s just the sweetest thing, so he’s happy to let them try to look after him and watch their attempts at being subtle.
But hoo boy does that little misconception get fixed fast when they watch him kill eight enemies with six shots after coming up out of nowhere so stealthily that even Hana’s mech hadn’t detected him, and Genji just laughs his ass off because he was also in on this
I will never post a headcanon against the cowboy’s name change or ignoring it. If you don’t like the name change that is up to you, but on this blog the name change will be respected. You can send in headcanons about the name change, but if they are against it, or promoting the idea that “Cole Cassidy” was a name of a bad person from the cowboy’s past or anything along those lines, they will be deleted.