[ Despite what she says, he still isn’t sure this is a good idea. He tries to grab the photo before it slips out of his wallet, but she already has a good grip on it, and the glossy finish slides right out from beneath his fingers. ]
Ashe—
[ But it’s too late. She’s already looking at it. It’s a photo from one of his birthdays, one about halfway between when he’d been taken and when he’d struck out on his own. The Jesse in the picture is a young man still, an opened giftbox in front of him overflowing with tissue paper. In one hand is the belt buckle he still wears today. His eyes are closed as he laughs, his head ducked down as Gabriel Reyes roughly ruffles his hair. He’s grinning as well. Not a hint of animosity between them. Next to Jesse at the table, expression almost unreadable save for the faintest hint of amusement in his crimson red eyes (or is that annoyance?), is a cyborg.
It had taken Jesse years to accept any celebration thrown by Blackwatch, though he’d always gotten something. All his personal information had been on file before he was even conscripted.
Jesse sits back and swallows hard, waiting for her to react. ]
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Ashe—
[ But it’s too late. She’s already looking at it. It’s a photo from one of his birthdays, one about halfway between when he’d been taken and when he’d struck out on his own. The Jesse in the picture is a young man still, an opened giftbox in front of him overflowing with tissue paper. In one hand is the belt buckle he still wears today. His eyes are closed as he laughs, his head ducked down as Gabriel Reyes roughly ruffles his hair. He’s grinning as well. Not a hint of animosity between them. Next to Jesse at the table, expression almost unreadable save for the faintest hint of amusement in his crimson red eyes (or is that annoyance?), is a cyborg.
It had taken Jesse years to accept any celebration thrown by Blackwatch, though he’d always gotten something. All his personal information had been on file before he was even conscripted.
Jesse sits back and swallows hard, waiting for her to react. ]