McCree x reader

The way he carried himself in missions, his cheesy but funny jokes that made everyone laugh, his smile, everything about him was perfect to you. You wished you could confess your love for him but you knew that wasn’t possible. How could he like or even love someone like you? In the past, many people thought it would be funny to jokingly ask you out, in which resulted in you not trusting anyone that dared to ask the stupid question. Because of this, you began to think that you were quite ordinary with nothing special or appealing. The only thing that you could do was be friends with Jesse and appreciate his presence whenever he was around.

From afar, Hana sat on a bench and settled her eyes on you and began to carefully look at where your gaze was fixed. She realized you were looking at Jesse which was talking with Genji at the moment. She could see it in your facial expressions: how your eyes shined with adoration, yet your sad smile declared something else. Hana’s eyes widened at her discover. She knew this exact look from several tv dramas she had seeing before. Now, she knew she had to do something to help you out.

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“Jesse!” The cowboy turned around in the hallway to the mention of his name and saw how Hana quickly walked towards him. Upon reaching him, she collected her breath and carefully chose her words, saying your name between breathes. At this, Jesse was peaked with interest as to why she had said your name in specific. “Have you noticed how she looks at you? How she tries so hard to talk with you, despite being so busy with missions? I seriously think she likes you,” Hana exclaimed quietly, replacing the word ‘love’ with ‘like’ so she wouldn’t make him uncomfortable. Jesse was quite shocked at her declaration, and began to rub the back of his neck shyly.

“Is that so? Then do you think I should ask her perhaps on a date?” Jesse asked sincerely. He did have a liking towards you and not just as a friend. Hana began to nod rapidly to his question.

“Please! I know it’s too much to ask but could you at least do it for her?” Hope evident in her voice.

“Will do so.”

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You were in your room, reading away at some past mission reports until you heard a knock at your door and called for them to come in. Surprised to see Jesse come to your room, especially on a busy day, you asked him if he needed anything from you and he simply said no. Now, this was weird coming from him. He grasped his hat in his hands and sat in your bed, signaling for you to do the same. Confused, you still complied to his request.

“I was just wondering…,” he spoke softly, “if you would give me the honor of taking you on a date someday?” The only thing you could feel was how tense you had gotten. You couldn’t believe it, even he was trying to trick you. With a lot of strength from your heavy heart, you asked if he was being serious. He was baffled at your response, trying to figure out why you would react in such a way.

“Yes, I’m very serious. I would like to take you out,” he proclaimed sincerely as he laid down his hat on your bed and took a hold of your hands. “Do you think I’m joking about this? In my younger days, I may have not taken a matter like this seriously, but right now I do mean it.” As hard as you tried, the corner of your eyes began to water.

“It’s just that I’ve had many bad experiences with this kind of situation and so I slowly grew to believe that I was a joke to everybody.” You couldn’t stop the tears from falling and Jesse began to carefully clean them with his thumb. He embraced you in his arms rested his chin on top of your head.

“Thank you for telling me this. I didn’t know and I swear to you that I will never do anything to harm you in any way, sweet pea.” You happily smiled at his statement and hugged him a little tighter, the cowboy returning the affection as well.