REAPER76 WEEK: PROMPTS
(Art by @asparklethatisblue)
1. MONDAY: we can be heroes / SEP
2. TUESDAY: keep yourself alive / OMNIC CRISIS
3. WEDNESDAY: under pressure / GOLDEN ERA
4. THURSDAY: running in the shadows / FALL OF OVERWATCH
5. FRIDAY: empire of dirt / POST FALL
6. SATURDAY: distracted with pain / RECALL
7. SUNDAY: no ordinary love / AU
Here are this year prompts! Remember that this year, the Reaper76 week will run from February 18 to February 24. Save the date!
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a catalog of non-definitive acts (2/8)
Authors: @foldingcranes & @tacticalgrandma
Rating: T.
Pairing: (Eventual) Reaper/Soldier:76, Reaper/OFC, Soldier: 76/Others
Warnings: Pining, canon-typical violence, unrequited feelings, mentions of depression, body horror and trauma.
Comments: For @reaper-76-week !!! Each chapter matches one of the prompts.
Summary:
“Relationships don’t work out so well for us, do they?” Ana said, unconsciously running her thumb over where her wedding ring used to be.“At least you and Gabe managed to have families."
(In which Jack and Gabriel break up, Gabriel starts a family, and Jack does not- and what comes next.).
Read @AO3.
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Reaper76 Week - Day 2 - Omnic Crisis (Keep yourself alive)
There were plans that came as idiotic. Completely insane. Anyone would hear them and know how much of an obscene risk it was, and find themselves asking who in their right minds would follow such a thing through?
Gabriel and Jack were not these people.
Of course they weren’t. They’d look at something crazy, look at each other, and agree that it might- just might be crazy enough to work.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17857619
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Reaper76 Week, Day Two: Keep Yourself Alive
--Keep Yourself Alive / OMNIC CRISIS--
“Gabriel Reyes, get the fuck down!” Tali threw a grenade towards the OR-14 units making their way towards them. Gabriel listened and kept his head down, forcing Jack down with him to avoid anymore shots. Tali just saved their sorry asses as the grenade went off, blowing the units to bits.
“Nice throw, Tal!” Jack observed the remains before deeming it safe and yanking Gabriel to his feet. The two made their way over to their teammate who gave them a thumbs up along with a cocky grin.
“Thought you two lover boys could use a moment.” Tali guffawed at the twin looks of red faces she got. “Honestly, gents, you don’t hide it very well and anyone with eyes could see the rings you both wear. And we all know very well how you’re no longer with previously mentioned lovers. I’ve known you both for almost twenty years now, it’s about bloody time you boys hopped to it.”
Jack and Gabriel were positively gobsmacked they knew without ever saying a word. Relying more on their eyes and observation all the while keeping it to themself until their friends were ready to tell them the news. Though life and death situations kind of changed that sometimes; making that one of those times.
“By the way, congrats.” Tali gave them another cocky grin as they shoved them forward. “Come on. We’ve got to make it by nightfall or these arseholes will fill us with holes.”
“Jackie’s got enough holes that need filling.”
“Not the time, Gabe!” That didn’t stop Gabe’s sly smile or how Jack’s face got even redder, if it were possible. “I swear to god.”
“I swear to all the gods and goddesses I’ve ever researched if you don’t get moving I’ll leave you both here to be filled with holes.” Tali gave both men another shove to get the message across that they were serious. They wouldn’t have any regrets doing it either.
The three marched along, suddenly wanting the mission done and over with. Jack and Gabriel knew they needed alone time and wanted reassurance they were in one piece. Tali just wanted a good meal and a full eight hours of sleep; also they knew a party would be thrown in congratulations for their two best friends after beating around the bush so long.
Once they got back to their camp, they all holed up in a room together. Gabriel and Jack not trusting anyone to take care of their partner in crime and Tali hating to be away from her friends too long while feeling unsafe. It was their way of life after so much shit went on in SEP. All three of them pulled through and swore not to abandon their little band of misfits.
“So Gabe and I finally broke down about two months ago, asked each other out. What about you, Tal? Ever think of being with someone?”
Gabriel snorted and jabbed Jack with his elbow. “Real subtle, mi sol.”
“You two remember Ana Amari? The sniper from Egypt?”
“Oh, Horus?”
Tali nodded, not cowed in the least bit but nervous in the face of them. They worried what her friends would say since Ana was a few years older than them and at least five years older than Gabriel and Jack. It’s not much but Ana might be the one for them, which sounds a little cliche even though it was true. “We’ve been talking, told her about my knack for history. She seemed really impressed with my memory of facts for Egyptian culture, old Egyptian culture.”
Jack moved over to Tali’s side before hugging her waist and his face buried in their hip. “You honestly have no idea how happy I am for you. We were both worried about what would happen if they sent us all in different directions. Now we don’t. With all of us together, it’d be a waste.” He tightened his hold slightly. “We won’t have to say goodbye.”
“What the dork means is that we love you and wanted you to stay with us. We also now have ample reason to form a team for scenarios like this.” Meaning when the omnics converge mostly in one place, often pinning groups down if they weren’t careful.
“Like a strike team?” Tali stroked through Jack’s blond hair mostly thinking about the possibility.
“Why not? We have the means and people to do it. It’s entirely up to the people we ask.” Gabriel leaned down, kissing Jack’s temple softly; the love wafting off him and Jack was palpable to the point of making tears creep up unexpectedly in their eyes.
Gabriel ran his hand through Tali’s undercut. “It’ll be people we trust and people we’re close to. You’re number one on that list, Tal. There’s no one in this world I trust more than you who’ll take care of us.”
Tali was more than honored by that statement as they knew not to take it lightly at all. They always made sure Gabriel and Jack made it out, made it back to each other. The two were their number one priority. Everything else came after, including their own safety. But it seemed they were just important to them as each other.
“You two get some sleep. I’ll take first watch.”
“We’re in the encampment?” Jack looked up at his fiancee confused. They were all safe, walls protected them. Old walls, but formidable ones. Other soldiers kept watch, walked the walls, and sent out patrols to stay safe. Why would Gabriel be worried if they were safe?
Gabriel just gave him one of his winning smiles without an answer. Jack huffed and buried himself back in Tali’s hip. The older two knew it would take a few more minutes for him to drift off completely. Gabriel forced their head against his shoulder. “Come on. We’ll talk about the love of our lives when we wake up. Or, better yet, we’ll talk about them when we’re back home at HQ. How’s that?”
“Bloody brilliant.”
They dozed off, still running a hand through Jack’s hair. Comforted by their best friends on either side of them.
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