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I don’t want to try to squeeze two into one ask so if you want to reask the Anahardt one I’ll gladly write that one for you too! == Hanzo followed around, annoyance growing by the second. This is the last time he agrees to step in for Genji when it came for a mission. Sure, Genji had a reason as to why he couldn’t go. His foot was broken in his last mission and Angela was on holiday. He refused to let Moira touch him so he’s out of mission until Angela returns. Meaning Jesse had no one for his undercover missions. They weren’t often, once a month at least. However, it was always Genji and Jesse that went. The bumbling idiot and a skilled ninja to get him out of trouble. It’s the only reason he agreed to this. Hanzo was told he just had to get Jesse out of trouble. He was told nothing about getting lost in the middle of nowhere.“Do you even know where we are?” Hanzo finally spoke up after he found their footprints in the snow for the third time. “Course I do.” “Then where are we?” Jesse squinted at the map in his hand. Sure he could use his highly advanced gadgets but he was told to ‘blend in.’ and he also has stubborn man syndrome. He refuses to ask anyone. Not that there’s anyone around, he just refuses to ask Hanzo for help. “Well?” Hanzo was still waiting for an answer. “It is getting dark.” “Give me a sec.” Jesse was mostly stalling to come up with a smart-sounding explanation. He didn’t want to embarrass himself in front of Hanzo, but that was already long gone. Just him bumbling over a map was enough to embarrass himself.“Give me that.” Hanzo snatched the map out of his hand and looked it over with a sign, “Jesse…” “Yah?” “The map was upside down.” Jesse wished he could recoil himself into his should out of sheer embarrassment. He’ll settle for pulling his hat over his eyes and most of his face. “I thought tha was weird ta read.” Hanzo sighed, turning the map right-side-up before following it once more He used the position of the now rising moon to determine north and started the walk while Jesse lit a cigar. Things grew uncomfortably quiet between the two, but that was only on Jesse’s end. Hanzo was focused on finding a way out before the wolves got to them.“According to the map, we are three hours from the city.” Jesse mentally kicked himself for putting them so far off at this hour. “We ain’t gonna make it ‘for nightfall.” “Meaning we should set up camp.” Hanzo folded the map up after they found a small underpass, safe from snowfall. “Collect some dry wood if you can, I will clean out the area.” Jesse did as he was told, not wanting to fuck up any more than he already had. He missed Genji. Genji never made him feel like this. It isn’t even Hanzo’s fault either. Jesse’s just stressing over nothing it seemed. “There.” Hanzo finished cleaning up the area just as Jesse came back with a few branches. “Is that all you found?” “It’s all covered in snow out there…” “I’ll make it work.” Hanzo got to work, making a small fire to help them stay warm through the night. Jesse signed and sat down, away from Hanzo and the flame. “What is the matter?” “Ah fucked up,” Jesse admitted. “I got us ion this situation.” Hanzo shook his head, “It was a misunderstanding.” “I had the map upside-down…” Hanzo bit his tongue, sensing that Jesse didn’t need the lecture from him and would be getting it from his commander later. “It is alright. Come back here, we need to keep what warmth we have.” “Tha little fire ain’t gonna keep us warm all night.” “That is why we need to huddle together.”Jesse’s face started to heat up, his thoughts starting to race, “I… wut?” “In order to keep one another from dying of hypothermia, we must stay close and keep each other warm.” “Are ya sure?” Hanzo looked at Jesse, a look of disbelief on his face, “Would you rather die?” “No.” “Then come over here.” Jesse reluctantly made his way over to Hanzo, taking a seat near the fair. Hanzo puts the last piece of dry wood on the fire before nestling himself next to Jesse. Hanzo reached up to undo Jesse’s black sarape and laid it over them both.“Get some rest, Jesse.” “Uh… right.” Hanzo could hear the nervousness in his voice but he won’t speak about it now. He’ll bring it up when they’re both safe at their destination. Jesse, however, wasn’t going to get any sleep. His heart was racing and being this close to Hanzo wasn’t helping. He could never explain why Hanzo made him feel like this. He wasn’t like this around Genji and they’ve done their fair share of huddling together to stay warm. Especially when he first got his Blackwatch suit, since half of his upper body was exposed. But Hanzo was different and Jesse couldn’t figure out why. That’s what’s going to keep him up. His thoughts of Hanzo and comparing him to Genji to somehow, hopefully, figure out what’s different between them that makes Jesse’s stomach do backflips every time he lays eyes on the archer. Hanzo fell asleep quickly, thought Jesse knew Hanzo was a light sleeper. He wasn’t planning on moving but he knew if he did, Hanzo would be up in seconds. Jesse pulled his hat down, using it to keep his face from getting cold and chapped from the winter winds. His mind seeming content, for now, to just Holding Hanzo and eventually, letting himself fall into a light sleep as well.