Pickle

( because I love to think about old gay people finding joy )

- Soldier never stopped being a mercenary. Even after RED disbanded, he continued to take on his own missions. Despite this, he always made time for family meet ups and get togethers. Because of his rockets, Soldier became mostly deaf. He talks EVEN louder than before, and Engineer made him a hearing aid. He knows bits of sign language as well, including his own made up signs.

- Scout died on December 4th, 1987. Spy told the rest of the team that he was doing a skateboard trick and fell on his head. No one believes him, but they know he won’t tell otherwise. When the team gets together for the holidays (usually at Engie’s place), they always pull out a 9th seat for the table. They’ve seen ghosts after all. Spy tends to stare at it when he isn’t conversing.

- No one knows what Pyro does. They gave everyone a hug goodbye when they split, and went off their own way. Some thought that pyro started a business again, others were suspicious of the multiple arson cases popping up around the coast. Either way, pyro ALWAYS came to family meet ups. Always in some variant of their suit and mask. Medic jokes that pyro looks as young as ever.

- Heavy used his mercenary fortune to buy a new, better home for his mother and sisters, where they wouldn’t have to eat bear everyday. Eventually his sisters left the home one by one, to start their own families and see the world. Heavy made sure to visit his momma up until she passed. 

Misha himself moved in with Medic in a nice home in Germany. Far enough from the fray that medic could experiment, but close enough that they could walk through town on good nights. They never got married, not legally anyway. They made their own rings and had their own (very untraditional) wedding. Most of the team attended. 

- Demoman went on to commission a castle in Scotland. The rest of his money went to giving his dear mother comfort up until her passing. He lives there, happy as ever, surrounded by his swords and trophies of the different cryptids and beasts he’s slaughtered. As he expected, Demo became fully blind. He also lost a good bit of his hearing like soldier. He always seems the happiest at meet ups, as he gets lonely.

- Engineer moved back to Texas and continued on with the Conagher tech business. It grew with the times, and his company became a national leader in technology and invention. He runs the business from a modest farmhouse, with his workshop attached. His house is the token place for get togethers. He eventually started a late family, and raised some kids. He hopes that one of them will continue his legacy. They love their Very Weird uncles that visit.

- Medic and Heavy moved to a new place in Germany together. Medic continued his medical practices, as well as his place in the organ black market. He continued to nurture his oddly long-living doves, who brought him a new generation of squabs to care for. Him and heavy like to sit on their porch in the evening and read together, or medic plays his violin and heavy just listens. They consider their retired life to be rather peaceful (when medic’s experiments don’t create monsters, that is)

- Sniper traveled for years. He drove his van until she eventually kicked the bucket beyond repair. He continued to do assassination work, visited different countries, hunted different animals. Eventually he moved back into his parents’ old place, after giving it some renovation. He liked living alone, aside from a variety of pets he’d accumulated. He found that being an exotic rehabber was a nice past time for an old Mundy.