[ Even if the memory captured on that shard of glass brought them to this subject, Jack still finds it to be an odd topic for Gabriel to fixate on right now. Yes, they'd just gone to a party that had all been about having a partner, but they'd picked each other for simple convenience, right? As he'd told Angela.
It feels like yet another attempt for Gabriel to rub him the wrong way, and Jack looks forward again as he huffs out a breath. ]
Why are you asking?
[ Which is also a way of avoiding the question, but it's not like Gabriel hadn't known Jack during all those years. Any dating he'd done had been far from serious, because they second it felt like it was getting too serious, Jack had known he needed to pull back. How did someone like the Strike Commander of Overwatch go about having a real relationship? Instead he'd had Ana, he'd had Reyes, he'd had his agents. Not quite a family, but the only one he'd been allowed. ]
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It feels like yet another attempt for Gabriel to rub him the wrong way, and Jack looks forward again as he huffs out a breath. ]
Why are you asking?
[ Which is also a way of avoiding the question, but it's not like Gabriel hadn't known Jack during all those years. Any dating he'd done had been far from serious, because they second it felt like it was getting too serious, Jack had known he needed to pull back. How did someone like the Strike Commander of Overwatch go about having a real relationship? Instead he'd had Ana, he'd had Reyes, he'd had his agents. Not quite a family, but the only one he'd been allowed. ]