Chapter 1
D.VA
The first time Hana met the Overwatch team one year ago, she had not been stressed at all at first. They were super friendly with her, they gave her extra tips for training and so forth. She liked them all, especially Reinhardt : he was so silly, the way he talked like he was yelling happily all the time and that made her laugh a lot.
She was known to be extroverted from the beginning. Hana talked a lot - sometimes to say ‘nothing’, because she didn’t like silence if she was being honest with herself. Deep down she had started to feel a little isolated. In Korea, she was with people her age, and all of them with mechas and they related so much, even though they were not really her friends (except for Daehyun of course).
Here at Overwatch, they often talked about her being reckless or too young to understand some things - they never were mean but the thoughts stayed with her a lot. The fact that she was the younger person here was truly off-puting.
So when people started to speak about Brigitte she wanted to be friends with her immediately. Of course she knew who she was, or at least she knew about Torbjorn being her father. Reinhardt could not stop talking about how she was coming to Overwatch HQ soon.
“You know her well?” Hana asked Reinhardt. She was enthusiastic about the fact that a young girl like her was going to be in their team. Was she being silly about it ? Certainly, but the fact she’s been alone for one year. Maybe she could finally have a friend to play video games with. She began smiling to herself thinking about it.
“Yes OF COURSE, she is my very talented niece, the German knight expressed happily. “She is also the one who repairs my gear mind you! She is the best I’ve known.”
“The best? What about Torbjorn? Sojourn asked with a tint of amusement. I know he would be sad to hear that…”
"Well! No, of course not, but... Reinhardt started to stammer a little, which made everyone giggle. He was the one to train her, so that makes him the best also!"
"I’ll be sure to tell him that!” said a voice behind them. It was playful and had a sweet accent that Hana had never heard. Everyone turned to where the voice came and exclamation began in the hall.
“Brigitte !”
The first one to hug her was Reinhardt of course, and then Lena and then everyone started talking to her. Hana could hear some things like “You’ve grown so much!” “Look at you, so pretty”. The Korean girl started to watch her closely, even with all the people around she couldn’t stop noticing how sweet she looked. Her brown, almost reddish hair tainted her face with a small blush with the attention she got from everyone.
When it was her turn to be introduced, Hana hugged her too. She was so happy after all she’s been hearing about Brigitte and she finally met her. The Swed stammered “H-Hello.”
“Oopsie sorry, I have this habit of hugging. Weird I know ! Sorry !” Hana started to cringe at herself , thinking about the fact she may have blown their potential friendship already.
“Ah, it’s okay I was only surprised," Brigitte laughed a bit and looked at her before saying ; “Hey, you’re D.Va right ?” Her eyes opened widely and her right hand came to her mouth as if to try to hide her open mouth as well as her shock. Safe to say Hana began to laugh too. She tossed her hair over her shoulder.
“It is me. Hehe.
"It’s nice to meet you. I am actually... um, a fan of yours," Brigitte said gently, playing a little with her hands. Hana looked at her for a moment and then started beaming.
“Really ?! OMG we have so much to talk about. I swear it’s been ages since I talked about all my D.va stuff, no one here seems to like it whenever I talk about it… Maybe Rein actually likes it ? I don’t know but he likes it when I talk about my movies anyway.. haha !”
She was talking too much, wasn’t she? Hana cringed at herself again, she didn’t want to bore her already but then surprisingly Brigitte laughed. Hana stared at her, she had such a sweet laugh that she could not stop another smile.
“Is it weird I want to kidnap you for myself?”
“It…is weird” Birgitte giggled.
“Maybe it is. Hmm, too soon. Maybe later !”
They started to laugh again and at that Lena and Rein came back to them. They started to bring food to Brigitte and that was all for their time together for the evening.
The improvised party was great, even though Hana could not get near Brigitte after the moment they had. She glimpsed at her whenever she had the chance. She started to really watch her. It may or may not be the result of Zarya and Brigitte literally arm wrestling while people gathered around. The Korean streamer couldn’t believe it, but it kind of proved to her that Brigitte could be quite silly herself. And there it was: she was sure they could be friends.
But what caught her attention was the Swed’s arms. It wasn’t as big as Zarya’s of course but she could not help but be attracted to it whenever it flexed intensely. When Hana caught herself doing so she shook her head.
What the fuck, Hana ? What’s with me ogling her… I mean they are nice arms… Not too big… Great, you're starting again !
Hana bit her lips and grabbed a drink she finished in one gulp. She decided it was the end of the party for her.
Before she left, however, Brigitte waved her goodbye. They smiled at eachother for a second while Hana waved at her in response.
She felt nice, and she knew it wasn’t only because of the alcohol she drank that night.
BRIGITTE
The fact Overwatch had welcomed her like this made her feel nice. She had anxiety coming here even though she knew most people here. Rein, Lena and Angela were the ones who made it very easy to be honest. It was so nice to meet everyone after so long. Still, Brigitte thought about a certain Korean D.va. It was awkward to say the least. It made her giddy when they hugged as if they knew each other already. Hana was really easy going and she hoped that she made a great impression even though they didn’t have a lot of interaction. Brigitte promised herself she should try to speak more next time.
Brigitte slept like a log that night. When she woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. She looked around and said aloud “Right…not my bedroom. Not in Sweden” She mumbled as she stirred. Before Brigitte could even get out of bed she heard a knock at the door. When she opened it she could not hide her surprise.
“D.va ?”
“You can call me Hana by the way” the said girl smiled widely and presented a plate in front of her. “I’m here to take you to practice and because you’re not early I brought you something from the canteen”
Brigitte opened the dorm room further when she took the plate. Hana entered and she shut it quickly.
“Apple pie ?”
“Ah yeah, a little bird told me you liked it” Hana winked playfully. I’ve also brought coffee. Mind you it’s iced coffe hope you like it, I know for a fact that Rein hates it but I had no one else to tell me what you liked. She started laughing a bit as if to show embarrassment at how she had asked about what Brigitte might like.
“I like iced coffee.” She simply smiled and took the mug from the shorter girl. If she was being honest, Brigitte found it endearing. She would have never thought that Hana aka D.va, the big star she is, would be this sweet.
I mean she did bring me breakfast…
Brigitte could not help a blush from forming, she started to have thoughts. In that millisecond
her mind told her that was flirting. If there is something to know about Brigitte is that she is an introverted person - she has the tendency of thinking ‘too much’ and so that thought came to way her too quickly. She was aware she stayed silent too long so took a sip of coffee that made her cough immediately.
Hana exclaimed “Ah right ! Sugar, hm, I didn’t know if you took any so I also brought sweetener !”
“Thank you, I like it very sweet.” She cleared her throat and smiled at Hana. “You can sit if you want.”
And that’s what Hana did. She made herself comfortable on the desk chair as if it wasn’t the first time she came into her room. As she took a bite of her pie, Brigitte sat on the bed in front of her.
“So what are your plans for your first day?” Hana broke the silence, looking around the room “Are you planning on decorating your room ? I can help you if you want, I have a ton of merch if that’s your thing…Ah and I also have spare neon lights if you like them. Ohh, I could also help you move around the furniture.” She paused. “I mean you clearly don’t need my help to carry heavy things...”
That’s when Brigitte noticed Hana’s eyes on her. Was that… ? If she was, the Swedish girl clearly started to redden. But instead of going shy Brigitte held her ground; she smiled and cocked her head at that. “Right…Well I thought we were going to practice ?’
“That’s true, I almost forgot. You’re the one who made me sit, you know..”
“I mean, I wanted you to be comfortable, should I not have proposed it ?” Brigitte brought the pie to her mouth and licked the syrup that almost fell. She saw Hana staring weirdly as she looked right at her. She finished her pie quickly but had no chance adding anything before Hana spoke,
“You should go change, I think we’re going to be late” Hana perked up after biting her lips.
Brigitte’s thoughts started going crazy. She should not read into it. She agreed silently and took some clothes to the bathroom with her. After closing the door she heard :
“Hey you know, everyone will be there at the training ground. Who are you most excited to train with? I bet it’s Zarya !”
Brigitte laughed at that, she was still getting dressed as she answered. “Right, but I know for a fact that she will be too tired after last night if you know what I mean”
“What ? Why ? Did you and her… I mean, what did you do to her ?”
“Not me ! I guess I saw her leaving with someone.” Brigitte laughed a bit. Even though people would think of her as a shy person, she was not really. Mostly kept to herself but she easily notices things like that.
“So it’s -that- kind of tired I guess” Brigitte left the bathroom giggling and she saw Hana doing the same brightly while holding her stomach.. “Well well well I have to know who she was with!”
“Can’t tell you, I keep secrets to my tomb, always” Brigitte kept a finger playfully winking at Hana.
“Did you at least win? Your arm wrestling I mean…”
“Too bad you were not here until the end though…And, well, no. Even though Zarya was drunk she’s still the strongest.” She laughed at that and clapped her hands.
“Ready to go, after you D.va !” and then she opened the door and tilted her head as if to bow.
Hana got up from the chair, grabbed her bag and puffed air. “Please !” She smiled widely and they went on their way to the training ground.
D.VA
Hana stayed silent when they started to walk together. She usually did not enjoy those moments. She always wanted to say anything but this time, it felt comfortable. From time to time she looked at Brigitte who sipped her coffee. When their eyes met they smiled at each other.
Why was this awkward? She has never felt awkward with friends.
Really what is that about?!
Before she could think about it, they arrived at the training ground. Everyone was there already but no one was actually working out.
“Ay, girls, there you are !” Lena appeared very quickly in front of them. She started grabbing Brigitte’s free hand to pull her toward the group. “Come on so we can get everything done before lunch time.”
Time went by quickly. Hana’s training mainly consisted of running. She was rarely out of the mecha so combat training was really light compared to others. Take Brigitte for instance. She was training with melee attacks. She had no idea Brigitte used a flail.
“I mean, she is Rein’s squire…” Hana muttered to herself. She was still running around the ground still watching as Genji got a whip out of the Swede’s attack. It reached him and Genji made a sound of approval. Nobody really noticed how proud the reddish-haired woman seemed. When Hana was closed enough she shouted “You go Brigitte! Teach him!”
This may surprise Brigitte but she always loved when Genji got ‘diffed’. It made her smirk even more when Genji turned his face towards her. Of course, there was never an expression but she always recognised when it made him a little bit mad. She laughed out loud and started running faster.
“Hey! Come here and fight Brigitte here if you think you can do better than me!” Genji shouted.
She stopped slowly and started walking toward them. She looked at Genji and then Brigitte one at a time.
“Sure, I know for a fact I will do better than you, Genji” She tossed her hair over her shoulder striking her tongue. Genji, on the other hand, sighed a little laugh and crossed his arms.
“Be my guest.”
“Okay, wait for me I have to get Tokki!”
“Uh-hu, No Tokki!”
“Hey, that's not fair.
“You're the one who accepted the challenge.”
While they argumented Brigitte could not help a giggle. Hana liked Genji but she could not make a fool of herself in front of Brigitte. She was not much of a melee attacker and she was about to be ridiculised even though she believed she wasn’t that bad… Before they continued arguing about Tokki or not, the taller woman said : “Hey, I’ll be gentle.”
It almost felt intimate the way the Swede said it. It was slow and cocky. One of her hands on her hip.
W..what?! Intimate, Hana? Really?
Hana’s glance fell to her hand and they slowly moved up to look at the other girl’s eyes. She was surprised to see playfulness and a smirk.
“I mean it’s your first time with me right? I can be gentle.” Brigitte smiled wider. She didn’t shy away. Maybe Hana just did not understand the undertone and she made it all up in her mind.
Right, right. I might be crazy… What’s with me and my thoughts lately ?!
The Korean woman bit her lips a little and put both her hands on her hips. She thought about it a moment, okay she was not good but clearly she wanted to have fun.
“Okay, okay. Mind you I have a mecha but I can fight !” She almost pouted when she said it. Brigitte giggled a bit and nodded.
Genji backed away to let them fight freely.
“I will use my flail to make you move out of the way, okay ?” Brigitte said, readying herself. Hana took a deep breath, nodding. She waited and carefully watched any movement from the woman in front of her. When the Sweded actually attacked it was very gentle but not so slow. Hana however ended up dodging it at the last minute with big eyes.
“Oh, okay, I see how it is! May my dancing games serve me”
Brigitte continued sending the same kind of attack. When all of the sudden she whipped her flail quickly on the shorter girl’s side. She didn’t catch that in time and so she fell - before she could touch the ground the reddish-haired woman had caught her hand and pulled her toward her body.
“Humpf!” Brigitte was quick in her retrival. She started laughing out loud. “Sorry. I couldn’t resist the sneak attack.” Her eyes met Hana’s.
Time paused. It was ridiculous but Oh, my ..Hana thought. That was the first time they were so close, she noticed how long her eyelashes were. Her teal eyes were so beautiful, Hana had never seen a shade of color like hers. Then she noticed her freckles, there were so many on her nose and just above her lips..Hana started trembling and as she did, Brigitte leaned in closer that her breath tickled her ear
"Is it the fight that’s making you tremble… or is it me, this close to you?" she whispered.
Genji coughed a bit and called out “Brigitte wins”
The Korean girl jolted and moved away from Brigitte’s embrace. “Oh yeah. Well, if I had Tokki, you know…”
She turned toward Genji and sighed- deeply. Not because she lost but because the moment she just had with Brigitte was… weird. Weird as in almost romantically weird.
“Next time you will go full force on me with Tokki, yeah ?” Brigitte said low and teasing. Victory still glowing proudly on her face. Hana glanced back at her and noticed a flush of red across her freckles.
Those damn frekles…
BRIGITTE
Later that morning Brigitte was alone in the shower. She could not stop thinking about the “fight” with Hana. Of course, she flirted with her and she seemed into it.
Right ?
Fortunately, the showers were private at the training grounds, so she could lean against the wall as the hot water dripped on her whole body. Her mind wandered again,on things she had seen or thought she knew about Hana. D.va... She was a celebrity after all and so she had read a bit of her life online. D.va had public relationships before and if she recalled right they were all with men. So… maybe the flirting had only come from her side. Maybe she’d misread everything.
Brigitte sighed out loud, letting her hair fall on her face, wet strands clingin to her cheeks.
Honestly, Hana was a gorgeous woman. And Brigitte had always been a little cocky, especially when she saw an opening. She’s not that shy - well not really. She likes showing off sometimes, even though she was never extravagant. When she caught Hana glancing at her arms last time she couldn’t help but wonder… might she have been attracted to her too?
Maybe she was wrong.
Brigitte finished her shower quickly and left the training building. She was heading towards the canteen when she came across Lena.
“Hey, Lena”
“Hey, Brig! How was your first day?”
“Good. How about we eat together for lunch?”
So they did. Moments with Lena was always easy. She teased a lot but she knew she meant no harm and she was always joyful. It came from a good place. Lena was about her age and she thought of her as a friend.
“So what’d you think about your new teammates ?” Lena was chewing on her pasta, waiting for her answer.
“They were nice. Hana came looking for me this morning…”
“Ah yes, she was the most excited for you to come.” Lena laughed, interrupting the Swede, squinting her eyes a bit before she started eating again.
Brigitte didn’t say anything else at first. She didn’t feel like talking about how she felt. It was weird. They’d only known each other for a day. One. Single. Day.
That was ridiculous.
“Uh…I also fought against Genji. He was very cool. I understand your stories about him now, Lena,” Brigitte smiled at that and then added. “Then he started to argue with Hana and I ended up against her.”
“SO … You’ve seen a lot of Hana today.”
“Well that wasn’t so…” Brigitte trailed off. She didn’t know what to say at that. She just decided to stop talking about Hana altogether.
“Right,” Lena smiled as if she knew exactly what was going on. The taller woman rolled her eyes and shook her head.
“Yeah well, tomorrow I have a mission. There will be other people with me.”
“I had hoped to find you here, Brigitte!” a voice called out from behing. She turned, and there she was, smiling, her tray in hands.
“Hey” Brigitte said, smiling in spite of herself. Guess it was not all for today.
“I have to go,” Lena winked at Brigitte as she stood. “I forgot I had to call Emily during lunch time. Have fun, girls~”
As she went, Hana sat down in her place, across from Brigitte. She set her tray down and held up her chopsticks.
“I never knew how to eat with those…” Brigitte admitted, eyeing them curiously.
“Really ? I could teach you, it’s very easy. At least I know I’m best at something you’re not.” Hana laughed “I mean, melee attacks are really not my things. I was almost humiliated this morning.”
“You want humiliation? Watch me eat with the chopsticks.”
The reddish-haired woman took it from the Korean and tried eating with them- it went poorly as expected.
Hana started giggling and grabbed her hand without warning. It was so much bigger that Hana couldn’t correctly cover it with hers. She bit her lip for half a second before adjusting Brigitte’s fingers gently, placing them just right. Then she quickly pulled her hand back.
“Now try,” Hana said, watching her closely. And so Brigitte did it, perfectly this time. She gulped her food swiftly.
“Wow. Thanks for showing me Hana.”
“Any time.” Hana replied with a sincere smile which made Brigitte grin in return.
“Wait, how are you going to eat now that I’ve used your chopsticks?”
“It’s okay.” Hana held her hand out, palm up. “Now give them back please, I’m very hungry.”
Brigitte frowned a bit and handed over the chopsticks.
That’s normal, right ? As the thought crossed her mind like a breeze, she shook her head and took another bite from her food with her fork this time.
“Hey,” Hana said between bites, “I was wondering, what were you planning for this afternoon ?
Brigitte looked up from her food this time as Hana continued talking very quickly.
“Winston assigned me a mission tomorrow and I thought I should take care of Tokki a bit before going out. And I mean, I’ve heard you’re a great mechanic and you know, I don’t want to brag but I’m not too bad myself. We could go to the workshop together- I mean if you want to.”
Before Brigitte could think she said “Of course.”
D.VA
Hana was happy. She was about to show off Tokki, the marvelous mecha he is. After lunch, Hana decided to bring Brigitte along. As they walked toward the workshop, Hana took it upon herself to give a full tour of the overwatch HQ’s building they went in.
“You’re actually giving me a tour. That’s very nice of you.” Brigitte said with a little smile, her eyes scanning the various places Hana showed her.
“Of course, my guide was Sojourn. Mind you I like her, but I think I’m more of an entertainer than she is.” She giggled softly, turning to face Brigitte before taking on a playful, exaggerated tone.
“And there we are, Miss Lindholdm, the magnificent workshop. As you may know, many talented engineers worked here. It is said some even made technical achievements. ... Surely you’ve heard of a certain Torbjörn Lindholm, hm? He’s considered a ‘short king’.”
Brigitte puffed a small laugh but decided she wanted to play along. “Oh? I have a certain idea who you’re talking about. I’ve heard he had beautiful children. His daughter, Brigitte in particular, I have heard she was a looker.”
“He sure did.” Hana added in her normal voice and then openned the workshop’s door. Her face flushing slightly as she coughed to clear the awkwardness, her mind trying to forget that she had just said that out loud.. She sure did hate herself sometimes.
She let the Swede look around when she decided to just sit on the couch’s arm where Tokki was positioned. After a moment she called the other woman over. “So what’d you think of the workshop? As cool as your dad described ?”
“Well, he never gave me details.” The redhaired-woman shrugged slightly, thoughtfull. “I think our shop in Sweden is pretty big but this one might be as great. I’m glad you showed me around.” Brigitte smiled as she sat next to her; she casually picked up the tool bag that was at Tokki’s feet.
“So that’s the famous Tokki, uh. He’s much cooler than I expected!”
“What? Excuse you, Tokki is cool here and cool everywhere” She said playfully defensive. She let herself fall onto the couch so they were sitting together. Legs almost touched. Hana was way too aware of that.
Why am I aware of that ? Her mind screamed. Oh my god…DO I HAVE A CRUSH ?
BRIGITTE
Brigitte did everything she could not to let her sweating palm show. So she stood up in front of Tokki.
“What did you want to work on?” Brigitte said bashfully, she really needed to have other things in her mind. She glanced at Hana who looked straight at her. She cleared her voice and also stood up. She lightens a bit before switching Tokki on.
“I felt like changing some things in his paws. See there are multiple lights that won’t light up correctly.”
And so they spent the entire afternoon looking at Tokki. At some point they end up talking about Sweden. Hana had been curious about her life there. “You know, I could bring you up there sometimes. It’s quite great, and I could show you our workshop.”
“That'd be cool.” Hana replied, tinkering something on Tokki’s leg.
Brigitte cleared her voice and watched her again. “Hum, so, in winter you know there are northern lights… it can be quite…” before she could say ‘romantic’ she caught herself. And by doing so she nicked her finger against the metal. “Ouch”
“Oh, are you okay ?” Hana came to her, worry showing on her face. Brigitte smile and showed her hand.
“It’s nothing. Don’t worry, I have known worst.”
“Still, you should be careful.” Hana left her position to go grab a bag, she pulled out some things to heal the artificial wound. “Let me.” And so she did.
Yikes, Brigitte knew she was done for.