You are going to do this, you can and will do this, nothing is more important right now than what is about to go down. He kept repeating this in his head all morning, fueling excitement and the butterflies that somehow were lodged in his gut. "its only a meal, its only a meal, its only a- oh goddamn it!" He said that last part a little too loud for his liking, but luckily no one was around to hear his ramblings. "its so much more john, its literally something I've been wanting to do ever since I saw her. Lord give me mercy..." He smiled at the irony of what he said. Today was the day that john "jack" Morrison was going to ask the beautiful Angela "mercy" Ziegler to dinner. Sounds like nothing right? To a person who hasn't seen Angela before yes, but to jack...
It had been a month since she graced overwatch with her presence. Ever since him and Reyes has managed to persuade her to join she had been more than capable of what they asked from her. Patients were dealt with in swift and clean manners, no misdiagnosis or system faults,no complaints about treatment. She really did make the medic ward more than just a place to get fixed up.
She made it her home.
To most that would be figuratively, but jack knew better. Many a morning would he see her slouched in her desk, many a night would he see her still in her lab or office figuring out science stuff, for lack of a better word. He wasn't one to worry but, he was worried.
Maybe that's why he asking her out.
Enough screwing around! Get on the point! Jack was waiting for his weekly checkup, something he both loved and hated. But this time was different. At least he hoped so. Something about the cool Swiss air that blew through the corridor, with the sunlight gently floating to the ground, something about the peacefulness had jack on edge. He didn't like this calmness, normally it meant that something was about to go very wrong. Maybe that was just his 'soldier sense' as Lena put it, always telling him to brace and have a rifle on him at all times. Still got my pistol though. But he had to put that thought to the side as she walked out of her office, presumably to call in the next patient.
"ah, Mr. Reinhardt, I believe you are next" she motioned for the colossus of a man to enter her office, her voice sweet and yet surprisingly confident.
"of course Angela, I wouldn't wait for the world to see you" his booming voice caused jack to wince slightly as he felt his insides rumble. How a man could be so loud was beyond him, just like the sheer height of him. But then again everyone in overwatch was a little extra ordinary, from the giant Reinhardt to the super soldiers of himself and Gabriel Reyes, all the way to the cowboy McCree and the scientist from the moon, Winston.
Guess that's why we need her.
Some time had passed, jack wasn't sure how much, and once Gabriel had left her office-with his usual scowl of course- he went of to do whatever blackwatch things he did. He left swiftly but not without giving jack a glance which was filled with hate, pity, and maybe sorrow. But the sour taste left in his mouth was quickly washed away when he heard a woman with a Swiss accent say his name softly.
"jack? Are you okay?" She looked over to him with concern for some unknown reason.
"uh... Yeah, why?" He asked with slight confusion.
"well zit it just that you didn't respond to your name the first time I said it" her accent made jack smile slightly, remembering the comfort her voice always brought upon him.
"oh, sorry doc, just zoned out is all. You ready for me?" She lightly laughed at his response.
"well considering you are ze only one here... Maybe" she couldn't hide her smile as he blushed ever so slightly.
"oh, I really must have-"
"just come in ja? I'm sorry, I'm a little tired" she was about to go on before jack interrupted her saying
" well with how much we've been working you I'm not surprised. You should really take a break sometime."
"oh I'll take a break when ze world is at peace"
"you really should think about yoursel-"
"do you want ze evaluation or not? I do have research to attend to..."
"yeah, sorry" he always lost his train of thought with her, she always made him want to delay as long as possible. She really was hard to deal with, but not because of her as a person.
Once the two were inside he glanced around her office, its usual cleanliness was countered with files, plans and general paper with her very distinct handwriting on it scattered on nearly every surface.
"now then, lets begin" she hastily said before grabbing a pen and searching through her patient files,which happened to be in her lower drawer, giving jack a cheeky glance at her-
No, stop right there you pervert, your mother would be ashamed.
"so zen, jack, any concerns about your health? Any worries or problems?"
Just that my heart skips a beat when your around
"um, no, not at all"
"okay, so I guess ill just..."
She ran blood tests, did a basic cranial nerve exam and other doctor checkup stuff as his mind put it and was putting his file back in her drawer. Jack didn't realise before just how tired she looked, she probably would've just collapsed by now if it weren't for that unexplainable drive that everyone knew Angela had. But even exhausted she still looked angelic, her platinum locks held in a pony tail and her eyes still holding a sparkle. She looked at him before saying " so, your vitals appear to be normal, for you at least, and I don't see any signs of damage and what not. I would say we are done here, unless...?" She didn't finish her sentence as she waited for Jack to respond.
Nows your chance! Do it! Do it! "um, doc?" He sounded very nervous, which caused her to get a little panicked, her eyes began darting around his form, trying to find what she thought she had missed.
"ja? Did I miss something? Iz it your scars? I know some people get -"
"no, no. Its not that, its juuuuust..."
"ja" he could almost see her brain racing to find an answer, an explanation.
"wouldyouliketogooutfordinnerwithme?" He said in such a flurry it sounded like gibberish.
"vat? I didn't catch zat?" She quipped an eyebrow and he started to blush. Really blush. " are you okay Jack?"
"sorry, what I said was... Would you like to go out for dinner with me?" He couldn't look at her eyes for fear of her laughing, or mocking him, Jack, a soldier, asking out one of the worlds greatest doctors, Angela Ziegler.
"I... I... Uhhhhhhh..." Now she began to blush, and he braced for the worst.