You remember it being late at night. The sun had been down for hours and you had been asleep since the sun went down due to a long day of helping your friend on their farm. Not that you minded. It was extra pay and it was great to spend a day with your friend and the others they had help.
A buzz woke you from your slumber and you turned your phone screen one, regretting it immediately. You hissed at the light and floundered about as you turned the screen light down. The phone kept buzzing, meaning someone was calling you. With phone in hand, you rolled to the side and looked at the clock. 1130pm. With a glare you looked at your phone to see who would be calling this late. The phone read Jesse and with a sigh you answered it. If it was anyone else you would have let it ring.
"Hey [Name]. I know it's late but I was wonderin' if you were busy?" his voice was immediate to you answering. All you did was respond with a sleepy hum.
"Oh Jeeze, I didn't wake ya did I?"
"Mmmhmm.." you rubbed your eyes trying to wake yourself up.
"I'll ya get back to sleep then, I'm sorry [Name]." quickly you sat up as he was about to hang up.
"No wait what's up I'm up now." your sentence ended in a light, sleepy hum.
"Ah just, a long day. Mind if I come over just fer the company?"
"Of course, Jesse." You smiled at the phone sleepily. It had been a while since you met Jesse and you two had become friends. But him asking to come over was a first now. He had never been to your house and anytime you two did anything you'd go shopping or have lunch out in town.
"Is something the matter?" you asked after a moment.
"Ah, I'd rather… talk about it in person? Are you alright with that?"
You nodded into the phone.
"[Name?]"
"Oh shit, yeah sorry. I'll text you my address and combo to get in. I'm feeling too lazy to get out of bed. Do you need anything like snacks or?" you asked, laying back and stretching.
"I can buy snacks on the way if that's what you're suggesting?" Jessie asked.
"I mean sure I have Netflix and Hulu and some movies that we can watch in the background as we chat." you suggested.
"Sounds lovely. I'll be there in a bit, [Name]."
It had been about an hour when you felt your bed dip on one side. Opening your eyes slightly you saw Jesse next to you. Sitting up, you rubbed your eyes again and gave him a smile.
"Hey sleepy head." he rubbed your head and held up some bags "I got snacks"
"Good." you reached to the bedside table and grabbed the tv remote "you took off your damn boots right?" Jesse laughed and removed his serape, setting it on the floor with the bags of snacks. You turned on some obscure comedy on Netflix and made yourself comfortable on one side while Jesse did the same on the other.
"So what's got you so riled this late at night?" you looked over at your friend who was putting some of the snacks on the bed between you both. Jessie had a look of conflict on his face that eventually subsided.
"Work I guess."
"And what about work, Jessie? You can't just leave it at that." he handed you a flavored water, one of your favorites.
"I...uh...ya see it's kind of like hero work I guess. I used to be part of a gang and now I'm part of Overwatch." this was the most the man really opened up about himself to you. You knew his basic personality and what he enjoys and dislikes but you didn't know his line of work or anything relating.
"Well damn, Overwatch? That's impressive." you nodded, reaching over to one of the bags of chips he brought.
"Ha, thanks. Still, as skilled as I am behind a gun. It's still nerve wrecking when teammates get hurt or die or someone innocent is hurt or dies while trying to save them." you figured he came by tonight because of something serious happening.
"Did someone get hurt or ...did someone…" you paused, afraid to say it.
"Yeah, someone I was trying to rescue didn't make it through the mission…" his voice trailed off and you reached over, placing a supporting and reassuring hand on his arm.
He gave you a weak smile and took off his hat, dropping it to the floor on top of his serape on the floor.
"Do you wanna avoid talking about it? We can talk about other things and ease your mind…" you suggested. He nodded and sighed, laying back and folding his hands over his chest, making himself comfortable in your bed.
"Yeah, that sounds lovely." he commented, staring aimlessly at the TV with the comedy on it "Tell me about your line of work, [Name]."
You both had a rather long conversation about your job and other topics about both your personal lives. McCree told you about his days in the Deadlock gang and how he joined Overwatch. You told him about small daily life things. Nothing too major ever happened in your life besides family deaths and the omnic uprising. You told him about how you had survived through it and what not.
Before you knew it, the show had ended and Jessie had passed out sometime during it. You moved the remaining snacks off the bed and pulled one of the decorative blankets up to cover your friend. You then made yourself comfortable and closed your eyes, falling asleep rather quickly.
