It was early Saturday morning, around 9am, The couple was in the kitchen of their shared flat at the base. Satya was standing at the kitchen counter, waiting for her tea to finish brewing and Jesse was sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee. They were still in their pajamas, she was only wearing one of his t-shirts that was very large and loose on her, but barely long enough to cover her hips, and Jesse was shirtless wearing nothing but a pair of loose pajama pants.

"Jesse…" The architect spoke up breaking the calm silence "have you noticed everyone has been acting rather strange these past few days? You even seem more stressed lately. Is something going on that I don't know about?" Satya asked concerned while she sipped her morning tea.

"What? Y'must be imagin' things Darlin' I ain't see nobody actin' funny lately" McCree got up from the table and walked over to her "you worry too much y'know that right?" he replied while his arms snaked around her waist and he placed a kiss on top on her head.

She put her cup down on the counter and looked up at him hugging him close, laying her head on his bare chest. She sighed "I suppose I am still new to how everything works here…" she trailed off "…maybe they're still getting used to me being around here? Or…they just don't like me?"

"Oh hush! That's nonsense! Darlin everyone likes you, even Lucio warmed up to ya!" He assured her while hugging her tighter

"I suppose that is true… maybe i am just imagining things…"

Jesse picked her up and walked back to their bedroom, laying down on their bed with his arms glued around her "I promise you there's nothing wrong angel. Now, let's stay in bed a bit longer, it is our day off after all" he gave her a kiss and she nuzzled into him, smiling at his reassurance.

*bzz bzz bzz*

They both sighed. "Again? You've been getting so many messages and calls lately. Is something going on?" Satya questioned, sounding a bit upset

"Nothin' t'worry about sweetheart. Just gimmie a second and we can go back to bed" He assured her as he got up and started furiously texting Fareeha to help them back at headquarters with the party after realizing he hadn't asked her to help with anything specific yet.

"Eh? Is this what you and mom have been up to? A surprise party?" Fareeha replied back

"Yes and it's today but everyone needs some kinda help for some reason back at headquarters. See if you can get Jack to help you too. I gotta keep Satya distracted until it's time for the party!" Jesse replied back desperately

"Don't worry you can count on me! ?￢ﾀﾝ Fareeha replied, seemingly excited to help out

"Now where were we" he climbed back into bed, pulled her close and kissed the top of her head

"Jesse if they need your help with something you should go…" Satya said as she was laying on his chest, mindlessly drawing small circles

"Sweetheart I told ya it's nothin' to worry about. Fareeha has it all covered" He assured her while playing with her long, soft, sweet floral scented hair between his robotic fingers.

She chuckled "getting your little sister to do your work for you huh?" she teased at him while lightly poking at his chest

"We both know she's more than capable for any job" he said while searching for her hand and interlocking fingers

The architect smiled as she melted under his touch, "I suppose you are right" she said no longer minding if he was needed at headquarters or not. She didn't want him to leave anyways. Satya took in his scent, he smelled nice and clean like soap mixed with pine, or was it cinnamon? Those "for men" soaps always had interestingly unique scents with ridiculous names she thought. It wasn't a strong smell, it was actually pretty gentle, you wouldn't be able to tell unless you were right next to him. She loved the his scent so it's always upsetting when he starts smoking later in the day and ruins it for her. Sometimes when he was away on a mission without her she would sleep in one of his used shirts.

Satya scooched up and gave him a quick peck on the lips, surprising the cowboy a bit, and buried her face back into his neck. He lifted her chin back up to his face and smiled at her, giving her a warm loving kiss. McCree looked at the clock, it read 9:30am. He squeezed her tight and kissed the top of her head, it would be hours before the party would start so he indulged in having their alone time together, just spending their morning cuddling with each other in their pajamas. It was the simple things like this that they loved spending with each other; cuddling, kisses, and mumbling sweet nothings to each other as they indulged in each other's scents and touch.

.:Pharrah:.

Fareeha looked around the base for Jack, wondering where that grumpy old man could be. She could only wonder what he did during his free time. She figured the most logical place to check first would be his room. While on her way to her destination she saw a bunch of her teammates scrambling around from room to room. She just figured they were setting up for the party and continued on, almost hoping no one would ask her for help before she got to Jack. She knocked on his door, a bit nervous since she's never had to bother him before.

"Door's unlocked." a gruff voice stated from behind the door, surprising her a bit. Fareeha opened the door slowly to see the old soldier in casual clothes without his visor cleaning his weapons.

"Oh Fareeha, what can I do for you" Jack asked looking up from his gun.

"Ah…Jesse needs us to go help out the others for the party for Satya later today. He didn't specifically say what though…"

Jack sighed "right…that's today huh. Alright, I guess we'll just have to split up amongst each group and see what they need help with." the soldier got up from his seat and walked towards the door "I'll go see what those junkers are up to, you go see if your mother needs any help with the girls"

She nodded and parted ways from the former commander.

.: Roadhog and Junkrat:.

The two junkers were outside in the garden/picnic area where the party would be held putting up their decorations. A crudely written out banner hung on the wall of the building behind the picnic tables. It read "Happy Birthday Satya" with Jamie's signature smiley faces on each end. Each tree in the garden held at least two of their colorful homemade piñatas, there was streamers all over the tables and chairs, they resisted putting streamers on the trees themselves for the sake of not having Jack or anyone else yelling at them for messing with the plants, thanks to Mako's better judgement. Each table had a "Happy Birthday" balloon on top of it held by a paper weight, every seat had a party popper and party horn sitting atop the tables, and on the spot reserved for the party girl herself there was a bouquet of balloons tied to her chair.

"Don' look t'bad now does it eh Hog? I think the Sheila will like it!" Jamie looked around the garden proud of himself. Mako grunted in agreement and sat down in the closest chair. Jamie might have been a handful these past couple of days but it was worth it, it actually didn't look half bad. Maybe not as nice and orderly as Vaswani would like, but still, he thought she would appreciate the effort, especially since Junkrat actually bathed and cleaned up for the occasion, she's always calling him filthy so in his eyes he did her a favor to show he was taking this seriously. Jamie even wore a shirt and jeans instead of just his ripped up shorts like he was use to. Hell even Hog wore a shirt too, they might not be wearing anything fancy but it was still surprising to see them properly clothed, the gesture that they took this party seriously was definitely there.

Jack walked into the garden to see the junkers admiring their work, actually pleasantly surprised to see it actually didn't look too bad and it seemed as though they were already done so he might not have to help out at all. He looked around and smirked at the party horns on top of the table, seemed a bit childish but Satya would definitely be getting the classic birthday party experience. "Looks like you boys have everything under control huh?"

Jamie jumped in surprise, too absorbed in admiring his own work that he didn't notice Jack walk into the garden. "Y-yup! Everything's all set for the party on our end! Nothin' t'worry 'bout over 'ere boss!"

"Alright then, guess I'll go check on Hana and see what she's up to. If anything comes up call me or Fareeha"

"Y'got it boss!" Jamie said saluting the old commander, still awkward around all these military types unsure of what to do and how to address just looked at him slightly confused with an eyebrow raised and smirked before walking out of the garden.

.:The cake team:.

"It took forever but we finally finished!" Tracer said slightly exhausted but still excited as she sat down next to Mei. Mei was exhausted and was laying her head on top of the table using her arms as a pillow. Ana was trying to hold back her laughter at the girls exhaustion as she made tea for everyone. She knew Reinhardt was going to put the two girls to work but she didn't think he'd exhaust them like this, especially not Lena.

"Now THIS is a birthday cake!" Reinhardt beamed at the creation before him. It was as big as a wedding cake! German chocolate cake with whipped vanilla icing, 4 tiers with baby blue and pastel purple frosting flowers covering the entire thing except for down the center of the first 3 tiers where it read "Happy Birthday Satya!" in baby blue letters. The only thing that was missing was the sparklers that they planned to put on with the candles when it was the proper time.

"Hey do you guys need any hel–WOAH" Fareeha walked into the kitchen surprised at what she was seeing before her. "You guys made this?! It looks like it was made by a professional!"

"THAAANK YOU FAREEHA!" Reinhardt exclaimed and embraced Fareeha in a bear hug.

"Reinhardt you made this?! How?!" Fareeha asked after she caught her breath from the very large soldier's hug.

"Yes! I helped Lena and Mei since they were having trouble. My parents owned a bakery back in Germany and they passed down all of their recipes to me!" He said with a smile

"Woah…mom did you know this?!" She asked Ana. Ana grinned, amused that her daughter still saw Reinhardt as an idol, even after knowing him personally for all of these years.

"I knew that he was a great cook but i had no idea about his family backgrounds. Seems you still have secrets from me even after all these years eh Reinhardt?" Ana teased. Reinhardt blushed slightly and scratched the back of his neck.

"You know I would never keep a secret from you on purpose my love" He chuckled nervously. Ana simply rubbed a hand his back and kissed his cheek

"Do you think she'll like it Fareeha?!" Lena asked excitedly

"Like it? She'll love it! This is beautiful! You guys did a great job!" Fareeha assured Lena. The speedster beamed and couldn't wait til the party to see everyone's reaction. "Well I suppose if everyone here is fine I should go see if anyone else needs help" she said as she was about to walk out the kitchen

"Why don't you have some tea with us Fareeha, have you eaten breakfast yet?" Her mother asked and insisted she sit down with them

"Well…no…but Jesse asked me to get Jack and help everyone who needed it so we've been checking on all the groups. I came to you guys first after I got Jack so i should probably see if anyone else needs help" Fareeha explained.

"Ah that old man needs to bond with the newer recruits anyways. Jack can handle it I assure you now sit and have some tea. I'll make you breakfast" Ana insisted, almost commanding her daughter.

"Well….I guess I can check if the rest need help after breakfast…" Fareeha said giving herself an excuse and sitting down with her friends and family.

"I can make breakfast!" Reinhardt volunteered, alerting Lena and Mei, not wanting to have a breakfast fit for two armies sitting in front of them

"That's okay habibi, there's only 5 of us, not a hundred, I can handle it" Ana assured him as she got up to cook for the small group.

.:Genji, Hanzo, and Zenyatta:.

The three were meditating in together in the meditation room. Surprisingly Hanzo had suggested that they start meditating together more often in an attempt to show that he was serious about improving their tarnished relationship. Genji stood up and put a hand on his brother's shoulder "Come on brother, it is about time we go and help with the party" Genji said with a tinge of excitement in his voice. Zenyatta stopped his meditation as well and rose up to leave for the occasion.

"Alright, I will go to my room to get our gift for her" Hanzo stood up "I will meet you in the garden in a few minutes". Genji and Zenyatta nodded as they parted ways. Hanzo went into his room and grabbed the thousand crane piece, strung together beautifully into a hanging ornament, a bit surprising how nice it turned out considering the short amount of time they had. He also grabbed a long and narrow present bag before leaving his room.

Hanzo walked into the garden to see his brother and Zenyatta talking to the junkers. The decorations were surprisingly much nicer than he expected from them. He walked up to them and put his gift down on a table while still holding the cranes. "Where should I put this…" he asked the junkers, since they were the ones who decorated the entire area anyways.

"Hmm…." Jamie pondered while looking at the crane ornament "Such a nice piece should be the center of attention right? How about we pin it underneath the banner that way everyone'll see it!" Hanzo nodded and went over to pin it to the wall. Genji looked at his brother and noticed his gift bag and picked it up.

"Hey brother who's this for~?" Genji said teasingly waving the bag between his fingers.

"Looks like a gift for the Sheila" Jamie said with a smug look on his face joining in on the teasing.

Hanzo tried to keep his composure as he turned around from pinning the crane ornament onto the wall but there was still a slight blush on his face. "Well obviously it's for Satya. You told me she never had a birthday celebration before right? It only seemed right to get a gift for her as well. Isn't that what you typically do for people on their birthdays anyway?" Hanzo claimed, trying not to sound flustered.

"Well of course brother, I just didn't expect YOU to get her anything, especially after trying to deny your friendship with her before when I had asked you to help us" Genji said still being cheeky towards his older brother. "I can't believe you got her a bottle of sake tho, so predictable brother" Genji laughed. As he waved the bag back and forth he heard something else shake inside the bag. He moved the colorful paper aside and looked inside the bag and saw a small flat box "wait brother did you get her two things?!"

"Wot he get her?!" Jamie asked moving towards Genji trying to get a look inside of the gift bag "kinda looks like a jewelry box t' me mate." Jamie said with a sly grin

"That is none of you business, Rat." Hanzo stated bluntly, getting more annoyed at this situation his younger brother has caused. "Did you guys even get her a gift?" he asked. The thought occurring to him, he didn't want to make things awkward by being the only one who got her a present.

"Of course, Shelia's gifts are all over on that table" Jamie said pointing to the table behind Hanzo in the far corner, with four presents already sitting on top of it. Hanzo looked at the table behind him then reached and grabbed his gift back from his brother's hand and put it over with the rest of the gifts.

"So brother? Is it jewelry? I didn't know you thought of Ms. Vaswani so fondly" Genji continued his teasing, knowing if it wasn't for his visor covering his face Hanzo would strangle him just for the huge smirk on his face.

"That is none of your business either, Genji." Hanzo said sternly trying to keep his composure, pressing his index finger to his brother's forehead.

"He is right Genji. you'll just have to find out later when she opens her gifts" Zenyatta said cheerfully, half teasing Hanzo as well. He found it amusing to see the two brothers quarrel with each other, happy to see them getting along once again.

"You even look nicer today brother, wearing a button down and pants instead of your regular clothes, and your hair isn't tied up! If I didn't know any better i'd say you put extra thought to look nice for her today" Genji was being relentless, acting like a true little brother as he continued to tease Hanzo. He tried to hold back a chuckle as he saw his brothers cheeks slightly redden. The junkers just sat back and watched amused as the brothers went back and forth.

"I dressed like this because it is suppose to be a special occasion. Look, even the junkers are wearing proper clothing for once. It is not just me who wanted to look presentable for her today. I guess you wouldn't know about that though since you clearly do not need to wear clothes anymore" Hanzo said with a smirk thinking he had the upper hand again.

"Low blow brother. I can still wear clothes! I just choose not to, i….feel silly wearing them now since it doesn't seem to make much sense to anymore" Genji retorted, with a tinge of something like embarrassment in his voice.

Hanzo immediately felt bad for saying that to him, he knew his brother was just teasing and sometimes he could sound really harsh even when he didn't mean to "I'm sorry Genji i didn't mean that" he put a hand on his brother's shoulder in an apologetic manner.

"It's okay brother, I am okay with who I am now thanks to Zenyatta"

Zenyatta perked up at the mention of his name, orbs spinning around his neck slightly faster. Before he could say anything the group of men's attention was diverted to the people who just entered the garden.

Hana, Lucio, and Jack all came into the garden together. Lucio was carrying a small amp-like speaker rolling behind him and a backpack with his laptop and equipment. Hana had a big bag of what looked like different drinks and a backpack with what was probably filled with party games. Jack was empty handed because Hana refused to let him carry anything, stating that she wasn't a little girl and could handle herself. Hana and Lucio started setting up while Jack went over to talk with the rest of the men, having nothing else to do for now.

Hana looked up from her bag at the group of men standing a few feet away from her with an analyzing look, something was different about them. The gamer stared at them for a second before blurting out her realization; "Woah all of you guys cleaned up and dressed nice for Sati huh?! You guys must all really like her!" She giggled before going back into her bag and taking out a bunch of bottles. Hanzo and Jamie blushed slightly from her blunt statement. Mako, Genji and Zenyatta laughed at the two's reaction. Even Hana was teasing them about putting effort into how they looked. They just hoped she wouldn't say anything about it in front of her, especially since she was one of the closest people to her out of everyone in the base. Jack just seemed confused as if he was missing out on something based on everyone's reaction to what she said to them.

The cake team walked through the doors joining the rest of them, Reinhardt carried the cake from the kitchen to the garden luckily without any problems on the way and placed the birthday cake on the table that was reserved for the birthday girl herself. It looked even better with the balloons and decorations around it. Lena secretly couldn't wait to see how it looked with all the candles and sparklers on top of it.

"Woah! You guys made that cake?! Impressive!" Jamie exclaimed, basically stating what was on everyone's minds since they walked in. Everyone was staring at how nice it looked, almost too nice to eat, almost, that is. Hana and Lucio even stopped setting up to go over and stare at it.

"Damn guys you made this cake by yourselves?!" Lucio asked Lena and Mei, shocked at how nice it was.

The girls looked down shyly and nodded their heads no. "Reinhardt actually did most of the work, we were terrible at making it by ourselves, we just helped him" Lena replied to the musician

"Reinhardt?! YOU made the cake?!" Hana asked in shock

Reinhardt laughed "It was no big deal! This isn't even the biggest cake i've made before! This was no problem at all!" The large German man cheered.

That only made everyone else stare in even more shock. Of all people they wouldn't have expected Reinhardt to be such a talented baker. Hana took a bunch of pictures from every angle she could get before going back to setting up her games. Lucio took a few pics as well before going back to setting up the music, and everyone else went around admiring and complimenting the decorations and placing their gifts on the present table, continuing to talk amongst themselves as they waited around for their cue.

Everything was ready for the party to start; the only thing that was missing was the guest of honor.