Fiery Flakes *(MEIHEM SHIP/ Junkmei)*

begged

It had been awkward ever since the announcement.
Junkrat didn't want it to be awkward but it was anyway.
Mei tried to avoid him as she couldn't  help but cry when she saw him.
He didn't want to stay away but he did it for the sake of her.
For the sake of the baby.
He slumped around the base sadly in a hunch.
He didn't know what to do with himself.
"Pregnant?" He asked himself.
How did he not realise?
He noticed she had been gaining a little bit of weight but he didn't say anything because he didn't mind.
In his mind anything associated with Mei was perfect.
Even the unborn baby, which he had already been thinking of names for.
Jami Jnr was at the top of the list for now.
With Firework a close second.

He walked around aimlessly when he saw Mei sitting on the red couch by the door herself.
The couch faced the opposite way so he could only see the back of her head but he knew it was her.
He just knew.
He breathed in heavily and sat down beside her.
She noticed it was him but didn't say anything, she only shuffled away from him slightly.
He turned to her and just looked at her.
He didn't want it to be awkward anymore.
He tried to say something but no words came out, so he did the only thing he could think of.
He grabbed her face with both of his hands and put his lips to her own.
"Jami- what are you-" her voice was muffled completely.
She fell into the kiss and kissed him back.
"J-jami, no" She pushed him away.
"Huh?" He answered.
"I can't do this" Mei stood up and attempted to walk away when junkrats hand stopped her and pulled her back onto the red couch.
Her voice was shaky as she spoke
"I'm sorry but we can't be together" she sighed and placed a hand on his thin shoulder.
His face became softer and sadder.
"Bu- But why?" He asked and a little sad mouth appeared on his face, completed with a lip quiver.
"Because Jamison, You're young! You should go experience life, having fun! Going out! Going to parties" She tried to smile.
"You're only 25, you are far too young for a baby" Mei sighed sadly.
Junkrats face fell into his hands and he clutched onto his hair.
"And, to make it easier for you, when the baby is born it never has to know that you are it's father" She said, thinking it was a good thing.
"So you won't have to be anchored down by me or it" she tried to smile and cheer up Jamison who was weaping into his palms quietly.
"It never has to know, obviously you will still see it around the base and you can talk to it whenever you like but you won't have the responsibility" Mei thought Jamison would agree with the idea.
She thought it was a good plan.
Of course, she wanted to be happy with Jamison, she loved him to death but she didn't want to ruin his life with a kid.
He was too irresponsible.
"B-" he said, muffled into his hands.
He lifted his head as the tears ran down his slim face.
"But- that's my fire Cracker!" He sobbed, grabbing Mei around the shoulders and pulling her closer.
His sad face triggered meis eyes to also start running with water.
"Jami, I'll tell you something m- my mother told me, okay?'' She tried to hold in her own tears, he made it very hard for her.
"Rings keep girls but babies trap boys" She rehearsed it like her mother had told her.
"I don't want you to feel trapped"
She felt horrible.
He listened to her as he always would but he didn't respond.
He was too busy trying to convince her , to beg her for him to be the father to the baby.
"I- I made that" He said, pointing to her stomach and wiping away his tears as they spilled effortlessly from his eyes.
"Jami, I know you did" she rubbed his back, trying to comfort him.
"But it's better for both of us if we preten-"
Junkrat cut her off.
"Are you embarrassed by me?" He sniffled.
"Jami, of course I'm not embarrassed by you, you are an amazing, sweet, sensitive guy" She used her thumb to draw circles on his back to calm him down.
"And if you want a ring I'll- I'll get you a ring and it'll be the biggest ring I can find, Mei, I promise you that".
Mei cut him off by placing her hand on his cheek.
"Jami, I don't want a ring" She said kindly.
"Well, well why don't you want me near that baby?" He asked with a soft sigh.
"Do you not think I'd be a good dad?'' He asked her.
"Jamison, you would make a great dad" Mei smiled through her own tears.
"In a couple of years" she continued.
"Mei, my mother had me when she was 18 and no body said she was too young" He sobbed.
"And- if it's because I'm a junker I can ch- change, I mean it'll be hard but I will, I'll change ALOT and I'll try me best, honest" He wiped his eyes.
"Please, Snowflake" He clasped his hands together in a begging motion.
"I don't know what I'd do without you" He begged her.
"I love ya, I- I really do" He sniffled.
"I love you too, Jami" She promised him.
"Let's just forget about this then, roight snowflake?" Junkrat asked her.
"We can just forget about this conversation and we can be happy, Roight?" He nodded.
"Jamison" Mei put a hand on his shoulder.
"I don't want to ruin your life" She cried.
"Snowflake." He put a hand on her stomach.
"I want this" he looked at her eyes and they where crying just like his.
"And I know you do too" he nodded and she copied him.
"Jamison, I want it more than anything but....it won't work and I'm sorry" she stood up and wiped her eyes.
"I love You , dearly but this can't happen" Her voice was deepened with sorrow.
"You're still young and free" She shrugged.
"I'm not free, I'm hiding from bounty hunters and all sorts" he shrugged.
"They're bound to find me, the lot of them and by that time bein' happy won't be an option for ol' Jami Fawkes" He said honestly.
Mei felt horrible but she didn't want to ruin his life.
"Jamison, be honest with me here" She took his hand.
"Do You- look at me" she turned his face to look at her.
"Do you really want this?" She asked and he nodded sadly.
"And you'll be responsible?" She asked.
"As responsible as the sea is black...............in Australia" He nodded.
"We can try to make this work" She promised him.
"You really mean it, Snowflake?" He perked up at these words and Mei nodded.