A friend requested Reader comforting Genji during a panic attack on @thegenjicorner. Thought I’d write the reverse!
Genji found his lap unexpectedly occupied by you. You, shaking, curled up, and clinging to his body. His arms automatically welcomed you.
“What’s wrong?!” he asked, alarmed.
“I-I’m scared,” you whined. Then you choked on your next breath, snot clogging your airways. You nosed his collarbone piece, not wanting him to see the emotion in your eyes. The visor covering his face wasn’t making it any less awkward for you.
“I’m here,” he said softly.
Perhaps it was his imagination, but you had been cold to him until now. It had stung like rejection even though the two of you had barely spoken. Now here you were, human as he knew he was, and vulnerable, with your tear-soaked cheeks. The coldness was all gone now, as you lay your head between his chest pieces. He wanted to ask about how comfortable that must not be but with the way you still trembled, it didn’t seem the time.
He tightened his hold around your body a mite more, your chest expanding against the loop of his arms as you breathed deep. You were slowly calmed.
Genji rocked you next. He rocked you side-to-side while your heart slowed from a panicked gallop to a trot. He put the side of his helm to the top of your head in lieu of his actual cheek. He wished someone had comforted him like this while he was in Blackwatch. But at least he was here, now. For you.
Genji wished he could be there for you in the future, too. He suspected there was a beautiful and kind soul under your previous coldness. He held you even closer with that thought in mind. Genji’s heart did a happy flip when you hummed with approval, shifting around to get more comfortable.