Total Recall - Ghosts part 2

I DID THE THING?? This is the Overwatch AU that I have with renshai for our Saints Row bosses, because we're huge fucking nerds. The 'verse centers on former Overwatch brats Lena McCarroll and Max Eshkibog, daughters of decorated Blackwatch operatives Maddie McCarroll and Lilah Eshkibog. After their moms are reported killed in action, the girls are sent away to a US Marines boot camp and a Canadian military academy, respectively. The Recall happens when they're about 24-25.

Fandom: Overwatch, mostly
Characters in this bit: Lena McCarroll, Ana Amari
Word count: 1608
Rating: Very soft teen for lots of swearing and abandonment issues

Summary: Lena is trying and failing to get comfortable in New Overwatch (TM), and gets her second visit from a ghost.

Also here @ AO3, here @ tumblr.

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The sun is just rising, orange light filling the cracks in the windows of the new Overwatch’s HQ, or more accurately, its hide-out. Likely abandoned since shortly after the Omnic crisis, it’s only marginally worse than the Saints’ base of operations, low-profile and generally low-tech except for the few amenities that Winston has managed to repair or install himself. The old dormitory’s doors don’t lock, and the beds are worse than the granite slab of a mattress she’d had in boot camp. There’s a kitchenette with an unreliable oven and no dishwasher, and the only furniture in the adjacent rec room is Winston’s tire swing and a musty couch with a persistent odor of stale coffee.

( And thank fuck for coffee )