first meetings

"Why do ya think little Reo has a blue eye?" Jesse asks, changing the infants nappy as he lies in his back in their bed. Hanzo has Nash in his lap while Himari cuddles Austin, puppeting his hands to clap with Nash. The older man looks over at Jesse and hums.

"I am not sure. Perhaps it's just a birth defect. No matter, gives us a good tell to know which twin is which."

"Yeah, true..." Jesse sticks the fold down on his diaper and straightens his back. "You don't think it's some dragon shit, do ya?"

"Language." Hanzo scolds, coughs to clear his throat, and looks at the giggling child making grabbing hands for Jesse. "And unlikely. Himari and Austin show no physical traits toward the Shimada dragons."

It was more of a worry on Jesse's mind than he cared to admit, the whole "Shimada spirit dragon" gene his offspring seemed to posses. Since living back in their home the past few months, Jesse had been on red alert for the twins to show something similar to his other children's powers. It was frightening, given how determined the Shimada clan were to hunt down Himari and Austin's dragons. The twins were so small and fragile, only a few months old, he couldn't bare the thought of someone harming them. It was weird, but Jesse felt an unearthly connection to his newest sons, unlike what had been before. It wasn't a holy love of such, but rather a mighty will to be with them. Nash was his silent little prince, calm like a gentle ocean, and Reo was the light to a sun's rays. Maybe it was the stressful circumstances they were born under, but Jesse felt an odd obsession for the twins, like they had secrets only he could know in due time.

And Reo, with the one shimmering blue eye, Jesse was sure he saw a whole wild life of ocean life swim within his iris'.

Jesse picked Reo up and sighed, rocking the bouncing baby in his arms. He shook his finger in his face till Reo grabbed the thick appendage-

And Jesse saw a barrage of colours intertwining, blinding his sanity before revealing what seemed to be an older version of Hanzo hugging a small child, Himari coming up from behind, there in her teens, brandishing a sword. The lines of their figures shook, and before Jesse knew it, he was thrown back into the HD reality of his bedroom. He gasped, looking down at Reo.

Nothing but a sunny smile, and a twinkle in his eye.