Best McHanzo Hurt/Comfort Fanfics
The best hurt/comfort McHanzo (Cole Cassidy/Hanzo Shimada) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments.
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Familiar Habits
Hurt/Comfortby Philosophics
After joining Overwatch, Hanzo finds it difficult to sleep some nights. It is nothing a hot cup of tea cannot fix, but he never expected that he would have company.(or: hanzo is very thirsty, in more ways than one)
Hang the Fool
by AlmaMeDuele
How the heroic organization Overwatch acquires the talents of one Hanzo Shimada, and how gunslinger Jesse McCree will probably suffer because of it for the rest of his days.
Overwatch Emergency Communication Channel (I Swear, It's Emergency Only)
by ArcaneAdagio
Winston tries to open a channel for emergencies. With the members of this new Overwatch, it goes about as well as you'd expect. (But I mean, last time it didn't go much better.)UPDATE: Last chapter is just a 50 page doc of how the story would have ended.
Crown of Horns
by Anonymous
"But you know, I rather like the idea of you as one of those beasts. Wouldn't that look nice for the clan, Hanzo? A living, breathing dragon, chained to a post in the gardens."(Art included!)
Magic McCree
by rosebloomwrites
Hanzo Shimada does not want to be here, he does not like strip clubs and never has. And Genji is wrong, he does not need to 'get laid', no matter how long this dry spell has lasted. He knows he'll regret being here tonight, and he needs a drink. And the tall glass of water clad in plaid that just bu
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
by vandoodle
Hanzo Shimada regrets ever joining Overwatch after he is paired with Jesse McCree, known cowboy enthusiast, and dropped off in the middle of American suburbia. Forced to blend in with the environment, endure neighborhood cookouts, and share his new living space with his so-called 'Husband', the two
Afterdrop
by ClaroQueQuiza
Overwatch can be forgiven for keeping Hanzo at arm's length despite the endorsement of his intended murder victim. Six months of provisional membership, spent in the field, is a reasonable compromise.But not everyone is on board with giving Hanzo a chance. Cassidy, least of all.
Like the River
by Goodluckdetective
Dragon Spirits don’t trust just anyone.McCree never expected for them to ever trust him.Or how McCree gained some trust, won a shootout, almost caught the flu, and proceeded to be the most handsome damsel in distress Overwatch has ever seen.
Threads
by CommonNonsense
Despite being 38 years old, Hanzo has never met his soulmate. He's learned to ignore the red string on his left hand for the last ten years, knowing he is destined to remain alone as he atones for his mistakes. It is for the best. Jesse McCree, however, isn't one to take that lying down.
Target Panic
by Philosophics
McCree looks him steadily in the eyes. “I said, I’m in love with you,” he repeats.Hanzo stares some more as the words sink in.“You,” he states imperiously, “are mistaken.” Then he promptly turns on his heel and strides out the open carrier door.-In which McCree confesses his love, Hanzo has some dif
An American Werewolf in London
by FrostysaurusRekt
They worked well together, that’s all Hanzo had ever been concerned about when it came to McCree.He’d be hard pressed to admit that every once in a great while, he would let his would-be killers get close, just to see that uncanny aim.-Tags and rating will be updated as the story goes on.
Look Up and Wonder
by MarieJacquelyn
Jesse McCree gets a job offer to rescue one H. Shimada at 3:23 AM.He accepts it at 3:54 AM.It does not go according to plan.(An Overwatch/Firefly AU)
It's All Your Fault
by rosebloomwrites
Hanzo Shimada joins the ranks of Overwatch and finds that he quite likes teasing the resident cowboy. That is, until a single compliment ruins his thought process, and he has to deal with feelings he's not exactly well versed in.
Adaptation
by CommonNonsense
McCree always did like a challenge, and Hanzo Shimada is a bundle of challenges wrapped up in a handsome package and tied with a gold ribbon.
Sing For Me
by KokoBean
Someone should've told Tracer that Hanzo very rarely backs down from a challenge. And if that challenge goes a direction he wasn't expecting, well, who is he to complain? He's always thought that Jesse looked good on his back. Jesse McCree and breakfast are both very important to Hanzo, and there's
In Resounding Silence
by Raepocalypse
"Well now, aren't you the handsomest man who ever did try to kill me?" The words of a soulmate were always determinate. They dictated a large part of each person's life. Hanzo had always been unfortunate enough to know that his soulmate will die by his hand. He is a Shimada assassin and they do no
A Losing Combination
by manic_intent
“Do you know what you are here for?” Jesse scratched behind his ear, a little thrown. This, right here, was why Jesse fucking hated going undercover. Talk, talk, talk. Usually, Jesse got bored very quickly, and when Jesse got bored, his trigger finger tended to get itchy. Besides, they’d confiscated
Terms of Endearment
by ceasefire
Five times McCree gave Hanzo a pet name, and one time Hanzo gave McCree one.
Undercover
by lyriumveins
Hanzo is a new member of Overwatch, working undercover in a coffee shop with a few other agents. He’s adjusting to his new life – and making good progress on his missions – when he starts finding ridiculous messages scrawled on coffee cups… Messages that are, apparently, for him. While he’s convince
Those Handcuffs
by LeftHand
The soulmarks represent a defining moment in your life regarding your soulmate. It could be the first thing they say to you or a special way in which they tell you that they love you. A drawing on your hand or even a signature, jotted brash and brazen for all to see.Hanzo's was a little different.
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Why Hurt/Comfort McHanzo Fanfiction Works So Well
Cole Cassidy/Hanzo Shimada — Overwatch's gunslinging cowboy and its haunted Shimada archer barely interact in canon, yet became the game's flagship ship through sheer archetypal chemistry. Cassidy is an outlaw who walked away from a criminal past; Hanzo is an heir who cannot forgive himself for Genji. The fandom built a sprawling shared mythology of gruff flirtation, matching guilt, and a cowboy patient enough to wait out a dragon.
Hurt/Comfort — One character is hurt (physically or emotionally) and another provides comfort and care.
Two men running from the people they used to be, finding that redemption goes down easier with company. The vulnerability, the tenderness, seeing characters take care of each other in their worst moments. That's why hurt/comfort McHanzo fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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