♡ – romantic headcanon
Growing up with a gang, Sombra is used to crude attempts at ‘flirting’ and up-front proposals for meaningless romps, loud catcalls and shouts of highly inappropriate comments toward her body. She grows apathetic toward intimacy – convinced that romance is some BS invented for novelas and cheap stories.
So when she meets McCree and firsthand experiences his courting, she’s…not really sure how to respond. She almost thinks it’s some sort of joke because she’s never actually seen people do this sorta thing. But a tip of his hat, keeping his respectful distance…and he made comments – but never about her body. The ones that really struck a chord with her are his comments made about her eyes ‘Reckon I could stare into them eyes forever and never get tired’ and about her smile ‘Asides from makin’ ya look gorgeous, that smiles says ya might be up ta somethin’’
She’s been called ‘guapa’ ‘chula’ and ‘hermosa’ but none of it comes close to being called “darlin’” for the first time. She would trade thousands of those meaningless names for the sweet terms of endearment he refers to her by.
Even well into their relationship, McCree always surprises her by still being such a sap. He’ll randomly bring her flowers, sweetpeas, because they remind him of her or just kiss her sweetly and confess how much he missed her. Sombra’s always thankful that McCree was the one that showed her romance clearly isn’t dead.