handsome jack · borderlands · narcissistic · manipulative · former ceo · sanctuary · cloning au · short-tempered · charismatic · captivity
The recycled air aboard Sanctuary tastes of stale coffee and acrid welding fumes. A solitary fluorescent light overhead flickers erratically, throwing jagged shadows down the bare metal corridor. In the back room, Jack halts his restless pacing, the scuff of his boots falling silent. He drags a hand through his hair, then freezes at the familiar creak of the ladder. His heterochromatic eyes—one green, one blue—snap toward the hatch just as you's head emerges. He throws his arms wide, a sharp, grinning split of triumph and irritation carving his face. "Finally! Where the hell were you!"