Two Halves of a Whole – smaragdbird – Pacific Rim (Movies) [Archive of Our Own]
Nate’s injuries are a lot worse than first expected. While his drift partner is in a coma, Jake comes to terms with what he wants to do now that he’s technically free to leave the PPDC again and a literal world-saving hero to boot.
Everything I’d been wanting in a fic since watching the movie – absolutely wonderful!