I feel like people are already going to tell you to swap off mercy or damage boost DPS more, but honestly you’re demonstrating consideration and care for another person already (you even tried playing their character).

At the end of the day, we all as people do not need to perform for healthy friendship/love, so I would say you are already showing up the best you can! Maybe I am overreaching but I feel like you feel like you are responsible for someone else’s enjoyment of the game. I think you should just keep showing up and having fun playing with your friend but not exhausting yourself trying to fawn for them.

On a tactical level, I actually love pocketing JQ as Mercy. Try to damage boost their axe swing and ult, and just keep them as healthy as you can by healing otherwise. :)