{ooc} Character Profiles
Series: Final Fantasy 7
Series' Medium: Video game/Movie/Novella
Character: Tifa Lockhart
Age: 21; 21
Sex/Gender: Female
Canon Role: Secondary Protagonist
"Real" Name: Rachel Blanton
Please give us a personal history of your character's life and explain to us in detail how they grow and develop over the course of their canon:
Childhood/Flashbacks
Tifa is the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, the main protagonist of the game, both growing up in the small town of Nibelheim. It is here that she learned martial arts from a world renowned instructor named Zangan.
Her mother died when she was still a child and Tifa believed she now resided on the mountain range outside their town called Mt. Nibel. If she could climb Mt. Nibel, Tifa believed she could be reunited with her mother. And so Cloud tagged along as a bodyguard, but during their journey Tifa fell from one of the old bridges suspended between the mountains. Tifa’s father blamed Cloud’s negligence for his daughter’s injuries, and Cloud’s guilt and frustration for being unable to protect her spurned his decision to enlist in the military so that he could become part of an elite combatant group called SOLDIER funded by the Shinra Electric Corporation. He called Tifa out one night to a popular meeting spot in Nibelheim in order to impress her with his decision. Tifa made him promise her that when Cloud became a SOLDIER, no matter where she was or what dangers she was in, he would come and rescue her.
While little else is mentioned about her youth, one striking event during this time is dissected throughout the entire game. Around the time Tifa is fifteen, a small group of SOLDIERS are set to quell a strange surge of monsters being produced by a faulty Mako Reactor in the mountains of Nibelheim. Tifa is selected to become the tour guide of the party where she meets Zack and Sephiroth, two high-ranking SOLDIERs, leading them and a pair of infantry to the reactor in order to inspect the area. There the General Sephiroth unintentionally discovers the location of the remains of Jenova, an alien creature which landed on the planet 2,000 years ago.
Sephiroth is intrigued by the coincidence that his own late mother is named Jenova as well and tears through an entire library of information concerning Jenova back in Nibelheim. He concludes that he is the son of this Cetra or Ancient known as Jenova and thus must reclaim the world for the Cetra who were robbed of their homeland. He takes his vengeance out on the town, razing it to the ground with fire. Zack and Tifa follow the crazed General to the reactor where she finds the body of her father killed by Sephiroth. It is here that the girl’s obsession for revenge against Sephiroth and the Shinra Corp. blooms. Following Sephiroth into the reactor, she tries to kill him with a fallen sword, but both Tifa and Zack are struck down and severely wounded. She is rescued by her instructor, healed with restorative magic, and taken away to the city of Midgar where she can recover physically and mentally. The events of that day in Nibelheim are cloudy for Tifa and she is not able to fully recollect what happened beyond the destruction of her hometown and the death of her father.
The length of her recuperation is unknown, but she eventually meets the leader of a terrorist group known as AVALANCHE that opposes Shinra’s abuse of the lifestream and, realizing she can seek her retribution through this group, joins Barret and his team. Tifa becomes the bar tender and proprietor of a bar in the sector seven slums called 7th Heaven which AVALANCHE uses as their base of operations. During this timeframe, she meets Cloud again as a mercenary in the slums. She is immediately concerned by his attitude and his recollection of past events that contradict her own so she recruits his services for AVALANCHE in order to keep an eye on him.
Present
After a successful terrorist attack on one of the Mako Reactors in Midgar, Tifa accompanies Cloud, Barret, and the rest of the AVALANCHE group to destroy another reactor in another sector of Midgar. But during a battle succeeding their mission, Cloud is separated from the rest of AVALANCHE where they assume he fell to his death. Upon returning to 7th Heaven, the group discovers someone in their slums is spying on them and squeezes him for information. They learn a crime boss named Don Corneo is working with Shinra Corp. in order to find and silence the mysterious AVALANCHE group.
To protect her friends and ideals, she allows herself to be taken to Don Corneo as a potential consort so she can learn more about Shinra’s schemes. At his mansion, she finds Cloud in disguise as a girl with another woman named Aerith, a flower girl who found Cloud after he fell, and together they learn from Don Corneo that Shinra Corp. plans to dismantle the large plate above the sector seven slums, destroying the terrorist group (and everyone else who lives there) and blaming the disaster on AVALANCHE itself. However before they could leave, Don Corneo pulls a trap door and the three of them fall to the sewers below where they eventually find their way back to the slums and find the plate has not yet fallen.
Despite their best efforts to stop Shinra and the Turks from dismantling the plate, several of the members of AVALANCHE are killed, Aerith is captured by the Turks, and Cloud, Tifa, and Barret barely escape before the plate crumbles , killing everyone living in the sector seven slums. The deaths of so many innocent lives become a guilty burden that weighs on Tifa’s heart. She begins to wonder if her vengeance is worth this kind of devastation.
Their next destination is Shinra headquarters itself to rescue Aerith, but after her release they are all captured and imprisoned. Tifa is detained in the same cell with Cloud, looking to her friend to save them. During the night, Cloud discovers their cells are mysteriously unlocked and they follow a trail of blood through Shinra headquarters. They find the remains of Jenova have been taken and President Shinra has been killed by Sephiroth. Cloud distracts Shinra’s son Rufus while the others find an escape route and rendezvous at a town called Kalm. It is here that Cloud fills the group in on the events concerning his hometown. His retelling places him as Sephiroth’s SOLDIER companion instead of Zack, but Tifa remains quiet for she is unsure of her own recollection and does not want to further disturb Cloud’s fragile mental state.
From here on, the group travels across the world of Gaia, hunting Sephiroth and picking up new characters to help them on their journey. Sometime during their stay at a town called Junon, Cloud asks Tifa why they had not hung out more when he had come back to Nibeheim as a SOLDIER. Unsure how to answer him because of her own insecurities with the past, she tells him it was too long ago to really remember clearly. Again, the mysteries surrounding Tifa and Cloud’s memory come into play when the group visits Gongaga, Zack’s hometown. After listening to a story from the man’s parents concerning Zack and his disappearance for ten years, Cloud questions Tifa but does not get any new information from her. Their journey next brings them to Nibelheim and, to Tifa and Cloud’s surprise, Nibelheim is perfectly intact, but strangely none of the townsfolk remember the two of them growing up here. The town has been rebuilt in order to silence the rumors of the night in question. They search the grounds and find Sephiroth who directs them to follow him to some kind of reunion.
This leads them eventually to the Temple of Ancients in order to enter the temple and locate a mysterious materia of destruction which Sephiroth has his eyes on. When they meet up with Sephiroth again, he explains that he will become a god once he inflicts a giant wound on the planet by summoning a magic called Meteor and absorb the lifestream that pools out to heal the wound. Tifa and the rest of the team figure out that the temple itself is the destructive materia. One of the supporting characters sacrifices their body in order to shrink the temple into the materia, but when Cloud comes into contact with Sephiroth again he becomes mentally unstable and passes out. He has a dream about Aerith who reassures him that she will take care of Sephiroth. However after she leaves his dreams, Sephiroth appears to tell him they must stop Aerith. He leads AVALANCHE to Sephiroth and Aerith, but no one is able to stop Sephiroth from killing her. He leaves for the “Promise Land” and the group, Tifa included, is resolute now more than ever to stop Sephiroth.
They follow him to the North Crater and it here that Sephiroth tries to convince Tifa that Cloud is not the Cloud she knew, but is simply a failed clone of Sephiroth. Neither believe the General, but unfortunately Cloud cannot remember any memories beyond Nibelheim and his fragile mental state begins to crumble. Sephiroth uses this opportunity to manipulate him and steal away the destructive materia and summons Meteor. The crater begins to crumble and everyone but Cloud escapes in time. Tifa begins to dream about the day she found Cloud in Midgar and recruited him for AVALANCHE in order to keep an eye on his strange behavior. She wakes up and finds that she and Barret have been captured by Shinra and are awaiting execution so that Shinra can make an example of them.
Before Tifa can be gassed; however, a monstrous creature named WEAPON, which guards the planet, attacks, allowing AVALANCHE to escape and eventually regroup. Tifa becomes temporary leader and searches for Cloud who they believe may have washed up in a town where the lifestream has bubbled up from underneath the earth. He is found in Mideel where he has been suffering from mako poisoning. Tifa decides to stay with him and help him recover while the rest of AVALANCHE follows after Shinra and discovers their plan to destroy Meteor with materia collected at Mako Reactors. Together they unravel Cloud’s damaged psyche and piece together the real events of Nibelheim all those years ago. Tifa learns that Cloud had been there all along, but only as a foot soldier. Too ashamed that he had not become a part of SOLDIER, he kept hidden to everyone in Nibelheim. It is clear that Cloud is not a clone and his true self is restored. They reunite with the rest of their group in Junon and then to Rocket Town to stop Shinra. Unfortunately, Shinra’s plans for launching a rocket filled with materia does nothing to faze the Meteor, and once again AVALANCHE must find another way to destroy Sephiroth. They learn that right before Aerith died, she summoned the magic Holy, capable of stopping Meteor. Before the showdown, each character reflects on the reasons why they fight to save the planet and Cloud gives them the choice to leave if they so wish. Tifa and Cloud conclude that they only have each other now. Depending on the player’s choices during the game, this scene can just show their camaraderie or allude to more intimate actions before they leave to destroy Sephiroth. When they board the airship, they find that everyone has decided to stay and help fight.
They confront Sephiroth in his three forms, but it is Cloud who finally destroys him for good within his subconscious. However, Meteor is not stopped along with Sephiroth’s destruction and it takes the combined strength of Aerith’s spirit and the planet’s lifestream to destroy the Meteor.
Novella
In the aftermath of Meteor and the demise of Sephiroth, Tifa and the rest of AVALANCHE go to visit Tifa at the Temple of Ancients. The remorse she had not felt during Aerith’s demise now wells up and eats at her, wondering if Aerith’s sacrifice was worth her revenge against Shinra and Sephiroth. For once, she gives into her emotions and cries for Aerith, apologizing for her sacrifice.
After that, the group separates in order to reflect and tie up loose ends that they had left in order to chase after Sephiroth. Barret, Tifa, and Cloud go on their own, retracing their journey through Nibelheim and a host of other cities. They come back to Kalm where Aerith’s mother, Elymra, had been keeping Barret’s daughter until they returned for her. They apologize to her mother for her daughter’s death and her mother forgives them, but Tifa wonders if they had really done all they could or if they could have prevented her death somehow. Their next search is a place to start their new lives, though Barret and Tifa doubt how they can truly live on and start anew, plagued with sin as they were. They come back to Midgar and make a vow to live on until they could find a way to repay the world for the sins they committed in order to stop Sephiroth.
In order to make a living, they decide to sell wine which Barret had shown them how to make. 7th Heaven is once again restored in order to bring back a sense of camaraderie and familiarity to the slums. Tifa mans the bar like she had in their past life and Cloud starts a delivery service which expands outside just finding Tifa supplies for the bar. Months go by and Tifa begins to live with her sins. She believes she will eventually be punished, but until then she tries her best to live on for the rest of the world. But not long after, Tifa’s perfect family begins to break. She starts to sense that Cloud has begun to distance himself from them. He uses his delivery service as an excuse to stay away from the bar.
One day, Tifa browses Cloud’s deliveries and sees Elymra asking for a bouquet of flowers to be sent to the Temple of Ancients. As usual, she does not express her feelings of insecurity she feels nor the pain she feels for Cloud, burdened with the guilt of the Ancient’s death. Nerves frayed, she asks Cloud a few nights succeeding if he would like her to join him in drinking, especially since there is something she would like to discuss with him. Cloud tells her he wants to drink alone and Tifa is too hurt to keep her emotions in check and she snaps and tells him to go drink in his room. Days later while Cloud is sleeping, Tifa asks him if she loves him but there is no response from him.
Again Cloud disappears for awhile, but when he returns he is not alone this time. He brings home a young boy named Denzel and before Tifa can ask him where Cloud found the boy, he says the kid stumbled into his place, alluding to the fact he sleeps somewhere else instead of in Tifa’s home. She is confused by this, but she pushes it down on her priority list until she can help Denzel recover from his ordeal. They become a family once again and later, Tifa finally confronts Cloud about the day he brought Denzel home. Cloud says that he regularly stays at the church Aerith used to tend and apologizes for not telling her. She tells him that she is not angry, but hopes that next time he visits they can do so together. She also makes a point to tell Cloud that Aerith did not bring the child to just him, but to both of them. Together they are a family and after a moment, Cloud smiles at her and Tifa hopes that everything will be alright with their future.
What point in time are you taking your character from when he/she appears at Landel's and why?:
I am taking Tifa from the end of her novella On the Way to a Smile: Case of Tifa. In the game and in the movie, Tifa is portrayed as a solid foundation for the other characters, especially Cloud. And while her maternal comfort is genuine, a perfectly sound and stable character is not interesting to play. She isn’t portrayed as a dynamic character, but in the novella, written in her point of view, it gives the reader glimpses of an uncertainty, a burden of guilt, and a fear she keeps hidden inside.
Now, she is susceptible to conflict and growth which to me didn’t seem possible in the other media.
Please give us a detailed description of your character's personality:
Unfortunately for Tifa (and probably for the secondary characters in general), her personality does not grow much during the process of the game. She remains a foundation and mother hen for the rest of the characters in Final Fantasy VII from beginning to end. However, during her novella she does begin to struggle emotionally with herself.
She is a passionate woman, confident with herself and unshakeable against outside influences. She is independent and fully capable of taking care of herself and others with her years of martial arts experience. She is not afraid of taking the initiative in order to protect those she loves or to complete her goals. This is seen after Cloud is thought to have fallen to his death during AVALANCHE’s last mission and Tifa readily allows herself to be kidnapped in order to keep her friends out of harm’s way and to get closer to a potential enemy. This confidence, combined with her fervor for revenge against Shinra and Sephiroth make her a strong warrior through AVALANCHE’s journey. Believing the ends justify the means as expressed in the novella, she accepts that the inevitable sacrifices of her fellow AVALANCHE members and the death of innocent lives are necessary in order to achieve the revenge she has held deep within since childhood.
Despite her fervor to fight for what she believes in, she is very quiet and keeps her emotions within. She has never been a very expressive person socially, and her natural inclination to act as a mother figure for everyone else only heightens her hesitance in conveying her feelings. To be a solid role model, she keeps her own insecurities and feelings in check so that she can better console and protect her friends. This is obviously shown from her immediate concern for Cloud even after years of alienation between them. She dutifully keeps an eye on his shaky condition during his time working for AVALANCHE and the events succeeding. And despite her competence and eagerness to help AVALANCHE during their acts of terrorism, she quietly accepts staying behind in order to protect their base of operation and bring in a modest cash flow from her skills as a bartender. Even with another woman rivaling for Cloud’s affection, Tifa does not let her own feelings sway her decisions on what is best for her friends nor does she lash out with jealousy or hurt feelings because of it. When confronted with these feelings (depending on the player’s choices during the game) she plays ignorant and shy, unable or unwilling to express what she feels for him. She reacts this way anytime her own opinion or thoughts are wanted from other characters. Again when Cloud looks to her for help with his memories throughout the game, she remains introspective and thoughtful of her own recollection and prefers to remain ignorant instead of feeding his curiosity. Tifa does this not to be coy, but because she believes her feelings and thoughts will disturb Cloud’s fragile mental state further.
Still, despite her selflessness, she doesn’t let people just push her around. Everything comes back to what is good for the team or the goal at hand. While trying to rescue Aerith from the Turks at Shinra HQ, the player has the option of just busting on in or sneaking around the back. Sneaking around the back, Tifa, Barret, and Cloud hike up dozens and dozens of flights of stairs, and when Barret begins to slow down and laugh like a psycho, Tifa tells him to “stop acting like a retard and climb” (thank you old video games and your political incorrectness). Her tongue can be just as scathing as any of the males in Final Fantasy, seen when she threatens to rip a Don Corneo’s balls off. Still, Tifa also has a feminine and teasing side to her as well. She regularly pairs up with Aerith and happily helps make fun of Cloud, especially during Cloud’s transgender exploration in Wall Market. She also squees over the discovery of a nest of cockatrice they stumble upon, commenting on how cute and fuzzy they look and then telling Cloud that his hair looks like a chocobo.
The only time we see Tifa’s foundation crumble is during her novella. The reader sees that despite her strong façade, she holds a great burden of guilt over the events preceding her new life in the town of Edge. At the time she believed the ends justified the means, but her assurance began to crack after the death of Aerith. She wonders if her path of vengeance was the correct path. The ideas of family and friendship become even more important to her so that her sins do not suffocate her. Her unity with Cloud becomes a crutch. She does her best to keep her newfound family together, Cloud, Marlene, Denzel, and she, but Tifa begins to lose sight of the future and even Marlene sees that Tifa is not so strong anymore. By the end of her novella however, she finds middle ground with Cloud and puts all her effort into keeping Denzel, Marlene, and other orphans safe.
Please give us a physical description of your character:
Tifa reaches a sturdy height of 5’5” with a slim build that never changes no matter the amount of martial arts training she has tacked on over the years. She has waist length dark brown hair that flips out at the end like a dolphin tail with equally dark brown eyes and fair skin. None of her characteristics are radical enough to need changing in Landel’s. Hopefully the institute has a bra sturdy enough to keep her girls in check. While it is never discussed, I believe Tifa is scarred on her chest from her meeting with Sephiroth as a child. While it is true Zangan used curative magic on her, other characters like Zack and Red XIII are scarred and over littler things than a psychotic superhuman general.
What kinds of otherwordly abilities does your character have, if any?:
Final Fantasy 7 has a system implemented called Limit Breaks which, when the character is under stress or after a certain amount of abuse is taken, give the character a boost of strength or magical ability in order to strike down the enemy or to aid allies. Most characters have seven different Limit Break abilities, all of which differ in attack, defense, magical power, etc. and only one can be used one at a time; however, Tifa’s Limit Breaks are martial art moves which simply chain together with every new Limit Break she learns.
If present, how do you plan to tweak these powers to make your character appropriately hindered in the setting of Landel's?:
Tifa's Limit Break is triggered from a strong surge of emotion, anger, anxiety, or fear, or from heavy damage dealt by her opponent.
She can use her her Level 1 Limit Breaks, Beat Rush and Somersault, and also Meteodrive.
Beat Rush Tifa rushes over to her opponent and attacks with a flurry of punches and kicks. This can be used 3 times a night and is used mainly to disorient and push back the opponent.
Somersault is used in succession with Beat Rush, backflipping and then kicking the opponent in the face. This can be used twice a night and only after Beat Rush. This attack is where the true damage comes in, around twicer her usual strength in Landel's.
Meteodrive can only be used once a night. Tifa slides under her opponent, picks them up and then slams him or her down behind Tifa. The enemy must be smaller and lighter than Tifa, like an adolescent, or a small monster, like a deranged forest critter or other animal, for her to execute this attack properly.
The combination of Beat Rush and Somersault is very draining on Tifa, and Meteodrive takes a heavy toll on her endurance by the end of NS.
PLAYER
[journal] shotshooter
[age] 21; 3/7/89
[previous characters] N/A
CHARACTER
[series] Final Fantasy VII
[full name] Tifa Lockhart
[age] 21
[gender] Female
[canon point] End of her novella, but before Advent Children
[reference] Wiki
Final Fantasy!Wikia
[personality] Unfortunately for Tifa (and probably for the secondary characters in general), her personality does not grow much during the process of the game. She remains a foundation and mother hen for the rest of the characters in Final Fantasy VII from beginning to end. However, during her novella she does begin to struggle emotionally with herself.
She is a passionate woman, confident with herself and unshakeable against outside influences. She is independent and fully capable of taking care of herself and others with her years of martial arts experience. She is not afraid of taking the initiative in order to protect those she loves or to complete her goals. This is seen after Cloud is thought to have fallen to his death during AVALANCHE’s last mission and Tifa readily allows herself to be kidnapped in order to keep her friends out of harm’s way and to get closer to a potential enemy. This confidence, combined with her fervor for revenge against Shinra and Sephiroth make her a strong warrior through AVALANCHE’s journey. Believing the ends justify the means as expressed in the novella, she accepts that the inevitable sacrifices of her fellow AVALANCHE members and the death of innocent lives are necessary in order to achieve the revenge she has held deep within since childhood.
Despite her fervor to fight for what she believes in, she is very quiet and keeps her emotions within. She has never been a very expressive person socially, and her natural inclination to act as a mother figure for everyone else only heightens her hesitance in conveying her feelings. To be a solid role model, she keeps her own insecurities and feelings in check so that she can better console and protect her friends. This is obviously shown from her immediate concern for Cloud even after years of alienation between them. She dutifully keeps an eye on his shaky condition during his time working for AVALANCHE and the events succeeding. And despite her competence and eagerness to help AVALANCHE during their acts of terrorism, she quietly accepts staying behind in order to protect their base of operation and bring in a modest cash flow from her skills as a bartender. Even with another woman rivaling for Cloud’s affection, Tifa does not let her own feelings sway her decisions on what is best for her friends nor does she lash out with jealousy or hurt feelings because of it. When confronted with these feelings (depending on the player’s choices during the game) she plays ignorant and shy, unable or unwilling to express what she feels for him. She reacts this way anytime her own opinion or thoughts are wanted from other characters. Again when Cloud looks to her for help with his memories throughout the game, she remains introspective and thoughtful of her own recollection and prefers to remain ignorant instead of feeding his curiosity. Tifa does this not to be coy, but because she believes her feelings and thoughts will disturb Cloud’s fragile mental state further.
Still, despite her selflessness, she doesn’t let people just push her around. Everything comes back to what is good for the team or the goal at hand. While trying to rescue Aerith from the Turks at Shinra HQ, the player has the option of just busting on in or sneaking around the back. Sneaking around the back, Tifa, Barret, and Cloud hike up dozens and dozens of flights of stairs, and when Barret begins to slow down and laugh like a psycho, Tifa tells him to “stop acting like a retard and climb” (thank you old video games and your political incorrectness). Her tongue can be just as scathing as any of the males in Final Fantasy, seen when she threatens to rip a Don Corneo’s balls off. Still, Tifa also has a feminine and teasing side to her as well. She regularly pairs up with Aerith and happily helps make fun of Cloud, especially during Cloud’s transgender exploration in Wall Market. She also squees over the discovery of a nest of cockatrice they stumble upon, commenting on how cute and fuzzy they look and then telling Cloud that his hair looks like a chocobo.
The only time we see Tifa’s foundation crumble is during her novella. The reader sees that despite her strong façade, she holds a great burden of guilt over the events preceding her new life in the town of Edge. At the time she believed the ends justified the means, but her assurance began to crack after the death of Aerith. She wonders if her path of vengeance was the correct path. The ideas of family and friendship become even more important to her so that her sins do not suffocate her. Her unity with Cloud becomes a crutch. She does her best to keep her newfound family together, Cloud, Marlene, Denzel, and she, but Tifa begins to lose sight of the future and even Marlene sees that Tifa is not so strong anymore. By the end of her novella however, she finds middle ground with Cloud and puts all her effort into keeping Denzel, Marlene, and other orphans safe.
[orientation] Straight
[appearance]
[wish] To alleviate the regret she feels for her past sins and become a woman worthy of her family’s affection (Cloud, Denzel, and Marlene).
[requested house] No preference
[misc notes] Tifa is highly skilled martial artist, adept at kickboxing, judo, and some wrestling holds. Besides her inhuman strength and reflexes, Tifa does have other-worldly abilities called Limit Breaks which, when the character is under stress or after a certain amount of abuse is taken, give the character a boost of strength or magical ability in order to strike down the enemy or to aid allies. Most characters have seven different Limit Break abilities, all of which differ in attack, defense, magical power, etc. and only one can be used one at a time; however, Tifa’s Limit Breaks are martial art moves which simply chain together with every new Limit Break she learns.
TL;DR: She’ll need a jade bracelet.
SAMPLES
[sample 1#]
Thread link from damned. The thread between Tifa and Logan continues from the last post into another thread.
[sample 2#]
[A smut excerpt from a short fic I wrote after Tifa gets completely shit-faced with a friend of hers that has similar features to Cloud.]
Snickering, Tifa pulled him down by the neck to give him a peck, which ended up in another fit of laughter when she pulled too hard and Claude’s limbs buckled underneath him. “Close enough…” She mumbled and tried again. Honestly, the brunette had been aiming for a cheek, but somehow his lips were more eager to meet the press of her kiss. Her body froze for a minute, but then she lay back down on the mattress. It had been a harmless mistake, so there was no need for an apology. At least, she hadn’t thought so. Claude was staring back at her with those pretty eyes while Tifa blew a piece of his blond hair away from her face. The young woman began to wonder how Cloud’s hair would look after getting caught in a rain storm. Would the weight of the water press his hair down around his head like Claude’s? It was also very possible that Cloud’s hair was just simply indestructible against any kind of natural disaster. Her expression grew somber, her brown eyes cloudy as her thoughts continued to spiral downward.
“Cloud…” No sound came out, only the movement of her lips, and Claude harmlessly leaned in close, straining to hear her. It was all the excuse she needed to kiss him again, properly. He didn’t move a muscle, but his pupils ate up most of the blue in his eyes. Tifa kissed him once more and finally Claude responded. The pressure of his mouth pushed her down into the mattress where Tifa grabbed a handful of that thick blond hair and pressed him harder against her still. It was sloppy and sour. The smell and taste of Tifa’s homemade booze was like a coat of toxic paint slicked across every surface of their mouths, but neither was sober enough to care.
Eventually Claude was the first to concede. He pulled away to catch his breath and divest himself of his grey shirt, which then turned into a giant struggle to finish yanking it over his head. He had the collar just past his mouth when warm hands pressed against his abdomen. They were not helping, but merely exploiting Claude’s lack of senses as they travelled up his stomach and across his chest. Tifa felt the frantic beating of his heart below a calloused palm that excited her own adrenaline into the same desperate rhythm. Finally, Claude was free and his hands could return the favor. They slid up the curve of her hips and underneath the flimsy grey fabric. The coarse stitching of her bra moved through his palms as he pulled the shirt off of Tifa and gaped obscenely at her chest. Tifa saw the reaction and snorted. Her bra was a cup-size too small, making them look like fat, misshapen blobs trying to escape towards freedom. He didn’t look like he wanted to go anywhere near it while still clipped together, and she didn’t blame him. Any sudden movement and it looked ready to pop. Wouldn’t that be the most embarrassing black eye ever, or the best story to tell her friends once she got out of this hellhole. While she worked on the bra, Claude shucked off his sweatpants and nearly ripped Tifa’s off of her. The bra flew to one corner of the room and the pants found another.
The mattress creaked in the dark as Claude leaned over her on his elbows and knees and devoured her mouth and neck. His hands played with the soft mound of her breasts, chasing away goose flesh with the warm ministration. Her only complaint was a soft gasp whenever he bit her too hard, and he apologized with a hot, wet swipe of his tongue across the abused skin. “Oh, Cloud…” She whispered breathlessly, slipping her leg across the hot junction between his thighs.
If Claude had picked up on her mistake, one which Tifa hadn’t even realized, it didn’t matter now as he groaned above her. His eyes fluttered shut and his swelling cock twitched from the smooth sensation of her bare thigh against his scrotum. Suddenly, he had only one urge evident in his eyes, and Tifa readily agreed. She was pulled down the bed by her legs until her buttocks slapped against his pelvis and then Claude took her. It was brief and painful; both too exhausted and dizzy to use caution. The blond still had enough courtesy in his inebriation to collapse beside her with an arm thrown across her chest instead of passing out on top of her.