FFVIII: Restless
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Rating: G
Summary: Ellone found Squall fighting in the training center. For irish_ais.
"I thought I'd find you here," Ellone said, from the doorway. The way Squall startled and swung round almost made her laugh, but she hid her smile behind her hand. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."
"I was training," Squall said, after a moment. He lowered his gunblade, walking over to her, though she was aware, somehow, that always he had all his senses trained on what might come up from behind. "I didn't even know you would be in Garden..."
"Surprise," she said, smiling warmly. "Laguna wanted to see you." She shook her head at Squall's groan. "Oh, come on. He wants to get to know you."
"I'm not sure I want to know him," Squall said, bluntly. "Unless he wants to contract Garden for something."
She sighed. "I wish... it doesn't matter. I don't want to argue with you. We only found each other again so recently, after all... How come you were training? I thought there wasn't really any need... You're commander, so you're not out on the field for normal missions, and it's peace time..."
"I was trained as a SeeD," he said, shrugging a little. "I'm getting... restless."
"Maybe you need to get out of Garden."
"I might go on a few missions."
"I meant on a holiday," she said, laughing. "To Esthar, perhaps. To visit me."
"And Laguna."
"Well, it would only be polite. Oh, don't make that face. You're not five anymore."
Squall surprised her, when he laughed. He nodded, though. "Maybe I will come to Esthar. But for you. Not to see him."
"That'll do for now," she said, and pulled him into a hug. For a moment they just stood, and then he carefully put his arms around her like he was afraid she might break, and squeezed.
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Rating: G
Summary: Ellone found Squall fighting in the training center. For irish_ais.
"I thought I'd find you here," Ellone said, from the doorway. The way Squall startled and swung round almost made her laugh, but she hid her smile behind her hand. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."
"I was training," Squall said, after a moment. He lowered his gunblade, walking over to her, though she was aware, somehow, that always he had all his senses trained on what might come up from behind. "I didn't even know you would be in Garden..."
"Surprise," she said, smiling warmly. "Laguna wanted to see you." She shook her head at Squall's groan. "Oh, come on. He wants to get to know you."
"I'm not sure I want to know him," Squall said, bluntly. "Unless he wants to contract Garden for something."
She sighed. "I wish... it doesn't matter. I don't want to argue with you. We only found each other again so recently, after all... How come you were training? I thought there wasn't really any need... You're commander, so you're not out on the field for normal missions, and it's peace time..."
"I was trained as a SeeD," he said, shrugging a little. "I'm getting... restless."
"Maybe you need to get out of Garden."
"I might go on a few missions."
"I meant on a holiday," she said, laughing. "To Esthar, perhaps. To visit me."
"And Laguna."
"Well, it would only be polite. Oh, don't make that face. You're not five anymore."
Squall surprised her, when he laughed. He nodded, though. "Maybe I will come to Esthar. But for you. Not to see him."
"That'll do for now," she said, and pulled him into a hug. For a moment they just stood, and then he carefully put his arms around her like he was afraid she might break, and squeezed.