Chapter 25 - Obligatory Shopping Episode
Cloud had spent a lot of time thinking about what the SOLDIER supplies store would look like. In fact, when he'd still wanted to join SOLDIER, he'd spent an embarrassing amount of time daydreaming about the moment he would step into it to choose his SOLDIER weapon.
Summary: Cloud finally gets a peek into the life as a SOLDIER. It's not as exciting as he thought it would be. He makes the best of it.
On AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26342719/chapters/77031929On ff.net:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13691240/25/Goodbye-Hero