Chapter 38 - Possibilities
Food plus exhaustion plus heat meant that Cloud's brain was operating at low speed.
It was the only explanation for why he was halfway across the room before he realized that Genesis was on his bed, watching him.
Summary: Sometimes you have to grab onto possibilities as soon as they are presented to you. (A.K.A. Cloud and Genesis have the house to themselves.)
On AO3:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26342719/chapters/111903661 On ff.net:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13691240/38/Goodbye-Hero