fic: alphabet drabble meme, A-F
1. Answers
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Zack/Cloud
For:
hollow_strife
It didn’t seem possible that someone like Zack would willingly tie himself down to someone like Cloud. Zack was one of those types of people that came around once in a geological age and changed the course of history-at least, in Cloud’s humble opinion. So even though he’d found himself swept off his feet and kissed breathless a few times, Cloud hadn’t really asked. Because. Because he wasn’t really sure he wanted to know the answer.
Then again, seeing Zack cheerfully laugh off a woman hanging onto his arm before heading towards Cloud with a smaller but more sincere smile, perhaps the kid already had his answer.
2. Blindfold + Beach
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts I/II
Pairing: Ansem!Riku/Sora
For:
dogmatix_san
Blindfold
When all was said and done and the worlds were safe again, Sora once asked Riku what he saw behind the blindfold. After all, there had to be some way he could kick serious ass when cloth was wrapped around his eyes; had he poked holes in the material or something?
Riku didn’t tell him that he saw Sora pressed against the floor, Kairi’s lifeless body watching from the sidelines. He didn’t describe the way he laughed in Ansem’s voice deep in his throat as he fucked Sora raw, tore him apart the same way he had torn apart Riku’s heart, the same way that Ansem had torn apart Riku himself. He kept to himself the way he would make Sora scream in betrayal and pain and let the little traitor’s light be consumed by the Heartless-because a corrupted Sora at his side was better than a whole Sora facing him as an enemy.
He just said he saw darkness and refused to elaborate.
Beach
The little Keyblade Bearer was dreaming again. Dreaming of home-of Destiny Islands, the insignificant little chain of land-masses that had been lost in the rush of fate. They could suddenly fall out of existence and no one would know the difference.
Imagine, someone meant to be as strong and unique as the Keyblade Bearer being born there.
Ansem curved Riku’s lips into a smile and followed the sound of waves crashing against the beach. He brought with him a black storm.
3. Claim
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Angeal/Zack/Cloud
For:
aikonamika
Angeal was a SOLDIER First and Cloud was a lowly trooper, but they were more similar than most people might expect possible. When Zack introduced them with an arm around Cloud’s shoulders and a huge grin, he hadn’t noticed the assessing stare shared between the other two. For his sake, they both agreed wordlessly, glancing at the happily oblivious Zack.
For him.
Angeal was a SOLDIER First and Cloud was a lowly trooper, but they played off one another near flawlessly. When Zack got too cocky Angeal was there to guide him back to proper humility, usually with the broad side of the Buster sword; when Zack let the reality of his position eat away at his dreams and confidence, Cloud was there with his shy smile and quiet admiration to remind him that there were still things worth fighting for.
Then things fell apart and suddenly Angeal and Cloud weren’t so similar anymore.
Because for Angeal, Zack was his reason for fighting and no sacrifice was too much-even at the cost of Zack’s dream in the battle against his own mentor. Because for Cloud, anything was worth preserving Zack’s dream, including the tenuous state called sanity. Because Zack was the kind of person who could laugh in Fate’s face, and he was theirs.
4. Despair
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Laguna/Kiros
For:
okami_hu
Kiros couldn’t exactly understand the despair of being a father to someone like Squall. His own, uh, inclinations cut down a bit on his chances of siring children, but when Laguna got off the vid-phone with his son and had a small nervous breakdown, Kiros tried his best.
“Look at it this way,” he said calmly, rubbing a broad hand over Laguna’s back. “Squall’s achieved more in his mere seventeen years than most people do in a lifetime-“
“As a murderer,” Laguna mumbled into the desk he had his face planted on.
“No, there’s nothing hypocritical in saying that,” Kiros said dryly. “All right, there’s the fact that he has sincere friends-“
“Who have to nag him into taking care of himself.”
“-a lover-“
“Who was a Sorceress’ Knight.”
“-a viable career-“
“Because a teenager is a logical choice to run one of the most politically powerful mercenary schools.”
“He’s also brave, honorable, rational, intelligent, talented, sincere, and rather attractive if I may say so. Laguna,” Kiros said seriously, leaning forward to speak into the other man’s ear, “he might not know how to express himself emotionally the way most people do, but do you really know what’s normal or not for him? If I had fathered him, I would be proud to call Squall my son.”
Laguna sighed into the desktop before sitting up slowly so as not to knock Kiros backwards. He let his head fall back against his lover’s chest. “I know, but Kiros…he looks so much like his mother, and yet he’s so different. I just don’t get him and that isn’t right, I’m his father and-“
“And, nothing.” Kiros smacked him none-too-gently on the back of the head and then returned to threading his fingers through long hair. “How many times have I told you to stop obsessing over what other people think things should be like?”
“I lost count somewhere after ninety-three,” Laguna deadpanned.
“Keep this up and you’ll start sounding like your son.”
Laguna finally laughed.
5. Endings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Genesis/Sephiroth
For:
lemmings_live
Sephiroth had been in enough battles to intimately understand the impermanence of every facet of life. He’d thought he was immune to such need; that whether it was Hojo’s method of child-rearing or his own ruthless practicality, Sephiroth had been convinced that he would never fall prey to the same condition that had killed more of his men than enemy spears.
But when Genesis walked away, he felt that phantom enemy spear driven deep between his ribs. The resulting wound made the poison falling from Genesis’ lips that much more deadly, but somehow Sephiroth couldn’t find the practicality to keep the poison from spreading outwards from his heart.
6. Food
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Seifer/Squall
For:
am3thyst
“Eat.”
“Fuck you.”
“Fucking hell, Princess, you’re skinny as Dincht’s cock. Eat some Hyne-damned food.”
Squall glared at Seifer through half-lidded eyes, but the former Knight just smirked.
“Haven’t you been wondering why the hell you fall asleep after only two or three fucks?”
Squall’s glare came very close to developing the mysterious power to kill, but their rivalry was stronger. He reluctantly took a bite of mashed potatoes and firmly ignored the smugness being radiated from the asshole on the other side of the table.
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Zack/Cloud
For:
hollow_strife
It didn’t seem possible that someone like Zack would willingly tie himself down to someone like Cloud. Zack was one of those types of people that came around once in a geological age and changed the course of history-at least, in Cloud’s humble opinion. So even though he’d found himself swept off his feet and kissed breathless a few times, Cloud hadn’t really asked. Because. Because he wasn’t really sure he wanted to know the answer.
Then again, seeing Zack cheerfully laugh off a woman hanging onto his arm before heading towards Cloud with a smaller but more sincere smile, perhaps the kid already had his answer.
2. Blindfold + Beach
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts I/II
Pairing: Ansem!Riku/Sora
For:
dogmatix_san
Blindfold
When all was said and done and the worlds were safe again, Sora once asked Riku what he saw behind the blindfold. After all, there had to be some way he could kick serious ass when cloth was wrapped around his eyes; had he poked holes in the material or something?
Riku didn’t tell him that he saw Sora pressed against the floor, Kairi’s lifeless body watching from the sidelines. He didn’t describe the way he laughed in Ansem’s voice deep in his throat as he fucked Sora raw, tore him apart the same way he had torn apart Riku’s heart, the same way that Ansem had torn apart Riku himself. He kept to himself the way he would make Sora scream in betrayal and pain and let the little traitor’s light be consumed by the Heartless-because a corrupted Sora at his side was better than a whole Sora facing him as an enemy.
He just said he saw darkness and refused to elaborate.
Beach
The little Keyblade Bearer was dreaming again. Dreaming of home-of Destiny Islands, the insignificant little chain of land-masses that had been lost in the rush of fate. They could suddenly fall out of existence and no one would know the difference.
Imagine, someone meant to be as strong and unique as the Keyblade Bearer being born there.
Ansem curved Riku’s lips into a smile and followed the sound of waves crashing against the beach. He brought with him a black storm.
3. Claim
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Angeal/Zack/Cloud
For:
aikonamika
Angeal was a SOLDIER First and Cloud was a lowly trooper, but they were more similar than most people might expect possible. When Zack introduced them with an arm around Cloud’s shoulders and a huge grin, he hadn’t noticed the assessing stare shared between the other two. For his sake, they both agreed wordlessly, glancing at the happily oblivious Zack.
For him.
Angeal was a SOLDIER First and Cloud was a lowly trooper, but they played off one another near flawlessly. When Zack got too cocky Angeal was there to guide him back to proper humility, usually with the broad side of the Buster sword; when Zack let the reality of his position eat away at his dreams and confidence, Cloud was there with his shy smile and quiet admiration to remind him that there were still things worth fighting for.
Then things fell apart and suddenly Angeal and Cloud weren’t so similar anymore.
Because for Angeal, Zack was his reason for fighting and no sacrifice was too much-even at the cost of Zack’s dream in the battle against his own mentor. Because for Cloud, anything was worth preserving Zack’s dream, including the tenuous state called sanity. Because Zack was the kind of person who could laugh in Fate’s face, and he was theirs.
4. Despair
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Laguna/Kiros
For:
okami_hu
Kiros couldn’t exactly understand the despair of being a father to someone like Squall. His own, uh, inclinations cut down a bit on his chances of siring children, but when Laguna got off the vid-phone with his son and had a small nervous breakdown, Kiros tried his best.
“Look at it this way,” he said calmly, rubbing a broad hand over Laguna’s back. “Squall’s achieved more in his mere seventeen years than most people do in a lifetime-“
“As a murderer,” Laguna mumbled into the desk he had his face planted on.
“No, there’s nothing hypocritical in saying that,” Kiros said dryly. “All right, there’s the fact that he has sincere friends-“
“Who have to nag him into taking care of himself.”
“-a lover-“
“Who was a Sorceress’ Knight.”
“-a viable career-“
“Because a teenager is a logical choice to run one of the most politically powerful mercenary schools.”
“He’s also brave, honorable, rational, intelligent, talented, sincere, and rather attractive if I may say so. Laguna,” Kiros said seriously, leaning forward to speak into the other man’s ear, “he might not know how to express himself emotionally the way most people do, but do you really know what’s normal or not for him? If I had fathered him, I would be proud to call Squall my son.”
Laguna sighed into the desktop before sitting up slowly so as not to knock Kiros backwards. He let his head fall back against his lover’s chest. “I know, but Kiros…he looks so much like his mother, and yet he’s so different. I just don’t get him and that isn’t right, I’m his father and-“
“And, nothing.” Kiros smacked him none-too-gently on the back of the head and then returned to threading his fingers through long hair. “How many times have I told you to stop obsessing over what other people think things should be like?”
“I lost count somewhere after ninety-three,” Laguna deadpanned.
“Keep this up and you’ll start sounding like your son.”
Laguna finally laughed.
5. Endings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Genesis/Sephiroth
For:
lemmings_live
Sephiroth had been in enough battles to intimately understand the impermanence of every facet of life. He’d thought he was immune to such need; that whether it was Hojo’s method of child-rearing or his own ruthless practicality, Sephiroth had been convinced that he would never fall prey to the same condition that had killed more of his men than enemy spears.
But when Genesis walked away, he felt that phantom enemy spear driven deep between his ribs. The resulting wound made the poison falling from Genesis’ lips that much more deadly, but somehow Sephiroth couldn’t find the practicality to keep the poison from spreading outwards from his heart.
6. Food
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Seifer/Squall
For:
am3thyst
“Eat.”
“Fuck you.”
“Fucking hell, Princess, you’re skinny as Dincht’s cock. Eat some Hyne-damned food.”
Squall glared at Seifer through half-lidded eyes, but the former Knight just smirked.
“Haven’t you been wondering why the hell you fall asleep after only two or three fucks?”
Squall’s glare came very close to developing the mysterious power to kill, but their rivalry was stronger. He reluctantly took a bite of mashed potatoes and firmly ignored the smugness being radiated from the asshole on the other side of the table.