CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE*

[first_seventhe]

Fandom: taking back Valentine's Day since 2008!

So last year bottle-of-shine had a Kissing Battle. The last edition is here (EDITED TO ADD: this is the old battle, not the current one!). It was a lot of fun and might be known around FF-fandom circles as the best Meme ever**.

Pretty much everyone I know is stressed about something, too, so this round of the

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[deadshrimpblues]

I actually have a few requests. Let's see who bites.

Cid/Shera (FFVII)
Rude/Elena (FFVII)
Tifa/Barret (FFVII)
Maduin/Madeline (FFVI)
Chocobo Joe/Esther (FFVII oh yeah you heard me right)
Ilfana/Elmyra (FFVII)

FFVII: Elmya/Ifalna

[astralavator]

“It must me hard on you.” Elmya hadn’t much bothered to listen to the speaker as she knew the lady all at once from that sort of tone. One of those nameless types who were “charitable”, all it amounted to was a good pair of shoes and pockets so full the lady forgotten she could share. Not that Elmya need sharing mind you but there were plenty of others here who need a good pair of shoes and a full meal. Even if she shouldn’t as she had her girl to consider Elmya wasn’t above given a hand every once and awhile as long as she’d been able to get the hand back. There were all sorts down here she learned after her dear had found courage or whatever the Planet he’d called it. All his little nuisances she’d have given anything to have been able to ignore had been drifting out of her mind since she’d

FFVI: Maduin/Madonna aka Madeline in FFVI:A

[tinamachina]

Fathers were not allowed to witness the birth. That was Esper tradition. Maduin waited anxiously outside the door as Madonna’s yells could be heard from within.

Finally, the midwife opened the door, and fluttered to Maduin’s side.

“The baby’s here, perfectly healthy!” The midwife announced with great happiness. “Your wife is waiting for you.”

Maduin wasted no time rushing inside the room, where Madonna rested on the bed. She was glittering with sweat, and her eyes sparkled with joy.

“It’s a girl.” Madonna breathed hard, smiling, exhausted from her long labor.

Maduin leaned over her and the little bundle in her arms. His daughter. His little girl. He could feel his heart swell within his chest. His huge hands lightly brushed the baby’s cheek, as the infant reflexively turned her open mouth to his fingers.

“Have we thought of a name?” Madonna asked.

“Terra,” Maduin answered. “How about Terra?”

“I like it.” Madonna nodded.

Maduin leaned over and kissed Madonna, then kissed his daughter on the forehead.

FF VII Cid/Shera

[eerian_sadow]

He was dirty, sweaty and smelled of smoke and ash when he got home. Despite all that, she thought he was the most wonderful thing she had seen in days when he walked up the stairs.

"Cid? Is everything all right with Cloud and Tifa?"

"Yeah, babe. Everything's fine. We found a cure for the stigma finally."

Shera looked down at the black stain on her hand and then back up at the man she has promised to spend her life with. She is hesitantly hopeful at his words.

"Its real, Shera. I saw it work on Cloud and the kids." He paused before adding. "Its from Aeris."

Aeris. She remembers the flower girl, remembers wishing that she could have gotten to know her better before Sephiroth killed her. "Okay."

"You'll be feeling better in no time," Cid promised.

She reached up and placed her hands on his cheeks. "I feel better already, just knowing you're home." She pulled his face down to hers and kissed him firmly on the lips.

FF VII Rude/Elena

[eerian_sadow]

"I had a nice time." It seemed like such a cliche line even as he said it, but he didn't know what else to say when the stopped outside her door. "Thank you for inviting me."

She smiled at him. "You're welcome. Thanks for walking me home."

They stood outside the door, lost for words in the akwardness of the moment. Finally, she spoke.

"So...you want to do this again sometime? Maybe without our partners?"

This time it was his turn to smile at her. "It would be nice to get away from Reno and Tseng for a while."

"Great. So, how about next Tuesday?"

"That would be wonderful."

"Fantastic." She stood up on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you at work tomorrow."

Rude simply stared at her in shock as Elena unlocked her door and stepped inside her apartment.

Tifa/Barret (this isn't even FAIR)

[first_seventhe]

Barret had been staring at the grain in the wall the last time she'd come over here with whiskey, Tifa realized. Concerned, she set the glass down in front of him and hurried to deliver drinks to her few remaining customers. Once they were satistied, she slid into the booth across from Barret, hoping to catch his eye.

She did - eventually. Barret's line-of-sight swam like a retarded fish in the very whiskey he was drinking. "Yer so pretty, dammit."

Tifa couldn't help but blush - still, after all this time, even a compliment from a friend too drunk to tell her face from her - "Barret," she said sternly

Re: Tifa/Barret (this isn't even FAIR)

[deadshrimpblues]

And I am more than paid back for the numerous references to Irvine in his birthday suit. Wonderful. You managed to keep them both in character even when Barret was faceplanting into a table. That's quality.

Guess I've gotta do one for you now as well. Hrm. This will take some thinking.

Cid/Shera (or Cid/Shera/Alcohol?)

[first_seventhe]

She'd never been drunk. The poor woman had never been fuckin' drunk. For Cid Highwind, this wasn't just a mistake - this was a crime, a crime against the holy gods that kept his plane in the sky and tobacco in his pocket.

Luckily, it was a problem he was well equipped to fix.

...Or, at least, he'd thought so.

He frowned at the bottle of whiskey. It didn't really seem like something Shera would like; the only women he'd ever seen drink it were Elena, who drank like a man, and Yuffie, who drank anything she could get her hands on, including once the Highwind's antifreeze. Shera wasn't a hardass like Elena, and she certainly wasn't desperate (and underage) like Yuffie was.

No, whiskey wouldn't work. Not unless he could find something to mix it with. A quick perusal of the fridge and cupboards presented him with orange juice (maybe), milk (ew), leftover stew (right out), tea, tea, and tea.

Well, he'd drink whiskey and tea. But there was no way in hell he was gonna give that shit to Shera. Desperate, Cid headed out to the

Re: Cid/Shera (or Cid/Shera/Alcohol?)

[deadshrimpblues]

You ... I ... I ...

goddammit woman

You win. I can't top that. Christ, you should write Cid more, you always have him down like whoa. Holy jeez.

Re: Cid/Shera (or Cid/Shera/Alcohol?)

[first_seventhe]

I actually really missed them, writing this.