A/N: This is my take on Wishing-Fire's AU Challenge. I can only write 150 words per chapter, so I'm sorry for the shortness. I know I said I'd finish my ongoing stories first, but I just need to write little drabbles, or I'll lose my mind. XD So I thought that this was a good alternative until it's summer vacation. Hope you guys will enjoy this. Mind you, this will have a pairing, but I haven't made up my mind yet about who I'm going to pair up with Squall, so we'll see where the story will take us. :)
1. Smile
People often told him that even from the moment he was born, he'd had a dazzling smile. However, the older he got, the less he smiled. Not because it was beaten out of his system. On the contrary; his father, Lord Laguna Loire, was the most cheerful man ever.
If it hadn't been for the fact that father and son looked so much alike, people would've thought that Squall was adopted. They would never say that in front of him, obviously.
Of course, that didn't mean that Squall had a heart of steel (even though sometimes it really looked like it). There were some rare occasions in which he allowed himself to smile and enjoy the moment, even if it was only for a second or two.
Thus, Laguna had taken it upon himself to make his son smile more often. And he'd go very far to achieve this goal…