Photo Box
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"...heard your voice through a photograph;
I thought it over and brought up the past
And once you know, you can never go back…"
-"Otherside" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
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It was past midnight when he rose, moonlight lending silver glints to his hair as he pulled out the box from a drawer and scattered its meager contents on his bed.
Blue eyes softened as he lifted a photograph, and remembered… bright lights, strange companions, and belonging. Calloused fingertips traced the memory of chocolate-coloured hair; he'd kept his promise to her. He'd 'made something' of himself, though not at all what he'd expected.
Sparkling green eyes caught his, even now beguiling his thoughts, though her promise was as broken as her body and his soul. He was a hero; with their love, he'd saved the world.
Without them, even the world could not save him.
…fin...
Disclaimer: Cloud et al belongs to Square… "Otherside" to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and affiliates.
Sabriel's Scribbles: 'Photo Box' is the first of my FF7 drabbles… Due to a combination of writer's block and a particularly ingenious LiveJournal meme, I've a good number on my hands, but instead of posting them separately, they'll all be posted under this 'story.' Different moments, different characters, different 'photographs,' if you will.
In some of the cases, first or last lines (as a condition of the meme) belong to another writer; I will credit when appropriate in the 'disclaimer.'
Thanks for reading, and Starry Nights!