Word Count: 238

Timeline/Spoilers: set vaguely during disc 1; no spoilers you don't already know about

Summary: They would have had a bumbling, beautiful brood of children who would never know fear or heartache or lonesomeness. ; zerith drabbles

Notes: This is similar to what I did with my 50 sentence fic for Psycho Pass. There were several prompts I wanted to expand on, so they turned into a separate collection of their own. The line this drabble is based on is at the end. (Check out my 50 sentence fic pressing flowers!)

Title comes from the song "Green Eyes" by Coldplay!

Contrary to popular opinion, dreams of death aren't what keep her up at night. Not that she doesn't have those on a regular basis. They simply pale in comparison to visions of a child with silky, brown tresses and bright, blue eyes. (He had grey eyes before, he confided in her once, but the shining, mako-infused irises were the only ones she'd ever known.) The past tears her apart, but it's the future that haunts her. A future without his beautiful laughter and a child just as much him as her wasn't a future she wanted to have.

They had been far too young at the time to truly start planning their lives together, but the sentiment had always been there. Zack was someone she wanted forever with. But she's twenty-two now, and hasn't laid eyes on him since she was seventeen. Some days, she can barely conjure up the image of him, and it terrifies her.

She's always wanted a big family. Her mother (both of them) did their best, but she won't deny having been a lonely child. She has so much love to give, and Zack met, perhaps even outmatched, her enthusiasm. They would have had a bumbling, beautiful brood of children who would never know fear or heartache or lonesomeness.

After saving the planet, she thinks she'll want to settle down, but she doesn't have it in her to think that far ahead anymore.

#23 – Child

They'd been far too young at the time to entertain the thoughts of settling down and having a family together, but now, in his extended absence and as she's busy crossing continents, her mind is swimming with visions of a child with silky, brown tresses and bright, blue eyes that she knows can never see the light of day.

A/N: Because Zack and Aerith would have had beautiful children, and they would have been the most loving parents.