There was a challenge issued in one of the mailing lists i'm on. And i coudln't resist it. So...here's the first instalment. It is not beta'ed, since i'm yet to find someone willing to put up with me, i'm affraid. Anyhow...
Title: Doors
Pairing: Sephiroth/Cloud
Disclaimer: not mine, sadly
Word challenge: Jack O'Latern
The Jack O'Latern adorned the doors next to the ones he was observing. He wondered how the man living there will react. If he will react in a way different than just unsheathing his sword and attacking him.
The man observing the door desired no such thing, but he knew he himself made things difficult for them. It was his fault and he was going through punishment every day of his existence. Memories of insanity were not a pleasant sort.
Sephiroth watched as children knocked on the doors he was watching, waiting excitedly for them to open. And they did swing open finally, to the delight of the group, that started calling out to him, each wanting at least a scrap of attention..
The blonde man that stood in there, his vision, made Sephiroth ache in some way, some way he had forgotten it was possible to ache. Maybe it was the day or his final release from the prison he had been in, but this sight suddenly made it all worth it. Even the ache.
Cloud had not seen him, busy with giving the children their sweets and listening to their animated talk, so he could watch undisturbed, from the shadows, hidden from curious, prying eyes. And enemies.
When the children were finally getting further down the way, still waving to Cloud standing on his porch, the blonde head turned. The mesmerizing, shining blue eyes turned on him and Sephiroth did not pretend he was not noticed. It would be insult for both of them.
Cloud stood there for a moment, as if contemplating his next move, wondering if Cetra had a sense of humor and joined in the festivities.
The silver haired man watched his unwilling nemesis, his killer and his lover watch him. They stood there for a moment, a minute, an hour, until Cloud nodded to him in a greeting and backed off to his home, leaving the doors slightly ajar, a subtle invitation, if Sephiroth decided not to visit.
Sephiroth moved from the shadows he hid himself in.
I hope you liked it. C&C always welcome.