Light Up
By: Strange and Intoxicating -rsa-
Author Notes: This drabbly story was written with two things in mind; one being the Musical Fan Fiction game over at the Genesis Awards, a Final Fantasy VII website/forum dedicated to Final Fantasy VII fan fiction and awarding good fan fiction, and the song (Run) that I picked out and found on youtube by Snow Patrol. The AMV was actually for Zack/Cloud, by the amazing konneh. I will put the link up in my profile so that you can see its awesomeness. Also, let it be noted that I wrote this on March 15th, 2009.
Disclaimer: I don't own, think I own, or will ever own Final Fantasy VII, it's compilations, or any of the characters. I just write them and cry while doing so.
Light Up
He sleeps next to her and pretends that everything is all right.
He keeps his hand on her slightly bulging belly; their creation occasionally kicks against his hand just to remind him that it's there. There's a ring that glints off his finger, a dull gold that just doesn't look right on his hand. It's uncomfortably tight sometimes but he never says anything. Sometimes she looks like she understands that his hand feels like lead, that his head feels like fluff, but her ring just shines bright like a summer sun. Who could break something so fragile?
He closes his eyes and sees the desert sands and their feet. They're running so fast that he can only make out the glint of his sword and the color black. It is a warm black, comforting black. There are always fingers, and even with his eyes closed he knows there is someone holding him, speaking to him. There are words, but he doesn't understand them. It doesn't matter, though--they're together and they're running, so free and unbound the muffled sounds are just another caress. His words didn't have to have relevance.
He knows that those times are gone, that he's married and that soon, the dainty little thing kicking inside her swollen stomach would come into their world. There was no more running, no more hands, no freedom. He accepts it. What other option does he have? She wants him to move on, to pick up their shattered lives and step forward. No option of tears, no option of waiting. No pause button--only play.
He wants him to be able to understand that. He loves her, but not like that--not like what they have. It's a waltz of fallacies, dreams and hopes, but she doesn't try and stop their dancing.
He picks out the name, Zack, because he thinks that he would like it. She doesn't say anything about the choice, because he sleeps next to her and pretends that everything is all right.
It isn't, but he tries.
Sai can write hetish pairings (Even though the main focus is still Zack and Cloud)? I know, I know. However, it fit. I love it, anyway. So, what do you think?
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