Loved and Lost

Zack has found the love of his life and is finally happy and content to spend the rest of his life with him. But what happens when a face from the past shows up? what will Zack decide to do?

Pairings: Main Zack/Leon, past Leon/Rinoa, Past Cloud/Zack, Cloud/Reno, Aerith/?(meaning im not sure yet!)

First few chapters are going to be mostly fluff and then the real action action will start! (NOT that kind of action!) anyways, please R&R to let me know if you enjoy this!

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Zack walked through Radiant Garden wondering how he had become so lucky.

It had all started on his original world. The one he had died to save. Then, somehow, Zack had been released from the darkness and had found his old friends alive and safe.

Slowly, others from his world had returned and awaited the day when and if their Planet would ever come back from the darkness. He learned that his lover had gone off to fight his darkness. Cloud had eventually come back victorious, but Zack had found out that the blonde had moved on and was now very close to a red-headed ex-turk. He was actually happy for his friend and went about helping restore his new world.

That's when he met him. When Leon had first walked into Merlin's house where Zack was staying, the charcoal haired man had been taken with the stunning man. They had quickly become friends, Zack moving into Leon's house so the two could work more closely on the restoration plans. Leon's shell had been hard to crack, but eventually he had let Zack into his well guarded heart.

Their first kiss was after a night of hard work and Zack had walked out to their backyard to find Leon gazing at the stars with tears in his eyes. The raven haired man laid a comforting hand on his roommate's back and asked what was wrong. Leon was silent at first, but had eventually told his whole story, how his world had also not returned, how he couldn't find any of his friends, and how he had watched the love of his life die right in front of him. That night was the anniversary of her death. Leon was not one to show his emotions, but Zack had soon found himself holding the brunet as he cried silently into his shoulder. When he was done, the ex-SOLDEIR had looked deep into Leon's eyes and told him he would always be there. Zack was taken by complete surprise when he found his lips pressed against his roommate's own supple lips.

From that night on they had been inseparable. The two began confiding in each other more and developing an even deeper bond. Zack had known how lucky he was then, he also knew how fragile it all was. Rinoa, the girl from Leon's past, might come back as Zack himself had, and then he would be alone again. With this in mind, Zack lived each day to it's fullest with the man of his dreams never looking to far forward so he didn't get his hopes up. Day by day he thanked whatever powers there were for another sunrise to share with his lover.

Then, completely unexpected, Leon had proposed to Zack.

The ex-SOLDIER was assured by this that he would live happily with this man, however there was still a nagging at the back of his mind and heart that something would happen to ruin his newfound joy.

Zack pushed those thoughts aside as he entered the postern, the place they used for the ceremony. He saw Leon talking to Cid about a new gummi ship the mechanic had created and walked over to his soon to be husband. He smiled as Leon wrapped an arm around him and led him to the center of a group of their closest friends.

"Lee?"

"Yeah?"

"Is this really happening?"

The sable haired man smiled at his lover and leaned forward to brush their lips together.

"I love you Zack. I will always love you."

Zack felt himself melt into the man he loved and threw his caution out the window. He didn't care if it all came crashing down, he would enjoy the time he had now with the man he loved. It's better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.