[Challenge]
Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like, turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle, then write a ficlet related to or inspired by each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
A/N: Saw this on Scribbler's page and I had to try it.
You Found Me by The Fray — Cloud/Tifa
He took a long drag from the cigarette. He leaned against the wall behind Merlin's house.
Cloud didn't smoke. He never cared for it. Yet, here he was. Smoking.
Aerith was gone. It wasn't like when he left…
Does this mean you're going away again?
The memory sliced through his mind like a knife. Another drag on the cigarette.
Even if I go far away, I'll come back.
He was gone for too long.
The door to Merlin's house opened. Tifa stood beside him. She looked at him for a moment, and he dared her to say something about the cigarette in his hand. Sympathy was swimming in her eyes.
She held her hand out. He handed the bud to her. She took a drag herself and leaned against the wall beside him.
"Sorry." She whispered.