disclaimer: Crisis Core/FF VII not mine.
pairing: hints of Zack/Aerith
notes: i love Zack. He's my favorite video game character ever. I hope I captured his essence here, and if I didn't I could always try again.
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there were candy girls and chocolate soldiers
and he'll fight a war for them even if he had to be devoured in the process
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Sometimes he would just gaze at the land before him and just look at all the shades of gray that surrounded Midgar. People dressed in dark, tattered shades with eyes cold and skeptical. He didn't like it, the way people's eyes would scan your soul for every little detail, the way they would leer at you; the way a simple hello could start a battle between brothers.
He just didn't like it.
But he was Zack and he wasn't the one to be such a pessimist, with his blue blue eyes filled with dreams a mile wide. He was a country boy from Gongaga, the boy who grew up a backwater expert, the boy with a brilliant smile and eyes of the sky.
And with those eyes he wasn't afraid to fall.
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He was like a father to him, that Angeal.
Always there just when he needed him, always there when he was caught in some kind of trouble, he was just always there. With his beautiful Buster Sword —which he rarely used due to the fear of wear, tear and rust— but when he does, he glides to the battle, swiftly swinging his sword.
But still, he still saved his life so many times that he couldn't even count them anymore. He gave him dreams and honor.
But, you'll never see him telling you that he wanted to fly with you, Angeal.
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She was really really pretty, he decided. Sure, it was already a given fact with her ethereal beauty that she possessed. Soft green eyes and a melodious voice that was all it took for him to fall for her. She sang her greetings, and her smile drew him in just like a siren luring sailors into the sea.
And he was in too deep, because back then it was just blossoming, just blooming like the flowers in the church. She told him that she many wishes—twenty-three to be exact—but she really wanted to spend more time with him.
And Aerith, darling he really wanted to grant your wish.
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Cloud, he's a good kid.
Blond hair and blue eyes and an eager smile. And in some ways, it's like looking at a copy of himself, all young and eager so ready to become a hero. Wasn't he like that, years ago? Looking up and eager at the eyes of his mentor; just waiting for that moment when he becomes a hero.
Zack knows, that this boy Cloud, the one with eager eager eyes and dreams the mile wide will become a hero.
So that's why he's giving you his wings, Cloud. So that you can be a hero.
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He always wanted to fly.
Now he's watching with his angel eyes.
Up above on the sky.
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