Grieving
by Cookie Heist
Summary: Emotional control is a part of being a Turk. A drabble about Cissnei's attempts to cope with Zack's death.
Genre: General/Angst
Rating: PG
Warnings: References to violence
Disclaimer: Cissnei and Zack belong to Square Enix.
The image of his dead eyes and blood-smeared face flashed through her mind again, and Cissnei threw her whole weight into the punching bag in front of her. She had seen countless people die in horrible ways. It was part of her job. But this was Zack. Optimistic, resilient Zack. Zack with the dead mako eyes and the bullet holes in his shirt. But it wasn't the carnage that wouldn't leave her. As readily as she could call up his corpse, she could remember his smile. As she attacked her padded target, she screamed inside. Why? Why can't I cry?