Author's Note, Disclaimer, Etc.
All characters belong to Square Enix, minus Little Cid and the various broods I've tossed in here, along with Nanaki's nameless (so far) mate.
This story was oddly inspired during a late night fic fest with my friend fellow writer, SilverKnight. We were goofing off and sending each other horrible links to Youtube videos about Vincent and FFVII in general, including one with the Hot Chocolate song, "Sexy Thing." I did get my revenge on her with "Mr. Roboto."
After a few days of this, awww-ing over how cute Marlene was in hiding under Vincent's cape in AC, and the discussion of some of the more disturbing pairs people came up with ("The hell? Shelke? The ten-year-old?!"), my mind took a bit of a swan dive. At first, Silverknight thought it was me being a goofball, but then she essentially prepared herself for a cracked-out squick fest….
Which it didn't turn out to be after all. At least I hope it didn't. You are the judge ultimately.
For clarification, this is taking place twenty years after Dirge of Cerberus. This makes Cid approximately 55, Cloud and Tifa in their mid-40s, Nanaki 70, Reeve approximately 55 to 65 (never did figure out his exact age). Marlene is approximately 27 and Vincent closer to 80 timewise – biologically, he is aging two years for every five he lives. Ergo, he is only eight years older physically than he was in Dirge, 35 or so. A bit of premature aging with the silver and the arthritis, yes, but hey, you'd end up like that to if you went through what he did.
I classed this as a Drama/Romance. Drama, since the plot makes Vincent's life somewhat more difficult, and Romance because of someone else's perspective in the story – Vincent doesn't agree with it necessarily.
Reviews are lovely and aid a writer greatly. I'd appreciate a few. Enjoy.
Cheers,
GS