Stupid thing that is completely feeding into my selfish likes? Do you mean this whole series? ... yeah, okay this one is particularly self-indulgent so no judging me 'kay? (It was also the first one written so sorry about horribleness in regards to that too).

Also this one is probably the truest oneshot and would probably fit in either the God or Country verse the Brother's one... so I'll label it God and Country because it fits it slliiiggghhhhtly better but really it could be either so it won't be actual lore for either.

Warnings for this word dump: bigotry, mention of war/military, problematic thinking/behaviour, OCs,

Pairings for this word dump: Sephiroth/Cloud, implied Cloud/Others,

The first time the extended family became aware of one of the brother's homosexuality was during one of the familie's no-escape-from I-don't-care-what-you-have-due annual gatherings.

One of the cousins from the town over, another recently recruited climbing up the ranks solder, had made a jab about how Cloud's lover was highly ranked in the army. It didn't take long for the bigoted relatives to figure out that that meant Cloud was sleeping with a man. Their grandmother screeching at him to get the man there right away, so she could give him a piece of her mind for turning her grandson gay.

Cloud, now a lot braver then he had been the previous year, didn't even flinch. Instead he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and called the most threatening of his lovers: the general Sephiroth.

The cousin gained a look on his face as if he was torn about what to do. On one hand he wanted to call what he believed to be a bluff: there was no way the general would come for someone like Cloud. On the other hand he wanted to run far away as he could in case the general was to come: the army had a certain respect for the needs of their men and blabbing about a person simply helping the general decrease stress was something greatly frowned upon.

It naturally turned out that Cloud hadn't been bluffing and Sephiroth did show up to the family gathering. He was as much of a gentlemen as Sephiroth could be, but no matter how he behaved he was still a terrifying man.

Cloud's grandmother didn't say a word, nor did she when all the other brother's eventually came out over the following years.

The next morning Roxas, Sora and Riku were walking to school together as they often did. Sora happily excitedly told the story to his friend while Roxas continued trying to wake up.

"There's no way. Father can't even get him to come to our family functions," Riku said and Sora nodded, bringing out the sneakily taken photos as evidence. Riku had to admit defeat at that point.

"I still don't understand how your brother convinced mine to go," Riku said as the three of them neared the school.

"Come on Riku, you know how," Sora said and both Riku and Roxas pretended they did. Even by then they had both become hardened cynics, too spiteful to believe in something as silly as love.