Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 26 Feb 2011
Summary: 14 August 1999 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Kain x Cecil x Rosa
Author Notes: stoic, noun;
1. (Capitalized). A member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno holding that one should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
2. Hence, one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, joy or grief.
adjective;
1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
2. Not affected by passion; being or appearing indifferent to pleasure or pain, joy or grief.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.
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Cecil thought – privately, of course – that it was quite funny how the court maidens gossiped about Kain being "full of mystique" because of his "handsome carelessness" and "cool indifference." The dragoon was a private man by nature, for certain, but he was also passionate, and there was a light in his chocolate eyes and a smile on his pale lips whenever he was out of public forums. His laughter was rich and deep, and he was incredibly tactile both as a friend and as a lover. He was also a raging pervert, but Cecil could forgive that because Kain was not the kind of man who talked a good game but lacked the ability to follow through. When it was just Cecil, Kain, and Rosa, there was nothing indifferent about the elder blonde. That bland attitude only came into play when the dragoon did not trust all of those around him; he shut himself off and hid behind the mask of duty and, more literally, the trappings of his armor. Cecil laughed to himself whenever he heard any of those maidens because it meant they had no idea who Kain Highwind really was and were merely swooning over a facade that Cecil and Rosa had watched develop over the years and knew very well what lay behind it.