Prompt #28
Laughter
Snow found Hope's laugh to be music to his ears. Whenever he heard the warm pleasant sound of the teen laughing, he would cast a curious glance at the boy. His eyes gleamed with content and his smile was immediately plastered to his face. Hope's face usually would be in a happy smile as he did that cute part of closing his eyes and his cheeks would flush with a pink color.
The hero had first found Hope's laugh to be satisfying when the boy had sat down to take in the scenery of Gran Pulse. Then Vanille joined him and they were talking about something, well all of a sudden Hope laughed and ran away from Vanille.
The sun was beaming down on his running form and his happy expression stirred an affectionate feeling inside Snow.
In the remainder of their journey, he always turned to Hope whenever he started laughing. Whether it's Sazh's silly jokes, Vanille's mishaps, or the Chocobos just messing with him, Snow would give that smile at him.
He loved seeing Hope's smiling face. His bubbling joy as he laughed about small nice things. It kept the mood comfortable as the group forgot for a moment their destined fate.
Snow decided that no matter what he'd always want to see Hope's smiling face; his laughter to be the radiant moment in his life.
He wrapped an arm around Hope's shoulders and ruffled the boy's hair.
Hope looked up at Snow with a gentle smile and then started laughing as the blonde started to tickle him.
Yeah, Snow thought, this was definitely one thing he loves about Hope.