A collection of one-shots and short fic featuring the FFVIII characters. Takes place before, during and after canon and will feature Squall and/or Laguna in most chapters.

For years, Laguna had always found a way to smile and move forward no matter how difficult his life became. But what happens when the smile becomes a prison and moving forward means leaving his heart behind?

Some bonds seem eternal while others quickly fall apart under the harsh pressures of life. But what happens when bonds that were supposed to last forever are stretched to the limit and beyond? Are they doomed to break and fade away? Or can some bonds transcend any hardship and even the people who are connected by them?

A tragic accident and a moment of chance force an encounter between two people who thought they would never meet. As they learn to co-exist, both of them will discover that what appears to be random is actually fate...and that sometimes fate begins to unfold long before people are aware of it.

"Let's talk when it's all done..." Almost six months after that conversation, Laguna Loire is no closer to reconciling with his son, Squall Leonhart. Whispers of a new enemy and of plot to assassinate the president of Esthar, however, mean a new mission for SeeD and another chance for Squall and Laguna to overcome the shadows of their pasts.