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Securing Time
Prologue
He sat on a hard, black leather couch, slumped lazily backwards with his feet spread out on the red carpeted floor. He frowned at his arms crossed over his chest.
What am I doing here? he thought to himself as he closed his eyes for a moment and opened them to stare at his arms again.
He noticed a small crack in the leather of one of his gloves and stared at it fiercely, trying to focus all of his attention on something other than his reason for being there.
Light fingers brushing a loose piece of hair off his forehead caused his gaze to shift from his glove to the hand, which then rested on his shoulder. He breathed out heavily and shifted in his seat.
Warm black hair was pressed into his neck and Squall uncrossed his arms to slip one behind Rinoa's waist.
"Don't worry about the mission." Rinoa said to him quietly, looking up at his face.
He looked back at her and his frown lifted. Kissing her forehead gently, Squall put his head down again to look at his chest where his arms had been.
Rinoa squeezed his shoulder encouragingly and pressed her head into the soft white fur on the collar of his jacket. Squall smiled slightly and tilted his head so that it leant against her, and they waited for Cid to summon them to his office.
It was the late afternoon. That morning Squall had woken up to find and grey file on the floor by the door. In the file were papers about the new mayor of Timber and certain newspaper articles about an item called the Phoenix Wing. It's use was unknown but there were rumours that it could slow down time and permit time travel.
With the file was a note from Cid asking him to read over the file and the meet him in his office at 1630 hours.
Squall had skimmed over the contents of the file but when he reached the articles about time travel his mind wandered to Ellone on the white SeeD ship. He hadn't seen her since they defeated Ultimecia. She had left suddenly, a week after they had returned and he hadn't seen her since then. He had received two letters from her but that was all the contact he'd had from her.
He had decided, after reading the file, that he would try to find her after this next mission, but his suspicions told him that if this mission had something to do with time travel, he would see her sooner than that.
Securing Time
Prologue
He sat on a hard, black leather couch, slumped lazily backwards with his feet spread out on the red carpeted floor. He frowned at his arms crossed over his chest.
What am I doing here? he thought to himself as he closed his eyes for a moment and opened them to stare at his arms again.
He noticed a small crack in the leather of one of his gloves and stared at it fiercely, trying to focus all of his attention on something other than his reason for being there.
Light fingers brushing a loose piece of hair off his forehead caused his gaze to shift from his glove to the hand, which then rested on his shoulder. He breathed out heavily and shifted in his seat.
Warm black hair was pressed into his neck and Squall uncrossed his arms to slip one behind Rinoa's waist.
"Don't worry about the mission." Rinoa said to him quietly, looking up at his face.
He looked back at her and his frown lifted. Kissing her forehead gently, Squall put his head down again to look at his chest where his arms had been.
Rinoa squeezed his shoulder encouragingly and pressed her head into the soft white fur on the collar of his jacket. Squall smiled slightly and tilted his head so that it leant against her, and they waited for Cid to summon them to his office.
It was the late afternoon. That morning Squall had woken up to find and grey file on the floor by the door. In the file were papers about the new mayor of Timber and certain newspaper articles about an item called the Phoenix Wing. It's use was unknown but there were rumours that it could slow down time and permit time travel.
With the file was a note from Cid asking him to read over the file and the meet him in his office at 1630 hours.
Squall had skimmed over the contents of the file but when he reached the articles about time travel his mind wandered to Ellone on the white SeeD ship. He hadn't seen her since they defeated Ultimecia. She had left suddenly, a week after they had returned and he hadn't seen her since then. He had received two letters from her but that was all the contact he'd had from her.
He had decided, after reading the file, that he would try to find her after this next mission, but his suspicions told him that if this mission had something to do with time travel, he would see her sooner than that.