Prompt: Late
Pairing: Angeal/Zack, Sephiroth
Rating: T
Word Count: 338
Sephiroth stood waiting in his usual ethereal light of perfection, not a strand of hair out of place, appearing for the world like he was perhaps the most patient man on the planet. He wasn't, by any means, which was why he was thinking of Zack's deserving punishment as he brought his wrist up to look at the time.
Yet again.
Zack was forty-five minutes late. Normally, he wouldn't have had a problem meeting with the Executive Director for debriefing after a mission on his own except for the fact that President Shinra had wanted the Turks to be present for this particular debriefing and thus, the Executive Director had asked for them to be at their very best. SOLDIER pride did not allow The General to walk in there without his appointed partner for the mission. It would represent a very off kilter impression of how SOLDIER worked to 'them' and he would rather be dead than to give 'them' any amount of satisfaction, however little it was.
"Shit!" Zack entered the room panting, his usually messy hairstyle even messier, his shirt un-tucked and his gear put together in a rather hasty and unceremonious fashion. A single, thin silver eyebrow arched questioningly.
"And where have you been?" Sephiroth asked in his cool and neutral tone that was just a tad bit scarier when in situations like these. A waft of an overpowering scent filled The General's nostrils and he made a disgruntled noise in disproval. "You reek of Angeal."
The silver-haired commander was at conflict whether to consider it disrespectful this SOLDIER under his command still had the audacity to meet his eyes with a guilty grin in response, his face still flushed with what he could only assume was the aftermath of what they had been up to only minutes ago. When Zack added a timid shrug of his shoulder, it suddenly dawned on Sephiroth how his childhood friend held such a sweet spot for him.
If Sephiroth liked him, there was no doubting it. Zachary Fair was impossible not to like.
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