A/N: Barret and Marlene for this one, since I think that their relationship would be the sweetest thing on the planet.
Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VII Characters and Places belong to Square Enix.
He leaned back against the bar counter, watching as she ran around the new building with the excitement and curiousity only one her age could have. The sight of her smiling face and bright brown eyes made him smile, his scarred cheek stretching as he showed his teeth.
Suddenly, she stopped and turned to look at him, short brown hair whipping into her face at her sudden movements. "Daddy! Come and play with me!"
Barret grinned, hefting himself off of the stool to lumber over to his daughter, scooping her up in one arm and swinging her around. She squealed in delight, holding onto his vest with a white knuckled grip, her feet swinging like one of her ragdolls. He stopped spinning then, hugging her tightly and looking down at her with the fondness only a father could have towards their daughter.
Marlene smiled up at him, bright and happy and innocent, before she lifted herself onto his shoulders using the strange metal arm he had as support. Once seated she wrapped her arms around his head, resting her chin on the kinky black hair. "Run Daddy!"
"As my princess asks," Barret growled out gently, before he ran outside of the bar, jogging around Seventh Heaven in the 7th Sector, Marlene laughing.