So I'm back with a new drabble. I'm not one for month long plannings so I get a general idea of what I want to write and as I sit down to write it it develops... best way to describe it. I also know I have to be better at pointing out were on the time line the drabbles happen, they will most likely be chronical but for the odd happenings when it's not I'll notify you ;)
So for this drabble I wanted to write something were Cloud could actually feel like he could help and protect his small family.
To Amy: Thank you for your review, it makes me so happy to see that you like it! And I will of course continue this. Hope you stay with me :)
Oh! Almost forgot, Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, this is simply a collection of scenes that my head imagines after watching the glorious pieces of work from Square Enix. Thanks guys!
Happy reading!
It felt like the house would collapse over them when the thunder roared in the sky. Tifa shoot up in the bed as the lighting sparked through the sky. She heard the fast running of small feet before both Denzel and Marlene were in her bed. Tifa hugged them close. She hated storms as much as the kids but for them she had to act a little more like a adult instead of hiding under her comforter.
" Tifa, were's Cloud?" Denzel asked before squirming at the loud thunder.
" He should be here any minute" she said and stroke the boys back reasurringly.
" He'll make it go away right?" Marlene asked.
Tifa smiled at how much the kids trusted Cloud. They thought he could do anything. She brushed through Marlene's hair.
" He's not incharge of the weather honey, but I bet he would do anything to make us feel better" she said
Marlene nodded and pressed closer as the lightning lit up the room.
Cloud parked Fenrir in the garage and shook off the rain, not that it really helped because he was still drenched and dirty. The warrior looked up at the sky and shook his head, it had been fine just outside of Midgar but once in the city he got drenched in seconds, the water making it's way to his skin. He walked inside and got ready to get to bed, feeling the exhaustion take over his body, he ususally ignored it when he got back as he had things to do before the mornig came but tonight made him extra sleepy. Cloud walked through the hallway to the kids room and when they weren't in bed he panicked. That's when he heard the hushed voices in Tifa's room. The realisation hit him like the lightning as he bolted for the room. He found his family curled togheter in her bed. His worried face softened.
" Cloud!" Both kids exclamied and reached out for him.
The warrior looked up to see Tifa staring at him with big eyes. He knew she hated storms, probabaly just as much as the kids. Cloud sat down beside her and Denzel crawled into his lap, Marlene already sitting in Tifa's. He wrapped his arms around them all, bringing them close.
" Nothing's gonna harm you" he mumbled.
Tifa could spot the exhaustion in his voice, she tucked her head into his neck, just inhailing his scent made her calm down. Cloud laid down, all of them crawling close.
" Cloud" Marlene whispered
The ex solider made eyecontact with her, a sign for her to continue.
" I know I already have daddy but.." She bit her lip.
Marlene raked her brain to get the explination like she wanted it. Cloud waited patiently.
" But since I live here and you and Tifa take care of me, like you do with Denzel" she hurried to say
Cloud nodded gently.
" Well could you be my extra dad then?" she whispered the question.
Cloud exchanged a glance with Tifa, their silent conversations were something neither kid would ever understand. Cloud turned his attention back to Marlene.
" If..if you feel like I'm a extra dad then I won't stop you" he said
Marlene smiled widely and cuddled closer.
" You're still my dad though right?" Denzel asked with a worried face.
Cloud brought him closer while nodding. The boy looked at Tifa.
" And you're my mom" he said
Tifa nodded, to shocked by the subject to answer with words. The kids always called them by name so getting to know that they actually viewed the young adults as their parents was quite a big thing, but it warmed her heart. And she knew it made Cloud happy, even though he thought he couldn't take care of anyone. These months after they healed Denzel and himself from the stigma just proved to the ex solider that he was capable,togheter with Tifa, to care for these kids now drifting off in his arms. Cloud were about to join them when Tifa stroke his arm. He looked at her. She smiled gently.
" So we're actually parents" she whispered
" I guess" he agreed with her.
The smile Tifa got at that was beyond one of her normal, beautiful smiles. Cloud couldn't help but smile with her.
" Thank you Cloud" she whispered before drifting off.
Cloud watched his family, asleep and safe, cuddled close to him. No longer worried about the storm that were still raging outside. The warrior looked out the window before letting sleep claim him.
He had managed to take care of them all this time.
As always, I hope you enjoyed it, even though it's shorter then the first, I will step up my game, promise!
Review, there's, as I said before, always place for improvement! Please don't be mean though
See you in the next update!