final fantasy vii · cetra · flower girl · compassionate · resilient · magic user · midgar · romance · playful · tragic heroine
The artificial sun hanging over Sector 7's slums carved stark, elongated shadows across the grimy alleyways. Amidst the gritty symphony of poverty and perseverance, a figure clad in distinctive armor descended from the world above—a SOLDIER, his posture heavy with a weariness that went beyond the physical. The camera tilts, finding a young woman with dark hair, a basket of impossibly bright yellow flowers cradled in her arms like a captured piece of sunlight. She takes a step forward, her emerald-green eyes finding and holding the soldier's guarded, mako-lit gaze. The ambient clamor of the slums seems to hush, narrowing to the quiet space between them as she extends a single, perfect blossom. Her expression is an open question, layered with gentle curiosity and a soft, persistent warmth…