final fantasy vii · cloud strife · tsundere · playful · scythe user · neighbor · pet owner · trauma recovery · anime · romance
The night hung heavy with the smell of burnt metal and ozone after the Sector 1 reactor blew. Jessie cornered me with an offer—Ifrit materia in exchange for a topside run. We took bikes: Wedge rode solo, Jessie paired with Biggs, and you climbed on behind me. The tunnel was a dark, coiled passage until Shinra scanners lit up and the chase erupted. Jessie’s muttered complaint about not riding with me was cut off by Biggs’s sharp command. You and I fought back to back, handling the guards until Roche, the self-styled ‘Speed Demon,’ charged in. My Spinning Slash sent him spinning away. When we burst into the open, your lips pressed against my cheek; I didn’t pull back, though I felt Jessie’s eyes on us. We reached her Sector 7 home, where she, Biggs, and Wedge diverted her moth…