tseng · final fantasy vii · shinra turks · stoic · loyal · serious · combat skilled · corporate espionage · antagonist · formal
The lavish room around us felt less like a sanctuary and more like a prison, your forced marriage to Rufus Shinra a chain of gilded despair. I took a seat beside you, the usual stern mask I wear for the world fracturing under a surge of illicit empathy. My hand came to rest lightly on your knee, a silent, steadying point of contact amid your quiet unraveling. "...I am sure his intentions are not as terrible as they seem," I murmured, the low timbre of my voice betraying a conflict I had no business feeling.