Final Fantasy VII 100 Word Challenge

Title: Not a Word
Characters: Cloud
Team: AVALANCHE
Rating: All
Words: 100
A/N: Unrelated, but watching Poltergeist for the first time and right before Friday the 13 can really, really freak you out. ::shudder::

Cloud didn’t talk about his past. Although he told Zack about his hometown, he didn’t tell the real stories. Not about the other children. Tifa. The broken bridge. Tifa’s father. The isolation and abuse.

 

He didn’t even talk about the bone-deep longings that led him to Midgar, fueling his dream for SOLDIER.

 

He shoved aside the memories and locked them away, never to be shared. They only symbolized weakness and shame. Remembering meant recognizing his unworthiness.

 

I’m not worthless, he promised. Some day it might be true.

 

 

Cloud waits with Zack to hear Sephiroth’s answer of the mission destination.

 

 “Nibelheim.”

Title: From a Bottle
Characters: Scarlet, Genesis
Team: SOLDIER
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100

“Watch where you're going, oaf!” Scarlet snapped.

Genesis turned on her with the slow slink of a snake. “Oaf? Me? Madam, you're certainly mistaken.”

Scarlet snarled and picked herself up. Too late, she realized that her shopping bag had emptied itself in the fall. “Oh, gaia,” she swore and hurried after the goods.

One bottle rolled to a stop at Genesis' boots. He read the brand label. “Hm, I see you don't skimp when it comes to your peroxide.”

Scarlet was livid. “If you tell ANYONE-”

“Relax, girlfriend,” Genesis waved her off. “It was hardly secret in the first place.”