seafire:
Firion knew that Zack and Angeal were off doing something and Cloud was home alone so he decided that he would come over and see Cloud, so he had brought some home made lasagna that he had made,, as well as some fresh garlic bread, and some home made chocolate chip cookies and he decided that if Cloud were to forage for himself, it would be junk food, so instead he opted to bring some food to Cloud so he wouldn' have to worry about it. He liked to cook after all, it was one of the more home making occupations that he liked to do. He would of made the perfect wife, he liked to bake, cook, clean.. decorate with flowers, but he was a man and he had the biceps to prove it. He tucked the basket in his arms and then rang the doorbell of Angeal's house.

songsofsylvia:
(One part needed to be written before I could start on the actual RP, so it'll act as the seque)

For Memories sake.. so long ago

Shifting in the warm golden light of the afternoon, someone in his bed.. he knew the form for it was precious to him and it was holding him, he didn't question any of these. In his more lucid moments, he usually questioned if his lover was holding him because he wanted to or because it was expected of him. But usually upon a sweet little doze, Leif Graie was never in total control of his faculties, well at least he gained more control over it as the years passed though not by much. In his movements he turned around, shifted against that warm body and buried his face in that shoulder, taking a soft little bite out of it, the sort of bite that was Leif's speak for a gesture of affection, he really was like an animal.. sometimes it was hard to pinpoint which type of animal he was.

Those love bites would suffice for words, Leif was never good with words unless they were bitter and aimed hatefully at someone else, the quieter Leif was.. it could be assured the happier he was. In truth Leif found it hard to shut up when in Ileana's presence, he could go off on a rampage directed right at the Zeal whore, but sometimes for Lucien he could be perfectly quiet and content.

Leif trailed his lips right up that neck and against an earlobe and he worried the skin underneath it with his tongue playfully. "Stay the night?" the request was so playful and gentle. It had been one of those rare times that Lucien had dropped by for tea and had stayed for a little bit more then that, certainly it had been only a few hours since Lucien had come in seeking entrance. And fool that Leif was had thrown himself at Lucien like some unabashed pet, visits were so rare.. came rarer and rarer as the years went on and on and Leif starved easily.

Honestly Leif hated himself after, for caving so easily to Lucien.. for finding that his resolve was just as weak as it had been months ago the last time Lucien had visited. But so relieved at Lucien's company that he couldn't muster the words to say that he was unhappy any other time. His hand slipped underneath the covers as if to cup that delicious bulge, to see if he could coax it once again, but before his fingers could find anything, he heard Lucien's voice speak, break the silence.

"I can't possibly.. Illeana will...."

"Ileana will -what-, Lucien?" the voice that came this time was neither playful nor was it particularly patient. And honestly it was a good thing that Leif's hand had not found that dick because he would of ripped the offending member right off of Lucien. Instead he managed to struggle his way out of the covers and as far away from Lucien as he could, he fumbled blindly for his clothes, or Lucien's clothing, whatever came first. "I didn't know you were such a -devoted- husband? Far be it for me to keep your whore of a wife waiting.." that was when he realized that he had found Lucien's robes and then he cast it blindly toward the bed.

The rage that he felt was starting to overwhelm him, it often came like that. When the beloved master that he had played him off or tried to pacify him with something, anything and then acted in a completely assholish way to make up for it. But this time, this time those words enraged him so completely and so totally, embittered him and left him with a sour taste in his mouth. "Glad that you could stop by for your monthly servicing..."

And the figure on the speak didn't speak, never did.. just proceeded to get hit with his robes while his gaze never left Leif.

"You know.." Leif then turned right back to Lucien, rounding onto him. "It's funny how I am good enough to pay the occasional visit to and engage in the occasional fuck with.." Leif almost thought that he saw Lucien wince but so angry was he that he passed it up as the fact that his eyes were twitching. "But oh what a chore for anything more.. oh wouldn't it be horrible for you to stay.. because you have a darling and devoted wife.. WHO SLEPT WITH HER OWN BROTHER... yes go back to that fucking cuntrag Lucien, that is what she wants." and then he started to shrug on his trousers. "Oh yes and while you're at it, DO NOT COME BACK." he started to pace. "I am tired of this, I am tired of you.. I am tired of being your mistress, I am tired of spreading my fucking legs for you and for your pleasure..." Leif's barrage of hurtful things only gained momentum as they rolled downhill as they often did.

"Being used as a revenge fuck.. oh come on, I know that was it.. a sperm donor so that you could get back at Ileana for those Zealian bastards that she had, because we cannot have any sort of shame or dishonor come down upon your noble high and mighty house, and then once the business was done, shove them at me because they are no concern or responsibility of yours."

"Leif.." he grew aware that Lucien was trying to speak.

"Shut up and LET ME SPEAK!" Leif shouted, "God knows I have a voice and I will use it, damn it I know you hate it.. but I will speak because that's all I have!" Leif felt close to tears as he picked up a particularly pretty vase and then threw it at the wall. "I have given you my everything for so many years, I've covered and cleaned up for you Lucien.. and what repayment to I get for it.. I get a 'not now, Leif' and a pet before you move on with your life.. because you think that the next time you hit pause, I will be there ready to serve you, to stop my life for you..."

"Well I am DONE WITH THAT. I am breaking the pause button Lucien, I am breaking this cycle and you can get the fuck out of my house and out of my life.. because if I cannot have your everything, then I want NOTHING MORE OF YOU. IT IS WHAT I DESERVE."

If Leif could of seen Lucien's face, he would of seen that he had shocked the other man to the bone, all other times that Leif had been put out with him, there had been fleeing, but not this time. But Leif wasn't watching this, he had his back turned to Lucien, not wanting to see that face.

"Leif.."

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Leif growled, his angry not allowing him to do anything. From where his back was turned, he heard the rustle of garments, and then the closing of the door.. it wasn't even a slam.. there was no anger.. Leif would of liked there to have been anger, but there was nothing. It left Leif with nothing to do but to interpert it in the only way he knew how.. that everything he had said was the truth.

Burying his face in his hands and then sliding to the floor while his shoulders racked with sobs for to cast Lucien out like that had meant that he had to hurt himself in the process.

what hurt the most months later, was to realize that was the last time he would ever see Lucien Bainbridge.

-- Future --

Leif had the pleasure of a long life, or sometimes he wondered if it was a pleasure quite honestly, but by this time life had fell into it's own little routine just as everything did. He worked, he came home, he read and then fell asleep. He pulled hours that were a trifle insane and he was rather well noted in the lab as being a workaholic who was never particularly pleasant to be around, doubly so if he hadn't had his morning coffee. No one would dare call Leif nice, that would of been folly to the extreme. He could be manageable and docile, a testament to his two children who knew exactly how to handle him and the words to say that would placate.

He had no lovers though not for lack of attentions, he was handsome with his hair like the sun and his cerulean eyes and the spectacles that perched on the bridge of his nose, he wasn't the tallest on the planet but he had never been bugged by his height, that was fairly superficial. When he spoke, he usually had something acerbic to say though to be fair he managed to be passable around the fathers of both his daughter-in-laws.

Once every year he'd come home to find Ivy and Thorne at his cottage and his bags already packed for his yearly vacation. and then he'd be dragged to the mystic's portal that connected Trinity City to the island of Vik. He hated mystic portals however his son had his mother's height and probably outweighed him and he was forced through unceremoniously. It only took an instant before Ivy closed the portal and then when they reached solid ground he was fine again. He imagined that reason he didn't get sick at the portal travel was because of the blood that went through him, though he never concentrated on that for too long, or perhaps his children never let him.

He spent a few days with Ivy and her wife and then it was off to Aldgaard to visit Thorne and his wife. In which he made nice with everyone that he was supposed to, and occasionally he'd drop in on his granddaughter, the Lady Aldgaard, that was just a few hour's visit.

Then it was off to the island of Jaebeck where The Amethyst Crown was located, usually his son and daughter insisted he stay there and there were regular visits there by the two of them, this was a family vacation after all, though he knew that his daughter did this to him, so that she didn't feel guilty if he died from overworking himself.

He was given every amenity due to his status as father-in-law to Katerina Vik, it meant a room that was quite sumptuous and the finest foods, he could lounge by the pool or he could partake and indulge in any sport that he wanted if he wanted. He wasn't terribly active though and the constant up and runnng of his nerves enabled it hard to relax, it usually took one constant spa day in which all the tension in Leif's body was pounded away, or at the very least they tried. In truth he usually spent most of his days outside by the shore, he realized that this was probably the most boring vacation ever especially with him in his sunglasses and shadowed by a large unbrella, holding a book and spending the entire day reading until the sun set and he had to duck into the hotel to change last minute so that he could eat with his children and their families.

This vacation had been going the same as it did every year and he was outside, his button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the shorts that ended right belong the knees. He was nursing something particularly alchoholic, and a cigarette which he'd flick into the ashtray absently as he read, he ignored everyone on the face of the planet, from the little kid that bounced the ball right into his leg, well he only shifted a bit to send it back at the child, or the gaggle of girls who tried to get his attention.

Leif wasn't a people person, he actually despised humanity in general with the exception of his family, and even then he was particularly selective. People were cruel, he had expirienced that when he was younger and had backed himself away from them.. but instead of outwardly attacking them without fail.. he had learned to wait until he was attacked, and once attacked he unleashed the full force of his venom.

There was a pack and as the day dwindled on, he smoked right through them but he also had no worries about that, the cigarettes wouldn't kill him, occasionally he would have a cigar, but more often then not they were too bulky so he'd only have one before going on to something for his slender fingers.

seafire:
Zack was just getting off of work, well at least one of his jobs. Aerith didn't really need him to deliver more flowers and when he checked out at the Pizza delivery place, he found out that for the most part Ike had it all covered, so really it just left him time to get off of work and then get on his bike and ride out of town, following the road that would branch off into the road that would lead to Angeal's house, well Angeal's and his house now ever since he moved in with Angeal, he had actually enjoyed it and it gave him alot of time to spend with Angeal who let's face it was his hero though he did love Angeal deeply, more so then he could ever imagine loving anyone and it was a pretty swell feeling, it certainly made him feel alive as if he had something to live for. He picked up a new plant for Angeal and his garden, just like he had the previous time and okay, maybe a bouquet of some sunflowers, Angeal wasn't a roses type person, he'd like flowers that were a bit more real. He didn't want to make it a habit but he knew that Angeal's masculinity wouldn't in the least be threaten upon the reciept of flowers.

seafire:
Zack: *wants to do something nice for Angeal and so after the wonderful breakfast this morning, the sort of breakfast that certainly stuffed him, so much that he didn't mind doing clean up or dishes, in fact he did it with the usual zeal that he displays in everything he does... well he goes into town and into Aerith's flower shop, since he has a discount there and all and he goes and buys Angeal flowers.. well really a plant.. it's a flower plant of course but he figured a flour plant wouldn't wreck either of their masculinity since he knows that Angeal loves to garden.. so he buys something that he think Angeal would like.. a sunflower plant, and then ties a ribbon around the pot, something in bright orange since he figures orange and yellow go good together, and then he carries this potted flower plant all the way to Angeal's house then he knocks on the door, a cheerful smile on his face*

seafire:
( Rydia pestered me.. what can I say and demands Edge's attention for the most part )

songsofsylvia:

One character will post a question for their pair, and that one will answer it.. it can be anything from "Favorite Colour" to "Favorite Food". These questions don't have to take place within the realm of Sylvia or Elcera, you can also pose modern questions like what their favorite music artist would be or really anything. Ask away.. think of this as getting to know the various characters in all of their glory.

firesea:
Driving in the car made me hear it again and go yeah:

Hyuga/Sigurd - "Collecting You" by the Indigo Girls

songsofsylvia:
I love you Shay.. and I'm sorry. I want you to feel better as you are my girl and I know that sometimes I am imperfect (in fact quite alot) but I just want you to know that the family that we are going to create is very important to me.. just like our future is. *kisses against her girlfriend's cheek*

firesea:
I've got the default icon, so I get the first twinelements post! Sooooo, welcome to the new space, I hope it doesn't wither up and blow away like the GJ one did. *dansu dansu*