[Kingdom Hearts] [Cloud Strife] Distance Title: Distance Fandom/Pairing: Kingdom Hearts; Cloud Rating: ESRB Rating of E for Everyone < none > Summary: Cloud returns to Hollow Bastion a little earlier than planned. KH1. Drabble. Notes: For Mish's request: "KH!Cloud, in Hollow Bastion, back when the Beast was prowling it"
It's colder now. The air is crisp, clean in his lungs, in his mouth. Every breath feels like he's licking a battery.
Bubbles float in midair. Water runs uphill. Stalagmites gently lift and lower, carried by invisible currents.
He takes the last lift up to the castle proper. Its face is broken, beautiful marble scarred, revealing the electrical wires within.
He looks down at the fingers poking out from beneath his gauntlet, looks back up at the ruined castle. This isn't his home anymore. Somewhere in the distance, an animal roar echoes. He half wonders if it's his own screaming.