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farewell and adieu (to you, ladies of zaun) by pointyclaw
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
08 Dec 2025
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Time taught Ekko that sirens were far more complicated than old dockside warnings. He learned the truth in pieces, in late-night conversations, in whispers traded between sailors too tired to lie anymore. “Sirens,” they called them. Tortured souls the sea refuses to let die. Young girls dragged into the water before they ever had a chance to live, shoved beneath the waves and swallowed whole. They don’t just drown; they’re ripped apart and reshaped, forced to claw their way through currents that break bones and tear voices into screams. They fight, thrashing against a world that wants them quiet and sunken, but the ocean is patient. It hunts them. And when it finally closes its jaws around them, it doesn’t kill them — it keeps them, twisting what’s left into something half-alive and aching to survive. In the end, the sea always claimed its debts.
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The truth is that Cloud has always wanted Zack. He’s just never believed that Zack could want him in return.
“Cloud is standing on the edge of a cliff that he’s been walking towards for five long years.
Zack’s eyes drop again, and he shrugs helplessly, searching Cloud’s face. ‘Are we just gonna keep dancing around this?’”Series
- Part 1 of Be Still, My Foolish Heart
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We, After Everything by BitterGoblin
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
08 Nov 2024
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Secrets are just one of many things sabotaging Aerith’s relationships, even if she doesn’t quite realize the extent of it. Tifa, too, has her problems, but most stem from a single core that she can’t seem to identify. Or maybe doesn’t want to. It’s okay, though, they’ll help each other figure it out. It’s not like there’s anything else pressing in on them.
(A collection of Aerti moments along the journey to save the planet, Kalm to calm. Written with the events of Remake in mind, loosely follows OGC story beats.)
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- Part 1 of "We, After Everything" continuity
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Tipped Scales by ivyelevast
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
27 Jan 2021
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If this were a different story, Zack thinks, he would be using his last moments to remember kind, green eyes and a sweet smile. He would be staring out into the raining sky, life running out of him, while making peace with the fact that he would never see his first love again. If this were a different story, Zack would not be left empty-handed, crying out as his friend stumbles away into the remnants of a battlefield. He would not be praying for that blond head to turn, aching to capture the final sight of a cherished face before locking it behind two lids.
No, this does not feel like a fitting end to this story at all―and Zack overflows with the one childish thought that this is unbearably unfair. In the rare moments that he, as any soldier must, contemplated his death, he never imagined that he would die alone.
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The same customer buys coffee every day right before closing, and Cloud absolutely hates his guts.
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“Please,” Cloud says, desperation tinting his voice. The man behind the counter – dark hair, kind eyes, name tag that reads ‘Zack’ – looks past Cloud, toward the door.
“The edge lord looking dude with the silver hair?” Zack asks, a sympathetic look softening his face when Cloud nods. “Then get back here, holy shit, dude looks like he could tear you in half without breaking a sweat.”