FFVII: Sephiroth x Aerith: Delta
Author: ardwynna_m
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Sephiroth x Aerith Gainsborough
Rating: PG-13
Theme Set: Delta
Word Count: 1098
# 03 - Beginning
The first thing Sephiroth thought when he saw Aerith was that she looked so small strapped to the table like that.
#21 - Head
Her head was turned to the side, facing him, but even though her eyes were wide open, she could not see him at all.
# 08 - Doors
“Go play house or something,” Hojo sneered and locked him in the room with her, “Just stay out of my way.”
# 31 - Poison
Sephiroth had no idea what they had given her, but the girl was in too much pain to play anything.
#24 - Hope
He leaned down and whispered, “The needles won’t hurt so much after a while.”
# 17 - Food
Mealtimes were unending, tasteless monotony until she taught him that it was much more fun to play with his food instead of eating it.
# 36 - Secret
“My Mommy’s here too,” Aerith whispered one day, her head bent low over her coloring book, “but they don’t let me see her a lot.”
# 37 - Flexible
A stolen paperclip, Sephiroth discovered, was just the thing to fit into all sizes of locks and after that it was just a matter of fitting themselves into the space beyond.
# 27 - Metal
“She’s here!” Aerith insisted, but all Sephiroth could see was a door of solid steel that would take more than a bent-up paperclip to open.
#18 - Foot
He heard Hojo coming down the hall long before she did.
# 26 - Lost
“We got lost,” he said bravely, trying to hide Aerith behind him.
# 06 - Dark
It wasn’t much of a punishment considering that his eyes made their own light but he hoped Aerith was not afraid, wherever they had put her.
# 20 - Green
The person on the table was not who he expected, even though her eyes were the same.
# 47 - Water
“I know where Aerith is,” he said and her eyes began to leak.
# 23 - Honor
“I promise I’ll bring her here for you.”
# 37 - Snakes
When he found her there were tubes everywhere, coiling and gliding over her tiny body, sucking at her veins, leeching their venom into her blood.
# 04 - Bugs
Sephiroth clenched his fists and swore that if Aerith got better he would never let them hurt her again.
# 48 - Welcome
“Come with us, Sephy,” Aerith pleaded, “Don’t stay here.”
# 10 - Duty
“I have to cover up your tracks,” he said and shut the door on Aerith’s teary face.
# 34 - Regret
When Hojo lit into him there was a moment when he almost wished he had gone with Aerith.
# 46 - War
They shipped him to the front soon afterwards so he never had a chance to find out what happened to her.
# 45 - Ugly
Wherever she was, Sephiroth hoped it was somewhere better than the sodden, red fields he had to march through.
#41 - Stable
The rancher led a fine, proud chocobo out for him and he would have named it “Aerith” except that it didn’t seem right for a bird of war.
# 29 - Old
Hide-and-seek and coloring books belonged to his old life, something that had no place on the battlefield, and he began to think of her less and less.
# 28 - New
He was a blooded warrior now, a true champion, and he fit so easily into his new skin that it never crossed his mind to wonder how she would feel if she knew.
# 16 - Flying
Aerith read about him in a sheet of newspaper that came floating her way on the streets.
# 17 - Spring
‘He’s alive,’ was all she thought, though her new mother noticed a certain bounce in her step for days afterwards.
# 30 - Peace
When peace broke out, she cheered, because it meant Sephiroth was coming home.
# 25 - Light
The world watched as he stepped off the boat, a hero, and the cameras flashed too much for him to really search the crowd.
# 01 - Air
“I’m just going to get some fresh air, Mom,” Aerith called, crossing her fingers behind her back and hoping he was not out of reach yet.
# 33 - Rain
People were too busy trying to get out of the weather to notice the young girl taking her chances, hanging around outside the Shinra Tower, hoping for a glimpse of the General.
# 07 - Despair
Aerith gave up trying to see him eventually, because it had been a long time and he was Shinra’s now more than ever.
# 09 - Drink
Peacetime gave Sephiroth too much time to think about things that were and might have been.
# 22 - Hollow
Banquets and ceremonies and the endless stream of fawning admirers could not fill the empty space inside.
# 42 - Strange
“Homegrown in the city, if you can believe that,” one of his subordinates said, holding up a flower, and the General thought it must have been the strangest thing ever to happen in Midgar.
# 39 - Solid
Sometimes he abused the access accorded to his rank, seeking hard evidence of what had become of the girl he half-remembered.
# 13 - Fall
One day he ran into a Turk and saw a familiar flash of green in one of the files she let fly as she hit the ground.
# 32 - Pretty
Aerith had certainly grown up.
# 05 - Coffee
As Sephiroth read the ‘Capture Specimen’ stamped across her file in red, he was never more thankful for non-spill travel mugs.
# 19 - Grave
“This is serious business,” the old Turk yelled as Sephiroth happened to glide right by, musing over a file that was not so much lost as carefully hidden away.
# 11 - Earth
He went to ground, slumming with a hood pulled up over his head, hoping for a glimpse of her.
# 43 - Summer
He spent an entire summer beneath the plate, waiting on corners in the stifling heat, hoping she would pass by.
# 14 - Fire
A soldier away from battle for too long, he did not even notice when his latest ‘mission’ started turning into a burning obsession.
# 44 - Taboo
He tried to resist taking the photograph out of its file at night because what he did with it had to be some kind of sinful.
# 35 - Roses
It wasn’t the kind of thing that would be alright if he just took her a dozen roses in the morning.
# 38 - Snow
When the first white flakes hit the plate he began peeking into houses, because even though the snow never reached the slums, he supposed Aerith would want to stay indoors.
# 50 - Wood
A suspicious, stick-wielding husband was no match for him, but still, Sephiroth ducked into the old church to avoid notice and hoped that the creaking floor would not give him away.
# 02 - Apples
He stood stock still as he realized he had walked in on a young couple sharing fruit and kisses.
# 49 - Winter
Sephiroth went home alone, wondering if the sudden chill would ever leave his bones.
# 12 - End
Mission accomplished, Sephiroth burned the file without taking even one last look.
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Claim: Sephiroth x Aerith Gainsborough
Rating: PG-13
Theme Set: Delta
Word Count: 1098
# 03 - Beginning
The first thing Sephiroth thought when he saw Aerith was that she looked so small strapped to the table like that.
#21 - Head
Her head was turned to the side, facing him, but even though her eyes were wide open, she could not see him at all.
# 08 - Doors
“Go play house or something,” Hojo sneered and locked him in the room with her, “Just stay out of my way.”
# 31 - Poison
Sephiroth had no idea what they had given her, but the girl was in too much pain to play anything.
#24 - Hope
He leaned down and whispered, “The needles won’t hurt so much after a while.”
# 17 - Food
Mealtimes were unending, tasteless monotony until she taught him that it was much more fun to play with his food instead of eating it.
# 36 - Secret
“My Mommy’s here too,” Aerith whispered one day, her head bent low over her coloring book, “but they don’t let me see her a lot.”
# 37 - Flexible
A stolen paperclip, Sephiroth discovered, was just the thing to fit into all sizes of locks and after that it was just a matter of fitting themselves into the space beyond.
# 27 - Metal
“She’s here!” Aerith insisted, but all Sephiroth could see was a door of solid steel that would take more than a bent-up paperclip to open.
#18 - Foot
He heard Hojo coming down the hall long before she did.
# 26 - Lost
“We got lost,” he said bravely, trying to hide Aerith behind him.
# 06 - Dark
It wasn’t much of a punishment considering that his eyes made their own light but he hoped Aerith was not afraid, wherever they had put her.
# 20 - Green
The person on the table was not who he expected, even though her eyes were the same.
# 47 - Water
“I know where Aerith is,” he said and her eyes began to leak.
# 23 - Honor
“I promise I’ll bring her here for you.”
# 37 - Snakes
When he found her there were tubes everywhere, coiling and gliding over her tiny body, sucking at her veins, leeching their venom into her blood.
# 04 - Bugs
Sephiroth clenched his fists and swore that if Aerith got better he would never let them hurt her again.
# 48 - Welcome
“Come with us, Sephy,” Aerith pleaded, “Don’t stay here.”
# 10 - Duty
“I have to cover up your tracks,” he said and shut the door on Aerith’s teary face.
# 34 - Regret
When Hojo lit into him there was a moment when he almost wished he had gone with Aerith.
# 46 - War
They shipped him to the front soon afterwards so he never had a chance to find out what happened to her.
# 45 - Ugly
Wherever she was, Sephiroth hoped it was somewhere better than the sodden, red fields he had to march through.
#41 - Stable
The rancher led a fine, proud chocobo out for him and he would have named it “Aerith” except that it didn’t seem right for a bird of war.
# 29 - Old
Hide-and-seek and coloring books belonged to his old life, something that had no place on the battlefield, and he began to think of her less and less.
# 28 - New
He was a blooded warrior now, a true champion, and he fit so easily into his new skin that it never crossed his mind to wonder how she would feel if she knew.
# 16 - Flying
Aerith read about him in a sheet of newspaper that came floating her way on the streets.
# 17 - Spring
‘He’s alive,’ was all she thought, though her new mother noticed a certain bounce in her step for days afterwards.
# 30 - Peace
When peace broke out, she cheered, because it meant Sephiroth was coming home.
# 25 - Light
The world watched as he stepped off the boat, a hero, and the cameras flashed too much for him to really search the crowd.
# 01 - Air
“I’m just going to get some fresh air, Mom,” Aerith called, crossing her fingers behind her back and hoping he was not out of reach yet.
# 33 - Rain
People were too busy trying to get out of the weather to notice the young girl taking her chances, hanging around outside the Shinra Tower, hoping for a glimpse of the General.
# 07 - Despair
Aerith gave up trying to see him eventually, because it had been a long time and he was Shinra’s now more than ever.
# 09 - Drink
Peacetime gave Sephiroth too much time to think about things that were and might have been.
# 22 - Hollow
Banquets and ceremonies and the endless stream of fawning admirers could not fill the empty space inside.
# 42 - Strange
“Homegrown in the city, if you can believe that,” one of his subordinates said, holding up a flower, and the General thought it must have been the strangest thing ever to happen in Midgar.
# 39 - Solid
Sometimes he abused the access accorded to his rank, seeking hard evidence of what had become of the girl he half-remembered.
# 13 - Fall
One day he ran into a Turk and saw a familiar flash of green in one of the files she let fly as she hit the ground.
# 32 - Pretty
Aerith had certainly grown up.
# 05 - Coffee
As Sephiroth read the ‘Capture Specimen’ stamped across her file in red, he was never more thankful for non-spill travel mugs.
# 19 - Grave
“This is serious business,” the old Turk yelled as Sephiroth happened to glide right by, musing over a file that was not so much lost as carefully hidden away.
# 11 - Earth
He went to ground, slumming with a hood pulled up over his head, hoping for a glimpse of her.
# 43 - Summer
He spent an entire summer beneath the plate, waiting on corners in the stifling heat, hoping she would pass by.
# 14 - Fire
A soldier away from battle for too long, he did not even notice when his latest ‘mission’ started turning into a burning obsession.
# 44 - Taboo
He tried to resist taking the photograph out of its file at night because what he did with it had to be some kind of sinful.
# 35 - Roses
It wasn’t the kind of thing that would be alright if he just took her a dozen roses in the morning.
# 38 - Snow
When the first white flakes hit the plate he began peeking into houses, because even though the snow never reached the slums, he supposed Aerith would want to stay indoors.
# 50 - Wood
A suspicious, stick-wielding husband was no match for him, but still, Sephiroth ducked into the old church to avoid notice and hoped that the creaking floor would not give him away.
# 02 - Apples
He stood stock still as he realized he had walked in on a young couple sharing fruit and kisses.
# 49 - Winter
Sephiroth went home alone, wondering if the sudden chill would ever leave his bones.
# 12 - End
Mission accomplished, Sephiroth burned the file without taking even one last look.