[Complete] "Hard to Explain"
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Pairing: Lightning Farron & Serah Farron
Theme set: Alpha
Title: Hard to Explain
Rating: M at the most
Warning[s]: Lightning's real name, mentions of sex, incest, slight spoilers for ending (you need to squint to actually see them)
AN: Umm. Square Enix owns the characters. Written for 1sentence
#01 - Comfort
Even if they did have their own bedrooms, the two mostly shared Claire's bed, taking comfort in each other's presence when it was just too much.
#02 - Kiss
She knew it was a big risk, yet she pressed her lips for a kiss and pulled away; "I love you," she said, and to her delight, she reciprocated.
#03 - Soft
Lightning had many soft spots; one was her hair, another her lips, but the most secret one (that only Serah would know) was the little area of skin to the left of her hipbone; sucking on it would leave her gasping for breath.
#04 - Pain
Serah looked up to Lightning, standing proud and tall, her protector, and she couldn't alleviate all her pain, but she sure could try.
#05 - Potatoes
No one will know, but her sister's favorite winter pastime was to curl up on the sofa and eat chunks of potatoes while watching holiday favorites; it used to remind her of a distant past.
#06 - Rain
It was raining during the service, mirroring the torrent within the sisters' souls; they're dead and they won't come back ever again.
#07 - Chocolate
During the summertime, Lightning would grab a quart of chocolate fudge ice cream on her way home; it became a tradition for the two to share while watching horror movies.
#08 - Happiness
All she cared for was her little sister's happiness, the only thing that mattered in this unfeeling world.
#09 - Telephone
"Hello," and she replied, "Just wanted to know you're ok," before the voice over the telephone broke up.
#10 - Ears
Serah wanted to be an adult, to help me, so she decided to pierce her ears, a way of showing me she was mature enough; I knew she was scared so I said to the shopkeeper, "I want my belly button pierced."
#11 - Name
Her heart broke a little as she was reprimanded for calling her "Claire"; she goes by another name now, but it's not the same.
#12 - Sensual
"I don't understand why you drag me to this," she huffed as she put on the dress, an elegant blue dress that hugged all the right curves; she was the embodiment of a goddess, sensual and sleek, poised with grace, and it took all I had to not tear that dress off her body.
#13 - Death
She always stayed up, waiting for her; at her job, death was only a door's knock away and she didn't want the Reaper to swoop in while she was asleep and claim her only family.
#14 - Sex
An accumulation of awkward silences, jealous glances, and unconditional love led to Lightning pressed up against the wall; sex wasn't nearly as exciting if the soldier always took control.
#15 - Touch
A brush of her fingers against her arm had Serah shuddering, the touch sending electric shocks along her body as Lightning leaned in.
#16 - Weakness
Lightning Farron is impenetrable, aloof, and cold; Claire Farron is vulnerable, attentive, and caring; still Serah never once thought Claire was weak.
#17 - Tears
If tears were for weaklings, then why did she shed them?
#18 - Speed
"Can you keep up?" Lightning asked, as she jogged even further away, only looking back at Serah to check if she was still there; like her name, she was speedy enough, but she would never leave her somewhere.
#19 - Wind
Part of the thrill was to push Lightning's buttons; Serah had been teasing her from the start of their night out with fleeting caresses and hungry stares, winding her up like a toy until she took action.
#20 - Freedom
As she was crystallizing in the Pulse Vestige, she was thinking how free it was to be liberated from her focus; one look at her sister though, and she knew it came at a price.
#21 - Life
Serah recalled bitterly the time that they lived in their own little worlds; it only took the end of one world for them to enjoy living in another together.
#22 - Jealousy
'No woman can have her,' she thought, as she licked the underside of Lightning's breast; Lightning, on the other hand, loved the possessive side Serah showed when she was jealous.
#23 - Hands
My hands are soft and smooth; hers are rough and callused; palms flat, fingers aligning, and they both heal the pain away.
#24 - Taste
Soldiers aren't supposed to taste sinfully divine, but then again, it is her sister she's enjoying.
#25 - Devotion
At the end of the day, she will always return to her little sister; some may call it devotion, she calls it natural and upholds it with her last breath.
#26 - Forever
Friends and lovers may come and go, but she has only one sister to cherish forever, and so she will love her with all her heart; she feels the same way.
#27 - Blood
It was too much, as the blood seeped through the bandage and her hands were soaked in it; "Please don't die Claire," as she prayed.
#28 - Sickness
"Don't strain yourself," she said, propping her up; she took a day off, sickness chaining her to the bed, yet she quite enjoyed it if it meant her sister would always tend to her.
#29 - Melody
"I know tonight, she comes," the soft strains of the melody echoed in the room as Lightning cuddled Serah in her arms; "oh did she come...multiple times," she thought as she kept humming.
#30 - Star
The first time Serah participated in the school play, she was the star of the show; unfortunately Lightning couldn't make it due to her job, and she'd lose the shine in her eyes for the rest of the night.
#31 - Home
There's no place like home, and she found it in her, only her.
#32 - Confusion
Even though the sisters looked alike, their personalities were a different story; the townspeople were confused as to why such a nice young woman could have the most intimidating Sergeant in the Guardian Corps as her sister.
#33 - Fear
Fear gripped her as she searched all over town, eventually finding her crying her eyes out at the beach; Big Sis was here now and everything was ok.
#34 - Lightning/Thunder
"White Flash, call upon my name," and thus Lightning was born; cannot protect, only destroy.
#35 - Bonds
When asked to define her bond with her sister, Lightning found it hard to explain.
#36 - Market
When Serah needed to persuade Lightning to do a favor for her, she'd pitch it as a marketing plan, and if that didn't work, a few tears here and there usually did the trick.
#37 - Technology
Her sister wasn't the gadget type; all she had was the Grav-con Unit, technology used by the military to manipulate gravity, so when she did take her flying in the air, her heart leaped in excitement.
#38 - Gift
Lightning never knew what to get Serah for her birthday; she would always reply with a "it doesn't matter what you give me," but she found the perfect gift while window shopping: a pair of matching arm bracelets.
#39 - Smile
The first thing she saw out of crystal stasis was Lightning's smile; ah, how her heart melted at the sight.
#40 - Innocence
Be as it may, her big sister was a little innocent when it came to relationships; she might have not believed in fairy tales, but she sure acted like a knight on a white horse.
#41 - Completion
Hands threading themselves into her hair, she moaned into the kiss as they neared completion.
#42 - Clouds
The weather in Bodhum usually consisted of sunny weather, but today the rain clouds came in, and so did she, soaking wet from head to toe; "I thought Lightning was supposed to be outside?" she joked.
#43 - Sky
Identical sky blue eyes locked onto each other, as Serah gave the valedictorian speech, secretly dedicating it to Lightning, who always told her, "the sky's the limit".
#44 - Heaven
The closest she came to Heaven was with her hands, only hers, bucking and sweating with the friction, strong arms pinning her to the bed.
#45 - Hell
They both knew it was wrong, that society would shun them, but Lightning thought they can all go to hell; a love like theirs was to be celebrated, as she would move Heaven for her sake.
#46 - Sun
Serah didn't know her sister had a secret romantic side to her, until early one morning she dragged her up on the roof to watch the sun rise.
#47 - Moon
It was a quiet night, the moon shining upon them as they shared their first kiss; nothing special, just a sense of contentment.
#48 - Waves
Serah knew her sister was a walking contradiction by her hair, spiked on one side and wavy in another; it was a symbol of her personality: hard then soft, rigid then flexible.
#49 - Hair
They could've been mistaken for twins; each with strawberry blonde hair as they strolled across the boardwalk, walking in tandem.
#50 - Supernova
So close; biting her lip, she squeezed her eyes shut as she felt stars explode, a supernova, as she hit her peak, Lightning's fingers wedged tightly within.
NOTES
Title(and #35) taken from (based on) The Strokes' "Hard to Explain".
Lyrics from #29 are from "Tonight She Comes" by The Cars.
Pairing: Lightning Farron & Serah Farron
Theme set: Alpha
Title: Hard to Explain
Rating: M at the most
Warning[s]: Lightning's real name, mentions of sex, incest, slight spoilers for ending (you need to squint to actually see them)
AN: Umm. Square Enix owns the characters. Written for 1sentence
#01 - Comfort
Even if they did have their own bedrooms, the two mostly shared Claire's bed, taking comfort in each other's presence when it was just too much.
#02 - Kiss
She knew it was a big risk, yet she pressed her lips for a kiss and pulled away; "I love you," she said, and to her delight, she reciprocated.
#03 - Soft
Lightning had many soft spots; one was her hair, another her lips, but the most secret one (that only Serah would know) was the little area of skin to the left of her hipbone; sucking on it would leave her gasping for breath.
#04 - Pain
Serah looked up to Lightning, standing proud and tall, her protector, and she couldn't alleviate all her pain, but she sure could try.
#05 - Potatoes
No one will know, but her sister's favorite winter pastime was to curl up on the sofa and eat chunks of potatoes while watching holiday favorites; it used to remind her of a distant past.
#06 - Rain
It was raining during the service, mirroring the torrent within the sisters' souls; they're dead and they won't come back ever again.
#07 - Chocolate
During the summertime, Lightning would grab a quart of chocolate fudge ice cream on her way home; it became a tradition for the two to share while watching horror movies.
#08 - Happiness
All she cared for was her little sister's happiness, the only thing that mattered in this unfeeling world.
#09 - Telephone
"Hello," and she replied, "Just wanted to know you're ok," before the voice over the telephone broke up.
#10 - Ears
Serah wanted to be an adult, to help me, so she decided to pierce her ears, a way of showing me she was mature enough; I knew she was scared so I said to the shopkeeper, "I want my belly button pierced."
#11 - Name
Her heart broke a little as she was reprimanded for calling her "Claire"; she goes by another name now, but it's not the same.
#12 - Sensual
"I don't understand why you drag me to this," she huffed as she put on the dress, an elegant blue dress that hugged all the right curves; she was the embodiment of a goddess, sensual and sleek, poised with grace, and it took all I had to not tear that dress off her body.
#13 - Death
She always stayed up, waiting for her; at her job, death was only a door's knock away and she didn't want the Reaper to swoop in while she was asleep and claim her only family.
#14 - Sex
An accumulation of awkward silences, jealous glances, and unconditional love led to Lightning pressed up against the wall; sex wasn't nearly as exciting if the soldier always took control.
#15 - Touch
A brush of her fingers against her arm had Serah shuddering, the touch sending electric shocks along her body as Lightning leaned in.
#16 - Weakness
Lightning Farron is impenetrable, aloof, and cold; Claire Farron is vulnerable, attentive, and caring; still Serah never once thought Claire was weak.
#17 - Tears
If tears were for weaklings, then why did she shed them?
#18 - Speed
"Can you keep up?" Lightning asked, as she jogged even further away, only looking back at Serah to check if she was still there; like her name, she was speedy enough, but she would never leave her somewhere.
#19 - Wind
Part of the thrill was to push Lightning's buttons; Serah had been teasing her from the start of their night out with fleeting caresses and hungry stares, winding her up like a toy until she took action.
#20 - Freedom
As she was crystallizing in the Pulse Vestige, she was thinking how free it was to be liberated from her focus; one look at her sister though, and she knew it came at a price.
#21 - Life
Serah recalled bitterly the time that they lived in their own little worlds; it only took the end of one world for them to enjoy living in another together.
#22 - Jealousy
'No woman can have her,' she thought, as she licked the underside of Lightning's breast; Lightning, on the other hand, loved the possessive side Serah showed when she was jealous.
#23 - Hands
My hands are soft and smooth; hers are rough and callused; palms flat, fingers aligning, and they both heal the pain away.
#24 - Taste
Soldiers aren't supposed to taste sinfully divine, but then again, it is her sister she's enjoying.
#25 - Devotion
At the end of the day, she will always return to her little sister; some may call it devotion, she calls it natural and upholds it with her last breath.
#26 - Forever
Friends and lovers may come and go, but she has only one sister to cherish forever, and so she will love her with all her heart; she feels the same way.
#27 - Blood
It was too much, as the blood seeped through the bandage and her hands were soaked in it; "Please don't die Claire," as she prayed.
#28 - Sickness
"Don't strain yourself," she said, propping her up; she took a day off, sickness chaining her to the bed, yet she quite enjoyed it if it meant her sister would always tend to her.
#29 - Melody
"I know tonight, she comes," the soft strains of the melody echoed in the room as Lightning cuddled Serah in her arms; "oh did she come...multiple times," she thought as she kept humming.
#30 - Star
The first time Serah participated in the school play, she was the star of the show; unfortunately Lightning couldn't make it due to her job, and she'd lose the shine in her eyes for the rest of the night.
#31 - Home
There's no place like home, and she found it in her, only her.
#32 - Confusion
Even though the sisters looked alike, their personalities were a different story; the townspeople were confused as to why such a nice young woman could have the most intimidating Sergeant in the Guardian Corps as her sister.
#33 - Fear
Fear gripped her as she searched all over town, eventually finding her crying her eyes out at the beach; Big Sis was here now and everything was ok.
#34 - Lightning/Thunder
"White Flash, call upon my name," and thus Lightning was born; cannot protect, only destroy.
#35 - Bonds
When asked to define her bond with her sister, Lightning found it hard to explain.
#36 - Market
When Serah needed to persuade Lightning to do a favor for her, she'd pitch it as a marketing plan, and if that didn't work, a few tears here and there usually did the trick.
#37 - Technology
Her sister wasn't the gadget type; all she had was the Grav-con Unit, technology used by the military to manipulate gravity, so when she did take her flying in the air, her heart leaped in excitement.
#38 - Gift
Lightning never knew what to get Serah for her birthday; she would always reply with a "it doesn't matter what you give me," but she found the perfect gift while window shopping: a pair of matching arm bracelets.
#39 - Smile
The first thing she saw out of crystal stasis was Lightning's smile; ah, how her heart melted at the sight.
#40 - Innocence
Be as it may, her big sister was a little innocent when it came to relationships; she might have not believed in fairy tales, but she sure acted like a knight on a white horse.
#41 - Completion
Hands threading themselves into her hair, she moaned into the kiss as they neared completion.
#42 - Clouds
The weather in Bodhum usually consisted of sunny weather, but today the rain clouds came in, and so did she, soaking wet from head to toe; "I thought Lightning was supposed to be outside?" she joked.
#43 - Sky
Identical sky blue eyes locked onto each other, as Serah gave the valedictorian speech, secretly dedicating it to Lightning, who always told her, "the sky's the limit".
#44 - Heaven
The closest she came to Heaven was with her hands, only hers, bucking and sweating with the friction, strong arms pinning her to the bed.
#45 - Hell
They both knew it was wrong, that society would shun them, but Lightning thought they can all go to hell; a love like theirs was to be celebrated, as she would move Heaven for her sake.
#46 - Sun
Serah didn't know her sister had a secret romantic side to her, until early one morning she dragged her up on the roof to watch the sun rise.
#47 - Moon
It was a quiet night, the moon shining upon them as they shared their first kiss; nothing special, just a sense of contentment.
#48 - Waves
Serah knew her sister was a walking contradiction by her hair, spiked on one side and wavy in another; it was a symbol of her personality: hard then soft, rigid then flexible.
#49 - Hair
They could've been mistaken for twins; each with strawberry blonde hair as they strolled across the boardwalk, walking in tandem.
#50 - Supernova
So close; biting her lip, she squeezed her eyes shut as she felt stars explode, a supernova, as she hit her peak, Lightning's fingers wedged tightly within.
NOTES
Title(and #35) taken from (based on) The Strokes' "Hard to Explain".
Lyrics from #29 are from "Tonight She Comes" by The Cars.