1sentence Challenge - Axel x Cloud - Gamma
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairing: Axel x Cloud Strife
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: PG-13 (unsure)
For: 1sentence
Notes: ...I realize that this pairing is one of the WTF pairings, but I like most of the WTF pairings, kay? Also, Axel=Reno in my world (so you understand one of the themes). I have this problem with writing Cloud...he's always out of character, sorry - and it's my first time writing Axel, so....*shifty eyes*
#01 - Ring
Nobody ever knew who was on the other line; the only thing they did know was that as soon as Cloud’s phone rang with ‘Fight Fire, with Fire’, the blonde was quick to disappear.
#02 - Hero
He was sick of always being the hero; at least that’s how he justified the fact that he was technically sleeping with the enemy.
#03 - Memory
While Cloud wanted to remember everything from the life he’d forgotten, Axel would always smirk and promise to make new better memories for the blonde.
#04 - Box
Axel had stared at the box the blonde had handed him, not even curious about what lay inside, but too caught up in the fact that this was his first-ever present.
#05 - Run
When Cloud had had his first run in with the fire-wielding Nobody during one of Axel’s missions in Hollow Bastion, he’d mistaken him for someone else; Axel was quick to correct him, “Got it memorized?”
#06 - Hurricane
Being with Axel was like being stuck in a hurricane - he attacked mostly without warning, wreaking havoc and creating chaos along the way - and leaving Cloud feeling devastated every time he left.
#07 - Wings
He could physically glide, but nothing more than that; it was when he and the redhead joined that he could truly fly.
#08 - Cold
“Hey buddy,” Axel commented to Cloud one day after getting the cold shoulder again, “I’m unfeeling ‘cause I don’t technically have a heart, what’s your excuse?”
#09 - Red
Red had meant a lot of things to Cloud, blood, death, suffering - but that was before - now it meant warmth, company…and dare he say passion?
#10 - Drink
“What’s your poison?” Axel had smirked, throwing a bottle of water at the tired blonde; and after Cloud gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, he threw the bottle back with a soft reply as he went back to sparring; “You.”
#11 - Midnight
Axel would always appear in the middle of the night and he and Cloud would walk under the light of the moon, not only was it romantic - not that Axel could tell - but nobody else was ever awake to see them.
#12 - Temptation
Every time Cloud pouted, Axel had to fight the urge to pin him against the nearest wall and completely take his mind away from whatever had caused this pout; so far, he’d always given in.
#13 - View
Axel wanted to see everything the way Cloud saw it, with emotions attached; but more than anything else, he wanted the other to watch everything with him.
#14 - Music
The warrior had been there, when the Nobody Demyx was defeated and though he felt guilty afterwards, the only thought that ran through his mind at the time was: “At least it wasn’t Axel.”
#15 - Silk
Green eyes stared at the hand that was held within his own, calloused from gripping that monstrous sword, scarred by hard work and battles, yet still felt smooth while moving along his own skin.
#16 - Cover
Cloud didn’t mind the rain, though sometimes he grew a little cold; Axel on the other hand was slightly miffed that they were standing outside as it poured, soaking him to the bone - though he had to admit, it made for a good cover - and Cloud was always there to help him stay warm.
#17 - Promise
All the proclaimed ‘Oh my god, I love you’s in the heat of the moment were all empty promises, both knew this, but tended to pretend they didn’t.
#18 - Dream
Sometimes, Axel dreams of his past as a Somebody - not always, but sometimes - and sometimes, through the darkness and smoke of memories he’d long forgotten, he sometimes thinks he sees a flash of bright blue or golden yellow or hears a familiar laugh.
#19 - Candle
Cloud liked to think that he was open-minded - he was sleeping with a Nobody after all - and although he knew Axel had a kink fetish from the very beginning and had seen it with his own eyes, he still wasn’t sure it was physically possible to do that with a candle!
#20 - Talent
Cloud had this hidden talent for making Axel think that he didn’t need to regain his heart and become whole - he was already Somebody to the blonde.
#21 - Silence
Despite what the other Organization members thought, Axel knew how to be quiet - it was especially helpful when another mouth was effectively swallowing his moans.
#22 - Journey
Cloud secretly dreaded the day that Axel would not find his way back to him.
#23 - Fire
It was cliché, but Axel’s touch lit the fading flame within Cloud’s soul almost to the point of leaving burns.
#24 - Strength
Whenever Cloud would look at him with those kicked puppy dog eyes, heart or no heart, Axel found himself going weak in the knees and giving in.
#25 - Mask
They both wore masks, even around each other, while Cloud was trying to pretend he felt nothing, Axel was trying to pretend he felt everything.
#26 - Ice
If Axel was fire, which he most definitely was, then Cloud was ice - though how the one with a heart seemed more emotionless than the one without a heart, Axel wasn’t sure.
#27 - Fall
It was hard to not fall for the darkness when a being of that element always cuddled up against him while they slept.
#28 - Forgotten
Half the time they forgot that Axel was a Nobody and had a very different life when he was away from the swordsman, and when the fact was remembered again, an awkward silence always followed.
#29 - Dance
They didn’t dance - that was just too romantic, but they did spar, and their fighting alone was almost like a dance.
#30 - Body
Cloud knew that part of what had attracted Axel to him was his blonde hair and blue eyes, and this was confirmed when in a moment of ecstasy, Axel had called out a different name all together.
#31 - Sacred
Even Axel was forbidden to drive Cloud’s beloved motorcycle, not to say he didn’t try - constantly.
#32 - Farewells
He’d never got to say goodbye to the one who’d stolen his heart, he blamed Sora for that.
#33 - World
Cloud always knew when another member of the Organization had fallen when Axel would seek him out before the world had yet to grow dark.
#34 - Formal
When he was with the blonde, the first thing Axel would do after their ‘hello’ kiss was strip from his official Organization rob and pull on a pair of clothes that Cloud kept hidden for him.
#35 - Fever
He’d been thinking about the intense night they’d spent together when a hand on his forehead had brought him back to reality; “You were smiling,” Leon explained, “I thought you’d gotten sick.”
#36 - Laugh
Cloud didn’t laugh, sure, he smiled, smirked or snorted his amusement, but he never laughed - he figured that Axel faked it for the both of them.
#37 - Lies
Cloud wasn’t sure how he managed to lie to Sora and the others, but really, how was he going to explain that he was pretty sure that he was in love with a member of the Organization?
#38 - Forever
There was no forever for them; Axel could have very well been Sora’s next conquest, while Cloud was still searching for Sephiroth, but they tried to make every little moment together count.
#39 - Overwhelmed
Axel was stunned into silence when Cloud confessed one night, “You don’t need to regain your heart, you already own mine.”
#40 - Whisper
In the quiet of the night, when neither spoke, Cloud could sometimes swear that he heard the faint whisperings of Axel’s non-existent heart.
#41 - Wait
He felt silly saying it, but it was what he’d felt, “I’ll wait for you to regain your heart, then I want you to repeat those words.”
#42 - Talk
Around Axel, Cloud found it easy to speak freely since the Nobody had no heart to judge him with.
#43 - Search
Cloud wasn’t the one he’d been looking for, but Axel found that he didn’t really mind.
#44 - Hope
While listening to Cloud’s heartbeat, Axel liked to think that if he had a heart of his own, they’d beat on the same rhythm.
#45 - Eclipse
Sometimes, when he looked at Axel, he could see someone else in his place, but more and more Axel was beginning to finally see Cloud and not Number Thirteen - and he definitely liked what he saw.
#46 - Gravity
Axel had been staring at him with a peculiar expression for the last ten minutes, Cloud was about to ask what his problem was when a pale hand reached out and poked the spikes on his head - Cloud rolled his eyes and sighed a long suffering sigh; “Before you ask - they’re natural.”
#47 - Highway
Fenrir at top speeds could never compare to the adrenaline rush left by Axel’s kiss.
#48 - Unknown
It was something they were both uncomfortable with, the never knowing if they’d see each other again, never knowing if that last kiss really would be their last.
#49 - Lock
Axel found that only he had the key that unlocked Cloud’s true smile, and he kept it close, near the place where his heart should have been.
#50 - Breathe
Axel was a bright and colourful addition to Cloud’s dreary and grey existence; a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale life.
» table of contents «
Pairing: Axel x Cloud Strife
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: PG-13 (unsure)
For: 1sentence
Notes: ...I realize that this pairing is one of the WTF pairings, but I like most of the WTF pairings, kay? Also, Axel=Reno in my world (so you understand one of the themes). I have this problem with writing Cloud...he's always out of character, sorry - and it's my first time writing Axel, so....*shifty eyes*
#01 - Ring
Nobody ever knew who was on the other line; the only thing they did know was that as soon as Cloud’s phone rang with ‘Fight Fire, with Fire’, the blonde was quick to disappear.
#02 - Hero
He was sick of always being the hero; at least that’s how he justified the fact that he was technically sleeping with the enemy.
#03 - Memory
While Cloud wanted to remember everything from the life he’d forgotten, Axel would always smirk and promise to make new better memories for the blonde.
#04 - Box
Axel had stared at the box the blonde had handed him, not even curious about what lay inside, but too caught up in the fact that this was his first-ever present.
#05 - Run
When Cloud had had his first run in with the fire-wielding Nobody during one of Axel’s missions in Hollow Bastion, he’d mistaken him for someone else; Axel was quick to correct him, “Got it memorized?”
#06 - Hurricane
Being with Axel was like being stuck in a hurricane - he attacked mostly without warning, wreaking havoc and creating chaos along the way - and leaving Cloud feeling devastated every time he left.
#07 - Wings
He could physically glide, but nothing more than that; it was when he and the redhead joined that he could truly fly.
#08 - Cold
“Hey buddy,” Axel commented to Cloud one day after getting the cold shoulder again, “I’m unfeeling ‘cause I don’t technically have a heart, what’s your excuse?”
#09 - Red
Red had meant a lot of things to Cloud, blood, death, suffering - but that was before - now it meant warmth, company…and dare he say passion?
#10 - Drink
“What’s your poison?” Axel had smirked, throwing a bottle of water at the tired blonde; and after Cloud gulped down a few mouthfuls of water, he threw the bottle back with a soft reply as he went back to sparring; “You.”
#11 - Midnight
Axel would always appear in the middle of the night and he and Cloud would walk under the light of the moon, not only was it romantic - not that Axel could tell - but nobody else was ever awake to see them.
#12 - Temptation
Every time Cloud pouted, Axel had to fight the urge to pin him against the nearest wall and completely take his mind away from whatever had caused this pout; so far, he’d always given in.
#13 - View
Axel wanted to see everything the way Cloud saw it, with emotions attached; but more than anything else, he wanted the other to watch everything with him.
#14 - Music
The warrior had been there, when the Nobody Demyx was defeated and though he felt guilty afterwards, the only thought that ran through his mind at the time was: “At least it wasn’t Axel.”
#15 - Silk
Green eyes stared at the hand that was held within his own, calloused from gripping that monstrous sword, scarred by hard work and battles, yet still felt smooth while moving along his own skin.
#16 - Cover
Cloud didn’t mind the rain, though sometimes he grew a little cold; Axel on the other hand was slightly miffed that they were standing outside as it poured, soaking him to the bone - though he had to admit, it made for a good cover - and Cloud was always there to help him stay warm.
#17 - Promise
All the proclaimed ‘Oh my god, I love you’s in the heat of the moment were all empty promises, both knew this, but tended to pretend they didn’t.
#18 - Dream
Sometimes, Axel dreams of his past as a Somebody - not always, but sometimes - and sometimes, through the darkness and smoke of memories he’d long forgotten, he sometimes thinks he sees a flash of bright blue or golden yellow or hears a familiar laugh.
#19 - Candle
Cloud liked to think that he was open-minded - he was sleeping with a Nobody after all - and although he knew Axel had a kink fetish from the very beginning and had seen it with his own eyes, he still wasn’t sure it was physically possible to do that with a candle!
#20 - Talent
Cloud had this hidden talent for making Axel think that he didn’t need to regain his heart and become whole - he was already Somebody to the blonde.
#21 - Silence
Despite what the other Organization members thought, Axel knew how to be quiet - it was especially helpful when another mouth was effectively swallowing his moans.
#22 - Journey
Cloud secretly dreaded the day that Axel would not find his way back to him.
#23 - Fire
It was cliché, but Axel’s touch lit the fading flame within Cloud’s soul almost to the point of leaving burns.
#24 - Strength
Whenever Cloud would look at him with those kicked puppy dog eyes, heart or no heart, Axel found himself going weak in the knees and giving in.
#25 - Mask
They both wore masks, even around each other, while Cloud was trying to pretend he felt nothing, Axel was trying to pretend he felt everything.
#26 - Ice
If Axel was fire, which he most definitely was, then Cloud was ice - though how the one with a heart seemed more emotionless than the one without a heart, Axel wasn’t sure.
#27 - Fall
It was hard to not fall for the darkness when a being of that element always cuddled up against him while they slept.
#28 - Forgotten
Half the time they forgot that Axel was a Nobody and had a very different life when he was away from the swordsman, and when the fact was remembered again, an awkward silence always followed.
#29 - Dance
They didn’t dance - that was just too romantic, but they did spar, and their fighting alone was almost like a dance.
#30 - Body
Cloud knew that part of what had attracted Axel to him was his blonde hair and blue eyes, and this was confirmed when in a moment of ecstasy, Axel had called out a different name all together.
#31 - Sacred
Even Axel was forbidden to drive Cloud’s beloved motorcycle, not to say he didn’t try - constantly.
#32 - Farewells
He’d never got to say goodbye to the one who’d stolen his heart, he blamed Sora for that.
#33 - World
Cloud always knew when another member of the Organization had fallen when Axel would seek him out before the world had yet to grow dark.
#34 - Formal
When he was with the blonde, the first thing Axel would do after their ‘hello’ kiss was strip from his official Organization rob and pull on a pair of clothes that Cloud kept hidden for him.
#35 - Fever
He’d been thinking about the intense night they’d spent together when a hand on his forehead had brought him back to reality; “You were smiling,” Leon explained, “I thought you’d gotten sick.”
#36 - Laugh
Cloud didn’t laugh, sure, he smiled, smirked or snorted his amusement, but he never laughed - he figured that Axel faked it for the both of them.
#37 - Lies
Cloud wasn’t sure how he managed to lie to Sora and the others, but really, how was he going to explain that he was pretty sure that he was in love with a member of the Organization?
#38 - Forever
There was no forever for them; Axel could have very well been Sora’s next conquest, while Cloud was still searching for Sephiroth, but they tried to make every little moment together count.
#39 - Overwhelmed
Axel was stunned into silence when Cloud confessed one night, “You don’t need to regain your heart, you already own mine.”
#40 - Whisper
In the quiet of the night, when neither spoke, Cloud could sometimes swear that he heard the faint whisperings of Axel’s non-existent heart.
#41 - Wait
He felt silly saying it, but it was what he’d felt, “I’ll wait for you to regain your heart, then I want you to repeat those words.”
#42 - Talk
Around Axel, Cloud found it easy to speak freely since the Nobody had no heart to judge him with.
#43 - Search
Cloud wasn’t the one he’d been looking for, but Axel found that he didn’t really mind.
#44 - Hope
While listening to Cloud’s heartbeat, Axel liked to think that if he had a heart of his own, they’d beat on the same rhythm.
#45 - Eclipse
Sometimes, when he looked at Axel, he could see someone else in his place, but more and more Axel was beginning to finally see Cloud and not Number Thirteen - and he definitely liked what he saw.
#46 - Gravity
Axel had been staring at him with a peculiar expression for the last ten minutes, Cloud was about to ask what his problem was when a pale hand reached out and poked the spikes on his head - Cloud rolled his eyes and sighed a long suffering sigh; “Before you ask - they’re natural.”
#47 - Highway
Fenrir at top speeds could never compare to the adrenaline rush left by Axel’s kiss.
#48 - Unknown
It was something they were both uncomfortable with, the never knowing if they’d see each other again, never knowing if that last kiss really would be their last.
#49 - Lock
Axel found that only he had the key that unlocked Cloud’s true smile, and he kept it close, near the place where his heart should have been.
#50 - Breathe
Axel was a bright and colourful addition to Cloud’s dreary and grey existence; a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale life.
» table of contents «