He blushed at her recognition, mostly due to the full appellation of his name. Gladiolus. Not Gladio. Or Glad. It’s not like they’d been strangers. Tifa had been one of the few girls he’d gotten along well enough to date properly, and while the reason they’d broken up had been nearly ten years forgotten now, the fact was he still thought fondly of her, evidenced by the wide, warm smile with which he greeted her.
“Not sure if I should be offended by your lack of faith in me,” he quipped, cradling the back of her head in a broad hand, the other already at her shoulder, pushing her down to lay still upon the cot. An attempt at lightheartedness, just to keep her spirits up. “Thought you knew I’m pretty hard to knock down. Guess I never impressed you enough with all those months of sparring.”
He noticed then the wound at her side, her palms pressed to it to stave off the flow of blood. How had he not seen that? Panicked, his gaze swept the area for anyone coming to their aid, and saw every triage worker in attendance of someone in a state worse than Tifa’s. It would be a while, evidently.
“Hey, what’s this?” he asked gently, grinning down at her as his rough-hewn thumb dared swipe the budding tears from her lashes. The pads of his fingers were torn and sere, snagging rudely at the delicate skin, and he hated himself for the blunder.
“You’re okay. We’re okay. Listen, we’re gonna have to sit tight here. Do you think you trust me enough to have a look at it? While we wait. And you can tell me all about what you’ve been up to since you we broke each other’s hearts.”
his hand against the back of her skull, the other at her shoulder, he carefully lays her down and she can’t help the pained cry that escapes her lips, causes her eyes to shut tightly and her whole body to spasm for just a brief moment. it rocks through every nerve, every cell, it’s a hell of lot more worse than it looks. as off as it may seem, she’s eased slightly when he points out the wound, it’s a lot easier to deal with in comparison to Gladiolus being alive.
“heard that the king and prince were dead when we all fled Insomnia… tried getting a hold of you, tried your number so many times.” she sniffles, looks up at him only for her eyes to close again with a weak laugh. “y’mean all of the times i let you win?” a calloused finger against skin, it still sends chills down her spine after all of these years; she’s never been able to move on from it, still remembers the last time they met– how their relationship came to an end, how her heart broke that day but she kept hope that he’d come back. who would’ve thought it would be ten years later?
he asks her if she trusts him enough to look and she would laugh again if it wasn’t for the dizziness beginning to make itself known. “of course, i trust you… always have,” she murmurs, but is still hesitant to let her hands go. the pressure is easing the claws that had dug into her side, from beneath her rib cage to the beginning of her hip.
“we had to, remember?” she whispers quietly, swallows the cotton in her throat, looks at him with tired and world-worn eyes. “y’had to help noctis… get to his wedding. didn’t know how long it’d take for your journey,” a wince cuts her off as she removes a bloodied hand, a small grunt stuck in her throat. “said we’d figure it out when you came back…” a hiss when the stagnantyet cool air hits the wounded flesh, cream-toned skin stained red. the remaining hand spreads extremities and her head pushes back into the thin pillow when green tendrils of light lick at the wound while she tries to cast the weakest form of Cure. however, the healing dies down and she almost lets out sob, just wants the pain to end, physically and mentally.
you are so good at caring for others and keeping all your wounds covered. you are so good at drowning quietly, you’ve made it into an art. you are so good and you’re falling apart.
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New followers: Hey guys! Cali here with a few things; please read the following and enjoy your stay!
Please note that this account is ’selective’ and is currently independent.
✖ FOLLOWING/UNFOLLOWING;
To everyone following me or thinking about following me, you are welcomed here with open arms! Don’t think that you will ever be excluded here. If I seem like I’m not interested, just send me an ask! Sometimes I’m incredibly shy or my social anxiety comes through the computer; all I ask is that you’re patient with me.
Also, my blog is here as an outlet for me to write and escape adult duties, especially since the outside world is pretty terrifying nowadays. I am here for me; and I know that may sound mean, but I have been ridiculed before on various past blogs for not interacting with someone because I didn’t have the time. Like I said before, if you want to interact with me, shoot me a message in my ask! Just, please, don’t make me feel bad for not interacting with you if I can’t make the time in my schedule. That’s not okay and I will not tollerate it for my own mental sanity.
✖ NSFW CONTENT;
NSFW posts will appear on this blog from time to time, depending on happens with the NSFW ban happening as of 12/4, though not all the time and in certain degrees. If you wish to block any of the NSFW content posted, I will have various tags for various things. These tags will be updated in the Rules portion of my blog but also will be announced through posts as well.
Sex: ( sexual tw. )
Blood: ( blood tw. )
Violence: ( violence tw.)
I’m 22 years of age and will not rp anything NSFW or anything that could be classed as NC-17 with anyone under 18. I understand different countries and states have different laws, but I am not willing to risk myself, as well as others, getting in trouble.
✖ Shipping;
This is a multi-verse blog. That means, there is the possibility of a relationship happening ( uwu ). There is always the chance of our characters starting a relationship with first interactions and building it in later threads, or meeting first hand and getting to know each other first. Don’t be afraid to come to me about it! I love a good shippy thread~
✖ OC’s;
I think this may come as a shocker with how weird the rp community gets but, yes I’m OC friendly! However, it does help me in the long run if you have a bio or some sort of about page for me to read before interracting. I love OC’s but I love well-rounded and well-plotted OC’s more--though it is okay if you're just starting out, I understand it all too well. That being said, if you want your OC to have a verse with me, or your OC is the daughter of Tifa as an example, please come into my ask so we can discuss this.
✖ AU’s/Crossovers;
COMPLETELY WELCOME HERE. I love AU’s and X-Overs– hhhhhh !! They’re perfect and amazing and offer a lot of growth to a thread, and even to our characters. So don’t be afraid to ask for an AU version! I'll also have some verses set up soon of different FF games, as well as games outside of the Final Fantasy universe.
✖ Starters;
I tend not to write starters for new followers as I find the majority of them are not replied to and I find that they just become forgotten after a while — also I find it very hard to reply to generic starters with [ x ] number of people tagged in them; it makes it very difficult to track replies and I don't want anyone feeling forgotten! If you would like to rp, then feel free to tag me in a (single) starter, drop into my ask, ask me to write one for you, respond to a meme — whichever you'd prefer!
✖ IMPORTANT ✖
Please DO NOT assume that because my character is doing something, I as the writer —
approve of it
am romanticising it
have a kink with regard to it
think it is okay for anyone to ever do ever
There are a lot of things that I may write that might not be suitable and will be tagged as such. There will probably be a seperate page for my wishlist of things I'd like to thread about but also a list of things that will not show up here based off of my comfort level IRL.
✖ ALSO IMPORTANT ✖
I work full-time at a high-end/high-volume bakery as one of the shift leads and the main closing manager-- which means I get out of work late. Due to this, and the upcoming holiday season, I unfortunately will not be speedy with my replies-- if this is your expectation, then I’m probably not the right kind of roleplay partner for you.
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"Bright and optimistic, Tifa always cheers up the others when they're down. But don't let her looks fool you-- she can decimate almost any enemy with her fists..."
ABOUT THE MUN
Hello all! I go by Cali here on this little blog of mine! I'm 22 years of age and go by she/her or they/them. Whichever of the two you prefer. I'm located in PST, residing in Southern California.
I've been roleplaying on tumblr for about eight years now, since 2011. However, I started roleplaying back in 2007. This means I have about 12+ years of roleplaying experience.
I do have social media as well, certain ones can be given upon request but some do require a friendship of sorts! However, if y'all just want my discord, feel free to ask.
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