@ndeavor​ said: 

A lot has happened so fast, keeping up with it is impossible. 
The plate falling, Aeris' kidnapping... there's no wiggle room to breathe
and even that much is apparent to Cloud, more so now. He walks outside
of Elmyra's house and towards the field of flowers that seem to have
enough strength to grow here. "Tifa?" Barret told him Tifa was outside
and surely there she is. He doesn't know where to begin or what to
say to try to help her, to make her feel better.

"... I'm here for you, Tifa."
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      she had just wanted a few moments to herself, to collect her thoughts, feel the cool chill of the air against her skin. a moment of peace and stillness in the midst of constant running, fighting, trying so desperately to repent and make things right. she had hoped that it would settle the nerves that were ignited in her veins.

   instead, it brought her walls down – walls that she had spent the past five years building, steeling her soul so she wouldn’t get hurt again. instead, it made the brunette’s skin tingle, her arms folded and wrapped ever so slightly, exterior thoughtful and pensive while her interior was alight and singed by flames once licking at her skin.

   ‘ tifa? ’ a voice calls and she stiffens, doesn’t bring her gaze over, doesn’t look at him.

   carmine optics instead look up towards the sky, sun setting and moon rising, the colors turning into a shade of sea of navy from the previously purple and pink hues.

   ‘ i’m here for you, tifa. ’

   she takes a moment to breathe, doesn’t want to let on to him that she had been close to tears for the past few minutes. it’s all been so overwhelming. “ i know…. and i’m – i’m really grateful. ” she clears her throat, lowers her head and covers her mouth slightly with the back of her hand. she feels it trembling, tries to steel herself once more, become the brawler made of iron, you’re not allowed to break.

   “ it’s just been… a lot. ”

loyalty

a fighter who has defied death itself, stared it in its face and laughed.

pain

ind. sel. final fantasy vii. tifa lockhart.

hope

est. dec. 2018 // roleplaying of 8 years.