He’s alive, if one could call it that, nursing a strong coffee on the edge of a vacant rooftop beneath the shadow of the ShinRa Building.

The familiar weight upon the back of his neck is a balm. A reprieve. It quiets the Remnant’s mind. Calms the storm of tainted blood in his veins. “Mm,” he hums, tipping his head back to regard those Mako blues, equally tired as his own. “Wasn’t aware I was hiding.”

—— 》. 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖊. 💛

fragile not like a flower, but like a bomb.

—— 》. 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖊. 🖤

You seem so sure about that.

—— 》. 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖊. ☀️🌙

It would be so uncharacteristic of him to reappear after a lengthy absence and not immediately resort to pestering the President.

Mm. That stubbornly steadfast heart of yours is one of the countless reasons why I fell in love with you.

He falls quiet. He knows there’s no sense in circling around the same argument, the same unspoken worries, over and over again. It’s clear they’re both exhausted of it. Still . . . “You sound so sure. I can’t help but wonder why.”

|| gettin’ really tired of this fuckass app hiding my notifications cause what do you mean ven replied to me a week ago and I never saw it. 😭

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