#asgzc

[catboyidia]

thinking about an asgzc summer beach date, it would be nothing but chaos!

- angeal would be chasing everyone around with sunscreen, in which zack would absolutely be running around to avoid it just to make angeal’s job just a little bit harder! and genesis would be encouraging zack, but when its gen’s turn to get sunscreened he lets it happen, but he is flirting with angeal the entire time, also to make angeal’s life harder

- genesis would also be complaining about the sand the entire time, while also throwing some at sephiroth to make seph miserable too

- zack would be throwing cloud in the water while poor cloud is just trying to look at the shells by the shore

- zack would find a crab and start chasing everyone around with it, until he steps on a jellyfish and gets stung

- genesis and sephiroth would get cloud and zack to try burying angeal in the sand, overseeing it and designing the sandcastle on top of angeal

- sephiroth and zack would start sparring with the beach umbrellas, and sephiroth would also try sparring with cloud that way too when he sees cloud watching them

- zack would also dig a huge hole in the sand so they can all use it as the big cuddle spot for when they need to relax/eat

- cloud would be nervous and on edge the entire time he’s around sephiroth, so when they’re in the water sephiroth will just start splashing water to cloud to try getting him to loosen up a bit, and genesis will also be teasing cloud the whole time about how nervous cloud is around sephiroth

- zack would be horribly flirting with cloud the whole time just to embarrass cloud even more

- genesis would use sephiroth’s wing to block the sun from him while he tans instead of using a beach umbrella (probably because they’ve all been used as sparring weapons)

[altocat]

*points gun* asgzc tops or bottoms NOW

HNNNG FINE BUT ONLY BECAUSE I'M BEING HELD HOSTAGE.

Angeal: Top

Genesis: Switch

Zack: Top

Sephiroth: Switch (prefers to bottom pre-Nibelheim, prefers to top Post-Nibelheim)

Cloud: Bottom

[jadentearl]

Comic art of Chapter 4 snippet

They are spitting straight up facts.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62901976?page=6&show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comments

[rottenpumpkin13]

Cloud ain't adjusting to the SOLDIER mako injections well -- not that anyone is all peaches & cream after them, but it's hitting him harder than anyone expected. Instead of his usual hissy-sleepy-stubborn-angey-kitten reaction he has when sick, Cloud is having a comfort-seeking-vulnerable-emotional kind of loopy reaction.

How does AGSZ handle their friend/SO during this time of great suffering?

Tooth-rotting fluff it is:

Angeal: Doesn't even try to hide his worry. The moment he sees Cloud struggling, he's scooping him up like he weighs nothing, cradling him close with one arm and stroking his hair with the other. "I've got you," he murmurs over and over. When Cloud gets overwhelmed and starts crying uncontrollably, Angeal just holds him tighter, rocking him gently. If Cloud's feeling too sick to move, Angeal doesn't let him out of his sight, he keeps Cloud on his lap, wrapped up in his arms, occasionally kissing the top of his head and murmuring soft reassurances. If Cloud starts apologizing for being a burden, Angeal silences him with a firm but gentle hug and "You're not a burden, Cloud. Never."

Genesis: Acts like Cloud is a fragile, porcelain doll, fussing over him like it's a full-time job. "Poor thing, you're absolutely wrecked," he coos, wiping tears off Cloud's cheeks with the sleeve of his coat. He's all over the little comforts—Banora White slices with honey, warm tea, soft blankets. And if Cloud so much as whimpers, Genesis is immediately pulling him into his lap, cradling him like he's the most precious thing in the world. He constantly calls Cloud by affectionate nicknames like "my darling" while brushing his hair out of his face, sometimes even breaking into lullabies when Cloud can't seem to calm down. "It's alright, love. Let it out. You'll feel better," he whispers, all gentle smiles and feather-light touches.

Sephiroth: The moment he notices Cloud struggling with the mako injections, he establishes a strict but gentle routine to ensure Cloud feels secure and cared for. He organizes Cloud's day around what he thinks will keep him stable: meals, naps, and quiet time. Breakfast is non-negotiable, even if Cloud isn't hungry—Sephiroth will sit him down and patiently cuts up food into bite-sized pieces, and isn't afraid to spoon-feed him if need be. Naps are another part of Sephiroth's plan. He insists Cloud lay down after meals, bundling him up in blankets and laying beside him while he drifts off.

Zack: Is all over Cloud the moment he realizes something's wrong. He holds him in his arms, is warm, playful, and deeply attentive. He cracks jokes to make Cloud smile through the pain, and if Cloud starts crying, Zack doesn't try to stop it—he just keeps holding him, occasionally brushing away tears with his thumb and murmuring little reassurances like "It's alright, buddy. Let it all out." He doesn't let Cloud move an inch, making sure he's comfortable and safe, sometimes even nuzzling his cheek to cheer him up.

[strayheartless]

Random body headcanons for AGSZC:

Zacks hyper mobile. His elbows do the thing where they bend to far out when he sticks them up. He can also touch his thumb completely to his wrist and crack his hips. Down side of this is so many broken bones.

Cloud has got little scars on the back of his hands and calf’s from various canings.

However the stupidest scar he has is the one on the inside of his lip where zack bit him as a joke… they were not dating at the time.

Angeal has a couple of scars on his right forearm and elbow from the time he had to get the bone pinned because Genesis pushed him out of a tree when they were eight.

Sephiroth doesn’t really scar unless it’s a deep deep wound. He’s got a few surgery scars but the dumbest one is the one on his wrist that is a suspicious match for Genesis’s dental records (it’s exactly what you think.)

Cloud and Genesis and both incredibly flexible people.

Angeal is about as stiff as a board. Genesis has tried to loosen him up with yoga. It did not work.

Zacks not inflexible, however he overestimates how bendy he actually is and usually hurts himself.

Zack can dance he just chooses to be bad at it. The only time you’ll catch him dancing properly is when he’s trying to wooh his partners.

While Cloud and Genesis are very flexible, Sephiroth has mastered the ability of being able to fit all six foot five of himself in the gap behind the boiler in the airing closet. Many hours have been lost to that place.

Zack runs hotter than the sun.

Genesis runs surprisingly cold for someone who favours fire materia.

Cloud frequently does not recognise that he feels cold. He will walk around with blue lips until Angeal wrestles him into a jumper.

Angeals shoulders have been known to be wider than some door frames.

Don’t ask me where this came from. I do not have the answer.

[a-casual-fantasy]

A look at Siren designs for the FFVII fic Ravenous using Angeal as a model, who will be introduced in later installments of the series. This is my first time doing anything for MerMay, fanfiction or otherwise, but it was fun playing around with it, and I really like how this turned out!

[dendrite-blues]

You ask me why I think SOLDIER is trans coded and I submit as evidence:

Binder tank tops

Leather fetish

Seemingly unattainable childhood dream of ultra masculinity

Medical Transformation via Injection

Post-Op Tits Out Summer (Sephiroth)

Theater Kid Social Dynamics

Compensation Swords

Living at the Gym to get Swoll

Genesis’ unquestioned talent for fighting in three inch heels

Do I need to go on?

[lycannia]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60194524/chapters/161891065

slaps a new chapter down on your desk like Peter Parker giving the Daily Bugle spiderman pics

[roseunspindle]

ASGZC

When Cloud joined Shinra he had secretly hoped beyond even joining SOLDIER that he might actually make a friend.

Two days into basic and he stumbles (literally) into Zack Fair who decides this makes them friends.

With Zack comes Angeal and with Angeal comes Genesis and somehow Cloud finds himself spending his days off either hanging out with Zack or helping Sephiroth sort paperwork.

He is quite salty to find that the secretarial staff has dubbed him "Jailbait". He's 14! Old enough to join the army and easily an adult by Nibelheim standards. (For anyone not the mayor or innkeeper life expectancy could be like 50 in such a remote area...)

Also Zack is only 16 ... Cloud blames his height and stupid babyface.

Genesis takes the nickname to mean he should drape himself like a lazy cat all over Cloud in public at every opportunity.

It's Zack's bright idea to measure Angeal's shoulders vs. Sephiroths. Cloud had not intended to be the measuring device. Angeal tries to hide that he's a teeny tiny bit peeved at have only a one cloud shoulder width while Sephiroth looked quite smug to have an impressive Cloud and 3/4ths shoulder width.

Cloud really wanted to complain...but it did result in him seeing topless Sephiroth.

Hojo still kidnaps Cloud. This time at his testing for SOLDIER.

He wants to know what makes Cloud so...interesting to his prize experiment.

A rescue is mounted. Cloud wanted to be a SOLDIER... but not like this. Sephiroth places Cloud in his never used guest bedroom and it ends up being a permanent move. Though the guest bedroom quickly becomes unused again.

After the rescue they'd all puppy piled into Sephiroth's massive bed.... and are all very unwilling to let the closeness go.

Zack's friend Aerith almost accidentally heals Genesis' shoulder wound. Zack freaks and feeds the other three holy flower water too.

Aerith may or may not be the person to take out president Shinra this time via a chair. She'd meant to knock him out but he had a heart attack from the shock.

Aerith...doesn't feel bad.

[oocontextfanfiction]

Brilliant planning.

“i can bring you to seventh heaven if you’re up to it” on ao3

[unknown-lifeform]

Today's just work thoughts: ASGZC if they were carnivorous plants

Sephiroth: Sarracenia leucophylla, it's slender and pale and so beautiful and elegant and also lowkey terrifying in how much they eat

Genesis: Cephalotus. So extremely dramatic and also red

Angeal: Pinguicula gigantea. Very simple, clean look, doesn't much seem like a carnivorous plant but gnats better look out

Zack: good ol Dionaea. Classic, simple, spikey, please stop dying on me

Cloud: Drosera capensis, aka the one plant you really have to try if you want to kill

[catboyidia]

thinking about angeal, genesis and sephiroth all snuggled together around the fireplace while theres a snow storm, with their wings all tangled around each other in an attempt to help keep each other even warmer, and then they would pull zack and cloud in the middle of them, encasing them with their wings and growing the cuddle pile so they can warm up and snuggle with zack and cloud too

[altocat]

Angeal: Group Mom

Sephiroth: Edgy Group Baby

Zack: Group Therapy Dog

Cloud: Edgy Group Baby (x2)

Genesis: That Bitch™

[email-me-more]

drafting and planning my little temeraire inspired agszc fic, and the puzzlepieces of this massive narrative are starting to take shape!! With everything from subplots to political intrigue to romance and detailed planning of what happens when and where kinda working out, I just need to actually make sure it all connects smoothly now! but did I also just spend a couple of hours trying to fit in the concept of a dragon taking up fishing to pass the time, simply because the idea seemed so silly, for plot reasons?

yes, i did.

[rottenpumpkin13]

Went to a casino recently soooo

What do the Firsts do at the casino + cloud?

The Casino Trip From Hell

• A huge Shinra-funded casino opens up in the slums. Genesis, being the patron saint of hedonism he is, drags Sephiroth and Angeal along with him.

• Angeal isn't into the whole gambling scene, so he's more than apprehensive about being in that environment. Sephiroth thinks casino's are a gross display of greed, but he goes anyway.

• They arrive at the entrance and who do they see? Zack and Cloud, both bearing fake IDs and ridiculous fake mustaches. (They're 19 and 18 respectively but in Midgar you have to be 21).

• After Angeal rips them a new one, Genesis gets tired of waiting and convinces Angeal to just let the boys be boys and commit a little crime for once, as a treat.

• Angeal caves, but only because Zack is begging on his knees and people are staring.

• He appoints Sephiroth as the responsible adult in charge of babysitting Zack and Cloud.

• His logic is "What trouble could Sephiroth, Zack and Cloud get up to? Besides, I'm babysitting Genesis."

• He would come to regret that decision.

• Genesis drags Angeal over to the roulette tables declaring himself a master at gambling, having seen his parents dabble in it since he was a child.

• Meanwhile Zack is buzzing with excitement! After touring the casino with Cloud and Sephiroth, they finally settled down at the slot machines.

• Sephiroth is curious to know how the machines work, and after much deliberation (and being egged on by Zack and Cloud), decides to try it out for himself.

• Sephiroth hits the jackpot the first try.

• Back at the Roulette table, Angeal and Genesis run into none other than *drumroll* Rufus ShinRa.

• Genesis and Rufus make eye contact. Angeal's internal dialogue is a series of oh no's.

• They make some trash small talk before the game starts. Angeal orders a drink and decides to sit this one out.

• Back at the slot machines, Sephiroth somehow hits the jackpot again. Zack and Cloud are causing a ruckus and they whoop and cheer. A small crowd starts to form around Sephiroth, who's extremely confused.

• Back at the roulette table, they're about 20 minutes into it. Genesis is losing pathetically. Rufus is smug about it, stating that luck must me on his side if the undefeatable Genesis Rhapsodos is completely devoid of it.

• Genesis then declares that Rufus is cheating.

• This starts an argument, with Genesis demanding that Rufus forfeit, and questioning his morals "as a man."

• Angeal is drinking faster.

• Back at the slot machines, Sephiroth is on his fourth jackpot.

• Zack has never been more excited in his life. He's jumping up and down, declaring Sephiroth as the slot machine demons. Cloud is growing weary of the crowd watching them, especially the angry onlookers.

• Sephiroth is confused because "Is this not normal?"

Cloud: NOT IT'S NOT NORMAL. HOW THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THAT?

• Sephiroth proceeds to hit the jackpot for a fifth time.

Cloud: Sephiroth stop playing.

Sephiroth: But I'm winning?

Cloud: Yes but there's clearly something wrong with the machine and we're going to be arrested if you don't stop now.

Zack: Let him play! He's just lucky! Look, will it make you feel better if we switch machines?

• They move onto another machine. The crowd takes over the previous one like vultures, but no one hits the jackpot.

• Meanwhile Sephiroth hits the jackpot again on the new machine.

Cloud: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Zack: M O N E Y

Sephiroth: ???????

• Back at the roulette table, Genesis and Rufus's argument has escalated into full blown trash talk.

Rufus: Oh I'm sorry, Commander, does my mere existence bruise your ego?

Genesis: Let me tell you what I'm gonna bruise, pal—

Angeal (drunk): Genesis please don't threaten our boss's son.

Rufus: No, no, it's fine, Commander Hewley. I'm unbothered by threats from a man who wears mascara.

Genesis: YOU'RE WEARING A FUCKING SKIRT.

• Back at the slot machine, Sephiroth has hit the jackpot for the 10th time. People are rioting around them and screaming for security.

• Zack is cussing out the indignant onlookers and defending Sephiroth. Cloud is begging Sephiroth to stop playing. Sephiroth casually hits the jackpot for the 11th time.

• Back at the roulette table, Genesis and Rufus are on the floor fist-fighting. Angeal isn't even making an effort to intervene. He's so tired, he's just cheering them on.

Angeal: YEAH, RUFUS PULL HIS HAIR. CALL HIM GENEVIEVE. HE HATES IT WHEN—OOH, RIGHT IN THE SPLEEN! GET HIS ASS, GENESIS! SIT ON HIM!

• Back at the slot machines, security has shown up. They think Sephiroth is cheating, therefore stealing. Cloud is desperately trying to reason with them, explaining that Sephiroth is just naturally lucky and would never dream of stealing anything.

• Meanwhile Zack is arguing with the crowd and Sephiroth, bored, turns around and hits the jackpot again.

• Back at the roulette table, security has shown up with Tseng to separate the two. Tseng demands to know what happened, and after Angeal explains the whole thing to him, he proceeds to go on a rant about how Genesis is an irresponsible, petulant man who shouldn't be allowed within 3 feet of other people.

• This angers a drunk Angeal, who then declares that "NO ONE TALKS ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND LIKE THAT" and punches Tseng in the face.

• Angeal and Tseng are now on the floor fighting.

• Back at the slot machines, the police show up and arrest Sephiroth, Zack and Cloud. Sephiroth is unbothered by this because he knows this is all a misunderstanding. Cloud is panicking, trying to tell the cops that he's not, in fact, the mastermind behind the whole operation, as Sephiroth jokingly declared.

• The cops are trying to catch Zack, who broke free from his restraints and is running around the slot machines screaming "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE."

• Sephiroth, Angeal, Genesis, Zack and Cloud are all sitting in Director Lazard's office. Lazard is so angry, he's mute—red in the face with a vein popping on his forehead, but mute.

• One by one, Lazard fills the uncomfortable silence with angry thwacks of newspaper against the desk.

• Each newspaper has some variation of the same headlines.

• SHINRA VS RHAPSODOS: WHO WON?

• SEPHIROTH INVOLVED IN GAMBLING SCANDAL (STOLE THOUSANDS)

• WILD NIGHT OUT FOR SOLDIER'S 1ST CLASS TRIO.

Lazard: I have had it up to here with the five of you. What do you have to say for yourselves?

Angeal:

Genesis:

Zack:

Cloud:

Sephiroth: And I'll do it again.

Lazard: GET OUT!

[strayheartless]

Are they a morning person:

Angeal: up at 5:00 AM . By the time he has to officially clock in he has: watered his plants, made breakfast, had a shower, brushed his teeth, remade the bed, ironed his uniform, done his beard care routine, and read a few pages of his book. All that and he still has time to get into work early and get a head start on reports. And he does it with no animosity towards the sun.

Sephiroth: He wakes up early, however he’s not exactly verbal in the mornings. Coffee is needed as well as a silent kitchen and no lights on but the little lamp by the microwave. He needs the silence to calibrate and that takes until at least seven o’clock. Like Angeal he’s in the office early but there’s no point in scheduling a meeting with him because you won’t get an answer.

Genesis: No. he’s not a morning person. Genesis wakes up naturally at about 8:00AM when he has work at 8:30AM and he spends that thirty minutes scrolling on his phone to get his brain into gear. Lazard has given up on Genesis being on time. Mostly because the one time he forced the issue he was subject to Genesis being unbearable for the rest of the day. He was ungroomed, snappish, bags around his eyes, emotional and at one point Lazard thought he might actually keel over had it not been for Angeal deciding Genesis would spend the rest of the day napping on the couch in his office.

Zack: he’s a morning person and it’s disgusting. Unlike Angeal and Sephiroth, Zack is making noise from the minute he wakes up. He’s up early yet still has no time to get to work on time. He spends the entire morning working out or having a dance party in the kitchen. He’s perky and bouncy and UNBARABLE.

Cloud: Cloud is usually up before even Angeal. By the time Angeal gets to his office Cloud has done three different rounds around sector 5, directed three separate old ladies to the train station, broken up 2 early morning drunken disputes and been propositioned no less than six times on his sweep of wall market. He’s done all of this and he’s done it on less that three hours sleep. Cloud isn’t a morning person. He’s not an awake person. Cloud is a “fuck you universe I’m going to be productive anyway.” Person. He simply gets on with it.