#sephru

[cetrais]

presenting our players for the challengers au *wink wink*

[demialwrites]

The Tower

TW: noncon, blorbo torture, set in Rebirth

There weren't any cameras in here. Not inside the president's office on the 70th floor. Rufus Shinra didn't think it was wise when his father was alive, given that he was murdered and nothing recorded his death. It was never clear who did it, despite his order that SNN publicly blame AVALANCHE. But now he understands. This is now his sanctum and his throne room.

Rufus stayed late again. Another long day where he sat, smug and comfortable at the top of the Shinra building like a white dragon on a pile of treasure. That meant he was alone. With that fact in mind, he gave himself permission to further indulge. He quickly removed his gloves. Then he reached down and opened one of the many drawers in his new desk. He pulled out a tiny bottle of lube and shut the drawer. Lifting his hips briefly to make it easier, he unzipped both layers. While squeezing out some of the thick liquid into his palm, he mentally prepared recent images and scenarios that got him off the most.

“Having fun, are we?”

Rufus immediately forgot his current state. He spun the chair around. He stood, withdrawing his shotgun. The lube left his fingers struggling to maintain their grip. It was too late, anyway. With a backhanded swing of Masamune, Sephiroth knocked the gun from Rufus’ loose grip, sending it spinning behind him.

Despite using the word “fun,” Sephiroth's tone had been almost entirely flat. Bored. Yet he was smiling, if one could call that a smile. The way Sephiroth stood was eerie. Like if Rufus closed his eyes and then opened them a moment later, Sephiroth would have moved closer without making a sound. He didn't blink. He may not have even been breathing. He wore his smug expression like a mask but there was something feral poised behind it. It gave Rufus the chills, even beneath the layers of his clothing.

Sephiroth lowered Masamune onto the other man's shoulder and forced him to his knees with the threatening weight of the flat side of the blade. Then he thrust it forward, embedding it deep into the president's chair and trapping Rufus on the ground.

“Mind if I join you?”

Sephiroth's smile warmed a touch at the shock on Rufus' face. When Rufus' brain caught up with the situation, and his ego got involved, Sephiroth dipped his chin in disappointment at the silent snarl on the other man's face.

“What a rude host.” Sephiroth grabbed Rufus' face roughly, black gloves digging into his cheeks.

Sephiroth started removing his belt. Rufus maintained an outward appearance of calm but heart beat faster. He searched Sephiroth's eyes for a hint of what his next move should be but there was still nothing there. He narrowed his eyes and clenched his teeth with the effort to not look down at Sephiroth's moving hands.

Rufus' heart racing heart stumbled when Sephiroth grabbed his face again. Rufus fought not to react, not even to blink, as Sephiroth forced his jaw open. The raging, indignant urge to chomp down on the other man's thumb surged up. He sadly let it die, remembering the sword at his shoulder. Knowing it would be wiser to wait for a better opportunity made a part of him wither inside.

Sephiroth gave Rufus the mercy of not forcing his length fully inside. Absurdly, it hurt his pride, making his eyes sting with unshed tears. He blinked, clearing them. Rufus chanced a glance up at Sephiroth, making the other man's lips part in a slight grin.

Sephiroth rested his hand on Rufus' shoulder. “I think you know what I want you to do.”

Sephiroth gave no indication that Rufus was pleasing him with his efforts. No panting, moaning, or moving his body. Still not even blinking. Just kept saying, “That’s good,” and “Keep going,” sounding amused but also mocking. It kept Rufus soft.

When Sephiroth pulled out, Rufus kept his mouth open and tongue exposed to the air, like he had tasted something disgusting. Ignoring this, Sephiroth pulled the Masamune out of the chair. With an iron grip on Rufus's oversized collar, Sephiroth dragged the other man around to the front of the desk. Rufus grabbed at Sephiroth's hands but to no avail, resulting in Sephiroth dropping Rufus on the red rug.

“On your knees again. Please,” he added, softly spitting the ‘p’.

Rufus was sick of being mocked, but he obeyed, getting up defiantly slowly to his knees. The pommel of the Masamune hit Rufus in the back, causing him to grunt and fall forward onto his hands. His entire back screamed in pain from the impact and it nearly drowned out the soft pop of the lube bottle being opened behind him. It was the same one from inside the desk.

Sephiroth mocked him again, this time using the lube but skipping the preparation. He gripped Rufus's hips with both hands and pushed forward. At the first painful stretch, Rufus made to crawl forward. The Masamune returned.

“Sneaky, aren't we?” Sephiroth sneered.

Rufus gritted his teeth but it did little to dull the pain. He balled his hands into fists, gripping the rug and trying to stretch it between his hands to distract himself from the pain and the humiliation.

“Get off me! It hurts,” Rufus roared.

“Such spirit,” Sephiroth blandly praised. “Do you think it hurt when you shot Glenn in the back?”

Rufus gave a strangled, indignant growl. “That's what this is about?!” He couldn't believe it.

More mocking. “Is it?”

Rufus's face heated up with rage. His insides burned. Hurt. Felt wrong. But the Masamune kept him submissive.

Rufus began this with some dignity, with a straight, albeit aching, back and hands gripping the rug. He ended it with his back bowed, both hands clutching his mouth and teeth sunk into his fingers. If any noise escaping his mouth was what interrupted the silence, he might as well let Sephiroth skewer him right there. Rufus Shinra would not be letting the other man hear him.

The man behind him chipped away at his thick, outer shell, diligently reinforced over years in secret. All the backup plans he crafted compulsively over those same years in his sharp mind were useless to him right now.

Endurance was starting to feel like the next form of torture when Sephiroth said, “Finish.”

Rufus took his spit-slicked hands from his mouth. “No.”

“Finish.”

“No!”

“Finish where your father's life finished,” said Sephiroth.

Something snapped inside Rufus. The situation, Sephiroth, the rug under his fingers, the pain, it all fell away. He was distantly aware of the full-body orgasm hitting him, feeling like Sephiroth’s violation spread to every cell of his body.

Sephiroth left him a while ago. Rufus came back into his body on his side, curled up. The first sob erupted from his mouth caused panic but it was too late to stop. He cried loudly for the first time since his mother passed away.

At least there weren't any cameras in here.

[altocat]

Imma add some toxicity in the ship bingo here. Sephru

They are SUPER TOXIC and I don't care ❤️

[thecloudstan]

The Cloud x Rufus fandom is so lucky to have you, I wish there was a SephRu version of you that made content for these two 🫠 (random pairing I know but I’ve been so deep down the rabbit hole for these two despite literally being the only one-)

Aaah, this is really sweet, I'm flattered...I'm really just an isolated weirdo, myself. Definitely back in 2016 when I embarked on this specific rare pair journey I felt that sense of isolation, but I was okay with it. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could ship it. I asked myself what mlm ships for Cloud I could potentially have interest in, because the two most popular ones don't really speak to me. It was a fun project for myself, and I was extremely pleased to find others stumble over my ramblings and enjoy them. I started to see everything differently, and I fully DJ Khaled'd myself into having feelings for them 😭 I'm happy with the fact that this sort of self-indulgent endeavor seems to have brought people some joy. I'm glad to have met other Rufus/Cloud shippers.

I'm sorry about the position you're in, rare pair hell is its own sort of torture. I also really enjoy ZackSeph A LOT, I don't talk about it much, but I hope Rebirth brings some love and attention to that ship's door, as well. I actually never considered Seph/Rufus before...but tbh, even the dynamic Rebirth introduced for them hints of a deeper history worth exploring.

Again, I'm really touched at this message, anon. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and warming my heart a few degrees ;w;

[sephirthoughts]

i support this in every single way

Sephiroth lifting Rufus up like a princess pls?

( @izunias-meme-hole )

y'know what? i think sephiroth's on to something. i DO think you could fix rufus by just carrying him bridal style.

[sephirthoughts]

I’m sorry did I just see in your reblog that you’re writing a SephRu one shot continuation??? And while talking about bottom Rufus???? 👀 Why was I not informed????

lol you are officially informed 😂

[rottenpumpkin13]

Oh my god I love you so much.

Thank you for so thoroughly answering my ask about Rufus and Sephiroth. I thought I was going to tear up there 🥲

And hey what happened to not making it angsty? It hit me like a punch to the gut when I reached the end and you smacked in the face with the consequences of Rufus’ actions.

But I didn’t really know anything about Rebirth until recently, or at least not Sephiroth and Rufus together. I’ve just been shipping them since I got into the fandom when Remake came out at first literally just because they were the hottest characters, but then I started becoming interested in their dynamic itself when I learned more about FF7 as a whole and realized how similar they are. I fell so far down the rabbit hole I wrote a super long fanfic for them despite literally no one else shipping these two.

I’m hoping though that maybe there will be some more SephRu content now though because the potential is more apparent, with the plot thickening due to the whole Glenn thing 🤞

I'm still not over Apollo giving you the gift of prophecy a day before Rebirth came out and predicting Sephiroth and Rufus angst.

I never thought about Sephiroth and Rufus as a ship but now I'm kind of intrigued lol. I looove writing them as potential friends though, and I generally hc Rufus as being on good terms with everyone despite the reveal. Let's just say this is a timeline in the multiverse (which is apparently canon, still can't believe that) where Rufus had nothing to do with Glenn's death.

[slylock-syl]

If you don’t mind me asking; what’s the difference between Erugi (Chaos) and Sephrus (Trickery) ?

Well by definition, Chaos is disorder and madness, and Trickery is deception and craftiness.

So Chaos is generally the concept of "unpredictable", and/or formless matter, while Trickery is tricking and deceiving others, and/or such various shenanigans.

Hope that helps! ^_^

[demialwrites]

I See.

I was listening to Criminal by Taemin and thinking about Metal Gear Rising Raiden and Majima from Yakuza and I had to write a lil thing about Sephiroth wearing an eye patch. The most niche stuff I've ever written possibly? Was also vaguely thinking about @meteor23's Sephiroth x Rufus fics while writing this

Sephiroth sat, sullen, while Professor Hojo fussed over his eye. The professor wouldn't allow anyone else to treat such a delicate body part. What normally would be considered doting coming from anyone else, Sephiroth considered suffocating.

“Don't sulk, Boy!”

Hojo's scolding had the effect of making Sephiroth's expression soften as he retreated into himself.

“Although, I can reach you better because of your awful posture,” he muttered to himself.

When Hojo was finished, he stood back and glared at his work for a moment. He would be damned if his favourite specimen ended up half blind because of a mistake he made. As it was, all of his data would be skewed by Sephiroth's injury in the immediate future and it was making the professor abrasive rather than just occasionally snappy.

“You're not interested in my performance with only one functional eye?” Sephiroth asked quietly in an attempt to mollify the other man.

“No,” Hojo barked.

He whipped around, quickly stomping away. The smell of greasy, unwashed hair gently hit Sephiroth in the face. He wrinkled his nose, emerging from himself. He put a mask of indifference on before leaving.

Rufus waited for his companion in a location far enough away to avoid suspicion. On the inside, he was nervous about whether Sephiroth's injury would put their plans on hold. When the SOLDIER emerged from around a corner, Rufus saw the eyepatch. At least the patch itself was black leather and handsomely matched the rest of his attire. That and the accompanying black strap circling his grey hair did little to dampen the other man's otherworldly beauty. Ah, but Sephiroth's appearance had nothing to do with their plans...

The length of Rufus's stare strayed into rude territory when Sephiroth’s good eye started burning into his face. Rufus scrambled to say something.

“I see.”

He realized his mistake just as the words left his mouth. A beat behind, Sephiroth frowned with his one visible eyebrow. Rather than apologize, Rufus turned and walked in the direction of Sephiroth's office where they normally met, the SOLDIER increasing his already wide strides to catch up.

“You see? You see what, exactly? Do you see something I don't, Vice President?” He asked the questions calmly but a hint of desperation crept into his tone because of his experience with Hojo earlier.

“No,” Rufus stated, already growing exasperated with the situation.

It was the closest Sephiroth was going to get to an apology from the Vice President. Though he was grumpy, he was looking forward to discussing their plans with Rufus as a welcome distraction.

[demialwrites]

WIP Whenever

tagged by @claireguilty I don't usually like to share wips (that seems to drain the motivation somehow??) but I think it'll be a while before I finish this one, so here we go:

With a backhanded swing of Masamune, Sephiroth knocked the gun from Rufus’ loose grip, sending it spinning behind him.

Despite using the word “fun,” Sephiroth's tone had been almost entirely flat, like he was bored. Yet he was smiling, if one could call that a smile.

The way Sephiroth stood was eerie. Like if Rufus closed his eyes and then opened them a moment later, Sephiroth would have moved closer without making a sound. He didn't blink. He may not have even been breathing. He wore his smug expression like a mask but there was something feral poised behind it. It gave Rufus the chills, even beneath the layers of his clothing.

[demialwrites]

Masterlist (FF7)

Updated as of Dec 13th, '24

Rufus Shinra

Headcanons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Fics: Hunted · Sand Through Fingers · 2 · 3 · Somnophilia · Rufus Vs Reeve · 2 · 3 · I Can Train You · Taking Your Hand · Kidnapped · The Secretary · Queen's Blood · You're An Idiot · Sparring · Degrading · A Freak · The Monster · Good Girl · 2(+Rude) · Butterfly in a Jar · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8

Rufus + Tseng

Fics: The Offer · 2 · Untitled · 2 · 3 · 4 · Straight Smut

Tseng

Headcanons: 1 2 3 4 5

Fics: Anything · Casual Relationship · Sub Tseng · Quarantine · Stupid · Pie in the Sky · Interrogation

Sephiroth

Headcanons: 1 2 3 4

Fics: Broken Toy · Fallen Angel, Down to Earth · Bonding Time · Bonding Time V. 2 · Experiment of Passage · Comfort & Dread

Rude

Headcanons: 1 2 3 4

Reno

Fics: A Short

Headcanons: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Cloud

Headcanons: 1 2 3

Barret

Headcanons: 1 2

Elena

Headcanons: 1 2

Reeve

Headcanons: 1

Fics: Submissive Reeve

Solo Character/Ship: Reno · Rufus Shinra · The Tower(Sephru) · I See.(Sephru)

[thecloudstan]

ZackSeph I feel is pretty well established in the fandom though. I’ve seen a lot of fanart for them and a decent amount of fics, albeit they’re usually coupled with SephGen (which I’m sorry, but I can’t STAND) and SephGeal (which I don’t personally ship but think is sort of cute) funnily enough though I think I’ve actually seen less for SephGeal than SephZack. I think Zack being his only real “friend” left after the other two deserted the company alone made people ship them. I can see the ship and how it could actually make Seph happy- whereas SephRu would be really manipulative because Rufus is… the way he is- but unfortunately I like my ships with a good helping of power dynamics, suffering, and loathing, so the wholesomeness of SephZack never appealed to me.

To be fair, I am not a good judge of what is or isn’t “established” in fandom, but I do know that if I’m interested in a ship enough to read fic, it’s to the exclusion of other ships. I noticed fairly quickly that this is rare in the FF7 fandom. Especially with regard to anything that dabbles in or deals with the CC era. I would have absolutely zero interest in a zackseph fic that also focused on the other two ships mentioned, so I agree there.

I have personally shied away from ships with inherent suffering and loathing, so I’m afraid I won’t be of much help in that regard. Sorry, I’ve spent many years in the Attack on Titan fandom so I’m at my toxicity/tragedy limit. I don’t mind angst or self loathing or anything like that in a story, but it isn’t a dynamic I’m particularly in search of. I’m most interested in exploring Sephiroth’s remnant humanity when it comes to shipping him. It’s intense camaraderie and the building of stalwart trust that tend to attract me. Maybe even a rivals to lovers/enemies to lovers angle…I can be a little predicable that way 😔

But I really don’t want this to become a place that is solely about shipping so much as a place to discuss Rebirth theory and the like. However people want to ship whatever they ship, it’s fine by me.

[slylock-syl]

May we hear these names, no other information attached?

Aight here we go!-

(Colloquial Name / Formal Name)

Spirit Gods

Life - Elseriya / Apallium

Death - Maedrün / Ceros

Fertility - Freim / Früjir

Healing/Health - Ellrys / Villia

War - Romos / Wulven

Hunting - Hrüngin / Üllvar

Affliction - Kiphit / Heshka

Destiny Gods

Time/Fate - Nephril / Zaelphrain

Love - Luth / Tserasu

Balance - Julain / Tiradan

Judgement - Skara / Balvir

Marriage - Prellian / Aephrime

Furies

Avenger - Hyldra / Sülfen

Jealousy - Mekka / Tseerna

Anger - Anki / Terumiki

Nature Gods

Weather - Brondir / Heltse

Storm - Chira / Shilveer

Sun - Raijen / Rae-Amephet

Moon - Eral / Lün

Stars - Remsas / Strellain

Sky - Mephrit / Zu'Met

Sea - Wushain / Suen

Earthen Gods

Wind - Emphros / Eiratrope

Earth - Mir / Halfen

Fire - Daymin / Entropthys

Water - Amarine / Uzurime

Flora - Heifri / Hankari

Fauna - Baan / Nijal

Prosperity Gods

Wealth - Oper / Krünsir

Fortune - Daetras / Khonphet

Homestead - Hearth / Gaelfaine

Harvest - Forell / Volenheim

Rest - Maxxen / Phermose

Abstraction Gods

Chaos - Sylke / Erugi

Merriment - Perrim / Hymdrün

Trickery - Geil / Sephrus

Wisdom - Ru'jan / Qel'qenir

Darkness - Zuul / Maldrüin

Light - Dauphan / Helvine

Magic - Arthul / Merrilim

Craft - Phrima / Suvvrail

Muses

Epic Poetry - Telmore / Polemese

History - Brok / Alfenir

Lyric Poetry - Vrama / Tshavana

Music - Lym / Dolphollo

Tragedy - Gamaye / Vayagriva

Sacred Poetry - Tael / Aemor

Dance and Chorus - Addi / Aebis

Comedy and Idyllic Poetry - Mycrest / Mahkal

Astronomy - Limbon / Theil