#tifa.

[makoblue]

[ STEADY ]: the sender rests a hand on the shaken and panicked receiver's shoulder to steady and ground them. / reverse uno verse :3

Stopping Sephiroth, preventing Meteorfall, saving the world; the north star of calamity. Without external forces to keep at bay, they had no choice but to acknowledge their own problems.

When he found her just a few steps short from home in the blistering cold wind, it seemed like the right thing to do. Or rather, as right as anything else he could think of in that particular moment.

Cloud awkwardly pats Tifa's shoulder a few more times and realizes halfway through the next pat that trying to maintain an arm's length of distance is equal parts dumb and pointless.

So instead he turns her around, pulling Tifa into an embrace and pressing his temple to hers. For as long as she needs him to.

"Made you a promise. It's a lifetime deal. So...even if you run away, even if you want to turn your back on the world--" and the world would deserve her enmity, "-- I'll be here for you."

[wingsdreamt]

"can i trust you?"

Zack looks at her. Really looks at her, and he wonders whether a satisfactory answer exists. How much of trust is actually obligation, and how much of obligation is a perceived lack of choice? He wasn’t strong enough to stop what happened at Nibelheim, what happened to all those villagers, what happened to Tifa, to Cloud… He should have been strong enough. 

Ever since he got back to Midgar, catatonic Cloud in tow, the guilt plagues him every time he looks at them both. 

The chunky CRT television sitting on its shelf behind Tifa’s head continues to play out the nightly news report. Mundane. State of the economy, the latest play headlining on Loveless Ave, rising unrest in the slums, weekly weather. Strange, how little has changed in the intervening past half decade or so. 

By this time tomorrow, the Daily Buzz will be reporting on a very different topic. One that he never thought he’d be a direct part of.  

“Would it matter even if I said yes? I’m not askin’ you to.” He falls silent, one finger tapping along the side of the glass held between his hands. She has no reason whatsoever to want or even need his help, but he wants to make the offer nonetheless.

“Look, you guys could use an extra set of hands, right?” Zack slides his empty shot glass across the counter, where the moving cup leaves a trail of condensation across the polished grain of the wood. Head bowed, Zack stares at his own hands, clenches them into fists before leveling his gaze on Tifa once more. “Not exactly a big Shinra guy myself these days. Consider it repayment from yours truly.”  

For everything. Despite everything. It’s the least I can do. 

[cringefailprincess]

he just likes being included

(now with a part 2)

[yukinnn]

say cheese!!!

[jadenvargen]

yayayuayuaya #fuckh8

[bootyandgeekeries]

[kifaprokumiv]

gay people

[actiasz]

[owenhcrper]

girlfriends <3

[logiies]

pretty women... pretty women save me... save me pretty women.....

[geekysteven]

[makoblue]

tifa gives him a smooch for valentine’s day (i’ll send another thing in later <3)

Kisses aren't unusual, nowadays. Chaste kisses, hello kisses, goodbye kisses, something more kisses. This time seems different. Cloud can't quite put his finger on why, other than Tifa has that meaningful look in her eyes that means he should know why. That's never a good sign.

His eyes narrow briefly, his fingers strum over Tifa's hip where he's holding her. He's buying time. Thinking, trying to figure out the significance of today's date. His job being what it is, keeping track of time is important. Timeliness is a key performance indicator. Attributing meaning to certain days, however, is another issue entirely.

February fourteenth. Something about it...All the decorations in the storefronts, the red heart window decals, the chocolate gift boxes, dinner specials. They make sense suddenly, for all that the answer has been staring him in the face all week.

No wonder Reeve gave him a strange look when Cloud hadn't given a straightforward answer as to what his Tuesday evening plans were.

It's today.

"Happy Valentine's, Tifa."

Hopefully the delay in his response time goes unnoticed. Hopefully he's improving. He can salvage this.

"I heard LOVELESS is having something of a resurgence. There's a new themed cafe opening in town..."

[wingsdreamt]

✿!

PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP MEME 0.2

bold for things i could definitely see or want, italics for things i could see or am unsure of and striked out for things i don’t want or cannot see. 

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /[your muse] is the good influence  /[your muse] is the bad influence  /[my muse] is the good influence  /[my muse] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /[your muse is mines] childhood crush  /[my muse is yours] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [from your muses side]/  unrequited [from my muses side]/  unrequited [from both sides]/  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]/  soulmates  [ literal ]/  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [on your muse]/  cheating [with your muse]/  other - guilty/unexpected romance

FAMILIAL.     siblings [half]/  siblings [step]/[my muse] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /[my muse] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /[my muse] is a parental figure to yours  /[my muse] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /[your muse] is taken under mines wing  /[my muse] is taken under yours wing  /  other - family friend / weird uncle vibes LMAO

ANTAGONISTIC.     dangerous to each other  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into sexual or romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of off circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based off misunderstanding or lies  /  conflict of ideology  /  betrayal  /  hero - villain dynamic  /  enemies  /  fight club  /  friends turned enemies  /  lovers turned enemies  /  exes turned enemies  /  other

[reksigh]

guide me, o' tifa

[kaatokunart]

designed an outfit for tifa based on her advent children look!!

[c-dra]

It's her day!! Happy birthday Tifa!

An older piece I drew for the Premium Heart Tifa Zine project (2019/2020)