#zack fair x cloud strife x aerith gainsborough

[ff7-has-taken-me-over]

This one’s gonna be a first to see around here but the thought struck me and I saw someone say that if Zack survived, him, Aerith and Cloud would’ve been a triad and I one thousand percent agree.

So! Zack and Aerith would dote on Cloud so fucking heavily. Not in any, outstanding, buys him gifts and whatever he pleases sort of way but just in all the small gestures they do for him.

Cause Cloud is so effortlessly thoughtful despite being so painfully awkward sometimes. He hears Aerith has run out of tampons and he goes and gets her favourite brand even though her period is still weeks out.

Zack mentions his bike is making funny noises and he’s gotta wait for the next pay check to take it to a mechanic and he’ll just go and fix it himself without prompting.

Aerith complains one time about him and Zack hogging the blankets again and Cloud wraps her in her own blanket that same night, putting Zack in the middle so he can still cuddle both of them but will only fight Cloud for the blanket since they’re the two sharing.

It’s just all these little actions that he does because he’s so endlessly caring and he doesn’t even realise it sometimes and Zack and Aerith wanna return the favour however they can. But Cloud’s so quiet and is always content to just go along with them and whatever they want.

It’s embarrassingly hard to return such thoughtless actions when Cloud usually looks after himself whenever he needs or wants something. Always putting their priories ahead of his own and thinking it too bothersome to ask anything of them.

So they dote on him in other ways. Any way they can get away with and that won’t make Cloud clam up and isolate cause he thinks he’s being too much. Which is ridiculous cause he’s quite literally dating the human embodiment of a puppy and the sun, but they’re still working on that.

So Aerith gifts him flowers. Making crowns and placing them in his hair when it’s a day he can just sit back and relax. Or tucking them away in places he can find them easy when he’s moving around their shared spaces for jobs.

Zack goes out of his way to pick up food from Cloud’s favourite Junon place every so often, always lying and saying it was on the way back so Cloud doesn’t pout at him.

They both shower him in affection near constantly, brushing fingers through his hair and placing soft kisses on his cheeks and shoulders. Wrapping arms around his waist and leaning up against him or pulling him down, into their laps and simply holding him quietly.

Sometimes they manage a gift when he’s in one of his better moods. A new set of wrenches cause he somehow lost a few in the last set. A pair of riding goggles cause when he got tossed from his bike the last pair came off and broke. A new book or some graphite pencils for him to sketch the landscapes he sees when he’s out on deliveries that take him away from them.

It’s all in the little things they do for him. Cause they love him dearly and only wish for his happiness. Cloud had lived a tough life, they all had really, but Cloud always seemed to struggle with it the most. Still woke up panting and looking around frantically without actually seeing anything.

Still looked at them with so much longing and heartache that it broke their hearts to know they were technically the reasons it was there. Still sometimes hesitated before coming to them for affection. Like he was scared they’d turn him away or disappear the second he so much as breathed on them.

So they tried to dote on him as much as they could. Tried to return his effortless care and quiet affection in any way they could manage. Just for the hope that one day he wouldn’t be quite so scared anymore. That maybe he wouldn’t hesitate in letting them know when he needed them, and just so he knew they loved him. No matter how long any of it took.

[kay-i]

Happy Birthday, Aerith!💐💕

[zerticent]

"Hang in there, Cloud. I got you." FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH (2024)

[ffvii-lifesrequiem]

Have some cloti and zerith content from this AU!

During the start of the equivalent to the Part 2 events, Cloud and Zack have an idea to give a kind of a new accessory to Tifa and Aerith, respectively.

Every new region, Cloud gives Tifa a flower for she to use as a hairpin, while Zack gives Aerith a new ribbon to decorate her hair.

Imagine that, gameplay-wise, every time you switch regions, Tifa's and Aerith's hair accessory would change (with a cutscene showing the change the first time you arrive at the region). I think such a thing would be hella cute, ngl.

Side note: Cloud and Zack developed a brotherly relationship in this AU, and consequently, they share one braincell.

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Final Fantasy VII

Character: Cloud Strife

Sample Size: 13,040 stories

Source: AO3

[flummoxx]

unfortunately, I’ve been diagnosed with cloud strife brain rot the other day and it seems to be incurable

[little-black-dress-zack-fair]

Aerith: If I fall…

Tifa: I’ll be there to catch you.

Cloud: *looks at Zack* What if I fall?

Zack: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side.

Yuffie: *watches these two interactions*

Yuffie: *to Barret* And if I fall?

Barret: I’ll be the one who pushed you.

[ffvii-series-incorrect-quotes]

[just-cain]

Good morning gamers

My boyfriend @aesthmodeus really liked this photo 🫰

[kissami]

when you didn’t give them a kiss before work

this was heavily inspired by multiple ppl, I wanted to do my version with ff7 characters :3 zack is so unhinged

song to listen to: turn it up - pinkpantheress

Cloud:

Zack:

Tifa:

Aerith:

[randoimago]

Hello! May I request a x gn reader headcanon for Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith's reaction when their s/o call them by their full name instead of their petname? Thanks

Fandom: Final Fantasy

Character(s): Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Zack

Note(s): Okay but the tiktok trend of calling your partner by their full name instead of a pet name are so cute and funny. I'm happy to write this! Also, I'm in love with Zack so I put him in here too because I think he'd be the funniest out of them.

Aerith

She raises an eyebrow at the fact that you used her full name. A pout crosses her lips before she smiles widely and decides to flip it.

"Yes, Mr/Mrs/Mx. Gainsborough?" She'd ask all innocently as if she didn't just give you her last name despite not being married (yet).

Aerith hopes it flusters you. And if not then she is going to emphasize every petname she gives you in hopes that you get the hint as to what you did wrong.

Cloud

He hears his name from your lips and for some reason it sounds weird. It shouldn't because it's just his name, but your voice calling him by his actual name just doesn't sound right.

"Yeah?" He asks, confused and hesitant with what you're about to say. Are you mad at him? Did he do something wrong? Is that why you're not using one of the pet names he acts annoyed about.

Cloud won't correct you about it, but he'll be very confused and not knowing how to feel for the rest of the day. He's just overthinking everything. Honestly, he's a bit pouty, but he'd never admit it.

Tifa

Tifa is a bit concerned but also amused when you use her full name. "Did I do something wrong?" She'd straight up ask you, not one to pout or overthink just yet.

Would call you by your full name in return, just so you know how it feels and hopefully calls her by the right petname.

But Tifa isn't too upset at you calling her by her name (although if you do call her "Tifa Lockhart" instead of just "Tifa" then that'd be a bit weird). Doesn't really give you that big of a reaction.

Zack

Stares at you as if you have a second head when he hears his full name exit your lips. He pouts and crosses his arms over his chest.

"..." Not saying a damn thing to you. Zack is very bad at ignoring you, but that's what he's doing. He pouts more and more each time you call his full name instead of a pet name.

Don't even try leaving or walking away without correcting yourself. Zack will follow after and continuing looking at you like a sad puppy because you haven't called him by the right name yet.

[ff7-has-taken-me-over]

Wait. What about Cloud who keeps trying to hook Zack and Aerith up cause all his days in Shinra were filled with Zack near constantly ranting about Aerith, and all his days travelling were spent with Aerith bringing up Zack and how he was her first love.

So now that Zack is back Cloud’s just tryna be a good friend and get out the way so they can have time together, but the two of them have also fallen for him and keep trying to woo him into joining their relationship.

[kay-i]

remember the past… live in the present… look to the future…

[sephifrog]

Self-aware au

(tw? Semi-yandere Sephiroth?)

Sephiroth

Had dreams about you when he was a kid especially when he got his treatments or had to go on long missions 

One of the reasons he didn’t snap earlier is thinking about the being in his dreams 

He sees you sometimes when he’s on dangerous missions and that's how he gages how much power to use

He stopped seeing you for a few years and was distraught

Did he do something wrong? Is he destined to be alone? Did he do something to make you hate him?

Then he assisted Zack and spotted your image beside him

It’s another reason he was open with Zack and called him to help save Gen and Angeal

After he snapped and injured Zack he saw you disappear again and almost let out a sob

After falling into the lifestream Jenova tells him to get you back he has to kill the planet

When he spots you with Cloud he targets him to join him so he can see you beside him again

He wants to be with you even if that means transcending his world and finding a way to yours

Zack

He saw you for the first time when he joined SOLDIER and thought you were a hallucination

But when you started to hype him up he realised maybe you were something else- plus no one else had seen you

He sulked when he noticed you couldn’t really interact with him but he loves you being around him and answers your musings even if he knows you can’t hear him

When Sephiroth saved him he spotted you looking at his superior with a sadness surrounding you

When he escaped with Cloud you seemed to focus on both of them and that confused him because you only ever acted like that around the general

As he lay there dying his eyes trail to your figure sobbing next to Cloud

Cloud

He thinks you've always been with him until he gets his memories back

He chatters to you when he’s alone

Is more annoyed then Zack ever was when he notes you cant see him

When he meets Areith he feels two sparks (one from you and one from Zack)

As time goes on (and depending what ff your playing) he can feel sephiroth’s memories seep into his mind

As he regains his real memories he starts to see you as some type of deity or he would get angry and blame you

As he fights Sephiroth he spots you looking solemnly at them 

That makes him want to fight harder

Aerith

One of the reasons she’s at the church so much is because she feels your presence more

She thought Holy place = more connection?

She didn’t know what you were just that you brought a peace when she thought of you

Like Sephiroth She had dreams of you when she was little and that's when she realised something wasn’t right

If your presence is with the MC at the time as soon as she meets Zack she can spot an almost static image of you beside him

When Zack fell into the church and she saw you she knew Zack was safe to be around

The same thing happened when cloud showed up

She noticed you only looked her way when the group is in battle (because you can switch between party members)

As she lets the lifestream consume her she can hear your sobs

[ffvii-lifesrequiem]

More long-haired Cloud sketches for this AU:

He sleeps a bit heavier when he's too tired and at a place he considers safe (e.g.: Seventh Heaven).

That bird is Aerith's; she calls him Phoenix (he's red and gold and can use fire magic)... a totally, deeeeefinitely not sus bird LOL

[crisp-art]

He should specify next time smh