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Libraries - Before and After
Title: Before
Characters/Pairings: Cloud Strife
Team: AVALANCHE
Rating: Safe for work
Word Count: 100
He'd always wanted to learn more than what he'd been taught in the village "school" in Nibelheim. He'd been impressed with the public library he'd seen in Costa del Sol. Not just because it was blessedly cool inside, but also because of the books. It was like all the knowledge in the world was in there!
The public library at the Shinra tower was even bigger, and he'd been in bibliophile bliss for weeks... then the librarian had told him about the library at the university at Junon.
For a long while, Cloud's dream of SOLDIER had some serious competition.
Title: After
Characters/Pairings: Cloud Strife, Marlene Wallace
Team: AVALANCHE
Rating: Safe for work
Word Count: 100
It was the books, the height of the shelves, being surrounded by them, the smell of dry paper and leather bindings. Marlene had looked concerned when he'd started to hyperventilate and walked him outside so he could breathe.
"Are you all right, Cloud?" she asked.
He couldn't answer. He needed to look up, see the sky overhead, remember he wasn't in that underground laboratory. He could hear Marlene phoning Tifa, telling her to come fetch them.
He felt a spark of anger. Hojo had taken so much from him... and now this. He couldn't go into the library any more.
Characters/Pairings: Cloud Strife
Team: AVALANCHE
Rating: Safe for work
Word Count: 100
He'd always wanted to learn more than what he'd been taught in the village "school" in Nibelheim. He'd been impressed with the public library he'd seen in Costa del Sol. Not just because it was blessedly cool inside, but also because of the books. It was like all the knowledge in the world was in there!
The public library at the Shinra tower was even bigger, and he'd been in bibliophile bliss for weeks... then the librarian had told him about the library at the university at Junon.
For a long while, Cloud's dream of SOLDIER had some serious competition.
Title: After
Characters/Pairings: Cloud Strife, Marlene Wallace
Team: AVALANCHE
Rating: Safe for work
Word Count: 100
It was the books, the height of the shelves, being surrounded by them, the smell of dry paper and leather bindings. Marlene had looked concerned when he'd started to hyperventilate and walked him outside so he could breathe.
"Are you all right, Cloud?" she asked.
He couldn't answer. He needed to look up, see the sky overhead, remember he wasn't in that underground laboratory. He could hear Marlene phoning Tifa, telling her to come fetch them.
He felt a spark of anger. Hojo had taken so much from him... and now this. He couldn't go into the library any more.
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