Pivot

[megpie71]

Title: Pivot
Character: Tifa Lockhart
Team: AVALANCHE
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Alternative Universe

Tifa listened to what was being said with a growing feeling of unease. This wasn't right. She couldn't let it stand without saying something. But the questions it would raise - the way everyone would look at her...

She hated speaking in front of people. The bar was different. For a start, she had about a foot of solid wood between her and the person she was speaking to; and for seconds, she could withhold alcohol if they got stroppy.

Steeling herself, taking a deep breath, she opened her mouth, interrupted Cloud, and said "That's not how I remember it."


Author's Notes: Okay, it's more the trigger point for an AU than an actual AU... but I'm doing a lot of stuff about Tifa right now, and this is something which has been bugging me for a long time. Oh, and in case it's not clear - she's interrupting Cloud's description of the Nibelheim Event at the inn in Kalm.

Loot

[oceanandspace]

Title: Loot
Character: Cloud
Team: SOLDIER
Prompt: #17 - Alternate Universe (Feather AU)
Word Count: 100
Series: Crisis Core


Cloud hurries along, sprinting behind the barn as soon as he has cover. He's not *actually* doing anything wrong, but... If the others catch him at it, they'll never let him live it down.

As soon as he reaches his stall, he lowers his loot in a corner, puffing and fluffing his crest from the stress, before shaking himself and settling down again. At least, it was absolutely worth it. The feathers he'd snatched from Genesis' stall are a beautiful glossy red, long and wide and so soft. They look shockingly out of place among Cloud's little nest of yellows.


Author's Notes: This is my first time posting to this community (and English isn't my first language). I hope I did everything right! :)

Thief

[oceanandspace]

Title: Thief
Character: Cloud
Team: SOLDIER
Prompt: #17 - Alternate Universe (Feather AU)
Word Count: 100
Series: Crisis Core


Somehow, it has become something of a bad habit. So far, Cloud has managed to stay under the radar, but sooner or later, the others are going to notice and he'll die of mortification. 

In the meantime, he adds a pretty tail feather to his treasure. He's got Genesis' reds on one side and now another red one on the other, from Reno this time. It hadn't been difficult to dare Zack to pluck a few feathers off the Turk, and Cloud had made off with the blue-black and red treasures while the two were still squawking at each other.