[But in actuality, it’s the notion of meeting someone halfway, someone like Cloud who had been such a point of contention for as long as he’s known him — but to ignore what this is would be foolish. A tenuous understanding, a respite from all the anger born of a future that hangs like knives over his head.
In actuality, this is the hardest part—]
I don’t.
[Sephiroth reaches out, gloved grasp encircling Cloud’s wrist and bringing his retracting hand forward. Then, it’s a simple matter of gripping his fingers instead, and the connection blossoms, unfolds across his being like something—
Warm, whole. Impossible to measure in its depth, like a resonance penetrating his skin. It makes his breath hitch, feels as though the world upends, dizzying in its unexpectedness — and his grip tightens, riding through something ever-increasing.]
no subject
No.
[But in actuality, it’s the notion of meeting someone halfway, someone like Cloud who had been such a point of contention for as long as he’s known him — but to ignore what this is would be foolish. A tenuous understanding, a respite from all the anger born of a future that hangs like knives over his head.
In actuality, this is the hardest part—]
I don’t.
[Sephiroth reaches out, gloved grasp encircling Cloud’s wrist and bringing his retracting hand forward. Then, it’s a simple matter of gripping his fingers instead, and the connection blossoms, unfolds across his being like something—
Warm, whole. Impossible to measure in its depth, like a resonance penetrating his skin. It makes his breath hitch, feels as though the world upends, dizzying in its unexpectedness — and his grip tightens, riding through something ever-increasing.]