#link request

Hey Nonny!

Yes! Right here. It features Ben, Jessie, Eric, composer Joseph Trapanese, costume designer Wendy Partridge and visual effects supervisor Ted Rae!

I think video is actually an FYC plug so the industry can let them compete for Outstanding Drama Series.

‘Butter my potato’ 😂 Don’t worry, this is good! It’s just so much easier for me to write with reader insert. Since Link doesn’t usually speak in the games, it’s really hard for me to picture him with dialogue, so I gave both sentences to reader and the responses to Cloud 😋

Cloud Strife & Link x Gender Neutral Reader

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I had a terrible certainty, one that broke my heart. I had known Link for a long time, too long not to develop certain feelings for him. We had grown up together, faced dangers together, saved each other’s lifes countless times. We had gone through so much and my heart had spoken. Cloud on the other hand, had barged into our lives without meaning, he just appeared one day, quite literally. He was always talking about going back to where he belonged, to his home. And even if I had grown incredibly fond of him, it wasn’t the same. Then... why couldn’t I let him go once he finally could?

“Stay with me, please” I clung on to his arm, successfully making him stop his walking. “Don’t go”

Cloud sighed, looking at me over his shoulder. I still didn’t let go of him, even as I felt Link’s piercing gaze burning in my nape. 

“Who do you love?” Cloud suddenly asked me, seeming quite serious.

“I...” Looking from one to the other, I hesitated to answer. Even if I knew the truth, even if they did too. It was obvious.

“Just say it, Y/N” Cloud muttered, now resigned to the inevitable.

“I love you both...” I averted my gaze, slowly letting go of him. “Just in different ways”

“You’ve made your choice” He replied with a sigh. “This isn’t my place anyway”

“But...” I stupidly mumbled, not really knowing what else to say.

I took a step forward, but Link’s arms tenderly wrapped around me to stop me. Cloud was already at the portal, the one that we had worked so hard to find. The one that would return him to his dimension and bring him home. Away from us. Away from me. Maybe forever.

“It’s okay” He nodded his head, and he didn’t seem angry or hurt. Just accepting even if a little sad. “I get it, you two go way back”

“At least...” I whispered, daring to carefully lock eyes with him. “Be careful out there”

“Always am” Cloud simply replied, then moving his gaze until it fell over Link. “Take care of Y/N”

Link’s hands squeezed me gently, and I knew that was his way of promising it to Cloud. That he could leave knowing we both would be safe, protecting each other like we always had.

Cloud stopped before the portal, throwing us a last glance before walking through it. Immediately, I felt a void in my chest caused by his absence. We had known each other for such little time, but he would always have a place in my heart.

Link hugged me tight, filling that emptiness with the warmth of his embrace.

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