#squaerith

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You can head over to AO3 and my writing tag to read all my big and small fics, but for convenience here is an organized masterlist of all the finished Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy fics I’ve published thus far!

If you'd like to see a masterlist of fics I've written for other fandoms, you can do that here

Kingdom Hearts

Back to Believing (link)

Wordcount: 50K | Rating: M | Aerith x Tifa

Radiant Garden is finally restored and Sora has yet again saved the worlds from the threat of destruction. It's finally time for the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee to move on with their lives and for things to start going back to normal.

But when Tifa suddenly reappears, Aerith begins to consider that life in Radiant Garden might not ever be the same as it was before—it might end up being better than she ever dreamed.

The Anniversary (link)

Wordcount: 3K | Rating: T

It was the fifth anniversary of the day Leon’s home world had been destroyed. Five years since everything he loved was taken from him and he was forced to flee to a little world that had become a refuge for him and all the others who managed to escape their world’s destruction. The number of refugees in Traverse Town had grown steadily each year, and there seemed to be less and less stars in the sky as time went by—more worlds falling to darkness.

But the lights of Traverse Town always stayed on.

Comfort (link)

Wordcount: 2.7K | Rating: T

Aerith comforts Leon on a difficult night and, in the process, realizes how much she needs him to help keep her light shining, too.

There Are No Winners, Only Truths (link)

Wordcount: 3K | Rating: G

Tired of being told to stay behind, Kairi challenges Riku to a duel

The Echoes of their Hearts (link)

Wordcount: 2K | Rating: G

Written for the 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts I. Sora and Kairi spend time together in Traverse Town.

Undo What’s Done and Bring Back the Light (link)

Wordcount: 14K | Rating: G

Now that Terra has finally been granted a happy ending, he decides to visit each of the original seven Princesses of Heart to make sure they all have happy endings, too. But it is not all tea parties and celebratory balls…

In revisiting the princesses, Terra will also have to revisit the consequences of his past susceptibility to darkness and how those unchangeable events of the past may have forever affected how each of the princesses see him.

Looking Through Her Eyes (link)

Wordcount: 5K | Rating: G

When Riku doesn't return after traveling to Belle & Beast's world to search for Sora, Kairi becomes worried and sets out to find him. Kairi is prepared to face any danger to find Riku and bring him home, but is she prepared to face the beast that Riku has transformed into?

The Swan Prince (link)

Wordcount: 86K | Rating: T

A Swan Princess AU where Terra is a kidnapped prince who gets transformed into a swan and Aqua is a young princess-just-turned-queen who has to save her best friend from the clutches of an evil sorcerer. But if Aqua wants any chance of saving him, she has to figure out what her true feelings are for Terra-and what that would mean for the future of their kingdoms.

Final Fantasy VIII

The Enduring Fragments (link)

Wordcount: 3K | Rating: G

Written for Squall's birthday and to process my own feelings about Raine and the relationship Squall never got to have with her. A bit of a tearjerker, but balanced with a lot of sweetness (& baby Squall!) 🌸

The Unintended Consequences of Protecting One's Pride (link)

Wordcount: 37K | Rating: T

A Pride & Prejudice Strifehart AU that technically combines FF8, FF7, & the Kingdom Hearts universe into one world. This tale of enemies to reluctant allies to friends to lovers all begins when Squall Leonhart makes the dreadful mistake of insulting Cloud Strife’s vanity at a ball

What Friends Do (link)

Wordcount: 3K | Rating: T

A companion piece/missing chapter to Unintended Consequences written for the winter holidays. Squall and Cloud, who are no longer enemies but not quite yet friends, find themselves (reluctantly) underneath a mistletoe 🌿

Final Fantasy XV

Another Sun Rises (link)

Wordcount: 44K | Rating: T

After Ignis loses his sight in Altissia, Prompto makes sure to constantly be at his side to help him. While he resents it at first, Ignis grows to appreciate Prompto and the two become closer than ever, despite and because of the hardships they endure.

This is a story of how a gentle, deep love can grow in even the darkest of times.

Candid (link)

Wordcount: 1.3K | Rating: G

A short and sweet Valentine's Day promnis fic 📸

Final Fantasy XII

Devotion (link)

Wordcount: 500 | Rating: G

A Fran x Balthier prose poem written for the prompt "communication without truly speaking"

To the Stars Beyond the Blue (link)

Wordcount: 5K | Rating: G

A post-KH3 fic where Kairi and Riku crashland on what seems to be a ship in space and are captured by a couple intimidating sky pirates who may end up being friend or foe

Final Fantasy VII

Within the Veil (link)

Wordcount: 27K | Rating: T

Ever since she was a child, Tifa has been terrified of ghosts, and her worst fear comes to life when she discovers a ghost haunting her new apartment. That ghost is Cloud, a young man who has been tethered to his apartment for months after a tragic motorcycle accident, and is just as shocked as Tifa that she can see him.

After a bumpy start, Cloud and Tifa agree to cohabit the apartment peacefully until they can find a way for Cloud to move on to the afterlife. But when romantic feelings start to develop between Tifa and Cloud, the situation becomes a bit more complicated--because how could a romance between a ghost and a human ever have a happy ending?

Written for the Cloti Big Bang (2022).

The Sound of Us (link)

Wordcount: 10K | Rating: M

Words aren’t the only way to tell someone how you feel…but words might be the only way to rescue Cloud and Tifa’s relationship from falling apart before it has even had the chance to properly start.

Set shortly after the end of FF7.

Try Again? (link)

Wordcount: 1.5K | Rating: G 

Cloud swallowed hard and asked, “Can I try again?”

“What?”

“I want to be able to hold you…without hurting you.”

Or, what if Cloud had a chance to redo the hug scene with Tifa in FFVII Remake?

Hero of the Dawn (link)

Wordcount: 2K | Rating: T

Zack & Genesis share a moment after their final battle.

Written for Honor & Dreams: A Zack Fair Zine.

To See Her Smile Again (link)

Wordcount: 2K | Rating: G

On the eve of Zack's departure to Nibelheim, he and Aerith finally go on a date to sell flowers topside. What starts out as a dazzling night of bubbly romance takes a dark turn after the young couple arrives to Sector 8 and Aerith's traumatic memories resurface.

Written for Letters from the Sky: A Zerith Fanzine.

Anywhere You Want to Go (link)

Wordcount: 2.6K | Rating: G

After Zack takes Aerith to his middle-of-nowhere hometown, he plans to take her out for a fun & romantic time, but unfortunately things don't go according to plan…

A Taste of Normalcy (link)

Wordcount: 2K | Rating: G

After Zack bumps into Cloud in Junon, he intends to make good on his promise to treat Cloud to a meal fit for two backwater country boys.

The Steadfast Tin SOLDIER (link)

Wordcount: 11K | Rating: G

Zack is a one-legged toy soldier who falls for the beautiful ballerina, Aerith, whom he is charged to protect—but another jealous toy comes up with a dastardly plan to get rid of Zack and keep him away from Aerith. The course of true love never did run smooth, but nothing can keep this steadfast soldier down!

Through the Dark (link)

Wordcount: 5K | Rating: G

Aerith had just seen Zack at his most broken down, his most vulnerable. And even in his sorrow, there was something beautiful and pure about him—something that touched Aerith’s heart, that made her understand him, and that made her feel more connected to him. They had cried together and she had held him, moving with his every shudder and feeling every desperate tug on her arms as Zack tried to hold onto anything he could to keep from falling apart.

My Zerith Week 2021 Compilation.

Falling in Love at a Vintage Clothing Shop (link)

Wordcount: 4K | Rating: G

Tifa and Aerith finally get to go on their shopping date and sapphic yearning ensues

Final Fantasy: Dissidia NT

The Long Way Home (link)

Wordcount: 5K | Rating: T

After the final battle against Shinryu, the warriors summoned by Materia and Spiritus are returned to their home worlds—all except for Cloud, who accidentally ends up in Bartz's home world. Bartz promises to help Cloud get back to his home world, but Cloud isn't too bothered to be in a whole new world with Bartz at his side.

I did one of these last year so I thought it would be cool to do one again, and although I didn’t write as much fic this year as I did last year, most of what I wrote this year are works that I’m proud of ❤ (and for sake of ease, I will be including the non-ff/kh things I wrote because I also did that this year, for the first time in a very long time!) here’s a comprehensive list & synopsis of every fic I posted this year!

do you ever think about how aerith and squall were both orphans in their canon games (and presumably in kingdom hearts) and yet they end up being the most maternal/paternal adult figures for sora and they are the best at providing support for sora despite not having had their own parents to raise them from a young age and do you ever think about how aerith and squall are almost the same age in kh and so they mostly had each other to relate to and bond with over their similar upbringing/losing their homes when they were kids so they grew up into adults being each other’s biggest support and rock to lean on