[Drabble] Nostalgia...

[sterling]

Title: Nostalgia
Fandom: Final Fantasy 7
Characters: Cloud, Vincent, Reno
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Vincent (for ff7_drabbles)

"Do you ever miss it, you know, working for Shinra?" Cloud asked, staring at his beer.

Vincent didn't reply immediately, surprised by the question. Instead, he looked directly across the room where Rude and Reno, off duty and still in uniform, were playing cards with two other patrons of the bar. Reno caught his gaze and smiled at him discreetly. It had been a genuine and respectful smile; one that had much more meaning to Vincent than he thought could easily be explained.

"Yes, sometimes," Vincent said. "But..."

"You can never go back," Cloud said, finishing Vincent's sentence. "I know."

Comments

[rebelliouswhitequeen]

Bwahah, I love these two.

You know, gen's becoming more and more appealing to me, somewhat.

[sterling]

Me, too. ^_^ Their (gen) relationship has been on my mind lately.

Cool... Any idea why? ^_^

[rebelliouswhitequeen]

Not exactly sure, but I guess my tastes are just changing. I don't really wanna read romance stories anymore.

[sterling]

Yeah, I've been the same way for awhile now. I like romance when it's not the actual focus of the story (or if there's some interesting plot going on, too), but if it's the sole purpose of the story, I tend to tune out. Although, some really well written stuff has the ability to keep my interest, too. It all depends.

Maybe we're getting bored with the same romance tropes being used over and over again (oft times, poorly, as well)?

[rebelliouswhitequeen]

Yeah, I think I'm pretty much the same. Maybe I've been like this for a long time.

Yeah, it's very predictable. I dunno, the last romance thing I read was just-- so sad in a way, when one person would go through such great lengths just to make the other person smile. It's all so very bittersweet. There's some personal reasons too. ): I'm tired of being reminded of what I don't have. ^^;;

[wufei_w]

You know, people really don't write these gen-pairings enough IMO. I love that you do! ^-^

[sterling]

Thanks! I'm glad you like reading them. I have to agree with you... ^_^