Hii! I have an idea for a Sephiroth req and was thinking maybe you'd like the idea - you write him excellently honestly! (This might be long so feel free to ignore if it's overbearing)
Basically the idea is set around the Nibelheim incident and his s/o is with him, their worried about Sephiroth after he locks himself away in the mansion and during the fire maybe he sees them and realises their badly injured - trying to save them. If you have a better idea that'd be cool, but I hope it's decent~
Maybe at the end they reunite in the Lifestream at one point (Only played original ff7 so idk if it's different in the remake or something)
Thanks for reading this whole thing if you see it :D
໒⦂ 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐎.
notes. hello anon, thank you so much & for the req<3 mb for the long wait on this request, i’ve been very much swamped with uni and other fandoms i fear</3 but i got some muse & lowkey i hella locked in for this so i really hope you enjoy!! highly recommend listening to wasteland by royal & the serpent!
genre. angst + hurt with some comfort but..
tw. major character death, mild gore, um sephiroth is also his own tw but not towards you
sephiroth x gn!reader.
crimson flickered with whorls of amber, ribbons of heat licking up worn wooden homes as the crunch of ash yielding to leather echoed amidst the muted cries of citizens sephiroth couldn't bother to discern.
up until his arrival here in nibelheim, his entire life had.. practically been nothing short of a lie. he'd told himself he was normal despite the number of things that had been injected into his body- the countless amount of tests he had to endure, the creatures forced to yield to his blade out of survival.. even with all of that on his shoulders and his otherly appearance, he still tried to listen to his closest contacts that had insisted on him being as normal as they were.. but he wasn't.
dramatic as it was, he was nothing short of an alien- a monster birthed from an even worse monster that was.. the only person that hadn't treated him as something filthy.
for the first time, his mind was clear. everything was meaningless- all of this was meaningless. this entire mission was orchestrated for him and those joining him to be sent off to their graves, just as his fallen friends had been that had tried to rise against the cruel happenings at shinra.
masamune rumbled against the uneven terrain, burgundy ebbing down the expanse of her before ultimately sliding through another soul that the silver general could hardly care to recognize. it didn't matter at the end of the day, anyway, everyone would return to the planet before it would, too, be taken by mother. it was the fate that this world was bestowed with, and there was absolutely nothing that gaia could do to stop this occurrence.
mother would use this planet as her next vessel to sail the cosmos, and bring upon the same fate for the following destination that she would be met with.
and sephiroth was willing to see to it that her vision was realized. this planet was doomed to destruction, either way, no thanks to shinra and its immense greed with sucking out the life force of the planet for its own selfish gain. it was only a matter of time before the rest of the world was as barren of a wasteland as the outskirts of midgar, so what better than to spare the lands of something so ugly, and put it out of its misery already?
returning his odachi to his side after flicking off the streaks of rouge that stained it, the first class soldier continued down the path of debris and scorched wooden pillars, snake-like eyes trained on the mountain above. he could sense her as clear as day- just as he had a week ago, when genesis had asked the impossible of him.
mother was there, patiently awaiting his arrival.
"wait for me.." he smiled, mako tinted eyes glinting with something alive; a stark contrast to the darkness that swallowed them since leaving shinra mansion to pass through the village. "i'm coming."
his named was cried out, a distant, inconsequential echo amidst the destruction surrounding him. the puppy, most likely, calling out once again to interfere with his plans that mother has so graciously shared with him.
he didn't want to have to eliminate him, he was the last of those he'd held dear to him.. but even he had left him in the dust the minute his beloved had stepped into the picture. so what worth was a wannabe hero to him?
sephiroth continued only after briefly stopping to look over his shoulder with a smile that was all too sweet for what was happening around him. the people should be pleased, after all.. they should welcome the mercy he was offering them, rather than to cry out brokenly for a mother that was all but gone.
though he supposed that once upon a time he might have also done the same if he had known his mother sooner. alas, that was exactly while he was about to scale the mountain before him- to be reunited with her.
and so, he ignored the worthless barking of his friend, merely continuing onward towards the reactor where mother's name had been plastered so graciously for him to find.
several monsters stopped him along the way, but their strength was no match for masamune's swipes; flesh yielding like softened butter to a dull knife. at a certain point, the path was peaceful, as though his presence were anticipated.
a warm welcome from mother, perhaps.
but if it was.. then why had iron permeated his senses? ichor that had not belonged to the creatures he had felled, nor the citizens at the foot of the mountain.
no, this was.. this was something else- someone else.
at the foot of the stairs leading up to the door separating him from reaching mother, sephiroth found an all too familiar figure- one that had.. slipped his mind for all of the past week.
"y/n..?" he called out quietly into the burning night, taking slow steps towards your fallen form before gradually picking up in speed, sliding onto his knees to bring your body towards his front, as though carrying something fragile.
just.. what exactly had happened? where had you been up until now? why hadn't he seen you all this time since returning from the reactor? had he truly been so hauled up in shinra manor that he'd completely forgotten your existence?
..had you tried to visit? and if you had- had he shut you away, too?
guilt gnawed at his gut, mother long forgotten as he checked frantically for a pulse, keeping one hand delicately around your shoulders while the other slid beneath your knees. "y/n- speak to me, please." he tried again, gently shaking your body as he gazed down at your battered form, littered in cuts and gashes. had the monsters gotten to you? there were none to be found in the radius surrounding you.. had you taken them all out in anticipation for his arrival?
was this your final stance? to become an obstacle meant to disrupt his reunion with mother?
he didn't want to believe it- you were his everything.. the one person who had seemed to remain through everything. through the loss of angeal, the disappearance of genesis, lazard.. everyone as of late. even when zack grew busy and occupied himself with the flower girl back in sector five- you had stayed with him. his only stability amidst the pain that had griped at his poor, fragile heart.
and now you were here, barely clinging onto life.. all to stop him from the inevitable, having found yourself met instead with the hostile wildlife of mount nibel.
a cough tore through your lips just as he was about to call out again, hazy eyes revealing themselves beneath dampened lashes, as your chest rose and fell slowly. "i.. knew you'd come," you breathed out quietly, smiling weakly up at your lover. "i really wished you hadn't- i didn't.. w-want you to have to see me like this."
"my love, save your words- please.." sephiroth urged, shaking his head before removing the hand that had his curaga slotted into his wrist. "it's not too late for you- for us." he reassured, bringing his hand your form, but your hand- your feeble hand came to slip over his own.
a slow shake of your head was what he was met with as he gazed down at you, that same smile burning itself into his vision as the corners of your eyes creased. "i fear i don't have much time left, sephiroth.. if it wasn't going to be here- in a last stand to get through to you.. the degradation would have gotten to me instead, so listen to me, please." you whispered, bringing your hand to hold his cheek tenderly in your hand- unblemished and beautiful, like porcelain. "whatever you read in that manor, do not allow it to dictate your life.. be critical and cautious, especially with the scientists.. you can never trust them," you continued softly, letting out a mirthless laugh. "i mean look at us- look at all of soldier.. we were fated to something crueler than death."
sephiroth found himself unable to disagree with your reasoning, but still.. it had all sounded so true- genesis' words, the books he had read in his descent to madness.. how could it all be a rouse? it just- seemed far too coincidental. and what if you were just saying all of this to stop him as well, from reaching mother?
he was ultimately torn, but the tender skin that met his cheek melted away the bitterness that was consuming him as he cupped the hand over his cheek with his, squeezing his eyes shut while his head bowed forward. "but you can't leave.. everyone else left me- how will i go on without you? zack won't look at me after this, angeal is gone.. genesis is, too- and lazard as well.. i don't have anyone, y/n.." he whispered brokenly, slitted hues expanding- glossing over. "you're all i have- please, you mustn't go, too.."
warmth greeted the tip of your finger as it touched the corner of his beautiful lashes- tears that nobody would ever hope to see. it made your dulling gaze soften, his words wrapping around your slowly beating organ. "we'll find each other again, my love.. when shinra's advances are stopped and the lifestream no longer struggles to flow through the cracks of the planet, we.. will be reunited again." you affirmed, leaning up to bump his forehead with your own, as liquid moonlight fell delicately around you.
gaia, you were going to miss him dearly.
despite the unsteadiness in his heart, sephiroth willed his breathing to keep steady, hanging onto your every word as he willed himself to nod, squeezing his eyes shut. "then i.. will do my best to see to it that they are stopped, and that we might be able to find ourselves together once more.."
your smiled widened just a tiny bit as you placed your lips to his- the only person you'd promise your final breath to.
"may we find each other once more. i love you more than life, sephiroth."
notes. IM SORRY I LEFT YALL IN THE DUST AND THREW ANGST RIGHT IN YOUR FACE please feel free to read the new cloud drabble or my fluffier sephiroth content to heal.. i’d be going through it too bro</3 anyway i hope it was still enjoyable, thank you for the request again anon & that i was able to do it justice!
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