Decided to redraw a scene from SBR, for my crack ship (rare pairing) in FF7, sephirus.
It’s ABO AU with arranged marriage theme, they were in their late teens. Since I’ve played FF7 First Soldier, I used a military-issue long coat for Sephiroth and PS1 design for Rufus in the flashback.
Also, this ship is not meant to be healthy with happy ending, I warned you.
For the full story, just keep reading (you’re not obliged to read it though)...
Let's begin with... Sephiroth x Rufus, I call it "sephirus" for short, it's actually my OTP despite it's being highly unpopular rn, as until now they don't (have a chance to) interact at all.
But I can't help, my reason is that... sephirus will be the OP pair, Sephiroth the war hero and strongest being in FF7 verse whereas Rufus in a different way has the power as well in FF7 verse (being the heir and later President of Shinra Inc. afterall). Other reason is that Rufus' highest priority in FF7 story post his 'ascension' is chasing and stopping Sephiroth at any cost, rather than building 'moar power' like his father did.
Then with ABO element, I like the idea of O!Rufus leading Turks as his pack, and I have been influenced by an ABO fic "Day 4: Pack" when O!Cloud also rules the SOLDIERS pack. I want to implement this in my fanfic idea as well. Though in my mind, I'd like the idea of all Turks & SOLDIERS as the alphas instead of mixed dynamics.
Yeah, so it's about A!Sephiroth and O!Rufus, I want to start them as "forgotten childhood friends", I've found fellow tumblr user who has nice idea that Sephiroth & Rufus were childhood friends in the past, Papa Shinra sometimes brought Rufus to Hojo's lab & he accidentally met Sephiroth there, befriended.
According to remake timeline, Rufus should be slightly older than Sephiroth now, Rufus being born as Omega disappointed his dad, that's why he used to belittle his son according to OTWTAS: Episode Shinra.
Later, Sephiroth was born. Sephiroth is considered to be Hojo's "masterpiece" and Papa Shinra regarded him as his "golden boy", plus... he is an Alpha.
Then this idea comes, that Papa Shinra & Hojo agreed to betroth Sephiroth & Rufus because why not? For Papa Shinra, it will bring an outstanding publicity stunt for Shinra and boost his company's image in the future. A union between war hero and Shinra's heir is a dreamed union ever. For Hojo, it could be just him being ambituous and getting closer to Shinra... idk. Plus, he might be wish for Sephiroth to reproduce, he needs to know more about his specimen. For that, Hojo needs a womb, and Omega has the best womb.
Though, to be honest, 'sephirus' can't have that normal & healthy relationship, it'll be always toxic at one point. Prior to FF7 and Crisis Core, Sephiroth was this good boy with righteous moral, but Rufus was already that manipulative bastard and corrupted thanks for his dad's upbringing. He was manipulating Sephiroth in the past. By the way, although Sephiroth was still sane at the time, he was already possessive at heart (to Rufus).
I don't know whether they eventually married or not, but at least they had sex at some point. Flashforward to Sephiroth's madness, Rufus lost his leash over him. And what Cloud did to him during his madness, Sephiroth began to obsess with him.
sephirus unofficially breaks up, but in public they're still technically engaged (or married). Sephiroth was declared dead as in canon, so it looks like Rufus became a widow.
However, when 'Sephiroth' comes to kill Papa Shinra, it is rumoured that he did it for Rufus.
And it is not known whether Rufus eventually fell for Sephiroth.
Up to here, I don't have a clear idea anymore, but the end-game pairs would be 'sefikura' ... or 'barukura'/'zakura' and 'tsengru' ... or 'Rufus x Turks'.
The irony of sephirus would be that when it was about Rufus' manipulating good boy Sephiroth, now the tide has turned. As Rufus rediscovered his empathy and Sephiroth fell into the madness, it becomes about good guy Rufus' stopping the calamity which is Sephiroth.
Now let's talk about the babies, I have the idea to turn cancelled!Stella Nox Fleuret into Stella Shinra, she would be the daughter of sephirus. Born in September 4th [ μ ] - εγλ 1997 (she will be 10 years old in remake timeline), her birth will be spectacular as the sole Shinra heir, the Alpha female and (technically) Jenova's granddaughter.
Then about sefikura's babies, I think I will just follow Goddess of Royalty’s ABO version of 'Cloud is the Remnants Carrier' Verse.
My FF7 ABO world-building:
All Turks are Alpha, because sometimes they need pheromone and Alpha's growl for intimidation (usually during bodyguarding) but mostly they pose as Beta, using scent blocker (for espionage purpose).
All scientists are Beta, except Grimoire, Hollander and Hojo (which makes them Alpha). And that's how Hojo considers Omega as 'treasure'.
Omega male has better tolerance to mako than Omega female, but they are very rare in number (hence, even Cloud's mako intolerance is still considered better than how Omega female would reacts).
There is no written dynamic requirement to join SOLDIERS, but there is also hidden rule that they will dismiss Omega. It is just coincidence that the ones who make it into First Soldiers are all Alpha, while most Third ranked are Beta.
Cloud is a late bloomer, he actually was presenting during Nibelheim's incident.
So yeah, it's more or less like that for now. Thank you for reading this, have a nice day!