[ he's been strong so far, untouchable, but now...
real or not, the way zack (his ghost, his doppelganger, this impostor) lets his eyes fall to the floor makes something inside of cloud's chest ache sudden and fierce. the shock of it is immediate, and for a moment he wonders if he's made some kind of mistake here. what if it is him?
but that's hope speaking, a sort of longing for those he's lost trying to roll and crash into him once again. cloud can't let himself go through that, not when he's come so far since then.
or has he. ]
... So am I.
[ the words are breathed out quick, that desire to leave this situation -- or this person who looks like zack, claims to be zack, but can't be zack -- behind growing stronger by the second. hell, he can barely look at that face, too reminded of things in the dark, distant past. and were his legs anything but apparently rooted to the ground, he would be gone by now, too... but instead he's left to fidget there, feeling so lost. ]
if zack cries cloud will drown in guilt ok
real or not, the way zack (his ghost, his doppelganger, this impostor) lets his eyes fall to the floor makes something inside of cloud's chest ache sudden and fierce. the shock of it is immediate, and for a moment he wonders if he's made some kind of mistake here. what if it is him?
but that's hope speaking, a sort of longing for those he's lost trying to roll and crash into him once again. cloud can't let himself go through that, not when he's come so far since then.
or has he. ]
... So am I.
[ the words are breathed out quick, that desire to leave this situation -- or this person who looks like zack, claims to be zack, but can't be zack -- behind growing stronger by the second. hell, he can barely look at that face, too reminded of things in the dark, distant past. and were his legs anything but apparently rooted to the ground, he would be gone by now, too... but instead he's left to fidget there, feeling so lost. ]