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Final Fantasy VII: My Private Lullaby by CaseForStrifeAndLockhart (PleasantNightmares), PleasantNightmares
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
06 Oct 2025
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Cloud Strife is a troubled boy. Beset by a mind of frustrated isolation, beleaguered by complicated experiences of deep affection and grief. At the center of it all, the heart of a girl he has loved since before he knew what love is. A girl for whom he will face new and confusing feelings, for whose safety and happiness he will risk life and limb. For her love, for the music of her soul, to be her hero.
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Because Life Finds a Way by ARJaJRA
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020), Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
27 Sep 2025
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AVALANCHE has gathered for a wedding. Tifa and Vincent find it disappointing until a certain ninja meddles in their solitude. After the wedding, Vincent wonders if he can have a normal life and works with Reeve and the Turks to find former ShinRa scientists.
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Stained Visage by fluoxetinehcl
Fandoms: On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
08 Sep 2025
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“Don't come… It's… unsightly…”
Rufus didn't want you to come, but why would you listen to him?
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A short fic when Rufus returned home after he got kidnapped twice in On The Way To A Smile, Episode Shinra.
Reading Ephemeral Dance (previous work in this series) is not required to read this.
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- Part 3 of Fluttering Glow
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Lost Traces by sherestyra
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
05 Sep 2025
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Set a year after the events of Advent Children, Cloud still remembers Aerith. To find peace, he goes on a journey to find what little traces Aerith had left behind.
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All of The Nights by fantasiesandrealities
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography: TURKS ~The Kids Are Alright~ - Nojima Kazushige
03 Aug 2025
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"Never give all the heart, for love" -w.b. yeats
Part One: Grad Night
Part Two: Reunion Night
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Calamity untamed by UnLike_Us
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
31 Jul 2025
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What if fate could be derailed? Many an attempt has been made. But perhaps they haven't derailed it far enough?
It's Nanaki's turn to attempt to save the world in his own way. He brings Sephiroth away from the world of human trouble, into the heart of Wilderness. To live a simple life.
But can destiny truly be rewritten? Or will this wild providence lead to a horror of a different kind?
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Sephiroth grows up to become an apex predator of the jungle!
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Second Chances by MisaxMisa
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography: TURKS ~The Kids Are Alright~ - Nojima Kazushige
31 Jul 2025
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When it turns out everything they went through wasn’t enough to save the planet, Cloud gets the chance to prevent the end of the world - only this time, he knows exactly what he’s doing. Sort of.
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Strangeness & Charm by SoEffortlessly for InterfaceLeader
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Lateral Biography: TURKS ~The Kids Are Alright~ - Nojima Kazushige
30 Jul 2025
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Prompt: Reno and Tifa keep getting drawn back together despite their best attempts. Both of them are trying to resist the clear unresolved tension between them, but sooner or later one will break.
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Cloudia Strife. by Afydalya
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
25 Jul 2025
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En este fanfiction Cloud Strife será una chica y un Remnant que es manipulado por Sephiroth.
- Language:
- Español
- Words:
- 187
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Hits:
- 31
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Final Fantasy VII: My Inveterate Love by CaseForStrifeAndLockhart (PleasantNightmares)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
13 Jul 2025
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The battle is over. Sephiroth is no more. But Meteor has fallen, and while the world escaped imminent annihilation, it has been left with a scar to remember. Midgar has been destroyed. Beset by horror and sadness at the sight, Tifa struggles to cope with the aftermath of their actions. Mired by grief, regret, and uncertainty, she finds her solace and her purpose in her love. One night of passion on the cusp of disaster to embolden her for the final fight. Another after, to strengthen her for the road ahead. A road she will walk with him, wherever it may lead.
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Final Fantasy VII: My Scar by CaseForStrifeAndLockhart (PleasantNightmares)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
21 Jun 2025
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In the year following Meteor's impact, Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart live alone in poverty and squalor among many thousands, striving to raise the city of Edge from the old ruins of Midgar. In this struggle, they have only their love to sustain them. In their private romance, Tifa discovers a sweet and peculiar habit of Cloud's and learns its heartfelt meaning that binds them.
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Final Fantasy VII: My Home Away From Home by CaseForStrifeAndLockhart (PleasantNightmares)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
21 Jun 2025
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A little vignette about Cloud and Tifa's life together in the years after Advent Children. Finding their peace, making a happily ever after through a daily struggle. For every hero, may they find their peace in the ones who matter most. For every love, may they find their happily-ever-after when all battles have been fought and won.
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Ride This Moment by Janeite_of_the_slums
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
30 May 2025
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Unlimited food and drinks at Seventh Heaven in exchange for a slick new ride? It’s the deal of a lifetime, but not just for Cloud. A friendly young mechanic has now become part of their lives, and he’s got a soft spot for the beautiful bartender.
Meanwhile, the bar is struggling. Tifa feels lonely, longing for the past. Cloud has a secret that’s tearing him apart. Both of them battle with fears and insecurities, some old, some new. Will a motorcycle become the wedge that drives them further apart? Or can it be the vehicle that carries them to new heights of passion?
Sequel to Lessons For Life With You. Follows events in On The Way to a Smile, Episode: Tifa.
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- Part 3 of A New Life
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 17 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
21 May 2025
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The sun rises over Kalm, casting a pale light on a village still rattled by recent events. But inside the Kalm Inn, a quieter crisis unfolds. Broden, the innkeeper and a former soldier, is up and moving — but clearly unwell. His body is fevered, his eyes distant, and his mind… somewhere else. He mutters strange things, stares into space, and insists nothing is wrong — even as everyone around him begins to worry.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,171
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 6
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 16 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
10 May 2025
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Evening falls on Kalm, but the stillness is deceptive. The town listens in stunned silence as Shinra confirms a second reactor explosion — Sector 5. The news hits like an aftershock: trembling windows, a sky lit with unnatural light, and voices across Kalm hushed in disbelief and dread.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,948
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 6
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 15 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
08 May 2025
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As news of the Midgar explosion spreads across Kalm, whispers and fear settle into every corner of town. At the Demoiselle Café, things seem quiet — until a visitor arrives: Brannic Voss, a former Shinra investigator with ties to Bluebell’s father, Larris.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,853
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 4
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 14 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
07 May 2025
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In the quiet aftermath of Midgar’s disaster, the sun rises over Kalm with a dull light, but Bluebell finds no comfort in its warmth. A conversation with her father cracks open old wounds and buried truths — memories of her mother’s death and their year in Midgar — revealing long-held secrets she can no longer ignore.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,483
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 5
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 13 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
06 May 2025
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In the quiet hours after the explosion in Midgar, Kalm falls into a tense stillness. The fires on the horizon have dimmed, but their echo lingers in the sky — and in Bluebell’s heart. Restless and sleepless, she lies awake in her room, burdened by memories, fear, and a quiet ache she can’t quite name.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,210
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 3
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 12 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
05 May 2025
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Just as peace seems to have returned to Kalm, a thunderous blast shatters the evening calm. From across the plains, a terrible glow rises over Midgar — Sector 1 has gone dark, and something massive has happened.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,184
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 7
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Demoiselle Café - Chapter 11 by phoenix_order85
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (Video Game 2023), On The Way To A Smile: Final Fantasy VII
02 May 2025
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Morning light spills into the Demoiselle Café, wrapping the space in warmth, the scent of almond cookies and roasted coffee drifting gently through the air. Kael returns, quiet and thoughtful, drawn not just by the café’s comfort but by something more elusive — the growing idea of staying.
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,172
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 2