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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
13 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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Little Sephiroth by Anki_Carrington, LittleStar (Anki_Carrington)
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
13 Oct 2025
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Cloud had never expected to accidentally find general Sephiroth asleep while he was on laundry duty, having fully thought that the man wasn't in his living quarters at the time.
What he had expected even less was the discovery that the general, the demon of Wutai, the strongest SOLDIER of them all, was apparently a little, the knowledge top secret.
Finding no caregiver to take care of the regressed Sephiroth, Cloud finds that he has little choice but to stay with him until he gets big, giving Sephiroth a taste of how life would be with someone who cares near.
After that evening, he finds himself craving more of that, and offering Cloud a deal, he finds himself with a caregiver, showing him a world of kindness and gentleness he had never experienced before. -
how to kill you, how to kill me by myrcellasblue
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII
13 Oct 2025
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You survived. Somehow. Everyone else is gone—swallowed up in the final battle against Sephiroth—and the only one left standing beside you is Cloud. Not because you chose each other, not because you want to. But because grief is cruel, and fate is crueler.
You’re stuck together, bound not by affection but by loss. You fight, you hate, you tear each other open because it’s easier than facing what’s missing. And yet, somewhere in the ashes of what you both destroyed, something else begins to take shape. Not tenderness, not forgiveness—but something just as dangerous.
“I love it when you threaten to kill me. Because every time you don’t just tells me how much you don’t want to.”
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Promises Not Hollowed (Novel Edition) by Yangu_Fuyu_Nemiko
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
10 Oct 2025
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OG/Rebirth/ACC+DOC spoilers.
Zack takes it upon himself once he realised Aerith’s attempt to change things went badly. Too bad that he doesn’t exactly tell Cloud this. Or Tifa, and Denzel, who just happened to accidentally come along for the ride to Zack throwing Cloud back to when in time they could make a difference. They’ll be fine, he’s sure. Cloud, on the other hand, has words for his best friend. They rhyme with that could he, maybe not? (He doubts Zack is going to listen, either way).Series
- Part 1 of Promises Not Hollowed
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Between the Skates and Ice by ellia_teh
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
01 Oct 2025
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Cloud Strife might be the golden boy on the ice, but when it comes to Tifa Lockhart, he’s always been a disaster. Between fangirl drama at school, late nights hanging out in her family’s bar over chicken wings and fruit punch, and the countless times he’s had to play “fake boyfriend” to get creeps off her back, Tifa’s never realized how much he’s been holding her up. But when a fight cracks her open and leads to a teary confession, the childhood friends find themselves tangled in blankets on her living room sofa, too wrapped up in each other to notice her parents snooping. Cue awkward celebrations, embarrassing scolding, and the realization that maybe—just maybe—they’ve always been each other’s forever. A rom-com with wings, fruit punch, hockey drama, and a whole lot of heart.
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bitter medicine by kingcowb0y
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
29 Sep 2025
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19 December 0006. Shinra mansion, Nibelheim.
you already know what happens after that, don't you?
you know this story. you know how it ends.[aka cloud whump mindbreak fic where not only do i make cloudy suffer but i try to kill the readers too. journey to midgar/crisis-core era. tapping the unreliable narrator sign so hard it's irrevocably dented. if this fic drives you insane let me know]
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- Part 1 of say it, if it's over
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Shifted by K0ta
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
17 Sep 2025
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You are a young adult who seems to be stuck in life with no way out. You are at a dead end service job, no social life, and a very poor relationship with your family. One night after a bad day you wake up in a whole new world. A world you seem to already know.
Can you save this world knowing the events that are about to happen, do you fall in love with the people around you, do you finally find that missing piece in your life? But. How do you get home, how will you ever split from this place where you find yourself again, to the real world.
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at his feet, my bed of roses by KelpietheThundergod for silentsaint
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
16 Sep 2025
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“Did you get all of them?” Master asks.
Cloud lifts his head and nods eagerly.
He got all of the monsters!
Praise him, now?
Praise, please?
Master smiles down at him and strokes Cloud’s head.
“Good boy.”
Cloud pushes up into the touch and preens.
He was good!
“Come.”
Master turns to leave and Cloud eagerly hurries after him. After a few moments, Master slows down, as if remembering that Cloud’s legs are shorter than his. That allows Cloud to catch up to Master, so he can walk by his side.
Where he belongs.
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Rebirth Retold by WitchyLane
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
09 Sep 2025
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You thought if you stayed on your own, embraced the bitter loneliness that forever contained, and used your skills to help the people of Gaia as you wandered from town to town that maybe the sins of the past would begin to fade. And when you take your last breath on this Planet the scars you’ve inflicted would disappear alongside you. At least that was the hope. Though you aren’t really sure anymore. Maybe there was a better way to set things right.
You told yourself you’d accompany them until they arrived at the saucer, return to your work, and consider it another job well done, but with every day, even though it’s only been two short weeks, you find yourself wishing that you would never have to leave them.
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Standing on My Toes. (For You). by AcornNattoTheSquirrel_1
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
27 Aug 2025
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It's a couple days before the third anniversary of Aerith's passing. Although Cloud no longer blames himself, the hole she left behind is still large. But, he's come to accept that she isn't coming back, she's gone forever.
Imagine Cloud's surprise upon arriving to the Sector 5 Church, and finding Aerith laying in her flower bed. She's alive. Under mysterious circumstances. However, her revival comes with a price. She cannot walk, and requires a wheelchair to get around.
Cloud and Aerith fall for each other all over again, as Cloud steps in to take care of her.
[Inspired by a Clerith manga written by Krudears]
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- Part 23 of My Clerith Fics!
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Her Secrets, Her Vengence by StarryDance
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
10 Aug 2025
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Cloti AU - Upon discovering that her twin sister has taken her own life, Tifa embarks on a quest for vengeance. In the process, she also seeks to clear her father's name. Will Tifa succeed in her mission, or will she fall short?
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Beyond the SOLDIER’s Gaze by 831Tea
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
01 Aug 2025
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Five years ago, Zack disappeared—presumed dead. But the truth is far darker. As the shadows of their past collide, Cloud Strife must decide if the man before him is the hero he remembers—or a haunted stranger bearing the burden of survival. For both, survival is only the beginning of their battle.
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Can We Do it All Over Again by Bigfoot_in_the_Air
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
31 Jul 2025
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Zack dreams of scientists, death, and a spiky haired human. Slowly, as Zack realizes these dreams are the future, he becomes determined to ensure he lives, to never leave that spiky human’s side.
A Zack lives AU.
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Some Things Can't Be Erased by 831Tea
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
30 Jul 2025
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Zack Fair didn’t die outside Midgar. Shinra made sure of that...
Now, months later, Cloud comes face to face with a mask-wearing enforcer sent to eliminate high-threat targets. A perfect weapon, they say. Emotionless. Reconditioned.
But no matter how many memories they wiped, Cloud knows one thing:
“Only he ever called me Cloudy-Sky.”
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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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i miss you (come here) by lilionthehighwind
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
10 Jul 2025
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Once best friends, now near strangers — Cloud and Tifa have grown into different versions of themselves. She’s the golden girl of their senior class; he’s the boy always walking away from a fight. But when their paths collide again, old memories resurface, new feelings grow, and the line between past and future starts to blur.
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Another Cloti Highschool AU
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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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Sick days by Fantasticoncer for TheOneWithWritersBlock, Red_Feather (Ze_Red_Feather)
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
10 Jun 2025
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No matter how strong (or stubborn) you are everyone gets sick eventually and it sucks, but it can suck less when you have loving partners looking after you
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How each of the five members in the strangest relationship on the planet got sick/injured and how they and the others around them dealt with it.
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At Least You Have Us, Seph by Canis_Major73
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
04 Jun 2025
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There's a bug going around at Midgar General Hospital, the very one Sephiroth works at. He's the chief of surgery and ends up catching it. Sephiroth is stubborn and he pushes himself to his limits, stepping out of a surgery midway, handing it off to the on-site surgeons. Noctis ends up finding him in the second floor stairwell, half conscious. He calls the four listed under Sephiroth's emergency numbers, telling them what had happened.
Cloud and Zack arrive first, then followed by Angeal and Genesis.
In the end, they take their stubborn boyfriend home.