Challenge 225: Familial Love

[lacunarity.livejournal.com]

Challenge: [225] Warmth
Title: Familial Love
Word Count: 225
Warnings: Vague spoilers for KHII, mainly deals with my own headcanon. (There must be some reason Leon was hiding!)


Leon's sister was crazy.

He should have figured it out when he was six and she was eight and she dressed him in ruffles and bows for the first day of school and...

He'd definitely figured it out by the time she was twelve and had said, with a beatific smile, that when she grew up, she wanted to make a place filled with joy and laughter where everyone was always happy, and that's why she wanted to be a bartender.

Everyone should have figured it out after Sephiroth--after Cloud told them he was leaving because it was dangerous to be near him, and she packed her bags and took the first ship after him. Leon discovered she'd left when he read the sticky note she'd attached to the fridge.

Leon didn't know she was back until he heard Yuffie and Aerith giggling louder than usual, and he peeked into Merlin's house and saw her with--oh God, were those photographs?

"Of course, I thought he'd look best with blue ribbons, but he was really attached to the pink, and--" She turned around and gave him a winning grin. "Welcome home!" Tifa chirped, as if he had been the one who'd been away.

Leon slammed the door shut.

Comments

[synchroshatter.livejournal.com]

I was wondering at first whether you might introduce Ellone into it, but this works so well. XD I can really see Tifa as an older sister figure to Leon (and probably prompting most of his facepalming), though it's not something that really occurred to me before. And I love the casualness of her leaving a note on the fridge to announce she'd gone after Cloud!

[lacunarity.livejournal.com]

I know the whole Tifa never interacts with anyone but Cloud and Sora's group so as to create ambiguities about whether she is indeed a person or just am embodiment of Cloud's light thing, but when I first saw the scene, my impression was "Why is Leon hiding from Tifa?" And this was literally the only answer I could come up with.

[iki-teru.livejournal.com]

oh! Tifa was such a twist! but it so works and I approve of this whole-heartedly and oh noes now it's in my head canon too what did you dooooo

This was so adorably, I especially love the bit about when he was little (Leon in ruffles!! :giggles: )

darling job, Hun!

[lacunarity.livejournal.com]

Tifa gives me the impression of someone who would be the Worst Big Sister Ever because when someone is older than you, ten times stronger than you, and wants to put you in a dress? What else can you do but hide?

[06seconds-left.livejournal.com]

Haha. This is totally not what I expected. But it's hilarious. Poor Leon. XD

[lacunarity.livejournal.com]

For some reason, making Leon's life difficult is really, really funny to me.