Author: Grasshopper (A.K.A. The Undertaker's Muse)
Rated: G
Warnings: Hetero-type love.
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Challenge: Are You Game?
Prompt: Final Fantasy VII, Rude/Tifa: comparisons - He was quiet like Cloud, but that was where the similarities ended.
Spoilers: None, but set sometime post-AC or DoC.
Pairings: Rude/Tifa, past Tifa + Cloud
Summary: Cloud and Rude really were nothing alike.
Author's Notes: Grassy is made of fail. And love. So much love.
Disclaimer: All things Final Fantasy VII belong to Square-Enix. Grassy only lays claim to the plot.
Even ignoring the extreme physical differences between them, Cloud and Rude were nothing alike.
Cloud was quiet, in a brooding loner way. Rude's silence was different; part guardedness and letting actions speak more than words and part being paired off with Reno, a man who rarely felt the need to stop talking.
Cloud's strength was a combination of tenacity and science not overtly apparent to those who didn't know what to look for. Rude's power was it's own visible warning sign.
Cloud had run from Tifa's love for so long that it had changed, become less love and more family. Rude had waited for the right time to strike, then run headlong into those feelings steadfastly.
No, Cloud and Rude were nothing at all alike. And Tifa was thankful for it.
The End