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no matter any weather

[ It’s funny how things come full circle, sometimes. They’d been on holiday in Costa del Sol when Zack pulled the fantasy of working a little farm together out of thin air. Now they’re moving everything into the little farm they’ve bought for cheap because the previous owners won big at the Gold Saucer, wanted to sell up and move to Costa del Sol. So lucky, it’s like something straight out of a dream. Fitting, since the process of getting here had seemed like a nightmare.

It started with Wutai. No, it should have started with Wutai. All those people who just wanted to live their lives on their own land, and Shinra sent in SOLDIER to make sure that didn’t happen. And Zack had done as he was told; loved it, even, thinking only of impressing Director Lazard. But then there’d been that girl who tried to scam him, sending him off to find materia, and it was only after Zack had made her cry a couple times that he started asking questions. Like, what did a little kid need all that materia for anyway, and where were all the adults in her life when she was out trying to swindle a member of Shinra’s elite fighting force?

He'd gone to Angeal hoping to be talked out of his doubts. That? Had not happened. What happened was a fast track to honorable discharge (with documentation that Zack strongly suspects was faked, because Shinra doesn’t let anyone go easy) for him and Cloud both, money that Angeal had said he wasn’t going to need with a funny sort of smile on his face. Zack hadn’t understood, but by the end of Angeal’s explanation he’d been in tears, and never more grateful that Cloud, at least, had never made it into SOLDIER. Although even if he had, it probably wouldn’t have stopped him from looking like he was going to faint when Angeal gave them both goodbye hugs and told them to live well.

He'll never forget it, but it seems very far away now. They didn’t have a lot of possessions to move. The farm equipment was included in the sale, and the house on the land is small but cosy; lots of polished wood surfaces, a fireplace in the living room, faded floral curtains that the owner had said would need to be replaced, but that Zack kind of likes. Best of all is the little stable with a pair of work chocobos; they’d been wary of Zack, fluffing up their feathers to seem bigger, but when Cloud had gone in and quietly said hi to them it had only taken about ten minutes for one of them to nestle her head in against Cloud’s neck and the look on his face had made it all worth it.

Tomorrow, he’ll be planting all day. There’s a tiny crop of corn and greens for chocobo feed, but the rest of the fields have lain fallow since the old owners made their plans to get out. It’s gonna take work to get it running profitably, but it’ll be good work. Honest. And he’ll have Cloud here with him; Cloud, who has just put down the last box and is standing there looking around the room like he can’t quite believe it. Zack can; he believes in this, because he believes in Cloud. He walks over and loops his arms around him from behind, nuzzles his face into Cloud’s hair. ]

Welcome home.

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[ stop!! no! that isn't what he meant!

because that praise wriggles underneath his skin and glows, makes the blood in cloud's veins simmer with want. and that kiss only makes it worse, because zack knows just how to pour in everything he's brimming with until it makes cloud feel like he's going to overflow.

and then? that. that. cloud goes from pink to red, blue eyes going wider and then breaking off eye contact entirely. so much for being cool! ]

Yeah. [ it's all he can manage. ] Yeah.

[ Okay, he was kinda clowning around, but seeing the effect it has on Cloud melts him. He knows Cloud knows he loves him and thinks he's the hottest ever, but he still gets so flustered when he hears it! It's gorgeous, and Zack leans in for one more kiss, lingering and sweet, before he reaches to snag the lube. He's still pretty horny, after all. But not so horny that he he can bring himself to move away. With their height difference, it's easy so stay pressed to Cloud, kissing his mouth and his cheek as he spills lube on his fingers, sends his hand down to slip between Cloud's legs. He doesn't need to look to find his target, presses a warm, open kiss against Cloud's neck as he starts stroking there, slick circling with his fingertips. ]

You're gonna feel so good. You always do.

[ at least the kiss makes him untuck himself! just a little, but enough so that he can lean up and steal another one once zack settles back against him again.

and that touch between his legs makes him sigh, thighs falling open and body relaxing into the touch. trusting, and the trust always comes so easy because it's zack. ]

Because. [ shyly, pressing another kiss to the corner of zack's mouth. ] We're supposed to be like this. Together, you and me.

Made for each other. A perfect fit.

[ And what a fit it is! He chases that little kiss, catches Cloud's mouth with his own as he presses, feels one finger slip inside. Tight and hot enough to make his breath catch, but easy enough that he thinks maybe he was right on the money when he teased Cloud before. And that's good; good to know he made Cloud feel so good that he's all relaxed, good to know that Cloud trusts him enough to let him in like this.

But being all tangled up in warm feelings doesn't stop him from wanting to make sure their first night in their new home is a memorable one. Almost as soon as he has that finger inside Cloud he's stroking, seeking out his prostate. No sense in making this all business, right? ]

[ he moans as zack slides that first finger inside, a little shudder thrilling up his spine. but then zack hooks the touch up, pressing, and cloud breaks the kiss with a stifled little gasp as the pad of his finger rubs right up against his prostate. he's still sensitive after the recent orgasm, enough to feel everything that much more. and maybe it means he should be less greedy, but who's fault is that? zack was the one making all those big promises. ]

Zack. [ nipping at his lower lip, rolling his hips down against that finger. ] Not enough.

Fuck, Cloud. You sound so good like that.

[ More, then. Another finger, a little twist of his wrist as he slides the two of them home. He's so soft inside, so good, and Zack shifts until he can bite gently at Cloud's ear as he sets to stroking inside him again. ]

You're always so polite. Such a good guy. But then you get greedy with me and it makes me makes me so goddamn hot for you. Makes me wanna give you everything you want, all the time.

Shit.

[ a bitten-off little curse, biting down hard on his lower lip as zack slides that second finger inside. still nothing compared to the way zack feels inside him, but enough to make the heat flutter at the pit of his belly. ]

Yeah? [ breathy, low. ] So why don't you?

Already?

[ He laughs, low and dirty but full of admiration. That's his Cloud, alright. He kisses Cloud as he slips his fingers out, halfway to an apology for having to withdraw just to slick himself with lube. Just doing that makes him suck air, both at the touch and the thought of how much better it's about to be. Moves until he can slot himself between Clouds thighs, lines up - ]

I love you.

[ - and says the thing that's most important to him in the world before he presses in, and the heat and pressure of it steals his ability to say anything at all for a second. For all that he teased Cloud he's just like he always is, perfect, good enough to narrow the whole world down to just the two of them at the first press. And Zack takes it all the way - slow, but one smooth slide until he's buried deep. ]

Cloud.

[ zack settles down between his legs, and --

fuck.

it's not like it's new. zack is always saying it to him, telling him he loves him, especially in bed. but there's something about the sound of those words coupled with that first inward slide that always hits cloud right in the most tender places; makes something bloom inside his chest that aches so good he could almost cry.

and when zack is finally settled inside him, deep, exactly where he belongs, cloud slides his arms around those broad shoulders and leans up for another kiss. ] I love you.

[ but, because he also loves to egg zack right along: ]

This is how you're gonna do it once you marry me? [ a whisper against zack's mouth, like it's a secret someone might overhear. ]

Just like this, baby. Gotta let my new husband know how much he means to me.

[ It's big talk, considering hearing that from Cloud made Zack's dick throb. Is there such thing as a marriage kink? Getting extra horny for the idea of forever with the person you love?

If there is, this isn't the time to dwell on it. He starts slow, the long draw out before he presses back in, hissing a sigh at the way it lets him feel that tight pressure along every inch of his cock. Rolls his hips once he's buried deep again, making sure Cloud feels every inch of him, trying to make him as caught up in it as Zack is himself. ]

I wanna do it every way with you. Figure out new ways, just for you.

[ ah, shit. that one kinda backfired.

husband gets cloud in ways he wasn't expecting -- in ways he wasn't even prepared to expect, really. hooks its claws into him and digs into something tender, makes his breath hitch in a way that has nothing to do with the first slow rolls of zack's hips.

well. almost nothing. ]

Zack. [ it's a sigh, a prayer. awed and adoring. it doesn't matter that zack is the only one he's ever been with -- it couldn't be like this with anyone else, and cloud knows it in his bones. no one else could match the way zack's weight presses him into the mattress, the way his broad body cages cloud in, the way his cock stretches him so good it makes cloud's brain buzz in his skull. and no one else could be as sweet to him while they do it, tell him they love him and call him husband and promise him everything, all so earnest it makes cloud's heart ache. ] Just you.

[ parroting it back, because he can't get out everything inside him, but he needs zack to know some of it. ] It's just you, it's always you.

Just you. [ An echo, if an echo didn't sound hollow. More like a reflection. A promise, to take the way Cloud makes him feel and make sure he feels that too, always. Adored, loved, precious. ] You, forever.

[ The feel of Cloud is so good, always so good, but like this? Not just wrapped in the love they have for each other, but with a whole bright future spilling out ahead of them? It's almost too much. He ducks his head to kiss Cloud, long and lingering as the roll of his hips moves into something more defined, picking up a rhythm. Every press in like a dream, the pleasure of it flooding him. ]

You feel so good. I love you so much.

[ zack kisses him, long and slow, until cloud feels drunk off it. and as that rhythm builds, his body moves to match it -- he wraps his legs around zack's waist to let him press deeper, breaking the kiss with a thready little moan the next time zack sinks into him. ]

Z-Zack, you feel -- [ there aren't words for it. zack fills him up like cloud was made to take him, and it's so good he can hardly bear it. when he pulls out, it's almost like cloud can feel his own body trying to cling to him and keep him, and when he presses back in? he's up against all the right spots, so good it always feels like there's a risk of cloud's brain melting right out of his ears. ] Need it, need you.

I'm all yours, Cloud.

[ Beautiful to hear, but it feels like a request. Faster, then - and that's good too, because it means the aching moments when he draws out and his body damn near screams to be back inside Cloud are shorter, the rush as he slides back in coming faster, pulling little gasps from him. Cloud clings to him, and he loves that too; not just for the way it lets every thrust go deeper, the way the position seems to draw Cloud's body impossibly tighter so that every slide sings through him, but for the way it shows him that Cloud loves it - that Cloud needs this just as much as he does. ]

[ that hits him with all the force of a physical punch — makes him moan a ragged sound, body trying to arch up despite zack’s weight settled over him. it should be impossible. for someone as brilliant and golden and amazing as zack to belong to someone like cloud — to want to belong to someone like cloud. and maybe it’s selfish, maybe it’s greedy, but maybe cloud is both those things and more, because he wants it. ]

You’re mine. [ nails digging into zack’s shoulders, possessive. ] Like I’m yours.

Fuck, Zack, you’re so —

Yes.

[ He's Cloud's, and Cloud is his, and nothing can change that. The thought already spurs him on, but the way Cloud grabs at him the sweet, faint burn of Cloud's nails in his skin - it drives him wild. He said he wanted to make love to Cloud and it is, it'll always be making love because their love infuses everything - but with the things Cloud is saying and the way he feels burning through Zack, his hips don't get the memo. They ramp up, pistoning, until the movement is much closer to fucking. ]

You're so good, Cloud, you always feel so fucking good -

[ it should be too much. too good, because it feels like one person shouldn’t be able to feel this much without shattering. but zack grounds him, holds cloud together the way he always does, and that’s why it’s safe for cloud to lose himself.

he cries out as zack drives into him, head falling back against the pillows and eyes squeezing shut. the feeling of it is lightning inside him, electric and brilliant and all-consuming, and cloud is wild with greed for more. ]

Zack, Zack, Zack, please, I need —

[ to be pushed off that edge and shattered into pieces, because there’s nothing sweeter than the way zack puts him back together afterwards. ]

[ Zack knows. Knows what Cloud needs, knows what he wants when he sounds like that. Zack needs it too - the way they can just lose themselves like this, tangled up in each other. He shifts a little, angles himself so every thrust is gonna hit Cloud right where it counts. It makes him crazy, like this - hearing Cloud like that, feeling him like that, the way he clutches at Zack with his arms and his legs and the narrow fit of his body and begs for more like everything he's doing isn't just about perfectly designed to make Zack lose it.

Cloud's always so careful, so polite, and Zack loves being the person he lets all that down for. He rewards it the best way he knows how; trying to give Cloud so much it's too much and letting him break apart in his arms. It's searing through Zack now, but if SOLDIER taught him to ignore his breaking point he'll have his revenge by using that to make something beautiful. ]

Gorgeous. You're so damn beautiful -

[ zack shifts, and that next thrust hits cloud just right. and then the next one and then the next one and then the one after that, until it’s just a merciless hammering of pleasure that makes cloud feel like he’s going to go crazy. he cries out, voice wrecked and raw, arms and legs trying to cling to zack like there’s a risk of drowning otherwise.

and he’s never ready for it to be over, not even when the high is the most perfect thing he’s ever felt, but there’s no hope of holding on like this. a few more thrusts, and cloud shatters, every muscle tensed and trembling and tight like the strings of some secret instrument. ]

Zack! Zack, Zack, Zack… [ chanting it like a prayer. ]

That's it, baby, just like that, I need you so much, you feel so fucking good when you come, so tight around my cock, I love you so much, you feel so good -

[ Babble, worshipful interspersed with the vulgar. Like always, the sounds Cloud makes drive him wild, and the way Cloud clenches around him like he's trying to pull him over that edge too, like they're always meant to share in it drags him right to the brink. But Cloud's in a mood tonight and Zack has just enough gas left in the tank to draw it out, make sure that Cloud breaks just right. He keeps fucking, and there's no mercy in it; not for Cloud who he knows well enough to know is always extra sensitive after Zack makes him come like this, inside rather than by touching his dick, and not for Zack who is so filled with the sizzling, sparking pleasure of it that he feels like he's going to catch fire or lose his mind, or both. Cloud is a fire he walks into willingly, and ocean he longs to drown in, all the better because he knows after it all there's always the safety of each other. He fucks Cloud like it's their last chance at it, safe in the knowledge they have forever. ]

[ cloud comes, and zack keeps fucking him right through that orgasm and all the way through to the other side, and maybe cloud really is going to go crazy. like this, with his muscles still helplessly tensed and spasming, it feels like zack is twice as big inside him, and every thrust fills cloud’s skull with a blinding spear of bright white light. ]

Zack! [ it’s practically a wail, and cloud might feel embarrassed about it if zack wasn’t fucking all his brain cells straight into a short circuit. he curses, blunted nails dragging little pink lines down zack’s back as cloud tries to find purchase on his sweat-slick skin, heels digging into the small of his back. ]

I can’t — [ choked off, keening, desperate. it feels good, and it feels like he’s going to break, and it’s too much, and he needs it so, so bad. ] I can’t, I can’t, Zack, p-please…!

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You can, Cloud, baby, you can, I love you so fucking much -

[ He takes it as far as he can, past the sweet burn of Cloud's nails raking down his back, the pressure of the heels, the wail. Driving into Cloud deep and hard, over and over, until the pleasure of it consumes him utterly and the bare thread that was holding him together snaps. He comes so hard it makes him dizzy, his vision a kaleidoscope of Cloud's gorgeous face, flushed and sweaty and taut with sensation. It crashes over him, a wave that drags him straight to the depths, and just as he thinks he's going to come up for air the way Cloud is still clenching around him sends him back down again. He makes a noise that's halfway to a howl, animalistic. He drives himself home, one last time, deep as he can go for the final wave of it, and chokes out Cloud's name. ]

[ zack tells him that he can, and suddenly, it’s cloud’s only fucking truth. he’s falling, but it’s okay, because zack is with him.

cloud knows he must sound absolutely wrecked, but he’s past the point of caring. there’s nothing in the universe but zack — above him, inside him, pouring love and worship down over him until every inch of cloud is filled. and then zack is coming, pressed as deep inside cloud as he can go, and impossibly? cloud feels himself trip off the edge of another orgasm he didn’t even realize was there, sinking his teeth into zack’s shoulder as the pleasure tears itself out of him. ]

[ If Zack was still capable of speech, he'd have something to say about that. Cloud, baby, is that for me? or so good, so good for me, I knew you could do it. He isn't. Cloud bites down on the meat of his shoulder, seizes around his cock, and the tail end of his orgasm winds into something so brutally intoxicating he sees stars. He forgets to breathe, the trick of it only coming back to him when he's wrung-out, drained, and collaspes against Cloud fully, slurring something that is definitely supposed to be Cloud's name. ]

Beautiful. Love you. So much.

[ he’s trembling the way he used to in those early days after zack would put him through a brutal workout, breath coming in little hiccuping pants. still clinging to zack like there’s some risk of losing him if he doesn’t, face buried in the crook of zack’s neck and shoulder as his body slowly winds itself down.

the low rumble of zack’s voice is soothing, helps him mellow into afterglow. and cloud thinks that this would be a very appropriate time to say something — holy shit or i love you or maybe just thank you. but when he tries to remember how words work, the only thing that comes out is a blissed out little: ] Mmnn.

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