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A college campus is the setting for Vampire Kisses and where Cloud "I'm so emo" Strife and Sephiroth the Doombringer first cross paths. It’s love at first sight, but as they become closer, Cloud discovers that Sephiroth has a horrifying secret – he’s a vampire doomed to a bloodthirsty immortality!
Although Cloud senses danger beneath his soft-spoken manner, and even after Sephiroth himself warns her away, Cloud is drawn to this creature of the night and loves him as she has loved no other.
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Spying a dusty red binding on the lower shelf, Cloud pulled at the tightly wedged volume. Unbeknownst to her, her jostling had caused a book to dislodge and tumble from its precarious position on the top shelf. Then she heard it – the sound of a sudden movement and leather against flesh. She looked up, surprised.
“What?” her blue eyes widened as she took in the sight.
“If I startled you, my apologies.” The man in dark silk smiled at her through electric blue eyes and then reached up toward the skewed shelf, adjusted it, and returned the book. His voice was like his clothing, soft, rich, almost beckoning. The dim light fell gently on his silver hair and shoulders. Impossibly wide shoulders...
Cloud felt her heart skip a beat; how picturesque. His arms seemed not to stretch as he reached to resettle the shelf. Watching from below, comprehension dawned, she tucked her blonde hair behind her ears in nervousness. Ah, the noise. She eyed the angle, and a shudder wracked her body. The whole shelf could have toppled were it not for this curious stranger. She had to clear her throat before she could speak, her mind filled with images of heavy, sharp-cornered objects landing on her head. “Thanks for the rescue,” Cloud said. Then with a grin added, “Quick hands.”
“Only when there is need, I assure you.” Sephiroth the Doombringer smiled, teeth reflecting bright in the dusty air, those broad shoulders casting a shadow over Cloud. He nodded in what might almost have been considered a bow and then turned sideways and was gone. One moment there, the next he’d vanished as though he’d never been...
“What?” her blue eyes widened as she took in the sight.
“If I startled you, my apologies.” The man in dark silk smiled at her through electric blue eyes and then reached up toward the skewed shelf, adjusted it, and returned the book. His voice was like his clothing, soft, rich, almost beckoning. The dim light fell gently on his silver hair and shoulders. Impossibly wide shoulders...
Cloud felt her heart skip a beat; how picturesque. His arms seemed not to stretch as he reached to resettle the shelf. Watching from below, comprehension dawned, she tucked her blonde hair behind her ears in nervousness. Ah, the noise. She eyed the angle, and a shudder wracked her body. The whole shelf could have toppled were it not for this curious stranger. She had to clear her throat before she could speak, her mind filled with images of heavy, sharp-cornered objects landing on her head. “Thanks for the rescue,” Cloud said. Then with a grin added, “Quick hands.”
“Only when there is need, I assure you.” Sephiroth the Doombringer smiled, teeth reflecting bright in the dusty air, those broad shoulders casting a shadow over Cloud. He nodded in what might almost have been considered a bow and then turned sideways and was gone. One moment there, the next he’d vanished as though he’d never been...
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A lascivious grin was spoiled by the frothy mustache Zack wore; cross-eyed, she glared at it, twisting up her mouth, remnants of her latte still clinging to her lips.
“Do stop licking your lips that way; some man might get the right idea about you, and then where would you be?” Cloud was only half kidding, blue eyes ablaze.
“Where every cat longs to be, my sweet innocent little bookworm. Completely in the cream.” She batted her eyelashes outrageously making Cloud laugh.
“So, your date last night?”
“Oh, it was perfect. A perfect catastrophe,” Zack grinned. “I told you he was in the adult education program, right?” She waited for Cloud to nod, all-the-while choking on her own laughter. “Well, we finally got around to talking about what he studies.” Giggles began to emerge, making her slur her words. “That yummy little Brad-Pitt-in-Thelma-and-Louise I was drooling over is here studying to become a priest!”
“Oh, no!” Cloud sat back and burst into laughter of her own. “What did you do?”
“Oh, I merely suggested that an in-depth knowledge of temptation and sin might help in his work. I even offered to give him a guided tour.”
“You didn’t!” It was purely rhetorical; knowing Zack, Cloud was quite sure she had. “What did he say?”
“I thought I heard ‘get thee behind me’, but he was running the other way, so I could be wrong.”
If Cloud hadn’t already finished her drink, she’d have choked...
“Do stop licking your lips that way; some man might get the right idea about you, and then where would you be?” Cloud was only half kidding, blue eyes ablaze.
“Where every cat longs to be, my sweet innocent little bookworm. Completely in the cream.” She batted her eyelashes outrageously making Cloud laugh.
“So, your date last night?”
“Oh, it was perfect. A perfect catastrophe,” Zack grinned. “I told you he was in the adult education program, right?” She waited for Cloud to nod, all-the-while choking on her own laughter. “Well, we finally got around to talking about what he studies.” Giggles began to emerge, making her slur her words. “That yummy little Brad-Pitt-in-Thelma-and-Louise I was drooling over is here studying to become a priest!”
“Oh, no!” Cloud sat back and burst into laughter of her own. “What did you do?”
“Oh, I merely suggested that an in-depth knowledge of temptation and sin might help in his work. I even offered to give him a guided tour.”
“You didn’t!” It was purely rhetorical; knowing Zack, Cloud was quite sure she had. “What did he say?”
“I thought I heard ‘get thee behind me’, but he was running the other way, so I could be wrong.”
If Cloud hadn’t already finished her drink, she’d have choked...
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Sephiroth sighed. He longed to go to Cloud, to comfort her, to caress her, but he could not, and so he remained outside, just below her window, watching and listening. He thought of her silky blonde hair and dancing blue eyes. His mouth filled with the bittersweet taste of longing. The first flush of dawn chased him away, but before he left, he thrust a note beneath her window sash.
I have watched from the shadows;
you are brighter than sunlight.
It might have been more poetic than literal, but he meant it truly; hers was a warmth that would not burn him to ash – though it did seem to have seared its way into his heart.
I have watched from the shadows;
you are brighter than sunlight.
It might have been more poetic than literal, but he meant it truly; hers was a warmth that would not burn him to ash – though it did seem to have seared its way into his heart.
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Sephiroth looked at Cloud, blue eyes bright with passion; his hands shook. “Are you sure?”
She took his face in her hands, drew him near for a kiss as she gazed into his blue eyes. His fangs fully extended; she traced them with her tongue, loving the taste of him. “I am.” It felt like a vow. “I love you.” Cloud ran her fingers through his silver hair then pulled him to her.
He stood it as long as he could, then another moment longer. But finally he had to move, or come undone.
Sephiroth trailed kisses along her collarbone, nibbled her earlobe, making his way to the nape of her neck. Cloud moaned beneath his attention, the sound making him shake with yearning, thirst, desire, and love. He hesitated for one eternal moment, fangs extended to their full length, throbbing, dripping the essence of his need onto Cloud, her perfect skin glistening in the dim light. Slowly, but with nothing of uncertainty – he bit down not quite tenderly, knowing she would enjoy the feel of his teeth – but carefully to cause no pain. His fangs sank within her, pressed home, revealing incredible sensations for both lovers, a new consummation. Her heartbeat raced through them both. Cloud kept her back straight and her shoulders remained still, but her thighs and hips rolled sensuously as music moved through her and her blood sang...
She took his face in her hands, drew him near for a kiss as she gazed into his blue eyes. His fangs fully extended; she traced them with her tongue, loving the taste of him. “I am.” It felt like a vow. “I love you.” Cloud ran her fingers through his silver hair then pulled him to her.
He stood it as long as he could, then another moment longer. But finally he had to move, or come undone.
Sephiroth trailed kisses along her collarbone, nibbled her earlobe, making his way to the nape of her neck. Cloud moaned beneath his attention, the sound making him shake with yearning, thirst, desire, and love. He hesitated for one eternal moment, fangs extended to their full length, throbbing, dripping the essence of his need onto Cloud, her perfect skin glistening in the dim light. Slowly, but with nothing of uncertainty – he bit down not quite tenderly, knowing she would enjoy the feel of his teeth – but carefully to cause no pain. His fangs sank within her, pressed home, revealing incredible sensations for both lovers, a new consummation. Her heartbeat raced through them both. Cloud kept her back straight and her shoulders remained still, but her thighs and hips rolled sensuously as music moved through her and her blood sang...
For the record, I'm really not a fan of the Sephiroth/Cloud pairing, I just got it in my head and couldn't think of anything else.
: a little intellectual repartee...
