#Denzel ff7

[finalfivecarts]

Marlene and Denzel going through the universal experience of adults in your life dropping a part of their Doofenshmirtz backstory

[thirstywaffles]

Dad cloud

[seilidare]

I FORGOT TO POST CLOUD’S BIRTHDAY ART HERE

[little-black-dress-zack-fair]

Cloud: *out in the field making deliveries*

Cloud: *texting with Zack* Love, I'm working I can't talk

Zack: Sunshine, please I have a shadow

Cloud: What?

Zack: *sends several pictures of Denzel stalking him in the background*

Cloud: Oh he's revisiting his clingy era

Zack: I haven't known peace for the last two days please come home

Zack: *sends pictures of Marlene joining Denzel in stalking him*

Cloud: Adorable

Zack: NO PEACE

[mooglemarauder]

idk if I'll ever write this properly, but back on the "post AC Tifa and Genesis friendship" agenda, it would be really cute with Genesis trying to grow a Banora tree in Edge

At first it was just bringing an dumbapple back with him to the bar, but then Tifa turns it into a learning moment for Denzel and Marlene by cutting the apple and showing them the seeds.

Genesis saw too many of Angeal's sprouts end up wilting in Midgar to think it will do anything, but he's also got too much knowledge on proper dumbapple care between his parents orchard and Angeal info dumping him. He takes Tifa's seeds and starts properly propagating them.

He sets up the pot near a window warning Tifa that in his experience, dumbapples struggle in this climate. Tifa just says that the seeds were a gift, so it's up to her what to do with them. She chooses to have a little hope in them.

Despite all of Genesis' predictions and warnings, the sprout survives.

Tifa follows Genesis' care instructions by. the. book. She's watering and fertilizing the tree on. a. schedule. Cloud jokes one day that the tree is the third kid they've taken in.

Denzel and Marlene get into a fight on what to do when the dumbapple plant wilts over only for Genesis to inform them that that's a normal thing for dumbapple trees to do as they mature.

Genesis absolutely ugly cries when the tree flowers for the first time.

Tifa and Genesis brainstorm all the different products that they can make with the fruit. Genesis offers to recreate some of his old designs from his families' orchard. He's imagining Tifa naming a drink in the bar after him while Tifa is thinking of all of the apple sauce she can distribute to new families in Edge.

Regardless, the first fruit is shared with family.

[flummoxx]

bugenhagen….what a name

[theghostavocadoe]

FUCK YOU domestic Remnants of Sephiroth + AC fam headcanons

After being brought into the household by a very disgruntled Cloud and a Mom Instinct Tifa, the Remnants were quickly indoctrinated into their funky found family.

Their first few days were spent shopping for new clothes, accessories, furniture, and other various goodies for their room

Speaking of their room, they all share a single room, but with three separate beds. Cloud's policy is that if they're too pissed off with each other to sleep in the same room, they can sleep on the couch.

They each have their own coffee mug. Loz's has a cat face on it. Yazoo's is one of those mugs that changes colors when a hot liquid is poured into it that looks like a battery being charged. And Kadaj's just says FUCK OFF in sparkly cursive font.

Marlene is quick to forgive and even quicker to get along with the three of them. Denzel, not so much; he's still got a big grudge over being literally mind controlled, which is fair.

Loz is the quickest to befriend everybody because he's got a big heart and is just happy to have a roof over his head. He also feels a bit bad about beating up Tifa, so he jumps on any opportunity to help her with things like cooking or carrying an obscene amount of grocery bags.

Yazoo is second for everyone to warm up to because he's quiet and polite. He mostly just sits and reads during his free time. One time, when she felt confident enough, Marlene just walked up to him and climbed into his lap. He didn't mind at all and she ended up falling asleep there.

Kadaj, as expected, took the longest to adjust. He needed a lot of time to get over his grudges and realize everything about Mother and Sephiroth was pointless. Once he did warm up, though, it was like a flip switched.

His confidence skyrocketed. He made jokes. He laughed. He was happy. Loz and Yazoo were completely unbothered, as if this was normal, but everyone else was shocked. When he was asked about it, Kadaj just shrugged and said he didn't want to waste his time pretending to be negative anymore.

He definitely still has his moments and his mood swings. But otherwise, he was content.

Now for the more fun headcanons:

Yazoo is an absolute fiend for garlic bread. Or anything garlic in general. He could kill a vampire just by standing near it.

Loz assesses everything by sniffing it first.

When they start to get along, Kadaj and Denzel start an ongoing game of punchies.

Loz forces everyone in the family to play card games with him at least once.

Yazoo is overall great with children. Any time he goes out near the local orphanage, the children flock to him with average children questions while begging to touch his hair.

Tifa and Yazoo help brush each other's hair sometimes. Tifa even puts Yazoo's hair in a little braid from time to time.

During the holidays, putting up the tree is a collective effort. At one point Kadaj climbs on Loz's shoulder to try and put the star on the top, which almost pushes the tree over and gives Cloud a heart attack.

Kadaj hangs around Cloud when he's working on Fenrir and is often forced to fetch tools or hold flashlights for him.

The remnants all go with Cloud whenever he visits the church so that they can thank Aerith for giving them another chance.

When the rest of the gang visits, Loz has a blast with Cait Sith and Red XIII, Kadaj has a heated debate with Cid, and Yazoo and Vincent stand in the Antisocial Corner to quietly talk.

[rottenpumpkin13]

WHAT IF..... Their world gets hacked, and now everything CC!Cloud touches just gets deleted from the game? (Cloud obivously doesn't know this at first until he starts to make a dozen things disappear)

*Cloud touches his cup of coffee and it disappears*

Zack: I told you to stop doing that! You don't know where those things are going.

Cloud: Relax, I'm pretty sure they're disappearing for good. So far I've accidentally deleted the play station in the lounge, Sephiroth's sword, and that office plant Angeal has been taking care of.

Zack: They can't just disappear like that! I'm telling you, they're ending up somewhere.

*Sephiroth walks by*

Sephiroth: Has anyone seen my—

*Cloud touches him and he disappears*

Zack: !

Cloud: My intrusive thoughts won.

(In the post-canon future)

*Denzel is drinking a cup of coffee*

Cloud: Where did you get that?

Denzel: I'm making stuff appear just by wishing for them! Check it out, so far I've wished for a cup of coffee, a play station, a cool sword and this neat house plant I'm giving Tifa for Christmas.

Cloud: That can't possibly work.

Denzel: Try it out! Maybe it works for you too.

Cloud, sarcastically not taking it seriously at all: Alright. I wish for Sephiroth to come back.

*Crisis Core Sephiroth appears*

Sephiroth: Has anyone see my—screaming and throwing objects at me accomplishes nothing—has anyone seen my sword?

[rocketbirdie]

can i pretty please request a denzel? :)

he dressed up as uncle vinny for halloween this year!

[accala]

Cloud is a father. He has his own kid and a niece he takes care of. He raises kids with Tifa. He's a deadbeat.

It's not sinking in.

[moldyycheese]

I can't find the post but this was based off something @sephirthoughts posted

(Vincent's holding Marlene and Cid has Denzel if you couldn't tell)

[salternateunreality2]

More Bodyguard Beefa AU

Zack is a pediatrician, which is why he can't be there 24/7 for Cloud, and also why he gets to go ham when Cloud works himself into shock or exhaustion, or burns his hand before a recital.

Cloud is shy and embarrassed about the doting, but between Tifa raising her eyebrow as a threat to take over, Aerith gently pushing and teasing him, and Zack's puppy eyes, he gives in and lets it happen.

Aerith has nurse and bodyguard training, so she can picks up shifts to match Zack's and keep an eye on him at the hospital.

A year or so ago (before Sephiroth and Tifa), Cloud's playing attracted a different kind of stalker, one who would curl up under the church window (where he practices) and listen for hours...until one day his coughing gives him away.

Cloud finishes his piece, then looks out to see if he's still there; it's Denzel, who runs away at first. Cloud keeps playing and ignoring the coughing, but leaving little gifts for him on the windowsill; water, snacks, his own lunch.

It helps Cloud because he tends to get swept up in the music and forget to cook, so now he has someone else to take care of, he remembers more often, even if he starts giving his whole lunch to Den, he at least makes it and has enough for dinner.

Den's cough doesn't get better, but Cloud eventually gets him to come inside to listen and sets him up with a little nest.

One day, Den isn't coughing, he's sitting outside the church door pale and unresponsive, and Cloud panics and brings him to the hospital close by.

He meets Zack there, finds out that Den is homeless and alone, and that Den has the same geostigma Cloud does, but a more acute case due to his living conditions.

Denzel is fostered by Barret and Myrna. Zack signs off on Den leaving the hospital to listen to Cloud when it's safe, and often is the one to bring him on his lunch break since the hospital and church are close by.

Zack also can't get enough of the prickly chocobo ;)

Anyway, Zack doesn't know about Cloud's geostigma, or that that's why Cloud won't let him too close--until one day when he swings by after work so he can offer Cloud dinner.

He opens the door to the church and sees Cloud shivering and sweating, not up by his instrument like he usually is, but down at the entrance near Zack, holding an odd paper swan.

Zack: HEY CLOUD! Cloud?

Cloud startles and trips over himself, landing in a heap with his shirt riding up to show a geostigma sore, but he doesn't notice, he's too shocked and scared.

Zack: Whoa, easy, easy bud, it's Zack. Can you hear* me?

(*hallucinations are a common stigma symptom in this AU)

Cloud: *nods*

Zack: Ok, do you know who I am?

Cloud: Z-zack.

Zack: That's great Cloud. Can you see me? And can you see anything else that shouldn't be here?

Cloud: j-just you and th-the *whispers* swans

Zack: Ok, is it ok if I help you up? I'm tougher than the swans, and you'll watch my back.

Cloud: *whispering* Ok

Zack helps Cloud up and sits him in a chair in the entryway, making sure the church door is closed. Then he gives Cloud a quick exam and sees that he's feverish and disoriented, and a bit malnourished. He can see the tell-tale spasms of geostigma in Cloud's muscles and the way he fixes his watery gaze on things that Zack can't see.

Cloud: They're fading... sorry

Zack: No worries man, I understand. You're sick, it happens. Did you hit anything? Your head looks ok, but does it hurt?

Cloud: No more'n usual *slurring a bit*

Zack, cringing internally--another symptom: Ok, ok good. I'm gonna give you a ride. Nope! No arguing, I'm a doctor and can't not. You're either coming to my place, letting me spend the night at your place, or I'm taking you to the hospital.

Cloud: No! No hospital! *Breathing picks up*

Zack: Shh, easy, ok, no hospital. Promise unless you get a lot worse. No hospital. My place or yours?

Cloud: ...

Zack: I have a spare room and just went grocery shopping, maybe you can motivate me to try my new recipe, yeah?

Cloud: o-ok. Sorry. Sorry, don't mean to bother you. S-

Zack: No bother, bud, I was going to see if you wanted dinner anyway. This bag all you got? What's that little paper?

Cloud pales dramatically and sways. Zack quickly steadies him.

Zack: Whoa! Whoa whoa, hey, Cloud, still with me?

Cloud: s'nothing

Zack: Obviously it's something, but if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. But maybe telling would help? Up to you.

Cloud: ...*shoves the paper into Zack's hand* It's probably nothing. Just a fan. It's just...I found it inside...but I didn't notice anyone come in...

Zack unfolds the swan to find a note written on it.

"From your greatest admirer to a true prodigy; your spirit moves me in ways I have not felt in years, my dear, my love, my treasure. Sing, sing through the keys and pipes, all for me, I know. -Your Swan"

Zack: Ok, Cloud...

Cloud looks at him through hazy, scared eyes, shaking and swaying.

Zack: ...let's go home first, ok? This is weird, but I think we need food and rest first. I got your bag already right here, anything else you need?

Cloud shakes his head.

Zack: Ok, then up we go and I'll take you out to my car, then we can go to my place and work on that dinner, yeah? Alright...*hauls Cloud up and practically carries him out to the car*

Later that night, Zack finds out this isn't the first swan letter. He also finds out that Cloud's been forgetting meals since Denzel doesn't need him anymore, and when he remembers, he's often too stressed from the notes. All this stress and lack of care have led to a geostigma flare-up, complete with sores, fever, mild hallucinations, and muscle spasms. This is when he gets the idea to call Beefa.

Next

[aceduooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Random headcanon Vincent is actually a great babysitter and Marlene and Denzle love him.

This is genuinely so cute i'm crying

[wu-sisyphus-gang]

Waitress: Cops, and kids five and under eat free.

Cloud: *nudges six year old Denzel*

Denzel: I’m a police.

[little-black-dress-zack-fair]

Denzel: *to somebody* Cloud taught me to think before I act.

Denzel: ...So if I smack the shit out of you, rest assured that I thought about it and am confident in my decision.

Cloud: *proud*

[videogamegeek12345]

cid highwind having tea parties with marlene, denzel, yuffie, and shelke, on the demands that he gets to make the tea, and gets to sit in a comfortable chair. he is NOT sitting on one of those little kid stools or drinking shit tea.