onepassingnight | Spread my wings and fly away

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Spread my wings and fly away

[Sometimes, the most basic dreams are the most enjoyable. This? This is one of the most basic dreams that anyone can have. Far, far below is a vast city- New York, perhaps, with skyscrapers reaching up like grasping fingers. But that's far below, so far that the cars are just little dots zooming on the freeways. Up here is freedom. Pure, clean air, crisp and invigorating; fluffy white clouds like vast pillows; an endless blue sky with not even a bird to risk running into. Teddy's flying in his usual style, with leathery wings outstretched and gliding on the lazy thermals from the hot city below. Those who can fly will find this a perfect day for it.

Those who can't... well... it's a long, long drop to the bottom, and falling is just as basic a nightmare as flight is a dream. At least, in this case, there's a superhero conveniently nearby to make sure that the nightmare doesn't end badly?]

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[Vanille was free falling from a rather terrifying height and while she would normally have the help of Fang's Bahamut or Lightening's gravity defying trick, neither were here to save her]

[Well that's... not good. Teddy doesn't realize this is a dream, nor does he question why there's a woman now falling from where before there had been none. No, the only thing that matters to him is doing the properly heroic thing. He tucks in his wings and goes into a steep dive, racing Vanille to the ground... and before she can hit the skyscrapers, he's caught her. For now he just glides above the rooftops, concern in his voice as he speaks. First things first.] Hey, you okay...?

[She yelps when she's caught, not expecting that, but she wasn't expecting to be free falling, either. She looks up at her rescuer, catching her breath.

She smiles despite being previously scared out of her wits. Free falling and flying she's used to, but not when she can't help the landing situation.]

Yeah, I'm okay.

Thank you for saving me.

It's okay, kind of what I do. [He grins, relieved that she seems to be all right. Catching people in flight isn't half as easy as people think it is, especially with Teddy's super-strength- the first couple of times he tried something like this didn't go nearly as smoothly. But now? She seems fine, and he shows no signs of minding the extra weight.] Anywhere in particular you want me to put you?

[She looks down towards the ground. She didn't recognize the city or anything and it was much different than Cocoon or Gran Pulse.]

I don't know. I don't know this place.

[She looks back up at him]

I'm all right flying! How can you do this?

O-okay... [Teddy has to admit that he's never had someone tell him just to keep flying before. He does, of course, but it's a little surprising, so he's caught off-guard. There's some concern in his voice, though.] Don't know this place? ...so you aren't from around here?

[He frowns. This could get complicated. Still, when she asks that question, he grins a little. Oh, he knows, there's no end of questioning from some people. How can he fly when he's super-strong, didn't he know wings don't work that way, silly things like that. But it does, so what explanation can he offer?] I just flap my wings when I need some extra height. It's not any more difficult than walking, once you're used to it.

Ooooh wooooow. [She gasps and looks down again, looking at the city below.]

This is so fun! [She giggles] I wish I had wings like this.

[She looks back up at him]

I'm not from this place. This doesn't look anything like Gran Pulse. Not even Cocoon!

[Teddy's never really had anyone quite so... giggly... with him when he's like this. Cass and Kate are both far from that, and it's not like he carries them around much anyway. still... it's kind of a nice change. She's clearly enjoying the flight, and so he starts a dive- so she can see the city up close before he pulls up at the last second. Almost like a roller coaster, but far more exhilarating. Far more fun, in Teddy's opinion.

As he ascends again, he cocks his head at her.] Gran Pulse? Cocoon? Where are those- in space?

[Vanille lets out an excited shout as he takes a dive. This was so much fun! Flying wasn't something that she took in regularly, but it was always a thrill when she did.]

They're not in space. Well, Cocoon is a floating continent, but it's not in space.

A floating continent? [Sounds a lot like what Magneto was trying to do, only... successful. Teddy ponders that as he just glides for a little while, effortlessly soaring above the city below.] Sounds like an interesting place, where you're from.

What place is this?

[She looks up at him, an inquisitive expression on her face]

New York City. I like flying through all the skyscrapers. [He grins at that inquisitive expression, and while he's not exactly a great tour guide, or a world traveler, he still enjoys the sights. ...from a distance. The streets are just as bad as rumor has them.] Tell me more about where you come from?

[She looks back down at everything] Woooow...Cool!

[She looks up at him again]

Well, Gran Pulse is this greeeeeeeeeeeeeat big land full of all sorts of creatures! Some are as harmless as little sheep and chocobo and bunnies. While some are huuuuuge! As tall as that building!

[She pointed at one of the sky scrapers]

It's really dangerous on Gran Pulse, but it's my home. And you learn to survive!

That sounds... a little sad. [He frowns as he hears that. Oh sure, he likes the idea of the creatures, and part of him does want to see it. But it being so dangerous and having to learn how to survive? That's... rough. Reminds him too much of his father's side of the family, with their emphasis on strength and training and conscripted service.

So his tone is a little more quiet than normal, as he gazes at the woman in his arms.] So you... know how to survive? Against creatures that big?

[ It's a dream, so Aerith could fly -- if she thought to fly like a bird.

All she really thinks is that she wants to walk on one of those vast, pillowy clouds, and she runs up to it with impossibly long steps, as though on an invisible staircase, until she reaches a low one and clambers onto it (it feels like cotton between her fingers) with a laugh. ]

Oh, oh! It's so big. [ and she looks over to the side and then pulls back, lying down with a gasp. Such a dizzying height...!

Gradually, though, she turns her head to the side and spots someone enjoying themselves. ] Hello!

Hey. [He has to admit, this is not something he's used to seeing. That woman is just... running on thin air. Not flying, walking as though it's a tangible thing. Teddy's never seen that, and now he easily glides around the cloud, orbiting it like a planet to maintain his altitude. And let him speak without his wings getting in the way. He's a little confused still, but he'll work through that.] I, um... don't see many people up here. Not that I mind! Just a little surprised.

[ She sits up a little more, watching how he flies with an admiring curiosity. ] This is my first time up here, so I'm a little surprised to see someone else up here too! But it sounds like you come here often.

[Well... okay, he can't help it. When he sees that she's admiring him, he shows off. Just a little. Turns a perfect loop, wingovers, even hovering for a brief bit, to show that he can. Part of it is showing off, but most of it is just wanting her to see what he can do. Might as well provide some entertainment, right?] Yeah, I do. I love flying.

[He grins as he says it- of all the powers he has, flying has to be one of the coolest.] And sometimes it's just good to get away, you know?

[ She gasps when he does the loop, applauds for the wingovers. She's giggling more and more as the "showing off" becomes obvious, but with something she's so curious about she doesn't want to tease too soon and make him stop. ]

You're right. I used to be scared of the sky, but there's a lot more freedom when you can see it. If I could come up here all the time ... I don't think anything could stop me.

[He can't help it. He feels a little silly, a little goofy, but at the same time, he's a young man. He always likes getting a little attention, and while he doesn't normally show off... well, she's enjoying it, and so is he, so why not go with it? So he carries on for a little while, until she says that. Then he pauses, hovering for a bit before he nods.] Yeah... there's freedom up here. Sometimes I wish more people could experience this, but...

[He shrugs. He can't do that, and if there were more people, then that'd just bring the problems of earth up here. Still, to Aerith, he waves that concern away.] Why can't you come up here all the time? You should come up whenever you want.

Well, this is really just my first time. And there's special circumstances, I think.

Special circumstances? [He blinks, a little confused by that. What can she mean by it? If you can get up into the clouds once, you can do it again, right? ...though he has to fight a little grin. Imagining a lost kitten in a cloud is kind of a cute mental image, but he certainly hopes that's not the case.] Well, if you can't get back down again, I can carry you?

-- Ah. [ There's a slow blink that shows Aerith hadn't even thought about the descent yet, and she looks over the side again. ]

... I mi~ight take you up on that.

[He gives a good-natured laugh at that. Even though he's hovering now, he takes the time to flex his arms, emphasizing the strength in those broad green arms.] Just let me know. ...seriously, though, this isn't like climbing up a tree.

No, I'm sure that's much easier just because it's so much shorter! [ She doesn't exactly have the climbing-tree experience herself, though. ] Okay. I'll tell you when I'm ready to go down.

[Billy is up in the air, flying himself without even realizing anyone's around. It's a few minutes before he spots a pair of familiar wings. He flies over toward Teddy's general direction.]

You didn't tell me you were going out for a flight. [not that he'd demand to know; it is just some simple teasing to get the conversation going.]

Hey. ...to be fair, you didn't tell me either. [But he's just teasing as well, grinning as he does a wingover to start hovering next to Billy. If there's anyone he doesn't mind sharing airspace with, it's Billy. So he's grinning, and up here... he dares to get close enough to brush his fingers against Billy's cheek. There's no one up here to be awkward around, so he's a little more open. It's one of the best parts of both of them being able to fly, in his opinion.]

I guess that makes us even. [He smiles, using one of his hands to grab Teddy's fingers which eventually leads to him holding the other's hand.] So why are you up here? Clearing your head or just bored?

A little bit of both, really. I just like it up here. [He shrugs and grins, and while his hovering is a lot more jerky than Billy's- he has to keep flapping his wings, resulting in a somewhat undignified motion- he still holds that hand with a grin. Not shy, not tentative, not now that there's no one to see them.] You?

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AND FIVE YEARS LATER (fuu)

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