This grew out of another conversation with
raaj, and a pre-
Crisis Core take on Zack and Aeris' relationship, how it started, why it started and how ultimately things were between them. The gist of the idea is that Zack's relationship with Aeris starts as far less then romance and more a cunning ploy to diminish Aeris' anti-Shinra stance, and hopefully peacefully bring her back in their fold. Which is going to read as pretty anti-Zerith for now (and I have no issues with the pairing), but we'll see where it goes. And despite my outright ignoring of
Crisis Core, Cissnei is still around, Angeal is likely to show up - and after reading
The Fifth Act - even Genesis might put in an appearance (though both of them will lose any Jenova project connections - they will be simply other First Class SOLDIERS)
This also needs a new title as
Zack the Spy is terrible, but I have no idea what to call it yet and need some way to reference this...
( The Tale of SOLDIER Boy and the Flower Girl )