The Flower Trying to Bloom In Snow

Characters/Pairings: Raynie/Stocke, ensemble
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers, especially for the true ending.
Wordcount: 1423
Notes: Written for samuraiter in newgameplus
Beta: tuberose, I think.
Summary: Raynie sometimes thinks she remembers things that never happened, but Stocke refuses to comment on it.

( Shades of Memory )

Characters/Pairings: Calintz/Reith
Rating: PG
Contains: Spoilers through the end of the game.
Notes: Written for roseargent in the second round of newgameplus
Wordcount: 1535
Summary: Slight AU/canon what-if, diverging in Lake Astine just before Calintz goes to Nordon at the end of the game. Faced with a number of unpalatable truths and seeming betrayals, Calintz has some decisions to make about what his given word means to him, and how he is going to deal with these revelations.
Beta: None

( New Determination )

Characters/Pairings: Edge/Kain/Rydia
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Endgame spoilers, implied sexual content
Notes: Written for seventhe in newgameplus
Wordcount: 3435
Summary: Edge thinks something needs to be done about Kain. Of course, he can't do it the easy way. That wouldn't be any fun.
Beta: None

( The Hard Way )

Characters/Pairings: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: PG
Contains: Endgame spoilers
Notes: Written for pyrefly in the spring 2010 round of newgameplus.
Wordcount: 1747
Summary: She must admit that the sky pirate does not lack for clever ruses, but that does not make him any less irritating.
Beta: seventhe

( A Clever Ruse )