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Title: We're Not People Persons (But Maybe That's Okay)
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: General
Pairing: Seifer Almasy/Squall Leonhart
Summary: Seifer and Squall find time to talk while trapped indoors by a blizzard.

A/N: Every winter season, I send out cards to anyone willing to give me their address, and I decided two winters ago to start adding fic to the cards. This year, I settled on the very loose prompt of getting stuck in a cabin because of a snowstorm. Which some fics held to better than others, whoops. XD

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Title: Broken For the Scars I Forgave
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Seifer Almasy/Squall Leonhart
Rating: Teen
Warnings: AU, established relationship, post-canon, hurt/comfort, PTSD, recovery, learning to forgive, discrimination
Summary: Seifer's time serving Ultimecia had led to him betraying the person who meant the whole world to him, and, when all is said and done, a lonely death is the only future he can envision for himself. Squall, however, has different plans.

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A/N: Happy New Year! Here's hoping 2018 is a great year (and magically involves an HD version of this game XD).

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Title: A Home for the Holidays
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: General
Pairings: Seifer Almasy & Squall Leonhart
Summary: Seifer has spent so long trying to get Squall to spend the winter holidays with him, it really wasn't a surprise to find himself standing outside Garden, despite the certainty that he wouldn't be welcomed.

A/N: Every winter season, I send out cards to anyone willing to give me their address, and I decided this past year to send out winter-themed ficlets to slip in with them, one for each ship that people on tumblr and LJ voted for. I asked if people thought I should post them all in the new year, and most people agreed I should, so this is one of them. Save for one, which is against FFN's rules, all of them will be posted on the major, multi-fandom sites I usually post on; links to those can be found in my profile/about me page of whichever site you're reading this on. ;)

I'd originally thought to post these next month, for my birthday, and then decided I might appreciate the reviews while I'm stuck in video rooms all this weekend, lol. (I staff at Katsucon. If you're attending, feel free to drop me a line! I promise I don't bite, and I've a bag of valentines to hand out. ;)

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Title: Crooked Wings
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: T
Pairings: Tidus/Seymour
Warnings: AU, major canon-fuckery
Summary: On that fateful day when Yunalesca faced Sin, only part of her died, and the part that stayed alive finds itself in Spira a thousand years later.

Disclaim Her: Ugh. Translating of Al Bhed. *stare* If it's bold, it's Al Bhed.

A/N: Whereupon I make shit up about the guado culture and how they handle criminals.
I hate how the guado just up and gave up when Seymour went bat-shit in the game. It's like, over a thousand years of culture, and the minute a leader vanishes, you idiots are at a loss of what to do with yourselves? Even the Al Bhed managed better than them, and they were constantly under attack and losing people. I just...that will never make much sense to me.

Also, had a couple comments about how unlikely the sending would be to affect Sin. Hopefully Yuna's explanation will curb some of those. (Also explain my twisted little headcanon in regards to them.)

This chapter hasn't been reread/beta'd, same as the last one. I'm stuck sitting an info tent at Sakura Matsuri all day tomorrow, and I've a D&D game on Sunday; figured I'd post this before I head for bed tonight, just so I don't have to worry about it after my busy weekend. :P Anyway, it's not like any of you ever bitch about my mistakes. (One of you smartasses is about to leave me a review pointing errors out, now, aren't you? Assholes.)

( Chapter 11 - Kings and Queens of Promise )

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Title: Silver Wings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: AU, canon violence, Sorceress!Squall, original character death, mind rape, mental torture
Summary: On that fateful day, when a child grown visited his childhood home and a dying sorceress passed on her powers, it wasn't another sorceress they found, but a young boy running lost.

A/N: I haven't made it to Esthar again yet during my current replay of the game, so I'm not even going to try capturing Odine's ridiculous accent. I know, I know. Everyone's upset.

LJ-only: My auntie let my sister and I know that she needed us at her place starting tomorrow night. To make my life a little easier, I'm going to be posting the last two chapters of this fic here sometime today. I'm sure all, like, two of you exceedingly quiet readers will appreciate that and bloody well keep it to yourselves. XP

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Title: Silver Wings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: AU, canon violence, Sorceress!Squall, original character death, mind rape, mental torture
Summary: On that fateful day, when a child grown visited his childhood home and a dying sorceress passed on her powers, it wasn't another sorceress they found, but a young boy running lost.

A/N: This chapter is up ridiculously early because I'm going to be out and without internet until super late, and I decided it was better to post this chapter super early, than it would be to post it super late. XD

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Title: Silver Wings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: AU, canon violence, Sorceress!Squall, original character death, mind rape, mental torture
Summary: On that fateful day, when a child grown visited his childhood home and a dying sorceress passed on her powers, it wasn't another sorceress they found, but a young boy running lost.

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Title: Silver Wings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: AU, canon violence, Sorceress!Squall, original character death, mind rape, mental torture
Summary: On that fateful day, when a child grown visited his childhood home and a dying sorceress passed on her powers, it wasn't another sorceress they found, but a young boy running lost.

A/N: Wherein Bats realises she's written herself into a period of multiple years where nothing interesting is going to happen. Ugh.

Of note, Squall starts thinking of Ellone as 'Elle' this chapter, instead of 'Sis', though he does still refer to her by the latter. (Honestly, your author kept catching herself starting to type 'Elle' a couple chapters from now and came back and tossed the name change in here, given the time skip.)

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Title: Silver Wings
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Author: Batsutousai
Pairing: Squall Leonhart/Seifer Almasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: AU, canon violence, Sorceress!Squall, original character death, mind rape, mental torture
Summary: On that fateful day, when a child grown visited his childhood home and a dying sorceress passed on her powers, it wasn't another sorceress they found, but a young boy running lost.

A/N: The original character death is in this chapter. I hadn't originally intended to kill her, but I needed something to force Squall from the White SeeD Ship, and this was where my muse went. I am....so unbelievably sorry, you have no idea.

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