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1. What Makes Us by Ray_I

   Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   20 May 2026

   Tags

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   • Tifa Lockhart/Cloud Strife
   • Cloud Strife
   • Tifa Lockhart
   • Yuffie Kisaragi
   • Vincent Valentine
   • Barret Wallace
   • Cid Highwind
   • Reeve Tuesti
   • Shera (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Shelke Rui
   • Godo Kisaragi
   • Red XIII | Nanaki (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Denzel (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Marlene Wallace
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Cait Sith (Compilation of FFVII)
   • AVALANCHE (Compilation of FFVII) - Freeform
   • Canon Universe
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Fanfiction
   • Declarations Of Love
   • Politics
   • Post-Advent Children (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Dirge of Cerberus (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Established Relationship
   • Insecurity
   • Intimacy
   • Jealousy
   • Sex
   • Smut
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Wutai (Compilation of FFVII)
   • Action/Adventure
   • Fantasy
   • Drama
   • Romance
   • Anxiety
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Canon Compliant
   • Post-Canon Fix-It

   Summary

   Once defined by warrior honor and independence, Wutai now struggles to reconcile tradition with survival. Some wish to continue isolating, some want to open borders, and some harbor darker ambitions. Beneath lantern-lit festivals and quiet mountain shrines, tension simmers over the true meaning of sovereignty in a world no longer defined by borders.

   Though her relationship with Cloud has never felt steadier, Tifa finds herself harboring doubts she can’t quite silence. While Cloud continues to carry himself with growing self-assurance, she questions if she’s truly indispensable in a future beside him. As Wutai questions its place in a changing world, Tifa struggles to remember her own.

   This story takes place a year and a half after Shadows Between Us.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Shadows Between Us

   Language:

   English

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