chronological listing for 'bonds' arc
Bonds, everyone/everyone, but predominantly Balthier/Fran. May feature any and all cast members. In this verse, Vossler lives, so does Cid, and everything revolves around the idea of making improbable interconnections valuable ones.

Listed in chronological order:



_way before the game_

advancing, fran. fran's first fight.

gladiatrix, fran. colonial balfonheim did not yet fly free.



_pre game_


antipodes, ffamran, cid. ffamran's first experience (with airships).

andante, noah, solidors. noah acclimatises to an archadian lifestyle.

mysterious ways, ffamran, cid. a used handkerchief is good for only one thing.

for love of battle, basch, vossler. brawling, drinking, attraction. war refugee basch earns an illegal living in rabanastre's backstreets. enter the homeguard.

once travelled, vossler, basch. for kinkfest prompt, felching/post-orgasm rimming - you want me to do whatever i want?

threshold, ffamran, fran, nono. ffamran joins the extraordinary league of not-quite-gentlemen.

airstrike, ffamran. ffamran's first flight for archades.

away, ffamran. leaving home.

ill-used, fran, cidolphus. fran tries many careers in her lifetime; 'archadian dominatrix' is not the best of them.

quite casually,, fran, balthier. they're fine with the sex; it's the intimacy that sneaks up on them.

i'll do yours, you do mine, balthier, fran. early relationship negotiations.

acquiesce, balthier, fran. dreams can't be kept in a box forever. warning for kink.

tailor-made, fran, balthier. dressing up. she has to stop thinking of this as balthier humouring her.

a day in the life of, fran, balthier. feast or famine for sky pirates, and when they're broke, they have to hunt.

the die is cast, zecht. in the aftermath of nabudis, zecht faces a choice.

worlds, oysters and pearls: but they always forget the grain of sand, cid, balthier, fran. unexpectedly, cidolphus finds his runaway son.

down in lowtown, vossler. realisation comes with solitude and covered with sewer filth.


_in-game_

so called, basch, vossler. a reunion in which vossler doesn't hit basch, not even once.

roleplay, basch, balthier, vossler, fran. a wrestling match whiles away the time.

convention, ashe, vossler. false authority and masculine preference.

legendary, balthier, vossler, basch, fran, vaan. imperialism, exotic as erotic, balthier and vossler misunderstand each other. for the prompt, eyeliner on men.

skin and sand, vossler, basch, balthier, fran. for kinkfest prompt, partner rape - betrayal is in the eye of the beholder.

no time for apologies (part 1.1), balthier, basch, fran, ashe, vaan, penelo, (vossler). awkwardness, strange affections, loneliness, poly/open relationships. basch/balthier, balthier/fran, basch/fran. getting together is not so easy when it's all together.

no time for apologies (part 1.2) balthier, basch, fran, ashe, (vossler). sex, awkwardness, strange affections, loneliness, poly/open relationships. getting together is not so easy when it's all together.

the prayer, ashe, basch. interlude after shiva goes down.

mastery, ashe, balthier. campfire cooking lessons.

and what do you want from me, child?, larsa, fran, balthier. larsa is captivated by his latest companion.

sentiment,, basch, balthier. interlude before entering the deadlands.

one wish, venat, balthier, cid. occuria don't really *get* rhetorical questions.

golden, elza, fran. in balfonheim before the final battle, fran seeks comfort from a mourning friend.


_closely post-game_

the sound of silence, basch, ofc. taking on all of noah's duties.

a girl can dream, ashe, balthier, fran. rings and other round things.

hello again, stranger,, balthier/basch, fran, golden showers, hum(an) digestive functionality, benignly failed poly. after the fall, balthier and fran visit basch in archades.

deflection, balthier/basch, political differences, two-way hero worship, freedom and responsibility, explicit sex/rough sex. when uncertain catastrophe eventuates in rozarria, balthier takes it on himself to do basch’s dirty work. basch is less than pleased; the currency of favours fluctuates.

and as for you, vossler, fran. a dynast's tears burn hot enough to scar.

my stupid mouth, vossler, basch. set just before 'all good things'. vossler does not like archades at all.

all good things, part 1.1, vossler, balthier. old archades is a coffin, high archades a tombstone, and they are dead men in denial.

all good things, part 1.2, vossler, balthier. old archades is a coffin, high archades a tombstone, and they are dead men in denial.

local god, balthier. set during 'all good things.' the walls of balthier's old house are waiting to ambush him.

unbelievable, balthier, vossler. set sometime in all good things (yes, i WILL finish it. ^^;) fisting, negotiations.

imprisoned, balthier, cidolphus. cid!lives, post game. balthier visits his father.

daydream, balthier, vossler, (fran). vossler has a weapon kink. balthier has a weapon.


_way post-game_


trust, balthier, fran. revelations.

bonds, balthier, fran, basch. leave the city for later.

constructed, balthier, fran. life is about adaption.

spelling bee, balthier, fran, cam, gyro. in tribute to fran's sense of humour.

family tree, balthier, fran, cam, gyro. fran had a similar sprout, when young.

unexpected, fran, cam, gyro, balthier. these rare afternoons of leisure are always awkward.

no tragedy today, balthier, vossler, cam, gyro, fran, basch. vossler turns a riot's tide; rescue is as unexpected as it is welcomed.

droit du seigner, larsa, fran, balthier. he's been waiting years for this.

deceptively good looking,, fran, balthier. fran reminisces.

beauty is a form of camouflage, balthier, fran. balthier reminisces.

abomination, mjrn, jote, cam, gyro. hunting for a home, and an unexpected welcome.