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☆ the way you look at him
clive rosfield x male reader [he / him] (main - joshua rosfield x male reader)
sypnosis: clive watches as his younger brother falls in love with his childhood best friend. (clive and [name] pairing is meant to be platonic, joshua and [name] pairing is meant to be romantic.)
the lowercase is intentional !
- ffxvi spoilers under the cut
clive always saw joshua and [name] together. the two were always together, no matter where they were or whoever else was with them. it was almost as if the two always ended up finding eachother.
clive felt happy for his younger brother. it was nice to see how happy joshua looked whenever he was with [name]. clive was just glad his brother had a friend, even though if the two weren't both men people would assume they were dating.
the first time [name] and joshua met was when they were both 10. clive was out on the training grounds, practicing different sword tricks to help become a better shield for the phoenix of rosaria. joshua was coming to watch before he tripped and landed on his face. clive rushed to help, before was cut off by a young boy who brought joshua back up on his feet.
joshua coughed a little as he stood up on his feet again, slightly wobbling. he then turned to the boy who helped him and smiled, bowing a little. "thank you.." the phoenix spoke. the young boy nodded and smiled back. "no problem, i'm [name]. i didn't think i'd get to see the phoenix!" [name] exclaimed, being an estatic 10 year old in the presence of joshua.
clive also smiled as he watched the two young boys interact from a distance. he was happy his brother finally found a friend and that joshua wouldn't have to cling to him and jill now, even if he didn't mind joshua's presence really. clive went back to practicing his sword skills, occasionally stealing glances of joshua and [name].
months passed, leading joshua and [name] to grow closer and closer and closer. the two were inseparable, even though they had only known eachother for such a small amount of time. clive always saw the two boys together. he was looking out for his brother most of the time, even if joshua was out playing with [name]. clive was the older brother, so it was only natural to feel worried about his younger brother.
joshua and [name] would play in the streets of rosalith, they'd chase after torgal or sneak up on clive and jill. it was all good fun and it'd end up in the two boys laughing and giggling a bunch later. joshua loved it so much, he often thought about the times he and [name] spent together when they were younger. however, he wasn't going to admit that.
then, the inevitable happened. joshua was sent to phoenix gate with his father and brother, whilst [name] stayed in rosalith, awaiting for his best friend's return. clive remembered the look on [name]'s face after he heard of the news. [name] was devistated, he didn't want to be alone from his friend. yet, it was joshua's duty, and [name] was of no position to change that.
all of the chaos then struck... a second eikon of fire appearing out of nowhere, joshua missing and supposedly dead, and rosalith being invaded by another foreign army.
luckily, [name] and his family managed to flee rosalith, finding themselves residing elsewhere for the time being. the 10 year old [name] was devistated. he didn't want to be apart from joshua. his heart ached, yearned for his best friend to be okay, for his best friend to come back to him. yet, he'd only hear from his friend years later.
18 years later, clive, joshua and [name] all reunited. joshua and [name] had found eachother around 5 years earlier on accident, but they've been by eachothers side ever since, and clive could tell.
clive saw the way joshua looked at [name]. it wasn't the innocent, sweet look in his eyes that he had when he was younger, it was a different look, a look that had a deeper meaning behind it. clive thought it looked like.. love. but that couldn't be, could it? two men in valisthea, his own brother for that sake! he couldn't believe it.
then, clive noticed the way joshua was practically all over [name]. joshua spent time with clive, yes, but he always ran back to [name], no matter what. the two of them stayed by eachother's side all the time. clive thought it was because the two of them were best friends and they had a lot to catch up with, but he was wrong. he was so wrong.
the older rosfield brother realised his younger brother was in love. joshua was in love with [name] even if the two were men. it all made sense. everything came into place, everything since the beginning. clive couldn't believe it. how could he not have noticed?
clive rushes to find joshua who's hanging around the hideaway on his own, no sign of [name] this time. clive then put his hands on joshua's shoulders, looking into his eyes deeply. "joshua.. you have something to tell me, don't you?" the ravenette spoke.
joshua was caught a little off guard by his older brother's sudden approach, but he realised what clive meant. "yes. i do have something to tell you, yet you already know what i want to say." joshua sighed, shaking his head slightly. "please do not hate me, brother. i didn't think i'd feel this way towards [name], but alas i cannot change how i feel."
clive wrapped his arms around joshua's frame, smiling. "how could i be angry at you, joshua?" he chuckled, squeezing the phoenix tight. "i was just shocked at first, but then i realised and it made sense." clive spoke quietly, not wanting anyone to hear this conversation between him and his brother.
"i see the way you look at him, the way the two of you are all over eachother and such.. the two of you are so obvious, you should be glad more people haven't found out, or else something worse could happen." clive spoke again before pulling away from joshua. he kept a smile on his face, truly happy for his brother.
joshua nods, smiling back at his brother. "i'm glad you are not angry at me, brother. i didn't think you'd take this so.. well, lightly." joshua shook his head, his thoughts weighing him down.
"go, tell him." clive whispered, putting a hand on one of joshua's shoulder. "go." joshua nods again and he sets off to find [name].
clive couldn't be more happier for [name] and joshua. he saw the way everything played out, but he didn't even realise! 18 years he thought that the two best friends would only stay best friends, but that's not the case anymore. he's glad, really glad.
"go.. joshua.." clive whispered out again as he saw joshua run off after [name], a tear rolling down his cheek.
☆ requests ▪︎ masterlist
☆ author's note: i'll try do requests, but it might take long :( this is so bad lmao
"Past and Present"
Individual sketches under the cut:
Joshua in an AU in which it's just him and Ultima for 100s of years before the game's canon time period. Is he bored? Worried? Lonely? comm by @mr-badjokes for a collab I've been working on with @randomguyno3462. Maybe we will write it one day?
(Thanks SO much to @mr-badjokes for taking on something in a different fandom and working on it with such care and thoughtfulness! I love it so much)
Before Sunrise, Phoenixflare edition
Wanted to bring this one up again, and I don't think it's been posted on tumblr yet. A series I commissioned from @roxetta23, a modern AU meeting for Joshua and Dion. There are 4 pages. (This is also on ao3, and specifically, here is a link to the nsfw followup to these 4 pages https://archiveofourown.org/works/58248142/chapters/148330135 )
do you think they do heart hands to each other? the answer is yes
When you're trying to get actual work done but the PhoenixFlare Discord decides you have better things to do. Like make these because the new Franck Muller x Final Fantasy XVI watch collab and the time change happened to coincide.
I never stood a chance.
Gift to Arixabell. Pencil sketch based on her post-canon coffee shop fic "Perfect Blend"
Gift for @ouch-ness. Pencil sketch roughly inspired by her fic "I was only dreaming" and other discussions about Sleeping Beauty AUs
One year since I first bugged @roxetta23 and made a wonderful fandom friend. This is a gift fic for her, which she also helped me illustrate without knowing what it was for (and gifted it to me in the process). phoenixflare ffxvi reincarnation AU with Joshua as a bunch of birds. Also it’s just cute bird art to enjoy, regardless of fandom
"How many years I know I bare— I found something In The Woods somewhere."
Phoenixflare x Hozier's "In The Woods Somewhere" "Lost in the Woods" Secret Santa Prompt for @february13rose "In the poem, the protagonist finds himself in the woods, and is terrified by beasts until his love interest in Heaven sends a mentor to pull him out of the woods and set him back on the virtuous path he had lost." (x)
To me, this gifset is a very loose 'retelling' of Dante (Dion) moving through the "circles of hell," though primarily the version of the stories presented in Hozier songs (both In The Woods Somewhere, which these lyrics come from, and most of the phenomenal album Unreal Unearth: Unending, particularly Hymn to Virgil) which that draw very heavily on the imagery and themes of The Inferno, albeit more romantic way only Andrew Hozier Byrne can be. In my mind, we are following a Dion reflecting on the madness inflicted on him by Ultima, both the slow degradation of his confidence in his father and his ability—and how, after what he did in Twinside, he considers himself lost and unworthy of saving. At the start, he is waking to a version of himself he cannot face, one burdened by regret & a lack of desire to live–but who is slowly led back to "the surface" and forgiveness by "the voice from heaven" (Joshua), who is also in a way his Virgil in that he is the authoritative guide leading him through things he doesn't understand.
In my original vision, the ending of this set is a lot sadder—more in alignment with the tone of the game and Hymn to Virgil (where Dante refuses to leave hell because he won't leave Vigil, and...they are trapped in hell together lol). In this, he escapes that hell with Joshua (out of respect for Luna's desire for a happy ending), both because he #DeservesIt and also because of the Phoenix's proverbial and literal ability to "revive" him, whether through love or his powers. Either way, the redemption and forgiveness he desires is achieved through his alliance with Joshua–which is actually kinds like the story told in canon, at least to me!
Also, side note: the grid was done in reference to Dion’s talk of his gilded cage in the quest Clive does for him in the Hideaway. It just struck me as poignant to give to him here.
Hope you enjoy your gift! :)
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Final Fantasy XVI Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dion Lesage/Joshua Rosfield Characters: Dion Lesage, Joshua Rosfield Additional Tags: Modern AU, Mutual Pining, Camping, kiss, Fluff, childhood crush, Wishes, Phoenixflare Summary:
It has been 10 years since Dion and Joshua had been on their annual camping trip. Reminicing, confessions and promises await them under a blanket of stars.
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My secret santa gift to @aesadraws ! I used the camping and childhood crush prompts! I hope you enjoy it!!
My contribution to this year's secret santa over on the PhoenixFlare discord server! And it has some bite 🦇
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Rating: Mature
Category: M/M
Relationships: Dion Lesage / Joshua Rosfield
Characters: Dion Lesage, Joshua Rosfield
Additional Tags: Vampires, Alternate Universe - No Ultima (Final Fantasy XVI), no magic, at least not in the canon sense, First meetings, Pining, Angst and Romance, Hurt/Comfort, And a tiny dash of smut - oops, nvm there's porn in my plot now, Anal Sex, Biting, Phoenixflare, PhoenixFlare Discord Secret Santa 2024 (Final Fantasy XVI)
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It should have been a normal journey. A favour to his old mentor, an opportunity to get away from his overbearing family for a while. But when Joshua travels to a secretive little village to study some peculiar local legends, he soon has to learn that some legends are far more real than he would have thought.
This particular legend turns out to be hungry - and unreasonably handsome.
Magic has left the world, but imagine the Eikons live on as constellations in the starry night sky. My Secret Santa gift to @fluffybabybirds for the PhoenixFlare Discord event, for the prompt Celestial.
Made some phoenixflare as figure skating au :3 🐉🦚
Commission with @zanarkand-s. Thank you so much for giving us such a beautiful vision of #phoenixflare
"I owe him my life." Joshua Rosfield x Dion Lesage - Phoenixflare
Prints Available - https://ko-fi.com/twoseconddork
The 3rd and last commission art for @ouch-ness illustration to PF fanfic : Dragonkin Chapter9 The fic is finished, read it, I recommend! (In case you're interested, see my commission sheet)
Another commission art for lighthearted fanfic The Sweetest Embrace by @arixabell for @ouch-ness I need to put censor on. Find out what's actually happening in her fic! It's worth it XD
PhoenixFlare lives as bearers 🥲 Commission art for fanfic Healing Light By @arixabell for @ouch-ness
Commission completed for me by the incredible Muni Luny, who can be found on bsky (muniluny.bsky.social) or twt. Jill and Joshua, in a peaceful moment away from Anabella. Let them have all the happy times!
"I OBJECT!"
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What really happened post-origin. Commission art for @arixabell
