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Summary:

An exploration of aftercare between Bianca and Sephiroth. They are not soft or tender, but their aftercare is about control, trust, and intimacy.

In their world, domination and surrender are entwined with godhood, corruption, and the quiet violence of survival. Blood, power, and devotion intermingle together, while their aftercare becomes its own worship and rite.

Notes:

This is based upon the NSFW alphabet. This piece takes place after the Nibelheim Incident, when Sephiroth is fully immersed in his god-aspirant madness. Their dynamic is extreme and explicitly explores power, domination, and masochistic elements within the context of aftercare. It is not soft or comforting in a conventional sense.

Bianca and Sephiroth’s intimacy is deeply tied to cosmic roles and corruption, and the work contains heavy psychological and physical themes, including blood, injury, and panic responses. Readers should approach with awareness of these elements.

This work is part of Fantasy Worlds Collide, a 28-year passion project that blends original characters and ideas with expanded canon material. Heavy psychological and physical themes, including blood, injury, and panic responses, are present. Readers should approach with awareness.

Chapter 1: Aftercare

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Aftercare between Bianca and Sephiroth is not simply a matter of tending to physical needs. It is an exercise in existential maintenance between two beings whose intimacy intertwines with cosmological ambition. In their world, sex is not an act of release but of tethering: a momentary collapse of divine egos where even gods must confront the remnants of their humanity. Sephiroth, the god-aspirant whose flaw is control, cannot simply walk away untouched. Aftercare becomes his ritual of re-stabilization: of Bianca, of himself, and of the reality they threaten to unravel. He tends to her as if tending to Jenova: with precision, silence, and unrelenting purpose. Yet it is not tenderness in the traditional sense. It is a possessive, calculated care that is born from the knowledge that her unraveling could undo everything he is building.

Bianca, on the other hand, surrenders not only to Sephiroth’s control but to the shadow of Jenova that has threaded itself through her psyche. Her afterglow is often tangled in whispers of corrupted memory and phantom pain. The act of sex with Sephiroth does not always calm those echoes. It sometimes awakens them. Yet she remains drawn to it for precisely that reason. Each climax is a temporary death, and in the silence that follows, she finds the closest thing to clarity. Aftercare, for her, is not about soft blankets or whispered comforts. It is about being seen in the moment after she’s broken open. She craves the stillness where Sephiroth, even in silence, acknowledges her devastation and doesn’t look away.

Their dynamic is undeniably shaped by their power roles. Bianca is a masochist and a vessel, but never passive. Sephiroth dominates with meticulous restraint. His is not cruel for cruelity’s sake but in pursuit of an idealized perfection: one that Bianca is uniquely suited to embody. In the aftermath, he often remains close and  vigilant. There is no fumbling sweetness or overly human awkwardness. Instead, he combs the blood from her hair, studies the pulse at her throat, and recalibrates. Half-senseless from being stretched beyond her limits, she will reach for him. She never reaches in thanks but to feel that he is real. Their version of aftercare is not nurturing. It is strategic emotional containment that mimics trust. It is necessary.

However, this ritual can fray. When Bianca’s corruption surges or when the blackened thread of fate strangles her dreams and the weight of what Hojo and Ravenscroft did to her resurfaces, she sometimes wakes from their shared intimacy screaming. And in those moments, Sephiroth does not remain distant. He holds her. He anchors her. The Red String of Fate showed him everything, and it burned that knowledge into his soul. Whatever godhood he claims, he does not withhold his arms from her when she shatters.

His comfort is not flowery or verbose. It is quiet strength, a protective grip around her trembling form. He will place a hand over her heart as if to will it steady. This is the one domain where his fatal flaw does not blind him: where his control bends into fierce, reverent care. And in that silence, wrapped in his unspoken vow to never let her fall again, Bianca finds a semblance of peace. Not because the nightmares stop but because she is not alone when they come.

Ultimately, aftercare is where Sephiroth’s role as a service dom manifests most clearly: not in words but in meticulous action. He does not merely hold Bianca. He recalibrates her. He washes blood from her skin, checks the bruises he left, applies ointments with near-clinical focus, and wraps her in the blankets she prefers. Every gesture is control reimagined as devotion. His sadism never outweighs his duty to her recovery.

For Bianca, allowing this care is an act of radical vulnerability: one that terrifies her more than the pain. She does not need softness. She needs certainty, and Sephiroth offers that in absolute abundance. Their aftercare is not about tenderness but structure. It is not about coddling but containment. In that sanctuary, where divinity bows to ritual, they become whole again. Here, they are not as monsters or gods, but as two fractured beings who trust each other enough to put the pieces back together.

Chapter 2: Body Part

Summary:

An exploration of physical and psychological fixation in Bianca and Sephiroth’s relationship. Each favorite body part reveals the interplay of dominance, submission, control, and vulnerability that defines their bond. Their preferences are never superficial. They are tactical, symbolic extensions of power, love, and corrupted divinity.

Notes:

This chapter explores intimate psychological and physical fixations in Bianca and Sephiroth’s relationship. It contains explicit sexual themes, power dynamics, and elements of domination and masochism. All preferences and body-part focus are symbolic, tied to their emotional contract, and reflect their dynamic under the influence of corruption and godhood. Readers sensitive to sexualized power play, injury, or intense psychological content should proceed with caution.

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When examining physical preference within the framework of Bianca Moore and Sephiroth’s relationship, it becomes clear that neither character’s choices are rooted in superficial attraction. Instead, both are drawn to traits that symbolize power, control, or vulnerability. These traits are extensions of their core identities and relational dynamic. These preferences are informed by the constant interplay between dominance and submission, godhood and humanity, and the emotional tension embedded in their bond.

Sephiroth’s favorite part of himself is his hands. As a service dom and strategist, his hands are the instruments of both war and care. He uses them with lethal efficiency in combat, but in private, they become tools of control and expression, whether restraining, guiding, or tending to Bianca. His sadistic tendencies are executed with surgical control, and his hands symbolize the mastery he prides himself on. His attachment is not vanity but utility. His hands are where his god-complex and his service mentality converge.

Bianca’s favorite part of Sephiroth’s body is his voice. It is not only a sensory fixation but a psychological one. His voice grounds her: deep, controlled, and unshakeable, even when the world fractures. In high-stress moments, it becomes a tool of psychological dominance. In vulnerable ones, it functions as a tether to reality. Sephiroth rarely raises it, but when he does, Bianca responds on instinct. For a woman shaped by trauma and corrupted fate, his voice is not just comforting. It’s commanding, and therefore stabilizing.

In contrast, Bianca’s favorite part of herself is her mouth. For someone who was silenced, restrained, and gaslit through years of abuse, captivity, and experimentation, her voice became her sharpest weapon. Her mouth represents more than communication. It is persuasion, manipulation, and defiance. It is how she asserts control in volatile environments, whether through spoken incantations, verbal dominance, or calculated silence. She takes pride in her teeth, her fangs, and the precision of her speech.

For his part, Sephiroth fixates on Bianca’s throat. Not in a possessive way but as a point of vulnerability and control. It’s where he can feel her pulse under his fingers, where her voice trembles when she breaks or fights back. For him, it’s the axis of her surrender and strength.

These fixations are not random. They reinforce the dynamic they maintain both in and out of the bedroom. Each body part becomes a symbol of their emotional contract: hands for control, mouth for autonomy, throat for vulnerability, and voice for dominance. Their preferences reveal not only what they value in each other but how they navigate power, need, and transformation under the influence of love, corruption, and godhood. Every touch and fixation is tactical. Nothing is wasted. Nothing is unconsidered.

Chapter 3: Cum

Summary:

An exploration of the metaphysical and symbolic role of ejaculation and bodily fluids in Bianca and Sephiroth’s relationship. Within Fantasy Worlds Collide, semen is not merely erotic. It is a vessel of power, control, and spiritual bonding.

This chapter examines how their BDSM dynamic, trauma, and divine biology intertwine, making acts of dominance and reception both ritualistic and essential to survival, intimacy, and legacy.

Notes:

This chapter contains explicit sexual content and BDSM dynamics, including ejaculation as a symbolic and metaphysical element. All sexual acts described are framed within the characters’ power dynamics, divine biology, and ritualistic context. Themes include dominance and submission, masochism, possession, spiritual bonding, and bodily fluids as a functional narrative element. Readers sensitive to sexualized power play, cum play, or intense eroticized metaphysics should proceed with caution. This work is part of Fantasy Worlds Collide, a 28-year passion project blending original characters and ideas with expanded canon material.

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In Fantasy Worlds Collide, sexual power is neither incidental nor gratuitous. It is integrated into the metaphysical structure of the world. For Sephiroth and Bianca, bodily fluids, especially semen, are not just erotic but functional, symbolic, and tied directly to legacy and control. This category explores how both characters’ relationship to ejaculation and reproduction is shaped by their power dynamics, biology, trauma, and metaphysical evolution. While their scenes are erotic in subtext, the significance of cum in this universe operates as a symbol of ownership, essence-sharing, and spiritual warfare.

For Sephiroth, ejaculation serves a symbolic and strategic role. As a being fused with Jenova’s cells and a vessel of immense energy, his essence is both corrupted and divine. His semen is portrayed as more than reproductive. It is a metaphysical fluid capable of sustaining, bonding, and manipulating.

Sephiroth uses it to mark Bianca, to reinforce their soulbond, and in earlier arcs, as a survival resource during her weakened states. His claiming kink ties directly into this biological supremacy. Ejaculation is a form of spiritual branding: one that reflects his need for control over Bianca’s body, mind, and power. This act is not merely possessive. It is ritualistic, aligning with his belief that their union reshapes reality itself.

Bianca’s relationship to semen is simultaneously survival-based and devotional. As a celestial-demonic hybrid, her body metabolizes life force in various forms: blood, soul energy, and ejaculate. Within their BDSM dynamic, receiving Sephiroth’s semen is both sacramental and necessary. It is a replenishment of power and affirmation of their spiritual covenant.

Her masochistic tendencies allow her to reinterpret dominance as intimacy. In this context, Bianca does not view being marked or filled as degrading. She views it as affirming her position as his chosen and equal. Her body literally craves Sephiroth’s essence not because of erotic fixation alone, but because his power sustains her in a literal and cosmic sense.

In short, cum in FWC is not cheapened as a crass or throwaway topic. It is built into the mechanics of Bianca and Sephiroth’s divine anatomy, used to explore dominance, metaphysical connection, survival, and legacy. By treating bodily fluid as a magical substance rather than a mere byproduct of pleasure, the narrative reclaims and reframes it as a functional pillar of their relationship and worldbuilding.

Chapter 4: Dirty Secret

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An exploration of the dirtiest secrets behind Bianca and Sephiroth’s power exchange. In Fantasy Worlds Collide, their sexual dynamic is a crucible for vulnerability. He craves desire without perfection. She fantasizes about reversing the roles. Together their intimacy becomes a sacred act masking fear, shame, and the need to be seen. Their sex is as much about grounding and acknowledgment as it is about dominance and submission, revealing the fragile humanity beneath godhood that they both would deny.

Notes:

This chapter contains explicit sexual content, BDSM dynamics, and intense psychological themes, including power exchange, domination, and masochism. The focus is on the interplay between trauma, intimacy, and vulnerability, rather than mere eroticism. Both characters’ desires are deeply tied to their backstory, divine biology, and emotional scars. Readers sensitive to sexualized power play, humiliation, or psychological intensity should proceed with caution. This is part of Fantasy Worlds Collide, a 28-year passion project blending original characters and ideas with expanded canon material.

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Sephiroth’s dirtiest secret isn’t hidden in a vault or buried under the North Crater. It’s in the way he constructs control through performance. While the world knows him as a cold, commanding figure of divine fury, the truth is far messier. Sephiroth finds release not in domination alone, but in being desired as something less than perfect.

Beneath the mythos of the One-Winged Angel, in FWC, he craves the moments Bianca sees the broken, vulnerable man inside the god. In their most private moments, when ritual and power games fall away, he wants her to look at his flaws and want him anyway. It’s not humiliation he seeks, nor submission. It’s the terrifying intimacy of being known without pretense.

This secret is rooted in his trauma. Shinra constructed him to be flawless. Hojo carved godhood into his bones. Any deviation from perfection was seen as failure. So Sephiroth learned to mask these impulses beneath refined sadism and behind a wall of calculated control. His dominance is real, but it is also a shield. His desire to orchestrate Bianca’s pleasure, to master every reaction of her body, is just as much about regulating his environment as it is about her fulfillment. What he doesn’t say or can’t say is that her desire for him when he is not in control is the most dangerous and arousing thing he’s ever known.

For Bianca, the dirty secret isn’t that she loves being mastered. It’s that she knows how easily she could reverse the roles. A creature of celestial origin and demonic inheritance, Bianca is not powerless in their dynamic. She’s the only being alive who could bring Sephiroth to his knees without ever laying a hand on him. Her secret is the temptation to do just that. Not because she wants to dominate him in a sexual sense but because the thought of him unraveling for her taps into a desire for power she doesn’t admit, even to herself. She won’t act on it. Not often. But she fantasizes about it in her quietest moments: making him need, not command.

Bianca’s secret is also shaped by shame. Her body has been used, warped, and repurposed by others: Shinra, Jenova, and Asmodeus. She’s rebuilt herself as a goddess, a lover, and a weapon. But there’s a deep and ugly part of her that fears Sephiroth only wants her because she was made for him. That the red string of fate is a cosmic lie. So she gives more, takes more, and bleeds more to prove her worth as chosen.

Her secret isn’t her masochism. It’s her fear that if she ever said no, he might not wait. The fact that he would wait, and has, only makes the shame sharper. She craves his cruelty because it reminds her she’s wanted.

Together, their dirtiest secret is this. Their power exchange is never just about sex. It’s the only space where they can admit they are not gods. In the bedroom, they are broken things pretending to be whole. When Sephiroth presses Bianca to the wall, it’s not just desire. It’s a plea for grounding. When she kneels before him, it’s not just obedience. It’s a prayer that someone still sees her. Their sex is warfare and liturgy, a place where domination masks their deepest fears: that they are unlovable outside of violence and unworthy outside of prophecy. Their passion is sacred, but it’s built on secrets that could undo them both.

Chapter 5: Experience

Summary:

This meta examination required careful consideration of Sephiroth’s sexual history. Given his upbringing under Shinra and Hojo, and his disciplined SOLDIER training, I determined that he had not engaged in prior sexual experiences before meeting Bianca, consistent with a demisexual profile. Isolated instances of masturbation and channeling sexual tension into combat or Masamune training indicated a controlled acknowledgment of bodily desire. Their first encounter with Bianca logically escalated from restraint to the breakdown catalyzed by Jenova. Post-Nibelheim, their sexual relationship expanded into multiple encounters, incorporating BDSM elements that reflected their evolving dynamic and power exchange.

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Bianca Moore and Sephiroth’s relationship in Fantasy Worlds Collide reached a pivotal turning point in the Shinra Manor basement, where their first sexual experience occurred. This moment, which coincided with Sephiroth’s spiral into the Nibelheim Incident, revealed not only their lack of prior sexual experience but also how their trauma histories shaped their approach to intimacy. Both characters brought an absence of practice, yet carried immense psychological baggage that made this experience defining rather than incidental. 

Bianca’s experience with intimacy prior to Sephiroth was limited to adolescent encounters with Krista Gilmore, consisting of kissing, groping, and dry humping, as a way to explore her sexuality briefly. These experiences lacked both physical depth and emotional safety, ending with betrayal that left Bianca unwilling to risk deeper vulnerability. Her fear of dependence, rooted in her fatal flaw, reinforced this hesitancy. By the time she met Sephiroth, Bianca possessed no true sexual knowledge but carried a heightened wariness toward closeness, channeling her desires into intellectual pursuits and guarded independence.

Despite her hesitancy toward shared intimacy, Bianca did not deny her own physical impulses. She masturbated, most often when alone or during baths, treating the act as private maintenance rather than indulgence. This practice became more pronounced after she found relative safety with Mordecai and later while after she fell to the Planet and she escaped Shinra captivity to the North Crater, where she watched over Sephiroth’s body in isolation. In those moments, masturbation functioned as both stress relief and a controlled outlet, reinforcing her reliance on solitude even as her desires tied her more closely to the figure she guarded.  

Sephiroth, by contrast, embodied abstinence through environmental conditioning. His aversion to physical contact stemmed from Shinra’s Mako baths, Hojo’s experimentation, and a career defined by discipline over desire. Socialization through SOLDIER comrades—Angeal, Genesis, and later Zack—gave him companionship, but no space to explore intimacy. The rigid training and suppression of emotion under Hojo’s care ensured he never experimented, treating physical desire as irrelevant or dangerous to his controlled persona. His inexperience was not circumstantial but systemic.

Although Sephiroth avoided relationships and physical intimacy, he was not devoid of bodily impulses. At times he relieved himself in isolation, approaching masturbation as a mechanical release rather than an exploration of desire. On occasion, this urge intersected with his martial discipline, channeled into long training sessions with Masamune where physical exertion substituted for sexual satisfaction. In both cases, the focus remained on control—either through jacking off or through the releasing that desire into combat practice—reinforcing his detachment from intimacy while acknowledging that his body was not immune to need. 

Their first sexual experience unfolded in the study beneath Shinra Manor after seven days together. At this point, Sephiroth was unraveling under the weight of discovering his origins. The act itself coincided with his mental collapse, where the emotional vulnerability of physical intimacy, as well as Bianca’s celestial aura faltering during orgasm, opened a door for Jenova’s influence to overtake him. Rather than solidifying their bond in a stabilizing way, the encounter became the final fracture point before Nibelheim burned. For Bianca, it signaled both a connection fulfilled and a prelude to devastation.

Despite his lack of experience, Sephiroth approached intimacy with surprising gentleness. His calm and compose demeanor before madness extended into lovemaking. He did not dominate with aggression but instead expressed care and restraint, echoing his protective instincts with comrades. He kissed every part of her body, sending more time on her nipples, as well as eating her out. When he first pushed inside her, he kissed her while doing so. 
This soft physicality contrasted sharply with the control-oriented dynamics he later displayed post-transformation, where BDSM structures defined his relationship with Bianca. The shift highlighted how Jenova’s possession distorted his natural inclination toward careful, measured intimacy.

Bianca, though inexperienced, demonstrated a willingness to surrender control during this moment. She teased him by kissing his inner thighs, licking his lower abdomen, and stroked him through his trousers until she blew him. Her fear of dependence momentarily dissolved, replaced by trust in Sephiroth’s composure. Yet this vulnerability was compromised by timing. Sephiroth’s push and pull descent in Fantasy Worlds Collide, rather then the concurrent lose of his mind in canon, meant that what could have been stabilizing intimacy instead intensified her later fixation and loyalty.

For Bianca, the act was not merely sexual but symbolic of her obsession, binding her identity even more tightly to Sephiroth despite its destructive outcome. As he fucked her, Bianca crossed the boundaries that no celestial being should have crossed. She was forced to admit to her and him that she loved him, a mortal. This resulted in Divine Law barring her from Caelora (Heaven / Celestial Realm) and started her fall from Grace.
For Sephiroth, the encounter began as an act of controlled intimacy but quickly became the catalyst for his unraveling. Bianca’s Celestial Aura provided a stabilizing push and pull against Jenova’s influence, holding his mind in balance until the moment of her orgasm. When her soul was barred from Heaven and her aura faltered, Jenova seized the opening. As Sephiroth came inside her, the gentleness of their lovemaking collapsed into something darker. 

His release marking the shift from connection to possession. This climax signaled not only Jenova’s full claim over him but also the corruption of their soul-link, the red string of fate twisted into a chain. Though Bianca’s aura reignited seconds later, its diminished strength could not restore what was lost. In that instant, Sephiroth was no longer himself but Jenova’s vessel.

Bianca and Sephiroth’s shared inexperience did not manifest as innocence but as volatility. Their first sexual encounter was not a stabilizing foundation but a fracture point. Sephiroth’s composure gave way to madness, and Bianca’s guarded independence collapsed into fixation. Their lack of prior experience, combined with trauma and circumstance, ensured that intimacy became a catalyst for destruction rather than growth.

In this sense, their encounter reflected not naïve discovery, but the tragic convergence of repression, obsession, and fate.

Chapter 6: Favorite Positions

Summary:

This article of Fantasy Worlds Collide, my 28-year passion project, examines Bianca Moore and Sephiroth’s sexual dynamics through the lens of positioning, restraint, and control. Their intimacy is framed not simply as physical, but as a battlefield where trauma, obsession, and power intertwine. The essay dissects how their favorite positions reflect the ongoing negotiation of dominance and surrender. Even under Jenova’s influence, where his choices darken into cruelty, and even through Bianca’s alpha-submissive contradictions, their sex remains a mirror of their bond: volatile, obsessive, and inseparable from the fate that binds them.

Notes:

A great deal of thought went into considering Sephiroth’s behavior both under Jenova’s control and after he fell into the Lifestream, when he began to force his will upon her. This duality was essential to capture. On one hand, Jenova’s corruption warped his control kink into cruel possession. On the other, his later ability to push back against Jenova showed how dominance could also serve as reclamation of self. Mapping these extremes was central to understanding how sexual positioning in FWC is more than a kink. It’s a reflection of identity, trauma, and agency under constant threat. Both Bianca's and Sephiroth's.

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When analyzing Bianca Moore and Sephiroth through the lens of sexual positioning, it became clear that their dynamics reflected not just preference, but psychology and power balance. For Sephiroth, position was never about novelty or performance. After the Nibelheim Incident, his role as a dom, combined with his obsession with precision, meant that sex was treated as a tactical arena. He gravitated toward positions that maximized his control of rhythm, depth, and intensity. For Bianca, the issue was more complicated. She was an alpha submissive. She craved surrender, but only under conditions that affirmed her agency. Thus, her preferred positions gave Sephiroth dominance while still allowing her a measure of movement and active participation.

Bianca’s favorite position was often with her on top but restrained. She loved straddling him, but with his hands guiding her pace or holding her down. This allowed her to indulge her need for intimacy, eye contact, and proximity while still surrendering the actual control. Sephiroth encouraged this because it fused her desire for power with his need to dictate the terms.

In practice, this position created a hybrid dynamic. She appeared to ride him, but the cadence, force, and tempo were always his decision. This satisfied her psychological need to feel chosen, while also reinforcing his fixation on control.

For Sephiroth, missionary with her restrained beneath him with her wings spread beneath her was his strongest preference. He would either pin her with one of his hands around her wrists, securing her arms above her head, or tight binding, as shown with Kinbaku, with a length of black rope with silver fibers threaded into it to create intricate patterns upon her body. He never bound her wings, however. It was practical, grounding, and symbolic. Missionary emphasized his physical dominance while allowing him to keep visual and emotional focus on her face. Eye contact mattered to him. A lot. It kept her tethered, reminded her of her bond with him, and reinforced his authority.

The restraint aspect satisfied his claiming kink, adding a layer of permanence to each act. It was not about romanticism but about the deliberate reinforcement of their hierarchy. Bianca accepted this because she interpreted the weight of his body and his precision of control as proof of devotion. His devotion.
It should be noted that both characters used sexual positioning as a proxy for negotiating trauma. Bianca’s past of forced isolation and manipulation made her resist true helplessness, which was why total immobilization remained rare.

Sephiroth’s fractured identity and obsession with control made him reject positions where she could fully dictate pace or intensity. What looked like routine BDSM posturing was in reality the ongoing negotiation of wounds: her fear of vulnerability meeting his fear of chaos, even when he became the Son of Jenova.

During periods of Jenova’s influence, Sephiroth’s choices became harsher. His control kink mutated into raw possession, and positions that emphasized restraint took on an edge of cruelty. In these moments, Bianca tolerated harsher configurations. He would pin face-down, forced into deeper submission: not because she sought them out but because her devotion made her willing to endure them.

Once Jenova’s grip receded, Sephiroth never apologized, but he adjusted back to positions that balanced control with intimacy. The variance in his behavior showed the fracture between his own intent and the parasite’s corruption.

Bianca’s submissive tendencies were not passive. Her active use of her body during sex, especially in top-straddle or grinding positions, allowed her to assert herself while feeding his dominance. This contradicted stereotypes of submissiveness.

Bianca’s agency existed within the boundaries he set, and she exploited every opportunity to turn her submission into a performance of loyalty. Sephiroth recognized this, and it deepened his obsession. Her willingness to offer herself, even when physically in control, validated his need to be seen as the axis of her world.

Favorite sexual positions between Bianca and Sephiroth were not reducible to kink alone. They were the product of deep psychological negotiation. Her trauma clashed with his obsession, and her need for connection interwove with his hunger for control. Whether restrained on top, pinned beneath him, or adjusted in moments of Jenova’s corruption, each position served as a microcosm of their greater relationship: one built on control, surrender, obsession, and the constant threat of collapse.

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