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Best Zack Fair Fix-It Fanfics

The best fix-it fanfiction featuring Zack Fair (FF7) on AO3, curated by popularity. The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios.

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Top Zack Fair Fix-It Fic Recs

6 fix-it fics featuring Zack Fair, followed by other top-rated stories.

1

Without Mercy, Without Grace

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by BloodyWar2411 · Zerith

When Angeal died, it was without Honor. Rejected from the Lifestream, he watched his friends fall and the Planet crumble. And when the end arrived, he was ready for it. What he wasn't prepared for was the chance to try again. Armed with nothing but the fail-safe of Cloud Strife's soul, Angeal attemp

4,917 kudos 31,635 words 1/1 chapters Mature
2

Memory's Struggle

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by Squirrel_of_Mibu · Zakkura

Things are looking up for Cadet Cloud Strife. He actually has friends, unlike in Nibelheim, and now General Sephiroth of all people wants to train him personally. If only he could figure out why everybody keeps asking him if he remembers.Or: A Time Travel Fix-it where everybody but Cloud remembers a

4,912 kudos 261,473 words 43/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

[ff7][SC]Wheel

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by Eissyvalkriss · Zerith

AC萨菲罗斯和克劳德先后穿越至CC发生之前。但是变动的不仅仅是时间线,还有整个世界观。这是一个ABO的世界。萨菲罗斯在AC克劳德到来之前已经标记了那个仍把他视为英雄的普通神罗士兵。

3,466 kudos 293,345 words 75/? chapters Explicit
4

Back and Forth With You

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by SKayLanphear · Zakkura

Cloud hadn't expected that the string of words on his arm would lead him to First Class SOLDIER, Zack Fair. Having such an impressive soulmate was beyond intimidating, especially since Cloud couldn't even begin to measure up. Which was why he'd decided to keep his mouth shut and never say a word. If

3,096 kudos 253,106 words 24/42 chapters Explicit
5

Sideways

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by soliloqui · Zerith

Witnessing the end of the world, being chosen as Champion and sent back in time to change the past – all these things Cloud could almost have expected. What he did not count on, however, is landing himself in a world where Sephiroth has stayed strangely sane, Shinra are supposedly the good guys, and

2,012 kudos 93,220 words 8/? chapters Mature
6

Just Another Attempt at Saving the World

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by Anonymous · Zerith

The plan was simple: go back in time, destroy Jenova, get rid of the reactors, save the Planet. Unfortunately, it failed to account for anything that could go wrong, mostly because anything could go wrong, and it wasn’t really possible to account for that.Yet, of course, what went wrong was the last

1,511 kudos 43,157 words 18/? chapters Mature
7

Off the Line

by esama · Zerith

In which Cloud gets a Virtual Reality Dream Console – ShinRa's latest in virtual reality technology. Aaand everything pretty much goes downhill from there.

8,405 kudos 152,857 words 59/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
8

Flowers For a Planet

by esama · Zerith

There are flowers growing in the Grey.

6,851 kudos 144,378 words 37/37 chapters Mature
9

Five Hearts To Make Him Whole

by Squirrel_of_Mibu · Zakkura

In a last-ditch effort to save the planet, Cloud is hurled into another dimension. One where the link between him and god-complex Sephiroth will be broken. The only problem is, his cross-dimensional counterpart is the soulmate of the four strongest SOLDIERs in Midgar, that dimension’s Sephiroth incl

6,184 kudos 172,688 words 18/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
10

Closing Time

by surveycorpsjean · Zakkura

The same customer buys coffee every day right before closing, and Cloud absolutely hates his guts.

4,395 kudos 49,672 words 9/9 chapters Explicit
11

The Worst Assignment

by A_Writer_of_Whimsy · Zerith

After talking back to a superior officer, Cloud Strife is given the task none in ShinRa want: to be General Sephiroth's personal bodyguard.

4,280 kudos 59,293 words 15/15 chapters Mature
12

Second Chances

by MisaxMisa · Zerith

When it turns out everything they went through wasn’t enough to save the planet, Cloud gets the chance to prevent the end of the world - only this time, he knows exactly what he’s doing. Sort of.

3,991 kudos 90,679 words 21/? chapters Mature

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Zack Fair in Fix-It Fanfiction

Zack Fair — Sunny SOLDIER First Class who carried a catatonic Cloud across a continent and died within sight of Midgar so his friend could live. The fandom's most universally loved character and its most rewritten death.

Fix-It — Stories that 'fix' canon events that fans found unsatisfying, usually character deaths or relationship outcomes.

The catharsis of getting the ending you wanted, exploring 'what if' scenarios. Zack Fair's (also known as The Puppy, SOLDIER First Class Zack Fair) role in FF7 makes them a natural fit for fix-it storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in FF7 fanfiction.

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