#//I realize this is a bit of a dreary hc for sinday but .... well.

[secondflame]

headcanon

Despite the fact that Clive likes children and is quite good at taking care of them due to doing his part in raising Joshua, he does not want any of his own.

He witnessed his mother's obsession with the Phoenix' blessing turn her bitter. He saw his father become grey over doubts and fear for his youngest son. He watched an entire nation place their hopes and dreams on his sickly little brother who he'd vowed to protect from the moment he first held him in his arms.

The Phoenix stopped being a blessing the second his brother's eyes turned golden with the first manifestation of his powers. Clive henceforth realized it to be a curse he could do nothing to alliviate and knowing that Dominants' powers tend to be passed down within one particular bloodline Clive has ever shied away from the thought of marriage, even before he realized his interest in men far outweighed the one in women. He experienced the way it could tear a family apart first hand and he would not have it happen again because of him.

He wants no part in perpetuating this cycle of mysery, for from what he has seen the Eikons only ever caused grief and pain when they emerged. Clive would not inflict the Phoenix (or Ifrit for that matter) on future generations.

#.headcanon #//I realize this is a bit of a dreary hc for sinday but .... well.