[ Now it's Noctis' turn to be flustered, cheeks heating up. Yeah, he remembers that day and how it had been particularly shitty -- even moreso because of Noctis' injuries when he'd been a child. Warp had been harder on Noctis than it had been on Regis, but he's never let that stop him from pushing forward as best as he can, even if Gladio obviously hadn't helped. It was just a day when tempers ran high and Ignis had to step in to run interference before the mutual antagonising got too intense or spilled over into something that neither of them can take back. Ignis is always good that way.
He's helping to adjust Ignis' suspenders, smoothing out imaginary creases -- more like looking for something to do, really -- because he remembers just why he'd been so cranky that day; he'd heard that Ignis and a girl had gone on a date the day before, and was so rattled and frazzled that he hadn't been able to focus.
And then Noctis looks up at him, sees the open fondness and love written all over his face, and feels his mouth go dry. Gods, he's so damn beautiful. ]
I uh -- never told you why I was so bothered, did I?
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[ Now it's Noctis' turn to be flustered, cheeks heating up. Yeah, he remembers that day and how it had been particularly shitty -- even moreso because of Noctis' injuries when he'd been a child. Warp had been harder on Noctis than it had been on Regis, but he's never let that stop him from pushing forward as best as he can, even if Gladio obviously hadn't helped. It was just a day when tempers ran high and Ignis had to step in to run interference before the mutual antagonising got too intense or spilled over into something that neither of them can take back. Ignis is always good that way.
He's helping to adjust Ignis' suspenders, smoothing out imaginary creases -- more like looking for something to do, really -- because he remembers just why he'd been so cranky that day; he'd heard that Ignis and a girl had gone on a date the day before, and was so rattled and frazzled that he hadn't been able to focus.
And then Noctis looks up at him, sees the open fondness and love written all over his face, and feels his mouth go dry. Gods, he's so damn beautiful. ]
I uh -- never told you why I was so bothered, did I?