[ There's an offer in that folder, a way for him to take a break - to stop this, whenever he wants. Distantly, he wonders if Aranea had given him this without actually expecting him to consider following through. Maybe. Maybe she thought that he would debate it for ages and keep it as a fall back plan in case things went even further south. Maybe it was simply done out of pity. It can't be fun or easy watching a man linger in the shadows, hopelessly devoted to someone he can never have. It has to look pathetic, from the outside.
The silk parts easily, loose knot sliding undone and it slides over the line of a shoulder, sagging. Ignis can't bring himself to fix it, not sure if it's because he knows where this is going and isn't strong enough to resist, or because he wonders if the bruising, the half-moons she'd pushed into his skin will stop Noctis so Ignis doesn't have to. ]
It can't.
[ It's not a no. It's never a no. Ignis closes his eyes and tips his head back but doesn't shove him away like he ought to. ]
Is this how it's going to be forever, Your Majesty? Stolen moments while your wife sleeps in your bed?
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The silk parts easily, loose knot sliding undone and it slides over the line of a shoulder, sagging. Ignis can't bring himself to fix it, not sure if it's because he knows where this is going and isn't strong enough to resist, or because he wonders if the bruising, the half-moons she'd pushed into his skin will stop Noctis so Ignis doesn't have to. ]
It can't.
[ It's not a no. It's never a no. Ignis closes his eyes and tips his head back but doesn't shove him away like he ought to. ]
Is this how it's going to be forever, Your Majesty? Stolen moments while your wife sleeps in your bed?