[ How many times has he done this? Curled up with Noctis, enjoying the warmth and comfort that another body brought in a too-big bed? There's no one else like Noctis, no one else he loves so much, no one else he trusts as much. Maybe the gossip rags were right about this - maybe he was too invested, borderline obsessed, to a point where he could actively do more damage to Noctis' status as king than anyone else could.
The realization feels like ice pooling inside him, hard and sharp. He can't protect Noctis if he's one of the points of danger to him. If word of an affair got out it could jeopardize the treaty, the relationships they've worked so hard to build. Octavia's kept quiet, but what if she doesn't forever? Stupid, stupid of him to only consider bits and pieces and not the whole. Noctis has always been his blind spot. ]
You've sacrificed everything for this country and her people. I won't let you lose it because of an ill-timed affair.
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[ How many times has he done this? Curled up with Noctis, enjoying the warmth and comfort that another body brought in a too-big bed? There's no one else like Noctis, no one else he loves so much, no one else he trusts as much. Maybe the gossip rags were right about this - maybe he was too invested, borderline obsessed, to a point where he could actively do more damage to Noctis' status as king than anyone else could.
The realization feels like ice pooling inside him, hard and sharp. He can't protect Noctis if he's one of the points of danger to him. If word of an affair got out it could jeopardize the treaty, the relationships they've worked so hard to build. Octavia's kept quiet, but what if she doesn't forever? Stupid, stupid of him to only consider bits and pieces and not the whole. Noctis has always been his blind spot. ]
You've sacrificed everything for this country and her people. I won't let you lose it because of an ill-timed affair.