((ooc: HIIIII omg!! Sam mentioned it briefly, but yes; congrats! Take your time and enjoy <3 I'll be here.))
[Noctis was very much ready to keep moving forward the only way he knew how (keep walking) when he hears a familiar heavy sigh to his nine o'clock. He looks over just in time to see his Shield - older, likely wiser, and holy shit did he get beefier. He wasn't even sure that was possible, considering the last he saw him Gladio was already a moving mountain of muscle.
You don't. Meaning, he already knows. There's a brief flicker of something in his eyes before he shoves it down. No, not now. Not when whatever that thing wearing Luna's face will likely feed off it and fuel it to get him to go with her. The hand on his shoulder keeps him from turning back around to face it.]
What can I say? [It comes out a little more raw than he intends. 'I'm worth the wait.' dies on his lips before he says it, and he closes his mouth before he can utter them. Instead, he looks Gladio in the eye.] How long?
Never. It was a trick question.
[Noctis was very much ready to keep moving forward the only way he knew how (keep walking) when he hears a familiar heavy sigh to his nine o'clock. He looks over just in time to see his Shield - older, likely wiser, and holy shit did he get beefier. He wasn't even sure that was possible, considering the last he saw him Gladio was already a moving mountain of muscle.
You don't. Meaning, he already knows. There's a brief flicker of something in his eyes before he shoves it down. No, not now. Not when whatever that thing wearing Luna's face will likely feed off it and fuel it to get him to go with her. The hand on his shoulder keeps him from turning back around to face it.]
What can I say? [It comes out a little more raw than he intends. 'I'm worth the wait.' dies on his lips before he says it, and he closes his mouth before he can utter them. Instead, he looks Gladio in the eye.] How long?