"Nothing about you is what I'd call trouble, Iggy. You never asked for any of this confusion, either." Gladio's eyes soften as Ignis kisses his fingers. He's missed these little gestures of affection with Iggy...maybe more than he's missed anything else. Even with how he's been aware of the ache this whole time, he's almost really only able to fully appreciate the scope of it now as it's starting to melt away. "The only kind of trouble you've ever been for me is the kind of trouble I'm into." That's accompanied by a grin.
The question catches him off-guard, and he blinks. Then he grins again. "Not exactly, no. But you remember how I mentioned we discussed a couple people who mean a lot to us? Noct was one of them, but yeah, Prom was the other. He really became one of us over that road trip - we'd kill for him, no question. There was never anything romantic between us back then, although..." He pauses, frowning a bit. "Well, there was definitely some sexual tension between me and the kid. What can I say? He's cute and I like to flirt. Wouldn't have ever been anything more than just flirting for fun, though, if we hadn't talked it over and if he hadn't been interested. He always seemed a little into me, too, though. It's part of the reason we talked about him in the context of 'if the opportunity ever came up', you know?
"And awhile after our roadtrip, back in my own time, with an older Prom, we did hook up a few times. Just as a casual thing. Our situation was...pretty rough at the time, and we were all doing a lot of traveling individually where we didn't see each other all that often, so maybe that's why it happened. I wouldn't have minded it being more than casual, but...honestly, he and Noct weren't together back then, and Noct was off...doing his own thing, so Prom couldn't be with him. And nobody with eyes could miss how much the kid is in love with Noct. So I figured I was just...some stress relief for him, while he couldn't get what he really wanted. Never asked for more, and neither did the kid."
He shakes his head. "But I didn't mention that before because it's not exactly relevant here. This Prom is before anything happened between us back home; there's certainly nothing between me and the kid here besides friendship, and he doesn't even know there's ever been anything else. Feels weird to tell him - like it'd put some sort of expectation on him. I don't know if he's interested in me or not like that here and now, and I haven't asked. Besides, he's got Noct. That might be all he's ever wanted."
He rests a hand on his hip. "As to your relationship with the kid...there was never anything between you two that I know of, and obviously I would've known. But if you ask me? The attraction is there on his end. Maybe he wasn't always snapping pictures of your ass like he was mine on our roadtrip, but some of the glamor shots he took of you? I don't think you can photograph someone like that without thinking they're a work of art. Also, maybe I'm biased, but I don't know how somebody could spend that long around you and not fall for you. Anyway, that's just my perspective. You can judge for yourself if you think I'm off-base. But I gave my go-ahead on you maybe having a thing with Prompto, too, because I thought it was a real possibility one or both of you might want that."
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The question catches him off-guard, and he blinks. Then he grins again. "Not exactly, no. But you remember how I mentioned we discussed a couple people who mean a lot to us? Noct was one of them, but yeah, Prom was the other. He really became one of us over that road trip - we'd kill for him, no question. There was never anything romantic between us back then, although..." He pauses, frowning a bit. "Well, there was definitely some sexual tension between me and the kid. What can I say? He's cute and I like to flirt. Wouldn't have ever been anything more than just flirting for fun, though, if we hadn't talked it over and if he hadn't been interested. He always seemed a little into me, too, though. It's part of the reason we talked about him in the context of 'if the opportunity ever came up', you know?
"And awhile after our roadtrip, back in my own time, with an older Prom, we did hook up a few times. Just as a casual thing. Our situation was...pretty rough at the time, and we were all doing a lot of traveling individually where we didn't see each other all that often, so maybe that's why it happened. I wouldn't have minded it being more than casual, but...honestly, he and Noct weren't together back then, and Noct was off...doing his own thing, so Prom couldn't be with him. And nobody with eyes could miss how much the kid is in love with Noct. So I figured I was just...some stress relief for him, while he couldn't get what he really wanted. Never asked for more, and neither did the kid."
He shakes his head. "But I didn't mention that before because it's not exactly relevant here. This Prom is before anything happened between us back home; there's certainly nothing between me and the kid here besides friendship, and he doesn't even know there's ever been anything else. Feels weird to tell him - like it'd put some sort of expectation on him. I don't know if he's interested in me or not like that here and now, and I haven't asked. Besides, he's got Noct. That might be all he's ever wanted."
He rests a hand on his hip. "As to your relationship with the kid...there was never anything between you two that I know of, and obviously I would've known. But if you ask me? The attraction is there on his end. Maybe he wasn't always snapping pictures of your ass like he was mine on our roadtrip, but some of the glamor shots he took of you? I don't think you can photograph someone like that without thinking they're a work of art. Also, maybe I'm biased, but I don't know how somebody could spend that long around you and not fall for you. Anyway, that's just my perspective. You can judge for yourself if you think I'm off-base. But I gave my go-ahead on you maybe having a thing with Prompto, too, because I thought it was a real possibility one or both of you might want that."