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[shatteredlenses]

 

This is Ignis.  Please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Storyteller willing, I may actually be able to read messages left for me soon.
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And, no, your Highness, this doesn't mean I will be too busy to make sure you eat your vegetables. 

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[piercetheheart]

"He's not on them, Igs." He's laughing as he says it and then he's scooping the egg up out of Iggy's lap to put it back beside the other.

"Come on, come here, babe." Come sit with him and feel both eggs and Leo's lazy rumbling too. Because seriously this is the cutest thing ever and Gladio is dying a little.

[shatteredlenses]

"Of course, he's not!" How stupid do you think he is, Gladio? "But you didn't say how tightly he was wrapped around them."

There's more than one way to crush an egg, after all!

Still, Ignis doesn't fight as his egg is taken from him and Gladio pulls him down to sit. He frowns a little, but that frown really has no staying power when faced with Leo's happy purrs. Gently, Ignis trails his fingers over both the eggs and the contently sleeping tigerlily.

"He reminds me a little of Noctis, you know. Most happy when he's sleeping."

[piercetheheart]

"Would I be teasing you if he was going to hurt them?" Honestly, Iggy, calm down. The eggs are fine, Leo's fine, everything's fine.

"Sleeping or causing trouble." Gladio smiles as he says it, scritching hard just above Leo's tail and Ignis will feel it in the way the tigerlily rocks from the strength of the scritch. He laughs when he gets an annoyed tail flick and one golden eye opens to glare at him for the offense.

"Yeah, just like Noct.

[shatteredlenses]

Listen, if both Prompto and Noctis are going to tease him by calling him 'mum,' then he is going to bloody well mum!

Except 'dad' seems to have things well in hand, so for now Ignis is just going to smile contentedly at Leo's annoyed tail flicking, "And you're bothering him early in the morning instead of letting him sleep. Yes, this all feels very familiar."

He chuckles suddenly, then, turning his face into Gladio's shoulder, "Oh, Prompto's going to be so thrilled. He will never stop taking pictures just like he did with Coco."

And that too is very, comfortingly, familiar.

[piercetheheart]

Of course 'dad' has things handled!

Gladio laughs at the comparison though. Yeah, yeah that all sounds about right. "Yeah, Prom showed me some of the photos from when Coco was bitty. Cute little fluff."

And now he'll have 2 more fluffs to take pics of. It's so close to normal it's actually really reassuring.

[shatteredlenses]

"I recall once not long after Coco hatched, he went out to get some water for Shion while he was visiting," Ignis relaxes against Gladio and closes his eye as he tells the story. "Shion and I had time for a full conversation before we realized Prompto hadn't returned. It turned out, he found Coco sitting on rock looking out over the water and just had to take photo after photo until he got it just right."

He laughs softly, "It's sure a good thing Shion wasn't all that thirsty."

[piercetheheart]

Gladio laughs at that too, a little harder than Ignis, grinning at Prompto's predictable ridiculousness.

"That sounds adorable. Once these two hatch we're never going to get anything worthwhile out of him. Two chicks? And Coco on top of that? He's doomed."

[shatteredlenses]

"Indeed, but I suppose it is better than him wandering into trouble or bothering the ladies on the island too much," Ignis leans into Gladio, laughing. "Oh, he's going to be so upset if we both end up with females. Coco will have a harem before he does then!"

[piercetheheart]

"Hey I specified color, not gender." He didn't want to ask too much of Tory. They've had a rough time of things.

"And the idea of Prompto with a harem is kinda hilarious."

[shatteredlenses]

"It is, though I get the impression he is a little jealous of me and mine," Ignis signs, arm moving around Gladio's waist so he can give him a squeeze. "I can't imagine why. He's seen how difficult it can be. Especially with Ardyn. You know I adore him, but can you imagine Prompto trying to do the same as we have been?"

[piercetheheart]

"Are you implying I'm some sort of concubine?" A laugh, bright and amused as he leans into Iggy a little more, ducking his head to press a kiss to his throat.

"Of course he's jealous. But fuck, Ardyn would've ripped Prompto apart once and the kid would never recover. You're just a glutton for punishment."

[shatteredlenses]

Ignis tilts his head back to give Gladio more access to his neck. You can just keep doing that big guy. He doesn't mind in the slightest. He does laugh, though.

"I am not a glutton for punishment! I'm merely extremely devoted to the causes I choose to champion."