♛ NOCT !
@argentumly
FITTING FOUR GUYS into an average-sized camping tent doesn’t really allow for much s u b t l e t y, Noctis has come to realize. One of the many joys of roughing it in the g r e a t outdoors. Usually nightmares are the only thing he needs to worry about when it comes to getting a g o o d night’s sleep, but now there’s snoring & stretching & rustling & shifting ——– Noct reaches for the top of his sleeping bag, starts y a n k i n g it over his head when he feels a sudden presence move to his right. Could just be Gladio hogging all the e x t r a leg room, but through squinting eyes he watches a blond head disappear from the mouth of the tent. It’s dangerous at night, that much he knows. And in his g r o g g y stupor he has flashes of a scene most horrific… Prompto wandering a little too f a r from camp. Prompto, still half-asleep & un-attentive. Prompto, ambushed by a daemon that could rip him to s h r e d s with a single ———-
“ Prompto —— ” he croaks, writhing from his sleeping bag & hurrying outside. He comes up from behind his f r o z e n frame, a hand tapping him brusquely on the shoulder. “ Hey, what gives? ”
some nights are HARDER than others. some nights he can get away with a couple rounds of king’s knight, some jokes & banter around the campfire, then a quick GOODNIGHT as they all slip soundlessly into their sleeping bags. but some nights it GETS to him. some nights his mind just won’t shut up even when his bones are ACHING with exhaustion. some nights that mark on his wrist feels like it’s BURNING right through his skin & he doesn’t know what to do or who to talk to ... so he LEAVES. fresh air will help, right ?
he picks at the edge of his glove ( he insists on wearing them to bed. weird, yeah, but how else is he supposed to keep his secret ? ), peeking underneath until he can see a little BLACK line, followed by another, & another ---------
❝ GAH ----- !! ❞ he JUMPS at that swat to the shoulder. prompto spins around, summoning his weapon on instinct, then jerks it upward so QUICKLY that he ends up smacking his best friend in the face with his pistol.
❝ ah ------- shit ! noct ! ❞
