23rd December - CtC’17
Ignis + his S/O’s life after the “incident”
Hey guys! :3
Just fyi, this idea goes well with Ignis & his S/O meeting for the first time after “the incident” and Ignis reacting to a pregnancy announcement.
This contains spoilers for the endgame!
Words: 2200+
Genre: Slice of life
Spoilers: YES! Spoilers for both the FFXV endgame!
Trigger Warnings: Don’t think any are needed - if you think so, feel free to hit me up and I’ll correct it :)
Being a blind advisor was far from easy. It was even worse that he never had enough time to properly adjust to his new life. The moment Noctis woke up and was ready to continue his journey, Ignis was also back up on his feet. Being as stubborn and selfless as he always was, he surely accompanied him. He'd stick to the prince until the very end - and he did.
After the world was covered by darkness and Noctis had entered the crystal, Ignis was on his way back home. His girlfriend already knew about the incident, even managed to visit him in Altissia. She sure was devastated but she knew she would always stick to his side. There was no way she'd leave him. They considered themselves soulmates, never failed to shower one another with love - but now they were facing a new challenge.
For the sake of monitoring Ignis and ensuring he wouldn't accidentally hurt himself, his girlfriend moved in with him. It was important that he'd stay in his home, in an environment he knew by heart. But it was also mandatory that he wouldn't be alone - so this was the perfect opportunity to take their relationship one step further.
Especially the first weeks were filled with frustration and anger. Ignis bumped into furniture, stumbled up and fell down the stairs, cut himself while trying to cook,.. The list went on and on. Every once so familiar movement had to be re-learned. Although he never meant to, he did take his anger out on his beloved S/O. They often ended up fighting - which just further frustrated him as he couldn't see her expression and how she felt about it. He only heard her voice. If she was only acting tough, tears were already running down her cheek, he wouldn't know. To say the first months were anyhow easy would be a tremendous lie - they were far from it. Ignis often felt helpless. He couldn't read incoming bills anymore, couldn't make a payment on his own, couldn't drive, couldn't go shopping on his own, couldn't even go out for hunts as he simply couldn’t fight. There were so many things he simply couldn't do anymore, so many tasks his S/O had to take over - he felt utterly terrible.
It took him a while to find some motivation to improve but once he finally found it, he was determined to work hard. Eventually, his senses finally adjusted as well - which made this whole situation a lot easier. Nonetheless, it was still a struggle and the whole process certainly wasn't fast enough for him. He wanted to lift all pressure off his girlfriend, wanted to become as independent as he possibly could.
Ignis attempted to cook on his own, asked his girlfriend to write a letter to contractors providing any kind of service to him, asking for them to send the bills in braille. On top of that, simply to have some distraction, he bought books in braille. Together with his dearest S/O, he learned how to read it and with those books, he could at least still follow his favorite calming hobby. Aside from that he started leaving his apartment, he was no longer staying inside, sulking. However, he was a little too eager for his S/O. She didn't want him to leave on his own so shortly after the incident. She wanted him to rest up and let his burns heal instead. An exception would've been if someone had accompanied him - but that was not the case. She frequently arrived at home and was met with an empty apartment. The cherry on the icing was that Ignis didn't take his phone with him. So, full of worry, his S/O rushed through the city, almost had a breakdown because she feared for the worst.. Only to come back home with a tear-stained face, finding him in the kitchen cooking their dinner. Instead of Ignis letting out his anger and frustration on his S/O, it was her turn to vent. In the end, they set different ringtones for each caller and activated voice control on his phone. That way, even if he wouldn't use it anymore, she could at least reach him at any time.
The more months passed by, the more confident Ignis became in his abilities. Walking freely was no issue in their house and closest surroundings, cooking was good again as long as he knew where the ingredients were and spices weren't moved - he could easily engage in life again. With his confident boost came the longing for his S/O. For months he had been to shy to try anything sexual but now he was actually eager to give it a shot. It sure was different not being able to see his partner but it was also incredibly exciting. He started to notice the tiniest moves, could read their body language so much better - as long as he felt it.
Their relationship gradually improved while they explored and experienced all-new options together. Suddenly, his disability didn't matter anymore. It didn't stop him from living his life to the fullest. Thanks to Gladio's help, he even managed to regain his fighting ability. He was no longer nearly as helpless as he used to be and that benefitted all his relationships greatly. Sooner or later no one longer recognized him as the advisor that lost his vision and purpose but as the advisor who didn't need his vision to be brilliant.
For a few years, everything seemed to go great. There were little to no troubles, Ignis kept adjusting amazingly to the point he no longer required any kind of assistance unless he actually had to see something. It was when his now-wife announced their pregnancy, that they were faced with new challenges. They had to set up a room for their child, had some preparations to do. Both were uncertain about how this would work out. But before they knew it, a tiny bundle of joy was born into their family. They were both incredibly grateful and immediately fell in love with it. But at the same time, Ignis was silently weeping, crying about how he couldn't see its faces and would never witness their first crawls or first time standing on its feet. He hated the thought of not being able to enjoy these moments. Although he carefully caressed the body of his kid, mainly its face, to get it memorized, it clearly wasn't the same. He could only use his imagination for a clear picture of their child. It really beat him up knowing that he was forced to be the more-or-less passive parent. There was a lot he couldn't do, a lot that was exclusive to his wife but also a lot he simply refused to do out of fear he'd hurt the little bean.
Throughout their child's entire first two years, Ignis could hardly help his wife. She didn’t mind, not once complained. But now it was time to take some responsibility as well. His wife was no longer on maternity leave, had to go back to work, so he often found himself home alone with their little bean. Although it was great that it could already move around so freely, it also was a lot of trouble to Ignis. TV's, radio's - any kind of music and noise-making thing - had to be turned off so he could hear his child roam around the house. Thankfully, Ignis was still - by far - faster than his little devil, catching up with it wasn't hard at all. It was only hard finding out what it was planning or already doing. At least it was easy to keep the little bean busy. From playing inside with some toys, Lego, Playmobil or Barbies, to building a sandcastle at a public playground, Ignis did it all. He gladly spent time with his child, enjoyed hearing it laugh and giggle. Much to Ignis' dismay, playing in the snow in winter was his kid's favorite activity, so, of course, he joined in on those as well.
"Dearest, it seems it snowed some, do you want to build a snowman?" Ignis asked his little sprouse that was currently sitting on his lap, fondling around with some of his books.
"A snowman!?" it replied, glancing up at its father with widened eyes.
"Yes. Let's surprise mommy and build her one" he suggested, slowly helping his child slide down onto the ground so they could get going to their garden.
"Awesome!" his child exclaimed, running towards the door leading to the garden.
"Not so fast, champ!" Ignis called out, hurrying after it, "We need you to wear proper clothing first."
After reaching the door, Ignis started patting for his kid's jacket and shoes, then hastily helped put them on. Once his little cutie was all dressed up and ready, Ignis dressed himself.. Accidentally put on his wife's shoes on first, though. Today wouldn't be his day, nothing would go right. Or at least that's what he was convinced off as he stumbled out into their garden, almost falling as he slipped. Their child had made its way into the garden before its father even wore his jacket. Ignis could hear how it was walking around.
"Daddy, right here!" it called out, pointing at a spot for where to build the snowman.
Instinctively turning his head towards the direction he heard the noise from, he nodded, then he slowly started approaching it. It was then that he realized just how much it had snowed as his shoes and parts of his pants were getting soaked.
"No, you walked over it!" his kid complained as he apparently walked past the designated spot.
Sighing, he took a few steps back until his tiny bean was happy.
"Did you build a snowman with your mom before?" he asked, slowly kneeling down to form a snowball in his hands.
"I did! But it melted before you could see it" it replied, pouting lightly.
As he took note of the tone his child spoke in changed, he knew it was potentially pouting and carefully reached out towards it's cheek to stroke it.
"I'm sure you did a good job" he encouraged it.
"Yes.." it whispered.
After a quick, reassuring hug, Ignis and his child started rolling snowballs and slowly building their snowman. Every now and then, Ignis was hit by a snowball - clearly coming from his child who wanted to tease him. Although he knew he probably wouldn't hit it anyway, he refused to throw some back. The risk was too high that he would accidentally take up some stones into the snowball and end up injuring his child. Instead, he just laughed about it and congratulated his sprouse whenever it landed a hit and didn't miss.
However, this still wasn't exactly Ignis' day.
Since he couldn't see what was ahead of him, he didn't notice that a branch had fallen off their tree. On his way back to the snowman, he tripped over it and landed face first in the snow. While shivers ran down his spine and his face immediately started to freeze, his kid giggled, made fun of how clumsy its father was. On the bright side, at least he couldn't break his glasses since he didn't need them anymore.
"You.. Little.." he grumbled, grinning as he could easily locate his child, then rushed over to it.
Instead of tickling it, which was something it hated, he picked it up and carefully swung it around. The only trees their garden had were very tall, he was confident that no branch was low enough to reach them - and he was right. It's too bad that he didn't consider his balancing issues that sometimes tended to occur when the ground was fairly soft. His left foot accidentally slipped on ice while his right one still stood on snow - but nonetheless, he fell over, with his child in his arms. They didn't just fall anywhere, they fell right into their snowman. Ignis ensured his kid would only land on him, held it tight to his chest while his own back crashed into their almost finished snowman. Needlessly to say, it fell apart.
"What're you doing?!" his S/O laughed from the door, watching her husband lie in the snow and their child run towards her, "Careful sweety, there's ice everywhere."
Groaning, Ignis slowly got up. Ice really was his worst enemy nowadays. He couldn't see it, couldn't hear it, couldn't smell it - it was just there.
"Did you injure yourself, Iggy?" she called out to him.
"Mommy our snowman is dead" their child whined, interrupting her by pulling on her sweatshirt.
"Ugh, I'm fine.." Ignis murmured, carefully walking back to the entrance while he was upset about himself - once again did his disability get in the way.
"We'll build a new one with daddy's help later, okay?" his wife suggested to their child which immediately nodded, "Good, sounds like a deal then."
Although Ignis really didn't like winter and anything associated with it, he was glad to be spending time with the two most important people in his life. He loved them both dearly and really appreciated how patient they were being with him. That was something he really didn't take for granted. The only thing he really didn't appreciate was all those bruises from falling over and over again… But he would take on all challenges in his life to be the best father he could possibly be. Because that's exactly what his little angel deserved.
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