As soon as you two walk in Noctis will get stares. Aunties will secretly, but not so secretly ask you why he is wearing so much black.
Will ask you things like “child, why is he so quiet? Is he okay?”
Noctis will get Ignis to make some sort of dish for the cookout. Didn’t mean to claim it as his own but has a hard time getting word out as all the grandmas are complimenting him on his cooking skills.
They will ask for his help in the kitchen… he just disappears. Even you can’t find him.
Will sneak off to play video games with the kids.
Auntie #1 will interrogate the sh*t out of him. Asking all personal questions such as: “How long have you two been together. Do you have an older brother? How’s your daddy the King doing?”
While making his plate he avoids the greens and any veggies. Grandma will literally pop out of nowhere with an already fixed plate with the 5 important food groups, heavy with greens.
Try’s your Uncles signature hot-wings... nearly dies.
Will get invited to play spades. Uncles/brothers will think he is an easy target but Ignis taught Noctis how to play spades and he actually wins a round.
He makes a lot of friends even though he is super shy, because people want to know more about him because he is quiet, and it’s a cookout so everyone wants to be in the quiet person business and ask why they are so quiet.
Gets the itis before the night is done. You have to practically carry him to the car.
Prompto is pretty lean, so you can imagine the grandmas and mothers reactions to seeing him. “Oh dear, child eat, eat.”
When he goes to fix a plate they will be there putting more food on his plate. Staring at him while he eats and asking him if he wants seconds or if he’s full.
Prompto is super polite so he will say he will take more even though he feels like he going to explode from all the corn bread he has consumed.
He will get into deep conversation about tech or videos games with the one ‘cousin’ who really isn’t a cousin but he just shows up every year. -Y/n, who was that guy? One of your cousins? - No, he just shows up every year… I don’t even know his name.
Attempts to eat healthy but becomes a complete glutton after trying that sweet potato pie for the first time.
You will find him just sitting there, listening to everyone’s conversation, with him every few minutes leaning over to you whispering asking for more tea.
He knows the electric slide and you don’t know how. He out dances everyone.
He will probably get cornered more than once to try an play dominos and you will have to rescue him because he has no idea what he is getting himself into.
Your mother will go on and on about your two’s relationship that will make you want to crawl in a hole all while Prompto is starry eyed hearing about how much you tell your mother about him.
Before you both leave you remind him to make a plate to take home, but grandma #1 & 2, already have plates made up for him.
Everyone sees him before he even opens the gate.
Aunties looking at gladio like :
Aunties will swoon, you practically have to fight them off of him as they crowd around him.
That ‘bold and single’ auntie who brought nothing but the ice to the cook out, will lead him around to meet everyone. All while asking how serious his relationship is with you (low key trying to steal him)
Initially he will be a little uncomfortable at the amount of people that will want to come up and talk with him. Everyone’s brother, uncle, father will want to talk sports with him but Gladio honestly doesn’t keep up with it.
They will get him to play football. Gladio tackles the shit out of your uncle who used to play football in college. Uncle is super bitter the rest of the day, giving Gladio constant side eye.
Gladio is big, so he likes to eat a lot. He gets impatient waiting in line for food. Is so confused watching the person in front of him make four plates.
Loads up his plate, stacking everything on top instead of going up for seconds. Bitter uncle will question on whether or not Gladio can eat it all, to which both of you chuckle.
Gladio will be getting thirds. Can’t get enough of the baked mac & cheese.
You catch your aunties creeping out of the corner of your eye, eyeing gladio like...
TO which your responed later to them when they go inside to use the bathroom..:
Later at home he checks his fb and has 15+ new friends request from your relatives that didn’t talk to him once at the cookout.
You try to get him to join in the cupid shuffle but he refuses and just watches you instead.
Brings out some dark liquor near the end of the night, him and salty uncle become besties.
Let me tell you when Ignis is ‘that white guy invited to the cookout’.
You let him know that you have to bring something to the cook out, and you ask him what dish he would like to bring. His response: “My dear,
Ignis is rather quiet at the cookout. He ask you the names and relations of everyone to you but there are literally so many people you cant name them all.
Ignis goes and introduces himself to everyone, super formal. Throws everyone off.
Ignis knows how to waltz, but he can’t shuffle to save his life, so don’t ask him and don’t let him or else its going to look like this:
He is an excellent cook, however he has not had a lot of opportunity's to eat soul food before. He taste buds are overwhelmed by the flavors + the amount of calories he is consuming.
Looses his seat every time he gets up to do something, so you give him yours, which is a plus because sitting on Iggys lap is always a good thing.
By the end of the night he has come up with several new recipehs.
But everyone has a good time, cause at a cookout...
