Here is my fic for @larksongkitty for the exchange at @the-gift-of-ffxv. I really hope that you like it~!
I have no good excuse for the title, really.
I originally attempted the angst prompt of sharing holiday memories after the passing of a loved one, but it turned into a tangled headcanon mess that was only tangentially related to your prompt. SO! Have some overenthusiastic outdoor-living buff!Gladio and his first snow day. I hope you like it!
(Sorry for the link, tumblr kept breaking my formatting :/)
“Snow? In My Insomnia?” It’s More Likely Than You Think!
(ffxv, Gladio & Noctis & Prompto & Ignis T)
Scientists had been saying for years that Eos's climate would change because of the Glacian's murder, but no one could have predicted the two feet of snow that buried Insomnia.
Gladio Amicitia was ready. He had his new snowshoes and a magazine on snow shelters. (And, oh yeah, maybe some friends too.)
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There was snow in Insomnia. Meteorologists had been saying for years that weather patterns across all of Eos were likely to shift, what with the death of Shiva in the Empire and all. Gladio’d written a report about it for his tutor a few years ago, read all of Dr. Yeagre’s research about the changing environment, as well as reports by meteorologists from inside and outside of Gralea. The ones from Gralea had a challenge to dig up, but definitely worth it. So much speculation buried deep in Niff newspapers that it’d taken him days to translate. Modern Niff bore little resemblance to Medieval Niff. And his knowledge of the medieval stuff was basically regulated to the vocab from the great romances and ballads.
When he wrote the report, he’d joked that maybe they’d finally get a snow day. Didn’t actually think it’d happen though.
