‘ Y’know, if she were out with anyone else, I might be mad that they’d brought her back so late, ’ he begins grumpily, but with iris currently sleeping in the makeshift cradle of his arms, he half turns and jerks his head for them to follow. it’s the same every year, they stay out just that little bit later so she can enjoy the fireworks, and there lay the underlying pang of guilt twisting in his gut that he wasn’t able to take her himself, but nyx, as always, had stepped in before anyone else had been able to, and the rest is history. ‘ give me two minutes to get her into bed and I’ll be down again. believe I promised you a beer last year. ’
after the issue of prying her off of Nyx’s back, Gladiolus is surprised at how easily he’s able to set the teen in her bed ( after removing her boots --- he’d learnt his lesson about putting her to sleep without taking off her shoes: gladdy, the mud’s ruined my sheets !! ) and it’s not long before he’s half-stomping down the stairs and into the kitchen, calling out: ‘ you okay with moogle lite ? ’ // @slainheroics
















