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I swear to you Squeem made me an Ignis icon and I cannot find it anywhere, where did I put it?

Final Fantasy XV | Now I See Through You
G | 200 words | Ignis, Gladio | Set post-Episode Ignis: Extra Verse, implied spoilers | Written for the [community profile] drabble_zone prompt "Glass", title from Shattered Hopes (Warning: song contains sudden screaming). | "Am I so transparent?"

"Am I so transparent?" Ardyn asks with Gladio's voice, and Ignis jerks awake with a dagger to Gladio's throat.

There is a moment where they neither breathe nor move. Ignis is distantly aware of the weight of Gladio's hand on his shoulder, the glow of the haven through the tent flap lighting the scars across Gladio's face, the way his throat moves as he swallows carefully against the blade. It takes several heartbeats before he can force himself to remove the dagger, and Gladio finally draws breath.

They haven't spoken about what happened in Altissia except in the most general of terms, and certainly never discussed how Ignis ended up in the heart of Niflheim. He's not sure how much Gladio suspects. He's not sure how much he trusts his own senses anymore.

Gladio takes the dagger from Ignis' hand and sets it aside. He's slightly too blurry in the dark for Ignis to see what he's doing, but in a few moments, Gladio folds Ignis' hand around his glasses. When Ignis can see clearly again, Gladio's face is grave and there's blood on his throat.

But all he says is "Get it together," and leaves Ignis to keep watch.

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Date: 2019-03-08 06:55 am (UTC)
rionaleonhart: final fantasy vii remake: aerith looks up, with a smile. (looking ahead)
From: [personal profile] rionaleonhart
Oh, wow, I love this. I love this. This is so, so good, and it manages to pack so much into such a tiny space.

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Date: 2019-03-08 10:21 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] thebaconfat
I always have a hard time picking out pieces of your drabbles to comment on because everything works so well and so tightly together. The detail about the glow of the haven and Gladio's throat moving as he swallows stand out here as really vivid, visceral details. All the things they haven't talked about! Gladio being blurry and helping Ignis find his glasses! It's all really, really good and I desperately want to read more of your FFXV stuff.

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Date: 2019-05-05 07:55 pm (UTC)
lokifan: Ignis not in his visor, scar exposed (Ignis: scar)
From: [personal profile] lokifan
This is so fabulous!!