If Gladio can outright catch him like this, well. It's a very hard thing to deny even if Ignis would rather like to. The fingers in his more free hand flex out, and curl back in, just trying to move out some of the energy still rattling anxiously through him.
"If I settle down, I don't think I'll quite wake up," he admits quietly, turning his head to return the soft nuzzling he's being given. Just having the weight of Gladio back with him is reassuring, and every other little detail only adds to the blanket over his heart. A feeling of ease. Different from the pure numbing relief of having Noctis in his grasp, of knowing he was safe and alive and well, but...
Important, still, in a different way.
"It's just as when we finally pulled ourselves out from the depths of Costlemark. I can still do this much." Even if he'd go through Costlemark a million times and more, if to never have Noctis in that kind of situation ever again.
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"If I settle down, I don't think I'll quite wake up," he admits quietly, turning his head to return the soft nuzzling he's being given. Just having the weight of Gladio back with him is reassuring, and every other little detail only adds to the blanket over his heart. A feeling of ease. Different from the pure numbing relief of having Noctis in his grasp, of knowing he was safe and alive and well, but...
Important, still, in a different way.
"It's just as when we finally pulled ourselves out from the depths of Costlemark. I can still do this much." Even if he'd go through Costlemark a million times and more, if to never have Noctis in that kind of situation ever again.