"Iggy, I-" Prompto begins to protest on reflex, only for the words to cut off. No, he focuses on the gentle touches to his back, the warmth of Ignis so near, and the contents of his words. What Ignis says pulls him back from the yawning abyss of panic and fear like a lifeline. I'm here with you. We will all be with you. It is everything he needs. Everything he wants. His found family, no, his loves by his side.
People he would stop at nothing for. People he lives for.
People who he knows would do the same for him. Protect him. They protect one another.
...People who could be snatched away from him in the blink of an eye. But what matters now to Prompto is now. The love he feels, and his battered heart that has finally been allowed a chance to beat again. He realizes he doesn't want to lose it.
"I have you all back," Prompto whispers, voice raw, "I love you all. I can't..." His jaw tightens, and a fierce determination crosses his exhausted features that Ignis may or may not be fully familiar with just yet. A determination he's always had, but honed to a fine point over the years. "I can't let him take it all away again. I won't."
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People he would stop at nothing for. People he lives for.
People who he knows would do the same for him. Protect him. They protect one another.
...People who could be snatched away from him in the blink of an eye. But what matters now to Prompto is now. The love he feels, and his battered heart that has finally been allowed a chance to beat again. He realizes he doesn't want to lose it.
"I have you all back," Prompto whispers, voice raw, "I love you all. I can't..." His jaw tightens, and a fierce determination crosses his exhausted features that Ignis may or may not be fully familiar with just yet. A determination he's always had, but honed to a fine point over the years. "I can't let him take it all away again. I won't."