It didn’t take long to beat the monster that was guarding the tomb, and before you knew it, you were back in the Regalia, heading to the nearest campsite. “God dammit, Noct…” you grumbled under your breath before following. Gladio outright laughed and moved back from you, heading towards the source of the sound. His lips were just seeking yours when Noctis’ frustrated yell came from nearby. Gladio chuckled and wrapped his other arm around your waist, pulling you closer. Gladio leaned in close to you, smirking and steadying himself with a forearm on the rock. “You like what you see?”įinally drawing your eyes away from his muscles, you bit your lip and looked up at him, nodding and humming. “It’s hard not to like a view like this.” You trailed your hands across his front, fingers dipping into every ridge of his muscles. You were pinned, as it would seem, between a rock and a hard place. You didn’t realize Gladio was so close to you until you felt your back hit one of the rocks. His hair was dripping, and the water made him shine. Water ran down his chest, drizzling between the rifts in his abs.
Water ran down his arms, curling around his biceps and dripping off his fingers. Gladio was just emerging from the spray of the waterfall, completely soaked and looking like a god. You were shaking yourself off the best you could when there was a call of your name from behind you, and you turned just in time – It was too much of a shock after being in the heavy humidity of the thicket for so long. And Noct was not kidding, this water was cold. Prompto went next, and then Ignis, and you braced yourself before following. “ Cold!” he yelped, shaking off as much water as he could once he left the fall. Noct grumbled a bit, but nonetheless traversed through the falling water. If it’s the only way, then we’ve gotta go through.” Gladio cast a sidelong glance at the prince, crossing his arms. “The only way forward is to go through the waterfall.” Even if there wasn’t a tomb, the trip wouldn’t have been a complete waste, since Sania needed substances from a Giantoad. You were salvaging said substances when you heard Noctis groan. Later on in the day, you and the boys were traversing some thicket, having heard rumors of there being a royal tomb there and going to check it out. He was already looking at you when you turned your gaze to him, and when your eyes met, he grinned and winked at you. Ignis walked off, leaving you blushing and stammering to come up with a proper defense. Startled, you looked over at Ignis, heat rising in your cheeks. The sound of fingers snapping brought you out of your daze. Gladio turned around, and he was facing you, and he stretched his arms high above his head, and his vest fell open just enough for you to see the head of the eagle tattoo, and – You could see the way his arms strained, the pull and release when the peg finally came out of the ground.
Gladio wiped sweat off of his forehead, then knelt back down to remove the last peg holding the tent to the ground. Sweat had built up on his skin, and he just glistened. You were in the middle of telling a story when Gladio crossed your line of sight.Įven though it was early morning, it was still unreasonably hot.
Gladio was taking down the tent while Prompto and Noctis packed everything and moved it to the car. You and Ignis were making amicable conversation as you cleaned. It’d started when you were cleaning up the breakfast things with Ignis. You thought today would just be like any other day, with the five of you exploring and gathering ingredients and doing plenty of favors for people. You thought today was going to be a good day. You knew he wanted you to stare, and nearly every time, without fail, you played right into his hands. Gladio knew you had a thing for his muscles, and he flaunted the knowledge like nobody’s business. You wished he would stop doing this to you and put on a shirt, and simultaneously wish he would just take off that vest and stop killing you. So because of that, this ended up being kinda lackluster. I’ve been sitting on this for about a week now, maybe more, tbh I’m not sure, I’m sorry this took so long, I kept having to calm myself down several times near the ending, why can I read nsfw with a perfectly straight face but when writing it I get Flustered,