Tuesday Night at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell might just have hung some fairy lights around the kitchen and living room. Just because. Ignis wouldn't see them and Lana and the Detective, should they attend, wouldn't think anything of it, but Gladio would know.

She'd gone with finger foods for tonight, some sandwiches and a few hand pies both savory and sweet. Ice cream was also on the menu because the heat called for it. Otherwise it was mostly the usual fare. Which meant she had a little extra time to curl up in a chair with the kittens and read for a bit before people arrived.

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[sword_chocobro]

"Impossible," said Gladio, returning the nudge and the grin, of course. "I'm not as good at anything as I am good at fighting."

Which was not a disparaging mark against his other abilities in the slightest so much as an appeal for just how really freaking good he was at fighting.

"And don't be nervous," he said. "It's nothing to be nervous about. Just an excuse for people to socialize, pull out some nice clothes, and probably drink a whole lot, too. You'll be fine."

[mylandmyrules]

She'd never really seen him fight, but she'd believe it. "Okay I'll give you that, but you're still awfully good at dancing. Maybe because you're so good at fighting."

Nell's smile dimmed just the tiniest bit. "Oh... I'll have to find some nice clothes. And hopefully no one will mind that I don't drink much."

[sword_chocobro]

"Maybe," Gladio threw out there, because he really couldn't not, "I'm only as good as my dancing partner. And no one'll mind. I don't really drink that much, either."

Yes, he realized the irony of that statement considering he was in a bar at least twice a week, but for someone who was kind of a barfly, he really didn't drink hardly at all.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed. "I don't know about that! But good. I'm glad it will be okay."

Gladio didn't seem like a hard drinker to her and certainly hadn't drunk much while she'd been with him those two Thursdays.

[sword_chocobro]

Not to mention just how much alcohol it would actually take to get a man like him even so much as buzzed...

"It's going to be more than okay," Gladio assured her, with the utmost confidence and an incredibly pleased grin. "It's going to be perfect."

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed again. "Perfect?"

[sword_chocobro]

Gods, he was never going to get sick of that laugh, was he? Gladio just needed a moment to bask in it a little before responding with a casual shrug of his shoulders that definitely didn't match the grin on his face.

"Well, yeah," he said, like it was obvious, and, honestly? He felt it was. "Me. You. Together." Another shrug. "What could be more perfect than that?"

[mylandmyrules]

Well, he was going to hear it again as she laughed delightedly at his answer.

"Of course! You and me together? Of course it's going to be perfect. No matter what."