Monday Night at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was rather tired after her day at work and then rushing home to get the orders from her own store ready to ship out in the morning. Which meant her food offerings were a little less involved than they might otherwise have been. Still, there was a stew and freshly baked biscuits as well as various nibbles and the usual offerings for dessert.

Once everything was all set out and ready to go, she settled herself in front of the gas fire with a book and a cup of tea. And, within seconds, she had two kittens snuggled in her lap as well.

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[mylandmyrules]

She smiled at him and waved him over for a kiss. "Those all look wonderful. Is Iggy okay, though? Or just busy with Liliana?"

THe kittens scattered from her lap to greet Gladio and she chuckled as they swarmed him. "Clearly you've been missed!"

[sword_chocobro]

"I can see that!" Gladio agreed with an amused huff. He set the drinks and the treats from Ignis aside, before coming over and leaning over to give Nell that kiss. "Hopefully not just the kitten, either."

And now that the most important part was done, his attention shifted to those kittens at his feet, groaning theatrically as he bent over and picked them up, one in each hand. They meowed in either delight or protest or both as he lifted them up to his face. "Hey, furballs," he said, and then went to plop down with them onto the couch, settling them into his lap and draping an arm over the the back.

"And he's....alright," he said, with a sigh that he was being very good about keeping his commentary at a civil level. "They had kind of a rough weekend, apparently, and figured some recovery time was in order."

[mylandmyrules]

"Well, I might have missed you quite a lot as well," Nell said and smiled as she watched himn pick up and settle with the delighted kittens. "Maybe even more than the kittens."

She nodded. "Probably a good thing for them to rest then. And who knows, it might end up being just you and I."

[sword_chocobro]

"I'll have to be sure to pick you up later, too, then," Gladio said, with a smirk send her way as he nuzzled a knuckle into the top of Rigel's head.

"And you'll hear no complaints outta me if that's the case," he added. "But I do feel a little bad. I know how much you appreciate it when people do manage to make it."

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed. "Only if I get to snuggle on your lap too," she said.

She smiled over at him. "I don't mind either. It's fun to have others over, but I definitely enjoy my time just with you. Can't get enough of it actually."

[sword_chocobro]

"Yeah," said Gladio, fondly and with that incredible modesty of his, "can't blame you there."

On both the snuggling in his lap later and not being able to get enough of him, really.

"You gonna want ear scritches, too?" he asked, with a teasing lift of his eyebrow.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell considered that for a moment. "I think I'll pass on the ear scritches," she said, "though I do think that having someone run their hands through my hair might be quite nice."

You know, if he might be so inclined to give it a try later.

[sword_chocobro]

"That," Gladio said, "I can definitely manage. Although, you know..."

He gave his head a small shake, chin lifted, to put a little emphasis on his own longer locks.

"I might want that one to be reciprocal."

[mylandmyrules]

She smiled at him. "Oh definitely. I love getting my hands on your hair."

One day there would potentially be shampooing of hair which was just all sorts of sensual.