Monday night at Nell's (and Gladio's)

[mylandmyrules]

This would be the first time everyone would get together at the now shared residence of Nell and Gladio. The overall decor hadn't changed much, though the number of books had at least doubled and there were 100% more swords around.

Nell had made a delicious all vegetable stew as well as a similar beef stew that was more than a little spicy. She made fresh sourdough bread to go with them both and had biscuits ready to pop into the oven for a mixed berries and cream version of strawberry shortcake for later.

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[mylandmyrules]

She gave him an extra kiss and a tight hug in acknowledgement of the emotional load he'd been dealing with.

"Plenty of time for an all Cup Noodle delight," Nell said with a smile.

[sword_chocobro]

"That's true," Gladio agreed, the tilt in his smirk an incredibly fond one. "You're pretty stuck with me, now."

His then drifted, speculatively, toward the little pile of vegetables, and then they returned to Nell with a lift of his scarred brow. "All this talk of Cup Noodle^TM's got me pretty hungry, though, even more than before."

A hand lifted, but didn't move toward the food. Not yet.

"Permission to steal another bite to keep from wasting away?"

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed and waved him on. "Eat away."

She was no fool. She'd planned to cut almost twice as many vegetables as she'd actually need. She had met Gladio before after all.