Monday evening at Nell and Gladio's

[mylandmyrules]

There had been no children for Nell and Gladio this weekend.

Which was good.

Of course it was.

Right?

Nell had never had children come on any of these weekends, she wasn't even sure children were ever in the cards for her, so she wasn't expecting any. And yet...

And yet.


Dinner was catch as catch can tonight. Nell would be soaking in the hot tub for a while, thinking.

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[sword_chocobro]

Gladio's own mind, admittedly, had been firmly elsewhere that weekend. Specifically, Ravnica now, just as his thoughts had been so much on Innistrad before that. He had spoken to Iggy that morning, and he'd been full of vague details and repeated promises that they were doing fine and would be back soon, and he'd explain more then.

(A nice good camping trip might be in order).

Besides, the only time one of these weekends had affected him was that one weird one when they all had kids from that impossible 'perfect' future, so he never really gave them that much credence or thought.

So after his workouts, after his errands, after his brief glance around the place for Nell, he wandered up to where he wasn't surprised to find her on the roof.

"Mmm, hot tub." He hummed his approval with a deep rumble, already shucking off his shirt before coming over to greet her properly with a kiss. "You always have the best ideas."

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"Hot tubs are always a good idea," Nell agreed, smiling at him after the kiss. "Come join me. I didn't plan anything for supper. I thought we could just find whatever was around or order in."

[sword_chocobro]

"Yeah," the rest of his clothes weren't very far behind that shirt, "you won't catch me ever complaining about that plan of action."

And soon enough, he was slipping into the hot tub beside Nell, draping his arms over the back and sinking in with a grateful, relaxing sort of groan.

Yup. Hot tubs really were always a good idea, and he was feeling pretty glad this was the direction the evening was taking so far.

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Nell was happy to lean against Gladio once he'd slipped into the tub. "Any news from Ignis and Liliana?" she asked.

She know they'd been on his mind - or at least Ignis had been - so she thought she'd check in.

[sword_chocobro]

There was a faint grunt from Gladio, who was going to take a moment to respond, mostly because he just wanted to remain there with his arm around Nell's shoulder and her leaned up against him in the nice warm water before venturing forward into any of that. Just soak in the moment before he needed to be annoyed or worried all over again.

Then he sighed. "I talked to Igs this morning," he said. "They're on Ravnica now, not Innistrad. Apparently, everything a mess there after....whatever it was that happened. Hopefully, they should be back soon, though."

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Nell sighed. "I'm sure we'll only learn the half of it anyway once they're back."

She leaned into him even further, closing her eyes. "So for now, we'll just enjoy the hot tub and the evening."

What more did she need?