#Homeless Noct AU

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how would ardyn react to homeless noct in the version where noct is kidnapped by randoms?

In this AU I like to think that Ardyn is Noctis’ weird Immortal Uncle. Before Noctis was taken, he used to love spending hours with his Uncle, listening to his strange stories about the past and his ancestors, he especially loved the stories about his dad as a little boy.

The night Noctis is taken, Ardyn was sitting in his rooms in the basement of the Citadel, reading one of his many books. He was also the first person Regis called. Within seconds of receiving the call, he was upstairs, desperately searching Noctis’ room for any traces of the boy, his precious nephew. 

He spends weeks looking for Noct, and never really stops looking. Just as Regis refuses to accept that his son is dead, Ardyn refuses to believe it, he would know if something had happened. Noctis was, after all, the Chosen King. There would have been some indication from the Six that he had died, perhaps choosing Regis to act in his place, so with no changes to the Prophecy, he knows Noctis is alive. And it kills him that he cannot find him.

The day Noctis comes home is the happiest day of his life. While Regis spends the night curled up around his son, holding him close and refusing to let go of him, Ardyn sits in the chair by the window, daggers in hand, watching over his nephews and promising death to whoever would dare try and hurt them. It sticks in his throat that they were never able to find the ones responsible, but he’s more than happy to help Noctis out with his feline children.

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I need to get this off my chest, guys. A FFXV Fallout4 AU. Noct & Co are knights of the Brotherhood of Steel. A little back story on each of them TW: mentions of past drug use

Noctis was raised in the Brotherhood, his father being the leader an all. He's expected to follow in his footsteps but... meh. He's kinda done with all the drama. He spends as much time as he can hanging out with Prompto and hiding from His responsibilities in Diamond City.

Gladio was also raised in the Brotherhood, (Clarus is Regis' second in command) So there's a lot of expectations for Gladio to live up to, and he's determined to meet and exceed them all.

Ignis was originally suposed to stay out of the field, but he was made a full knight when he showed unexpected talent in combat. He is still primarily a strategist, but goes on missions occasionally and has no trouble holding his own.

Prompto was found in the gutters of Goodneighbor, homeless, hungry, and addicted to chems (day triper and jet being his primary chems of choice) He helped the Brotherhood out on a recon mission and Noctis offered to get him off the streets in exchange for joining them.

The Brotherhood catches wind of a woman who is somehow immune to radiation (Luna) But before they can find her, the Institute finds her first. Hearing from an inside source (maybe Arenea?) that the Institute is running inhumain tests on the "Oracle," Noct & Co are sent out on a mission to rescue her.

Along the way they have to work with other factions in order to get close to the Institute, as Arenea can't help much without risking outing herself as a double agent. Maybe they start to question their own factions motives? Maybe they learn a new definition of humanity? Maybe this strange "Ghoul of no Conequence" keeps showing up at random and convenient times?

(maybepromptosasynthbutshdonttellanyone)

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Can i ask about the homeless noct au? Where are iggy and gladio in the story? And what's regis doing?

Of course you can ask about the homeless Noct AU! We’re going to ignore the Brotherhood canon about Iggy and Gladio because I refuse to believe that these two weren’t childhood friends as well.

Okay so as I mentioned in my first post relating to this Noct doesn’t remember his life before the streets, so there’s two ways I can imagine him getting there. 

1. Ardyn takes the seven year old little boy from the Citadel, wipes his memory with some magic thing because let’s be real we don’t know what he can do, and proceeds to leave said child on the streets of Insomnia. 

2. He ends up on the streets in a kidnapping attempt gone wrong. A few turncoat Glaives and/or Crownsguards steal the Prince out from under his father’s nose, and in their attempt to remove him from the city something happens which leaves Noctis wandering Insomnia with severe amnesia. (I have no clue how amnesia works btw, but let’s roll with it.) 

In either situation Regis is going to be utterly distraught because his son, his precious little baby boy has gone missing. Six help those responsible because when he finds out who did this, who’s stolen his child, Regis is going to end them in a slow and extremely painful manner. His first reaction is to send out every Glaive and Guard, locking down the city and ensuring that no one can sneak his son out of Insomnia. Unfortunately no one had considered that their Prince might end up in a homeless camp in the rougher areas of the city, being looked after and cared for by those already living there. 

Obviously Regis is utterly heartbroken when after a year he is forced to call the search off, and he becomes more of a recluse than he had been in the previous months, which is saying something. He cannot bring himself to look at Gladiolus and Ignis, his son’s best friends and future retainers, not that he has anything against the boys - quite the opposite, he loves them both as though they were his own but they remind him of the child he no longer has. Clarus and Cor become the only two people he will talk with outside of Council meetings; the pair desperate to bring their King out of his head before he does something drastic.

As for Ignis and Gladiolus, both are still within the Citadel, continuing to train for the positions they had been raised for. That being said, the first few months after Noct vanishes the pair spend every waking moment with one another, refusing to be separated in case something happens to one of them. They had tried to convince Clarus that they should be allowed to search for Noct but had backed down when Regis collapsed in front of them both, placed his hands on their shoulders and literally begged them to stay in the Citadel, that he couldn’t bear losing them as well.

It breaks the adult’s hearts when the duo curl up on Noctis’ bed, the little Carbuncle figurine laying between them as they wait for their ‘little brother’ to come home. Whenever they’re not in school or training, they can be found in the Prince’s room, reading books or sitting on his window-ledge looking out over the city. It’s only after Noctis’ ninth birthday that they stop, finally realising that he won’t be coming home anytime soon. They do still leave birthday and Shiva’s day cards on his bed very year in the hopes that when he does eventually come back, he’ll know just how much they missed him.

As the years go on the pair continue to train, becoming the best retainers they could possibly be. However, they do sneak around behind the King’s back looking for Noctis whenever they get a free moment, searching the parts of the city the Glaives and Guard haven’t checked out in a while. In fact, it’s eventually Gladio who comes across a 16 year old boy, surrounded by cats in an old drainage pipe that looks eerily familiar. 

Tagging: @kairiratten (Because you wanted to be tagged in future posts about this AU ^_^)

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were than any instances where noct fought with one of his street fam? what about the transition to the castle, does he bring them as well?

There have been several instances where Noctis has fought with his street family. To begin with, he was very nervous about being around them all, which is fair, he was only a little boy after all. A little boy with no memories at that. One of the first fights he had was with one of the older men. 

Old George, originally from Hammerhead, had only been trying to look out for him; telling him where he shouldn’t go and what time he should be back in camp by. Noct, being both nervous and terrified screamed ‘You’re not my father’ before running off and spending the night behind a dustbin. His street fam spent the entire night looking for him, all of them concerned as he was the youngest member of their little family. When they did eventually find him, Noct was more than happy to throw himself at them and be taken back to the camp.

It wasn’t the last time he fought with the others, but the fights were never anything overly serious. They were all well aware that they needed one another to survive, fighting would only get them killed quicker. 

When he does eventually go back to the Citadel, one of the first things he does is tell his father about his little family and beg for him to help them. Regis is more than grateful to those people if it wasn’t for them his son would likely have died within weeks. He asks for a private audience with all of them and quite literally drops to his knees to thank them, he even cries when they tell him some stories about little Noct. It breaks his heart to think that he wasn’t there when his son needed him the most. 

To thank them for everything they did he offers them anything. Food, new clothes, a bed, a home, and all of them bar Old George take the offer of a roof over their heads; especially when Regis promises that they’ll never have to pay a penny towards it. When Regis asks Old George why he wouldn’t accept his offer, he simply says ‘That camp is my home’. He does insist on giving the man new clothes, a credit card to ensure he can buy whatever he needs to survive, and promises that if he ever needs anything, all he has to do is come to the gates and ask for the King. 

Noctis makes a point of visiting Old George at least once a week, keeping him updated on what was going on in his life and showing him pictures of the cats in their new home.

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I just read thru the homeless noct AU! I love it. I can't wait to see it fleshed out into a full story! And I had a kinda heartbreaking thought. Baby Noct was probably well known for his hatred of veggies even then, but imagine when he's found, he eats veggies without any complaint. bc, yeah, he still hates them, but it's FOOD. Imagine the looks he'll get if he explains that to his father and Ignis and Gladio.

Ahhh I’m glad you like it! To be honest, when it first popped into my inbox I wasn’t sure about it, but the more I’ve written the more I love it!  

Oh. Oh, my heart. You have successfully killed me 3 I’m imagining that it takes a while before anyone manages to convince Noct to have a ‘family meal’ of sorts with them. Considering his family consists of Regis, the King, Clarus, Cor, Gladiolus, Iris and Ignis; he’s more than a little intimidated about eating in front of them. 

It actually takes Ignis giving him some etiquette lessons for him to be confident enough to join them. When they do, Ignis jokingly puts some veggies on Noct’s plate, hoping that it might be enough to make him laugh, except it doesn’t get the result they expected. Noct literally cleans the plate and when Regis jokes about thinking he’d never see the day Noct would willingly eat a carrot, only for Noctis to say ‘Yeah they’re gross, but it’s food, it hasn’t come from a bin and it’s not rotten so I’’m eating it.’ It breaks all of their hearts. 

Ignis takes it upon himself to constantly provide Noctis with as much food as his body can handle. Gladio develops a health plan with him, working with Ignis to make sure he gets enough calories to sustain him through his training. Regis, Clarus and Cor start setting up numerous homeless shelters and food kitchens around Insomnia. It physically pains them to see how grateful Noctis is for the smallest things, and they can’t bear to let anyone else suffer the way the Prince has. And if Noctis suddenly starts finding cookies and other sweets left in his bedroom, gifts from his uncles and father, no one says anything about the way he hoards them.

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ok but what scared noct and made him run to prom in the homeless au?

It’s nothing really malicious! Well…depends on your point of view anyway haha.

So Noct was casually strolling through one of the backstreets with his fur-babies, minding his own business, when a black van blocks the end of the road. He’s immediately on edge because he’s come to learn that there are people out there who’ll happily pray on a homeless person. 

The guy that gets out of the car is huge. Like huge. And he has a scar over his left eye. His appearance combined with the seriously sketchy van is more than enough to convince Noct that nu-uh, he doesn’t want to be anywhere near here at the moment. The guy takes a step forward and says ‘”Noct?” which again, kinda dodgy. Why does this guy know his name? And why are there four more people in Glaive uniforms of all things behind him? 

Fuck. That. He nopes out of there quicker than the Glaives can react, bolting back the way he came, cats on his heels. He doesn’t know who those people are or how they know his name, but he’s been beaten one time too many to trust anyone taller or more intimidating than him. The guy shouts his name, then there’s the sound of running but he’s faster, smaller and knows his way around the streets better than any of them. 

Going back to the camp is not an option. They’ll probably end up there at some point, and he’s not prepared to put everyone else at risk. He’s close enough to Prompto’s place that he can hide out there if he can lose the Glaives and the big guy. They’d never think of checking the Immigrant district, especially not Prompto’s building. He uses the storm drains as a way of navigating around without drawing any more attention to himself, amused that his cats are still following him. It takes him a couple of hours, and way too many dives into the sewers before he finally gets to Prompto’s. Instead of knocking he just runs through the door, waiting for the cats to come in, and making a mental note to tell Prompto off for not locking his front door. 

Maybe he overreacted earlier. Maybe the big guy wasn’t going to hurt him, but he’s learnt that just because someone’s in a uniform, doesn’t mean they’re your friend. He’s safe in Prompto’s apartment, he just hopes he did enough to avoid the Glaives without making Prom a target. 

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Re: Noct's amnesia in the homeless AU, I noticed you aren't sure how to make that work? One way you could do it would be to make him sick? Or injured that lead to him being very very sick with a high fever. Like, baby Noct got away from his kidnappers or whatever but he was lost and cold, and then he didn't feel well, and he curled up in a box and tried to keep warm but he got sicker and delirious. And when he woke up all his memories were gone or warped fragments.

Oooh, this is such a good concept! 

The initial kidnapping doesn’t go as smooth as planned, in fact, it results in the Prince receiving a serious injury to his back, an injury which they fail to treat properly. Noct, being the slippery little kid he is, manages to escape from them. However, dressed in only his pyjamas it doesn’t take long before he develops a cold and for the wound on his back to become infected, which only makes him worse.

He curls up inside an old box behind an abandoned building one evening, shivering and crying for his dad, delirious from the pain; only to wake up days later wrapped in blankets in an alley, surrounded by people he doesn’t know, but who treat him kindly, and with no memories. To begin with he’s absolutely terrified because he doesn’t even know his own name and while the people sitting around him, caring for him and trying to get him to drink some water, are nice, he doesn’t know them. He cries for no reason, wanting warm arms around him but not knowing who those arms belong to. 

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does ep ardyn change how you think ardyn is related in your homeless noct au?

To be honest it doesn’t really change how I see Ardyn in my homeless Noct!AU, this is primarily because the whole thing is an AU in itself (obviously haha) That being said, it has given me some cracking ideas for an alternate version of the AU in which Ardyn is the one responsible for taking Noctis in the first place; it’s his sort of revenge against Somnus. 

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Hi! Can I ask for the homeless!Noctis au? I wanna know about Prompto's rol in the story.

Ooh, okay so I imagine that Prom’s early life would be pretty much the same to begin with except for Noctis not being in his class, for obvious reasons. 

He decides to lose weight after meeting some of the Glaives assigned to finding their missing Prince. At the time he’s sitting in Insomnia Central Park, wrapped up in blankets under one of the streetlights, taking photos of all the nightlife, when one of the Glaives literally falls over him. The oldest Glaive, Drautos or something, escorts him home leaving the others to continue the search, and after they leave Prompto is determined to be like them. 

Prompto’s sixteen and running through one of the slightly more dangerous districts of Insomnia, when he falls and sprains his ankle, sliding down into one of the open storm drains. For a few moments he lays on his back, letting the pretty disgusting water soak him, staring up at the buildings and cursing his luck; before trying to drag himself out. It takes three attempts and a ridiculous amount of cursing before someone comes across him. That someone just so happens to be a dark haired boy, probably the same age as him, who looks like he’s seen better days. 

They get chatting and Prompto learns that his name’s Noct and that he lives not far from where he fell. He’s not sure why, but once his leg’s recovered enough, he makes a point of running past that same place in the hopes of seeing Noct again. They do eventually bump into one another, quite literally, when Noct comes scrambling out of a pipe, grabs him by the hand and drags him into an alley. They hide there for several minutes as loud voices rush by before Noct releases him and apologises.

“Dude no worries. You okay though?”

“Yeah, just pissed off the wrong people.” And thus a friendship is born. It’s the first time in a long time that someone outside of his adopted ‘family’ has cared enough to sit down and just talk to him, looking past his dirty gaunt exterior.

Prompto starts bringing dinner, it’s not like anyone’s at home waiting for him. When it’s dry they sit on one of the trashcans, wrapped in blankets and eating whatever food Prom’s brought with him. When it’s raining, they sit in one of the pipes, laughing and chatting despite the less than pleasant surroundings. 

Prompto doesn’t have much to his name, a crappy apartment that his parents pay for - mostly to keep social services off their backs, his second-hand camera and some clothes that desperately need replacing, but he still has it better than Noct. Which is why he’s more than happy to share what little he has, be it spare clothes or the odd pair of trainers (though they weren’t really spare, he saved up for weeks to be able to buy them for his friend, hating how painful Noct’s feet looked.) Eventually he manages to convince Noct to come and use his shower whenever he wants, and even manages to get him to stay over a few times during the winter, but he still feels awful every time Noct leaves - even if he does have a huge smile on his face as he goes.

The day Noct bursts through his front door, 13 cats in tow, Prompto goes into panic mode but still helps him barricade every window and door, despite wanting nothing more than to play with the cats because kitties!!! That night they curl up on Prompto’s bed, surrounded by cats and eating Cup Noddles (money was tight and it was all he could afford), the rain battering his windows.

Prompto doesn’t ask what spooked him, he doesn’t care. It’s nice to have someone else at home and even better knowing his best friend is safe.

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5 hcs for Noctis growing up on the street even though Regis is alive?

send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it

Noctis can’t remember his life ‘before’. All he knows is that one morning he woke up curled up in a cardboard box, shivering and soaked to the bone. It’s absolutely terrifying. more so when he can’t even remember his own name. It takes three days for him to work it out and that was only because he found a name-tag sewn into his pants and presumed that must be his name.

A few days after first waking up in that cold alley, he’s starving, thirsty and absolutely filthy. It’s all he can do to wake up and wander the streets, his arms wrapped around himself in an attempt to stay warm. No one spares a glance at the homeless child, there’s so many others walking around, until he stumbles across a camp filled with people. When two of them approach he flees, scared that they’ll try and hurt him. Two days later he sneaks back, drawn in by the warm fire and the small bits of food he saw. They welcome him with open arms, two of the oldest members of the group ushering him towards the fire, while another wraps a blanket around him, and a fourth brings him some slightly stale bread and water. That night he cries himself to sleep, feeling somewhat safe and no longer starving. He didn’t think people could be so nice.

When old man Jack, the unofficial leader of their group, asks how old he is Noctis can’t remember, but he thinks he’s 8? Maybe? So that’s the age they go with and considering he can’t remember his birthday, the group decides that the day they joined is indeed it, which also happens to be the same day as the dead Prince’s one. He doesn’t expect anything, so long as he’s got food in his belly and a blanket wrapped around him, Noctis doesn’t care about anything else, even if he does really want one of those cakes from the bakery on fourth. So when he’s presented with a small cupcake on his 9th birthday, he bursts into tears and insists on sharing it with everyone. No one accepts the offer, insisting that every child should have a special present for the birthday. He makes it last as long as possible and promises to pay them back when he can.

By the time he’s fifteen Noctis has perfected the art of stealing. He’s stolen countless bits of food, bottles of drink and even clothing. As old man Jack once told him, if the King and his people cared more they wouldn’t have to steal to stay alive. At one point his thieving ways result in him hiding in the sewers for three days until the Crownsguard finally gives up the hunt; apparently stealing from said heartless King was a capital offence. Noctis doesn’t care because one, his guards should have been paying attention, and two, that gold watch is going to keep him fed for weeks. 

Noctis accidentally adopts an army of stray cats. He doesn’t actively search for them, because he can hardly feed and care for them when he can’t even care for himself; they just...adopt him. The others like to joke that he’s the King of Cats and honestly Noctis can’t even argue with them. The cats feed themselves but always come to him for cuddles and scritches, they’re like another family and Noctis is incredibly grateful for their body-warmth during the cold winter nights. He’s proud to say that on more than one occasion he’s punched someone for daring to insult/hurt one of his four-legged children; including a Glaive that kicked Sir Gingernut when the cat wrapped himself around the man’s legs. 

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Is it ok to ask about a certain story setting for an au? (Like nocts first Christmas with his street fam)

Hey there Greycloak, sorry for the late reply! 

I am more than happy for you to send me a certain setting! Most of the time I’ll respond with a drabble or ficlet unless I get carried away and write something longer ^_^

I’m going to flesh this out into something longer because this is a concept I’d never considered before now! In the meantime have some headcanons ;D

He wasn’t really sure why people started putting up lots of lights and decorations, but they were super pretty and helped him forget how cold he was when he watched them.

Likewise he's confused when one morning he woke up and found Albinus, the oldest of the little group that had 'adopted' him, sitting next to his box. More so when Albinus smiles and lays a warm, fluffy blanket over his shoulders wishing him a ‘Happy Shiva’s Day kiddo’.

He's taught that Shiva's day happens every year on the same day. It's a celebration of the goddess' love and a day where people swap presents and have fun. Noctis is distraught when he realises the blanket was a present for him. 'But I haven't got you anything!' He protests, to which Albinus and a few of the other adults nearby just laugh.

'It's okay kid, we don't need anything.' And he's more than grateful that no one points out the tears he wipes away on the blanket.

The adults head out earrly in the afternoon, leaving Noct with the older teens, and come back several hours later with a few bags in their arms. The bags, as it turns out, are full of small little boxes. Little boxes filled with food.

'This time of year the good folks like to make sure we all eat. So don't you leave any of it now.' Albinus says as he gives Noct a box filled with meat, potatoes and a small cake.

That night instead of retreating to his box like he normally does, Noct sits up with the adults and learns several new songs. At some point he drifts off, stomach full and wrapped in his new blanket. It's not perfect, and he still wishes that they were in one of the houses so their fingers and toes didn't get so cold, but he's happy and to him that's the best present in the world.

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Holy shit I'm dead. Can we have a list of the names of Noctis' four-legged children please?

Noct has 13 cat-children so far! Here they are in age-order:

Catloaf - he was the first cat to adopt Noctis. On a particularly cold morning, Noct woke up to find the purring lump curled up against his chest and he’s never left. He’s also adopted the rest of the cats as his children and will fight to protect each and every one of them.

Lady Fingerbiter - her name says it all. She’s a grumpy old lady that will bite anyone that tries to stroke her, even if she comes up to them demanding scritches. 

Gilgamesh - this was the only cat Noctis didn’t name. He came across the old guy shivering in a soaking wet box, an old rusted collar around his neck with his name engraved on it. One of the older members of Noctis’ group informed him that the name was that of an ancient sword-master. 

Sir Gingernut - is a giant ginger demon. He’s never bitten Noctis but is very nasty towards anyone he deems a threat. One of the others looks at Noctis wrong? Sir Gingernut will bite whatever limb is closest. Get too close to Noct’s spot and you’ll have a screaming ginger demon chasing you.

Om Nom Nommer - is a chubby lil girl. She’s not very big but will eat absolutely everything. From normal food to random bits of cardboard, if it fits in her mouth she will eat it.

Ghost - she’s a tiny little thing. Despite being with him for three years she’s still not much bigger than his hand and never strays far from ‘home’

Legs - aptly named because he’s a tall boy. When Noctis first met him he legitimately thought the kitten was a Coeurl cub purely because of his size. Now fully grown he comes up to Noctis’ knee and has the loudest meow imaginable.

Victory - Noct named her that after he saw her win a fight against three much larger cats, and avoided being squished by several cars as she fled. Likewise it was one hell of a victory when she finally thought him safe enough to come and spend the night with him and the other six. 

Stella - She’s a gentle soul who can almost always be found curled up on top of Noctis’ meagre possessions. In fact the only time she’s ever violent is when someone other than Noctis touches something that belongs to him.

Lux  & Leo - Noctis came across the pair of black cats when they were very young kittens, their mother was nowhere to be seen and he was hardly going to leave them to starve to death. They’re always together and are quite the mischievous pair, pouncing on the others and biting tails when they think they can get away with it.

Aurelio -  He’s Noct’s favourite. The obvious runt of his litter, he’s pure white with the brightest blue eyes. He’s always the last to eat and will often go hungry unless Noctis keeps something aside for him. Whenever Noctis goes out for an extended period of time, wandering to the other side of Insomnia he always takes Aurelio with him; primarily because he knows the little bean will try to follow him anyway.

Titan - he’s the baby of the bunch but also the largest, dark brown and extremely overweight. Noct’s pretty sure that he has a home somewhere but prefers to hang around with them for some reason.

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I saw a video ((warning is animal violence bothers you)) where there were some people in a forest with their dog and they stumbled on a cat clan and all the cats attacked the dog. It's on youtube and no one is visible hurt other than the dog being swarmed by cats; but I'm imagining that that is what happens when you mess with Noct or his stuff while his cats are around.

Oh Noctis’ fur babies would absolutely do something like that. More often than not only Stella and Catloaf are ever visible; Stella curled up on Noctis’ blanket (If the scrap piece of fabric could even be called that) and Catloaf asleep on top of his makeshift shelter. The other furry children won’t be far though, they just won’t be visible. 

There was an occasion where a newbie, an older man, wandered a little too close to Noctis’ belongings, eyeing them up, and was suddenly swarmed by a little army of cats screeching and attempting to claw his eyeballs out. He managed to get away with only a few scratches and never made that mistake again. Likewise, the rest of Noctis’ adopted family noticed the event and made mental notes not to touch anything belonging to the youngest member of their group, less they lose eyeballs or skin to his ‘children’. The cats are lethal and Six help you if you try to hurt their human or take his things.

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whydopeoplemispronouncemyname replied to your post “I just read thru the homeless noct AU! I love it. I can't wait to see...”

Oh this freaking hurts to read but i just found this au and I loVE IT

It’s without a doubt my favourite of all my AUs!!! It’s full of pain and happiness, the former of which is my jam, and honestly?? Writing this full fic is so much fun!

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Screaming at the king of cats noctis, he knows if you hurt one of his children, and you bet he will come after you. Does he give his cats little collars made out of string or old cloth if he can, so people know they're his?

Oh Noctis is very protective of his little furry babies. If one of them comes home injured or scared for whatever reason, he won’t let them out of his sight for the next few days. Six help you if he discovers you’re the one responsible for hurting his babs. 

If he does manage to find odd bits of fabric/materials here and there, he happily spends hours in the evening braiding them together, turning them into makeshift collars; just because he’s homeless and can barely afford to feed himself, doesn’t mean he’s not going to try and give his cats everything he can. The only downside to this is that Catloaf, an old tabby that is without a doubt his favourite, will often come back from his daily strolls minus said collars. Noctis has found them in some utterly ridiculous places before, hanging from a tree, attached to the side of a bin. The collars are promptly passed onto the newer cats and occasionally replace Lady Fingerbiter’s damaged ones. Even so, he still persists in making Catloaf collars in the hopes that one day the cat will just accept the gift and not get rid of it.

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Am I going to write a full fledged homeless Noct AU? Hell yes I am.

Is it going to take me forever and a day? Most probably.

Will it hurt? Fuck. Yes.