#aaand too long again

[chocobo-sunshine]

Hi! I'm loving the blog and was wondering if I could get a little Valentine's Day angst (with perhaps a fluffy ending because I'm a sucker for love lol)? I chose the following line... “i never asked for you to give me the world. all i’ve wanted is you.” And the character is Gladio ^_^ thanks and happy hearts day!

Thank you so much, dear ♥ Sorry if this came a little too late for Valentine’s Day! ;; Still, I hope you enjoy it! ♥

“I never asked for you to give me the world. All I wanted was just YOU!” {Gladiolus x reader}

Things weren’t going right.

As you stared outside the window of your little apartment in Lestallum, your eyes drowned into the endless darkness that embraced the world. Your sighing was by now ordinary and regular, as a ritual that enshrined the hope of chasing that nightmare away. But it never happened, of course.

Seven years had passed since the day Eos had seen the light for the last time. Everything has been sad since then. You met the guys – Prompto, Ignis and Gladiolus – at a very hard time in your and their life. You were a Hunter, one of the most refined one, and you tried to help people out in any time you could. You had your base set in Lestallum, one of the last humankind’s outpost still standing. You earned your living by accepting every request you could, but that tired yourself up in an unimaginable way, so much that you almost died for it: during one of the most dangerous ones – against a whole bunch of Necromancers – your body couldn’t bear the exhaustion. The Six were merciful with you, and you found yourself safe in the ever courageous and sadly handsome one’s arms. That’s how you get to know Gladiolus.

With his rugged scars and pain in the eyes, you were drawn forcefully to him, as if he could have been the only light in your cloudy life. Gladio too started hanging around you, attracted to you possibly twice as much as you were to him.

You thought you could find happiness, and you both did for quite some time. You were happy when he kissed you for the first time after a long hunt; you felt cheerful when he started holding your hand with even the others around, and finally introduced you as his partner; your life seemed complete when you made love in your little room, where he had you like you where his air, his only reason to breathe. It all made you complete.

But things changed, eventually.

You knew you couldn’t stay like that forever, not with the glimpse of distress always lingering in his eyes. When you started to notice, Gladiolus had already begun to leave you behind. He took hunts on his own, at times leaving without even warn you, his kiss became sporadic, nights were rough and only physical.

“Every day tastes just the same”, you thought every time you woke up. Yet, you didn’t have the courage to confront him, for you perfectly knew where all this bitterness came from: Prince Noctis had disappear, night were eternal, and his lifetime friends were just no longer that united as they were before. All his world seemed to have crushed upon him, and you knew you couldn’t do anything for him.

Yet, you truly loved him. Your resolution made you make up your mind. You wanted to speak with him, and make things work out for the two of you.

San Valentine’s Day came just right. You were sure nobody even counted days anymore, but that served your purpose. Gladiolus was away, as always, but you were sure he would have come back for that time they kept calling ‘evening’. With the money you saved you could afford a little piece of milk chocolate, the rarest of products in those days.

Waiting for him to come back was the most painful thing that happened to you for a while. What if he didn’t want to see you again? What if something happened to him, and you were just standing there, waiting? What if, what if, what if… The buzzing in your head filled your hears, and your stomach was contracted by tension, and only Gladio’s slow steps outside the door could calm you down.

As he opened the door you stood up, trying to put up a smile on your face. “Welcome home!” you said, trying to sound cheerful, but the result could have been better judging from his expression. He didn’t lighten up not a little bit, he just nodded and lowed his gaze.

For a second, you though that would be the end. You already felt tears pushing behind your eyelids, but you bit the bullet and let it slip. For the next five minutes, your brain examined at least a hundred questions to start a conversation, but that just wouldn’t work. You swallowed your fear and went directly to the point.

“We need to talk, Gladio”, you said firmly, and finally you got him interested in you, as it was the first time he saw you. The determination in your eyes made him turn to face you. He seated on a chair, and you did the same, looking straight into his eyes.“Well?”. He looked at you with his eyebrow raised, and you had to took a deep breath before speaking again.

“I… I feel like something’s wrong” you started with a trembling voice. Your hands were shaking – you were so scared! – but you needed to work up the courage. “I mean… Between us”.

He huffed, making a mocking smile. You really couldn’t understand him. Why would he let you out of his life?

“Okay, listen to me. I know things are difficult for you, but you aren’t making this any better, even for me. I really want to make things work between us, but I can’t if you keep shutting me out of your mind”. Without even notice you had started fidgeting, but it hadn’t got better even with your saying that simple but painful line.

“I can see how you try to bear all the pain inside your heart on your own, but… I think it doesn’t work like this, not as I can see it”. Your words seemed to flow out of your mouth without control, and you could feel your eyes get drenched as he looked at you like you were a complete stranger.

“You can’t understand”. He shook his head, ready to leave his place, when you suddenly jumped on your feet. You couldn’t control the tears anymore, and you heart felt like it couldn’t take it anymore.

“THEN MAKE ME!” you shouted, crying your lungs out. Gladiolus wasn’t expecting that from you, the ever gentle and calm Hunter that made his heart feel again. He stood up too, trying to reach you with his hand, but you instinctively took a step back.

“Y/n…”

“Why do you push me away? Why don’t you let me embrace you and tell you everything will be alright? Why…” you cried, covering your face with your hands. You didn’t mean to cry in front of him, you weren’t supposed to show him how much pain you hooded in your heart, but you couldn’t stop it. You could hear his sigh and the hesitation in his voice when he spoke again.

“I can’t give you what you’re asking for”. You couldn’t help but screaming again.

“I never asked for you to give me the world. All I wanted was just YOU!”. After that, you collapsed on your knees, sobbing and shivering. Your cry was the was the only sound audible. You stayed there, freeing your lungs and heart from all the distress and the nerves accumulated. After a time that seemed eternal, you felt the mighty arms of the man you loved around your shoulders. He posed a soft and quite reluctant kiss on your forehead before hugging you for so long, your heartbeats synchronized as you stand close to each other, as it didn’t happen since a while.

“I’m sorry”, he whispered in your ear, tightening his wrap while wiping your tear with a gentle touch. “I’m sorry” he kept saying, and even if the moment wasn’t right, you felt like smiling. You raised you head, facing him. He was crying too. You could see the black that hid in his soul flowing away with them. You caressed gently his cheek, felling his beard under your touch, tasting with your eyes every single trait of his face.

“Would you like to try to get past this together?”, you inquired, your voice stumbled showing how much you feared for the answer. That answer came as a kiss, a long and passionate kiss. This wasn’t only physical, you could feel it. You let him take you in his arms, lifting you as you were the most light of feathers.

That night was a night of reconciliation and catching up, a night of love, mostly. Kisses rained like a waterfall on both of you, your hands found comfort in the other’s ones, and your bodies and souls finally felt complete in each other.

Long hours passed, but you couldn’t say how many, especially when you fell asleep. You woke up undressed, remembrance of the time just passed, wrapped in your love’s arms. You smiled lovingly, getting closer to him. He moved a little in his sleep, and muttered a little something that put tears of happiness in your eyes.

“I love you”