#ffxv twin au

[roses-and-oceans]

I've updated to add my multichapter fic Once Upon A Dream. Please let me know if i missed a post as I am trying to surch on the mass editor post and i cant seem to find anything lol

Roses’ FFXV Masterlist.

Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and my masterlist! I hope you enjoy!

Rules: At this current time, I am open for requests!I will edit as my availablity changes. However, I cannot accept NSFW Requests at this time for personal reasons. Maybe in the future!

I will let you know I cannot do certain requests.

Please do not send me duplicate requests (requests that are being sent in by copy and paste format).

 Let me know if i missed anything or if you have any questions!

~Roses.

| Noctis Lucis Caelum |

Aurora. (Beauty and the Beast AU) {hiatus}

Awake.

Shy s/o.

True Love’s Kiss.

Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping BeautyAU/ Noctis x reader multi-chap fic)

| Prompto Argentum |

The Smoking Gun.

I’ll Speak French Between Your Legs. // NSFW-ish; mostly a crack-fic

True Love’s Kiss.

Drunk/Sloppy Kisses.

Moving around while kissing…

#2. “None of this is your fault.” & #6. “No one’s going to hurt you.”

#30. “Is that blood?”

| Gladiolus Amicitia |

Sensations. // NSFW-ish

Our Day Will Come.

Lunch Break. // NSFW

S/o that does Yoga Headcanons. // NSFW (written and submitted by @gladiolus-mamacitia)

Newlywed Gladio and S/o try for Pregnancy. // NSFW

Virgin S/o Headcanons.

Looking At Him.

#27. “Please stay with me.”

#31. “Can I kiss you?”

Gladio’s Afternoon. // NSFW

| Ignis Scientia |

Missing Ignis.

Card.

Yours.

Dinner Plans. // NSFW

To Love. (Written and submitted by @gladiolus-mamacitia when i was having a really hard time. I thank my lucky stars for her everyday.)

You’re Warm.

Ignis in Love Headcanons.

To Be Alone With You. // NSFW

Witch!Ignis AU Headcanons.

Sigils. (witch!Ignis au)

He Loves You.

For Him. // NSFW

| Aranea Highwind |

Female S/o Headcanons.

| Ardyn Izunia |

Devil’s Dance. // NSFW; 666 Follower Milestone

| Chocobros |

NSFW Headcanons.

Bondage. (FFXV Kinktober Day Six) // NSFW

S/o with thinness complex Headcanons.

Not Walking Tall. (Vent Piece)

Welcome to Cafe Insomnia. (cafe au)

Noises.

Demisexual s/o.

Random Headcanons.

S/o With Self-Harm Scars. (read at own discretion, please, I want you to be safe)

#4. “Are you serious?” (Gladnis Angst)

| Waitress Au w/ @gladiolus-mamacitia |

Jiion and Val are waitresses by day, hunters by night. Self-insert AU.

Deep.

Can’t Help it. (written by @gladiolus-mamacitia) {1/3}

All in Good Fun. (written by @gladiolus-mamacitia) // NSFW-ish {2/3}

Mistakes Were Made. // NSFW-ish {3/3}

Returning to You. // NSFW

Worst time.

| Twin AU |

Scientia Twins Headcanons. | Art by me | Art by @gladiolus-mamacitia | Art by @ubeshibe | Playlist w/ headcanons |

Amicitia Twins Headcanons. | Art by @gladiolus-mamacitia | Playlist w/ Headcanons | Aster NSFW Headcanons |

Caelum Twins Headcanons. | Art by Me | AU where Vega is the Chosen One (art and small drabble by me) | Playlist w/ Headcanons |

Argentum Twins Headcanons. | Art by @gladiolus-mamacitia | Playlist w/headcanons |

Cafe.(Scientia Twins) | Art by @ubeshibe |

Madeleines. (Aurelio Felix Scientia)

Izunia Twins Headcanons. (w/ art by @gladiolus-mamacitia)

Convergence. (Au where all the twins exist simultaneously; based on this comic by@ubeshibe)

[mikumixtwix]

figured i should make a basic list for reference in case anyone is interested in a particular AU or OC-centered story i've made and mentioned before, but haven't brought up in a while

unfortunately i only have a dedicated tag for a few of these (marked w/ a *) and the others are kinda in the amalgamation of my OC core tag)

Here's the AUs

Puella Magi! Noctis AU*

FFXV/Sburb AU*

Evillious/FFXV AU

BOTW Twin AU

Jaune V8 Timeloop*

Sending Vash to Ever After (RWBY crossover)

And here's the OCs

Original LoZ story (unnamed rn)

Twin Area of Effect (Kingdom Hearts OCs)*

MSPABand (Homestuck OCs)*

(i'm literally always thinking about these OC stories/AUs but i have the habit of only talking about them a handful of times in tags and like once in a actual post)

[a-world-in-grey]

Once Ardyn is also revealed as a Lucis Caelum in the Combined Retinue au, the entire clan Altius sends a petition to be allowed to run a few experiments. Nothing invasive, promise! They just want to see if the weird merging of magic that Nox and Sola have going on would also happen if Regis and Ardyn swapped their magic.

For obvious reasons, Ardyn is not enthusiastic. At all.

Oh, Ardyn would never even hear whispers of the Altius' curiosity in this au, because the moment Axis, Nox, or Penny caught wind the Altius would find themselves faced with Penny's sharp pins, Nox's thunderous scowl, and Sola's sharp, too-many-teeth smile.

[phoenixfiiire]

Verses

Story Untold: This verse is set either before or during the events of the game. Joshua can be anywhere from 10 to 28 depending on the era this is happening in.

Story's End: Post game. I write that Joshua was brought back to life by Clive and that Clive died. Joshua then becomes the Duke of Rosaria (after Rosaria is granted her independence again by Sanbreque) and does his best to try to rule.

I am more than amenable to slight changes to this allowing for things such as Rosaria still being enslaved by Sanbreque, or for Clive to be alive, but as I play Joshua he does need to survive.

New Chapter: This is for writing verses set in other canons, such as FFXIV. Here, while Joshua was saved by Clive, the force of Ultima's power sent him to another world.

Remake Era: A modern AU. Joshua is a struggling college student living with his brother Clive and trying to deal with making rent while making grades, and dealing with his heart condition.

Otherworldly Summon: An AU for Kingdom Hearts. Read more here.

Genetic Apostate: FFVII au. Information can be found here.

Ember Astral: FFXV au. Information can be found here.

Twin AUs: For other Joshuas. One involves being an egi, the other involves being Ultima.

The Boys AU: It's really not well formed but you can read about it here! No specific additional headcanons yet because I feel this is incredibly niche.

Tales of Zestiria/Berseria: Not even one with a tag yet, but information on my vague ideas are here.

More verses can be added if a series specific AU is formed.

[writermich18]

FFXV AU

The twins, Ardyn and Somnus, born to rule together. One to Heal the Living, the other to Heal the Dead. But the God of Prophecy and War would rather have darkness than allow his plan to fall. Revenge to the humans for what they did to dear Ifrit. He sealed away Somnus's Death magic, his Banisher skills, to breed anger and jealousy, to make him Bahamut's puppet. But Death, in response to Her Chosen being Sealed, takes Somnus away in the dead of night. There is no body to mourn. Ardyn rules but without his other Half to ground him, soon loses his mind to Daemons' wrath. His children are forced to seal him away.

2000 years pass. Ardyn's descendant, Regina Mirus Caelum, is born with Somnus's magic. Magic which was forgotten and only showed up in Somnus before. And Death gives back her original Chosen to teach Regina.

Somnus walks on Eos once more after 2000 years.

[primamchorus]

Introductions :: Primam Chorus

Name Meaning :: The First Dance (or some bastardized Latin variation of it) Nicknames :: Prim, any myriad of baked good product name from her brother Age :: 28 Birthday :: August 15th Height :: 5'6" // 167.64 cm Birthplace :: Insomnia, Lucis Race :: Lucian with Galahdian ancestry Orientation :: Demisexual / Demiromantic Relationship Status :: It's complicated Defining Feature :: Hair-restricted leucism Weapon Preferences :: Mana / Magic, Mace, Kukris / Knives (NIN), Lance (DRG), if disarmed and no mana: Fists (MNK)

FFXV :: Origin

Born of noble House Chorus in service to the Crown of Insomnia as Arm of the King, Primam and her twin brother were raised with that at the forefront of their existence due to their mother's rigorous and strict regimen. Originally meant to be Crownsguard as they grew older, King Regis' conception of the Kingsglaive and taking in Galahdian refugees in exchange for their efforts to protect the Wall and city saw their mother requesting a change in their role as part-Galahdian individuals despite the generations that House Chorus has been in service.

Since the new King's disappearance, Primam had been helping with the protection and gathering efforts to keep survivors of all kinds safe in the lit safe haven of Lestallum. Her unit consists of her, her brother, Tandem, and two other Kingsglaive members by the names of Canem Lasciva and Felis Venor. A majority of their work involved braving the Endless Night to gather and bring back meteorshards for EXINERIS' efforts in distributing power where they could.

Due to the efforts of her and other Glaive and Guard that had been around, citizens and survivors had taken to calling them 'Warriors of Light' for ensuring the safety of light was always available to drive back the daemons. A title she never really thought that much of other than, "that's kind of endearing, to be honest."

FFXIV :: "AU" I Guess

Through an unknown means to Primam and those affected by the happenings, she had been whisked away from the star of Eos and brought to the star of Hydaelyn. Originally, Primam had thought it an elaborate and vivid dream, but with the duration and how very real everything felt...well, she had to concede that perhaps she really had ended up on a different star altogether. An inconceivably odd occurrence for sure.

Having ended up in the lands of Yanxia, Primam had wandered the lands with what abilities she still had access to. Thankfully, her warping still remained intact, and she could travel relatively safely from place to place. It was not until she met an abrasive individual who was also considered a foreigner to the lands that she found a temporary respite.

Getting to know this man and his wife, who had been native to the lands, Primam had been reluctantly offered both a place to stay and a means to earn her keep. The married couple, Cynemund and Yuki Blacke, owned a museum by name of the Black Snow Museum in Shirogane. Primam used this as an opportunity to learn about the world she found herself in as she now works there.

It has since been four years since Primam first arrived upon Hydaelyn. In this time, she has made several contacts and has learned about the fact that there are others she knows upon the same star -- her brother included. Along with learning that there are at least four others from Eos upon Hydaelyn, Primam has taken to pouring research efforts in travel through aether -- not that she nor her allies from Eos can even attune to aetherytes nor manipulate it in the same way.

[blossom-adventures]

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Ooooooh… YAY! Ok, ok… so I have one fic currently for FFXV… BUT I also have 2 more that I’m wanting to start so, as you are my first ask, and because you sent me so many stars… I’m going to talk a little about those too ☺️💙😉

A Tall Glass of Red Wine - When I found out that Ardyn’s ability to alter his appearance to look like other people was something he did quite often, I immediately had an idea to use it in my fic! He begins to have suspicions about the reader’s identity so plays a trick on her, making her think someone has come to rescue her, when in fact it is him… an unlikely person reveals the truth to the reader 😉

Currently Untitled OC x Ignis Fic - This is going to be slightly Canon… some events will still happen, but not all of them, and my OC is going to be a twin sister to Gladio (still need to decide on a flower name that sounds good) there will be other relationships happening in the background one of which being Cor x Drautos, Titus is NOT Glauca! (I have an explanation for that in my head ready to write) I have quite a few ideas for this one, I’m excited to start it.

Currently Untitled OC x Drautos Fic - This one is completely AU… again I’m not having Titus as Glauca in this fic, he is just Captain Drautos! He and the OC meet when he leads a battalion of Kingsglaive to Galahd to help escaping refugees get out, she had been caught in the cross fire and was injured. Once in Insomnia she joins the Glaive and things escalate from there 😉

The link to the ask meme can be found here ☺️

[katherinekris]

{Out of Adventures}

God, an OOC tag? in 2023?

Anyways, I’m putting out a fic that features Katherine as the right hand lass to Princess Vespera in a Twin AU. Updating some of the KH info, and adding FFXV and FFXIV info for her.

The Fic: Night and Eventide

Main Verses: KH, FFXV

All of her old verses still apply, mostly. I just miss all of the old early writing I used to do. The reason this blog seems bare is I did a hard clean on it in 2017, cleaning out threads that were abandoned or whatever. I miss them, but yanno. It happens.

[stingslikeabee]

changes in relation to available verses

Hello, guys! I hope 2023 is treating everyone well thus far - I’m doing some blog maintenance things and I’ve re-uplodaded the mobile information to the pinned post (it had been missing since Melissa went fandomless a few months ago). In light of this, I’ve decided to make some changes regarding generally available verses (for full details, you can check the relevant page).

In short:

Alice in Borderland verse has been retired; it had not been used for a very long time and I don’t feel like using it considering the Season 2 developments. If anyone wishes to write in that verse, we can do so on request.

I’m considering retiring the FFXV verse next - it hasn’t been used and my interactions with FFXV muses are non-existent; I may remove this after doing a following clean-up and finishing revamping the relationship pages (some descriptions are missing).

I am debating on whether making an Addams Family verse public (currently it’s a private one) since seeing Catherine Zeta-Jones in Wednesday gave me a LOT of muse for a verse where Melissa is Morticia’s twin sister; I am also slowly working on a verse for Path to Nowhere while setting up my Eirene blog on the background.

That’s it! I’m always willing to make additional AUs or spin-offs or new verses for my mutuals, particularly now Melissa is fandomless. I do have a million other verses which have been crafted with particular partners, but unless included in the verse page linked above, they remain private. :)

Take care & enjoy the new year! Mari.

[secret-engima]

i sent you an ask a while ago about cor vs nyx time traveling chaos and you mentioned them BOTH going back which immediately made me think of the possibility of them going back as like, twin LCs

No.

NO.

DON’T MAKE ME MAKE A NEW AU.

*screams off into the ether*

*comes back*

ALRIGHT FINE BUCKLE UP LADIES AND GENTS AND TUMBLR DENIZENS I HAVE A NEW TWIN AU AND I’M RAMBLING.

-Nyx and Cor don’t MEAN to time-travel. Either of them. They just kinda .... do?

-They both wake up in the same clearing, with the words of the Astral that dumped them here (Ramuh) in their ears, sit up and realize they aren’t alone.

-Things are ... kinda stiff between them at first. They don’t know what’s going on, or where they are. All they remember is their respective lives before getting snatched by Ramuh.

-They at least know who the other is, and compare notes on what happened as they wander the definitely-not-ravaged-by-the-Long-Night wilds. Nyx is more than a little surprised to realize that his mirror double is Cor the Immortal, but that’s not ... the WEIRDEST thing going on right now. So.

-No. The weirdest thing going on right now is that they are both like- SIX YEARS OLD. And that they now look identical. Both of them are blue-eyed (Cor’s shade of blue, which irritates Nyx because why couldn’t he keep his own eye color at least?), with wispy black hair that is 100% Nyx’s, and cheekbones that belong to neither of them.

-Also magic.

-Cor is already quietly hitting his head against a tree before Nyx figures out what the clues all add up to.

-Nyx is not a happy camper when he realizes what has happened (read: when Cor explains it in between blistering language a Furia would blush at).

-Also Nyx still has the scars from his Death-By-Ring. Rippling, branching scars  running up his arm and along his cheek and temple on that side of his face. They’re white and “old” but still very, very noticeable.

-Cor and Nyx exchange stories as they wander the wilds, murdering wildlife that tries to eat them and hiding from the daemons at night (they both don't sleep well, because they’re one, children, two, Nyx has night terrors of dying, and three, Cor is terrified that if he goes to sleep he’ll wake up to find the sun gone.

-They finally reach civilization after about a month of bonding in the wilds over Shared Trauma and plans to change fate (Nyx is NOT HAPPY about the Prophecy KTHANKS HE DIDN’T DIE JUST FOR BAHAMUT TO KILL THE YOUNG KING AND PRINCESS) depending on where they are in the past.

-The civilization they find is Hammerhead, and the newspaper they snitch and huddle over tells them the year is 728. One year before Mors dies.

-Nyx manages to hiss the “What the-” in a non-child friendly phrase right as Cid finds them and startles them by asking where their parents are. Since a Startled Nyx is a Warptastic Nyx, there goes the bloodline secret in 0.02 seconds.

-Cor could Strangle™ Nyx if he wasn’t already 120% done with the time-travel thing and already planning to be a tiny prophecy smashing gremlin. Getting a speed ticket to Citadel via Cid, who will take them to Regis rather than Mors, is the safest option he could hope for honestly.

-So yea Cid collars the scruffy, underweight, dressed-in-rags-and-animal-skins twins and calls Regis to yell at him and that’s how Regis learns he is a dad of two Smol Feral 6 year olds at age 22.

-Regis drives out to Hammerhead with Clarus and COR so that his father doesn’t learn about this JUST yet and Time!Cor has a long moment of dysphoria staring at his Angry Teenage Self. While the Cor’s hold a staring contest, Nyx is a mess because the king he saw die is THERE and thoroughly convinced he’s Nyx’s DAD and Nyx CANNOT DEAL kthanks. Regis asks for their names and Nyx blurts out the first ones he can think of that aren’t Obviously Owned Already (Romulus and Remus and no Cor is NEVER going to forgive Nyx for that) and Regis is just- Regis is an Overwhelmed Die inside because KIDS. HE HAS KIDS. TWO TINY FERAL SIX YEAR OLDS WEARING ANIMAL FUR. ONE OF THEM IS TRYING TO BITE COR (admittedly Cor started it, COR STOP THAT). A few questions reveals they’ve been on their own in the wilds for “a while” using their magic and Regis is even MORE of a die.

-The question of where their mother is, where their other relatives are, is answered by Romulus (Cor) shutting down entirely and Remus (Nyx) hunching and shivering and whispering one word.

-That word is “Nifs”.

-Regis has to turn around and go pace in the parking lot with heat waves shimmering off his shoulders before he stops seeing red.

-Regis takes them home, Cid goes with because he and Regis may be on rocky terms but Cid does love Regis, and he loves kids, and he doesn’t trust Mors to “take this well” as far as he can throw the adamantoise.

-Cid is right.

-Mors does not take it well At All.

-Mors says some ... things that horrify Regis, because he would NEVER have thought his father capable of sinking so low. Makes demands about the children Regis has “created out of wedlock”. One of those demands is that they cannot be heirs and they must never be revealed to the court, they must be taken away and hidden somewhere to preserve Regis’s image and the “public trust”. Regis has no intentions to do this, obviously but Romulus, who has been spacing into the distance trying to astral project as a means of not crying his eyes out at the sight of a living Regis and Clarus, senses Mors’ hands reaching for Remus (his-his-his his only friend his only companion who understands his only safety for the last month his BROTHER HIS TWIN) and

-Cold hands cold magic demands-demands-demands. A leash in another’s hands, the burning apathy of a blacksmith beating a living weapon into shape, the taste of his own blood in his mouth as he trains-trains-trains and is found wanting.

-Cold hands cold magic reaching reaching touching touching burning burning engraving knowledge into his being his core his SOUL

-The knowledge forged in his spine-heart-soul-mind written in his blood on the ground and his scars in the mirror.

-Better to die than be a failure.

-He

-S N A P S.

-By the time he comes back to himself, it’s to Remus holding him tight around the waist making shushing noises while Romulus presses them both into a corner, his back to Remus and the taste of blood (not his blood he knows what his blood tastes like this isn’t it who’s blood is this-) in his mouth as he clutches at a sword too big for his tiny body, a silver armiger bristling like spines. He has no memory of how he went from glaring at the wall while Regis and Mors argued to huddling here in the corner with his magic screaming around him in blades and spitting flakes of ice.

-There is no sign of Mors in the room.

-Regis is there. Regis and Clarus on the far side of the room, trying to talk to him, and something tells him they’ve been talking for a while.

-It’s Cor, his younger self, his previous self, that he locks eyes with from across the room, and it’s Cor who looks murderous in his understanding as he briskly orders Regis and Clarus and Cid out of the room.

-The silence when they leave is heavy.

-Cor settles down on the farthest side of the room, his sword propped on his shoulder and his shoulders intentionally relaxed. He’s treating Romulus like a frightened animal, an abused animal, and it’s working more than he wants it too.

-The adult part of Romulus curses his lack of control, how being in a younger body effects his actions so much more than he wants it to.

-The rest of him doesn’t care.

-It takes an hour for Romulus to finally drop the Armiger, but he doesn’t move from the corner, or acknowledge Remus trying to nudge his way free of the corner.

-It takes another 30 minutes for Cor to deem Romulus “present” enough to ask, “Is he still alive?” The man who hurt you. The man who Mors reminded you of.

-Romulus just laughs until his little body starts to cry. It’s answer enough.

-Cor becomes their only adult touchstone for a while. They stay in the massive royal suite (Regis’s suite, Romulus knows from years of experience and Remus from the occasional guard duty). Regis doesn’t come in, but Romulus can sense him at the door a few times, and Cor’s phone is constantly dinging with messages that are probably from Regis or Clarus.

-When Cor finally lets another adult into the suite again (bristling protectively the entire time), Romulus and Remus find out that their timeline? Yeah. It already got thrown out the window.

-Regis comes in.

-He’s wearing the Ring.

-Romulus stares, Remus doesn’t know better to realize what is wrong with that picture. There is something hard in the set of Regis’s shoulders, something weary and protective and ... jaded. Jaded like Regis hadn’t been until years after Mors death when Regis finally dug out the deepest, nastiest secrets of his father’s reign.

-”Is he dead?” Romulus asks numbly.

-Regis follows his gaze to the Ring, and his expression shifts to surprise, then a black sort of anger, then a careful, tired gentleness, “No. But his health was failing. So I ... convinced him ... to step down. He won’t be coming near you again. Not unless you ask.” Regis’s voice cracks and there is a love and a pain in his magic as it tentatively wraps around the twins that makes Romulus realize Just What Regis thinks is the source of Romulus’s violent panic attack, “No one will come near you or touch you unless you ask first.”

-And something in Romulus keens, just a little, at the reassurance of those words. His issues aren’t what Regis thinks they are but ... it’s a relief. Even though his time-table is now even shorter with Regis having put on the Ring and become king a year early .... it’s a relief. To know that Mors won’t come near him or Remus again.

-Romulus doesn’t bother to stop his tears (this is his king, his sword-brother, his best friend, his FATHER of both lifetimes even if this is the first one in blood) as he tentatively steps forward all the way to where Regis is kneeling.

-He can feel Regis shake with suppressed tears as he carefully wraps his arms around Regis’s waist and whispers thank you.

-He’s surprised when Remus joins him, because the glaive only knew Regis as king, but there is a loyalty, a grateful devotion in the man turned boy turned brother that is so deep and vibrant it rings in the air in his magic. A loyalty that could so easily turn into love just like the unconditional, all-powerful love settling on their shoulders like a blanket as Regis oh so tentatively rests a hand on their heads.

-Somewhere in the future that never will be again, the gears of prophecy groan and crack.

[charlottedabookworm]

...by the time he’s grown again, Astraeus’ curls (which didn’t disappear this time) are already flecked with shocking white strands

[mikumixtwix]

relistening to Genesis Girl Gretel and it's taking everything in me rn to not start actually writing something for my ffxv/evillious au like, rlly trying here to at least commit to and finish this one bit of my jaune timeloop fic

[annaoi]

Doggos want in on the cuddles.

Modern AU

[shadowdarkleonidascrusade]

Don't ask about the previous two Mr. Fluffykins. It was a sad day in the Fair Household.

[aij-writes]

Mafia Cross Over Snippet

Co-written by @jimmythejiver

Noctis used GPS to find the high rise apartment uptown. They pulled into the car park. "Ever been here?" Noctis asked.

"Nope," Gladio said. "When I knew them, they lived in a two story in the midst of Little Piztala."

"Luna lived there," Noctis noted. "Isn't it a Tenebraean community?"

"They smashed in a lot of Nifs there post-war," Gladio commented. "You coming up?"

"As much as I’d like to be leered at by Kadaj as in never," Noctis said snarkily, "I figure I go pick up Prompto a proper present and pick you up when you're done. Just text me when."

"Alright," Gladio said with a hint of suspicion. "Don't make me regret you're not on a shorter leash." Gladio leaned in to kiss Noctis before getting out with his bag. Gladio walked to the building as Noctis drove off. He punched in the number for the Argentums.

After a confirmation, the door swung open and Gladio trekked to the elevator to the door of the apartment. He knocked and waited.

Gladio came face to face with the girl from that night. Aerith stared at Gladio, only to laugh. "Looking for a rematch?" she asked almost sweetly.

"Who you picking fights with now, Pink?" Sephiroth asked, appearing at the door. He pulled it open, only for his eyes to close a bit in pleasure. "Mr. Amicitia. A pleasure," he purred. "Won't you ignore the little nuisance and make yourself at home?" he asked, turning to guide Aerith away from the door. Sephiroth had his hair pulled up in a pile on his head and was wearing an apron that declared Mr. Good Lookin is Cookin. As he turned to head back into his apartment, Gladio realized he wasn't wearing a shirt under said apron. His bare back was exposed. Interestingly, he had a tattoo of a single back feathered wing curving over his shoulder and down to the small of his back.

Gladio walked into the apartment. "Neat tattoo," Gladio said dumbly. "Um... I came here to drop off these." He handed Sephiroth the bag of heart-shaped daifuku mochi. "They're courtesy of Ignis."

Sephiroth weighed the bag in his hand, only to chuckle. "Of course," he said. He gestured past. "Join me a moment?" he asked, free hand going to trace up Gladio's arm. "I'm sure I have a little something equally as sweet for the ambitious little baker."

Aerith pouted at Sephiroth, huffing passed them and going to join a man in the living room. She could be heard starting to say something about Goonies only for Sephiroth to cut over her. "Now Aerith, you know I don't like that slur. If you must slag off on Shinra's dear, esteemed friend, let's not do it within ears of his lord, shall we?" Sephiroth smirked at Gladio. "Youth. So crude. Come," he insisted, heading to his kitchen where he set the bag on the counter.

Loz, a beefy guy the same age as Aerith and Ignis, grinned and nodded. "Hey Gladiolus," he greeted. "What are you doing here? Uh, you come to play with Zoo? He's not here."

"I haven't kept in contact with Yazoo for some time," Gladio admitted. "Not since I graduated last semester. Got busy with my own life over the summer. Got engaged; moved up. How's your life treating you?" Gladio felt sort of foolish dropping those tidbits, as though he were bragging, but calmly sat in a stool by the island opposite Loz.

"Come now, Loz," Sephiroth said, giving his son a reproachful look. "Mr. Amicitia's been quite busy." Sephiroth started going through the bag, finally pulling a gun out. "Though...odd his man makes him play the part of runner, but administration was always a bit odd in the Family." He turned the gun this way and that before tossing it to Loz. "What do you think?"

"Oh yeah...not bad," Loz said, taking aim with it before pouting a bit. "What about me?" he huffed, putting it down on the counter.

"Don't cry," Sephiroth said, going to examine the bag. "Eat," he said, shoving the sticky mochi into his son's mouth. "You know how rare arms are at the moment." He sighed. "We'll need to thank Mr. Scientia for his regards."

Loz grunted around the mochi, but he still looked appeased.

"I'll send your regards," Gladio said. "He's under scrutiny at the moment." Gladio could see why, not that he was going to jump to conclusions.

"I'm surprised he's not under a thumb," Sephiroth said, watching Gladiolus with his sharp green eyes. "Please, you can send him payment as well. Loz, go grab my coat," he sent him off. "Tell me my big, strong flower, so the feathers go all the way up?" he asked, eyes roaming over where he could see ink. "I never knew we'd have so much in common, you know."

"Oh yeah, he hates shirts and loves tattooed feathers as much as you, Sephy." The man from the living room came in. Zax Fair eyed Gladiolus. "Though I guess I can see something else you like," he said, cracking up as he went to help himself to a bottle of pop in the fridge.

Sephiroth shot Zax a dark look. "Ignore him. I like to pretend he's not even here."

Gladio gave Zax a glance before turning. He had an x-shaped scar on the side of his face. Long, spiky black hair to die for. He was broad and muscular, but had a glint in his bright blue eyes whatever his age. Sephiroth's type of guy briefly ran through his head before he shook it off.

He wondered what he meant by what else Sephiroth could like. He also couldn't gauge how much Sephiroth's dismissal of Zax was put upon or serious.

"Maybe sometime you'll see the whole work," Gladio said with a wink. "At a cross company swim meet." He did not know why he did that when he meant for the inane comment to be a brush off. The equivalent of the saying in your dreams.

Sephiroth chuckled. "I see enough to appreciate," he assured him.

"You're drooling," Zax teased, poking a finger into Sephiroth's cheek.

Sephiroth glared, but did nothing to dislodge his mass from leaning on him. "I don't listen to dead people."

"Are you telling your conquests I'm dead now?" Zax asked, pouting. "That's cheating."

"Not legally," Sephiroth insisted, leaning back into him. "Ah," he said, taking his long leather coat from his son. "Put this in the safe," he said, passing Loz the gun. He pulled a heavy envelop out, sliding it to Gladio. "We good?" Sephiroth was giving him an all business look, despite his flirting only moments ago and the large mass of man cuddled against him.

"Yes," Gladio said with an amused smile. "You two are cute." He took the envelope from Sephiroth.

"I know he is. Too bad he's next to useless," Sephiroth huffed. "Being dead and all."

"This is how he talks to the stepmother of his kids," Zax exclaimed.

Sephiroth rolled his eyes, finally pulling from him. "We're legally separated. Marriage takes a lot of work, my flower," he warned. He slipped his arm around Gladio's shoulders, walking him to his door. "As does any relationship, really. It's reassuring you come in person to strengthen ours. I was getting a tad worried with all of Mr. Scientia's run around. As if this was his business and not yours," he said leadingly.

"I trust Ignis's judgement on our operations," Gladio said. "Without him, I'd fall on my face. With all he does for me, I could return the favor and meet your...now ex while I'm at it. You take care, and pleasure doing business."

"Always a pleasure, Gladiolus," Sephiroth assured, backed him up against the door for a moment. "Maybe you'll grant me more outside these little business transactions." He looked like he was going to move in for...something, but he merely opened the door, gently pushing Gladio out.

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hamelin-born replied to your post “*snicker* Ooooh - for the Cor-LC-Involuntary-Time-Travel 'verse? What...”

And just. Just WAIT until it comes out that Aulea has a son that she's REALLY like to get back to, please - Ardyn is going to be doing the 'grandchildren!' dance.

Ardyn: I have a grandchild...

Aulea: Yes, Ama.  His name is Noctis.

Ardyn: I have a grandchild.

Ardyn: Gil, Gil, did you hear? I have a grandchild!!!!!!!!!

Gil: Yes, I heard.  Congratulations.

Ardyn: Somnus!  I have a grandchild!

Gil, to Aulea: This is going to go on for a while, isn’t it?

Aulea: Yes, yes it is.

Aulea: Ama is the best grandparent I could ask for for my little boy, but he’s also very enthusiastic about it.