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sparklecryptid:
Royal Bastard Fix-It for the Sad!AU Earlier:
His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Noctis, who Ace has never met in person, shows up at Ace’s Bar-Restaurant pre-Fall, looking as if something chewed him up and spat him out - emotionally, that is, not physically - and practically hurls himself into Ace’s arms.
Ace is frozen, WHAT-THE-FUCK blaring through his head, and then in the middle of Noctis’ sobs his (unknowing?) half-brother mumbles something to him - “You said - you said to tell you ’hasta la vista, baby. ’ And Ace freezes for a long moment before, arms closing protectively around his baby brother - he looks up over his Noctis’ head, and pretty much tells everyone to ‘get the fuck out RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, WE’RE CLOSED.’
Afterwards, when the bad is empty, he sits Noctis down, makes them hot chocolate (liberally spiked with brandy), hands one to his brother, and they sit quietly together for a long moment.
“So. Time travel?”
“Yeah.”
“The Long Night? Everyone died?”
“I died. And then I woke up. Here. And you’d - I thought it was a joke, but you said that if I ever time-travelled back, to find you and to say that, and - ”
“Yeah, I know what it means. Little brother. Uncle Ardyn?”
“I killed him. I killed him, and then I called on the Old Kings, and I died, and - ”
“Shush.” Ace hugs him again. “I know.”
**
“Okay, so there’s one sure-fire way I can think of to start making a change.”
“What?”
“We get Uncle Ardyn to be your Uncle.”
“What?!”
“Because never, in ten thousand years, would Uncle Ardyn intentionally hurt me. He’s the most possessive fucker to ever be spawned on Eos. If he accepts you as his nephew rather then as Somnus’ descendant - there will be no one and nothing more determined to keep you safe.”
Oh, poor Noctis, poor, poor Noctis. Waking up back in time and realizing that no one remembers what happened but him and he has a brother holy fuck-
A brother that apparently thought of this and gave him a code to use so Noctis does the rational thing, after making sure his father is alive and well and alive and Noctis never thought he’d see that again, he goes to find his brother.
Ace who stands shock still as Noctis starts crying in his arms and doesn’t stop and then he says the code that Ace thought up on a whim just a week ago and Ace orders everyone out.
In that moment Ace knows that Noctis is his and he’ll be damned if anything happens to his baby brother. So they get Ardyn into Insomnia and then-
Then, of course, Shenanigans ensue trying to make everyone a family.
It works.
Oh *ouch*
But of COURSE Ace has a time-travel protocol/contingency in place.
@sparklecryptid
More like Ace is wise to the ways of fandom and the sheer fucked-upedness that the Astral can pull on occasion, right? And yes, of course he has a time-travel contingency protocol, doesn’t everyone? …there’s also the small fact that the phrase ‘hasta la vista, baby’ has - certain cinematic implications linking it with/to time travel.
Ace probably calls up Uncle Ardyn then and there in the bar, and goes - ‘Hey, Uncle Ardyn. Looks like I have a baby brother.’
“Of course you do, nephew dearest. And a crown as well, if you would only tell -”
“You’re not listening, Uncle. I have a brother.” And oh, but this is Ace laying claim. And Ardyn gets it, hears that sheer bull-headed possessive protectiveness that is the hallmark of the Lucis Caelum line.
Ace bulls ahead. “Also, the Astrals royally fucked him over. Apparently, he died killing you, and then they shoved him into the past into his teenage body, and he really doesn’t want to do it all over again.”
Noctis, voice muffled in the background: “Man, fuck the Six.”
Ardyn: “…well. It seems like I have a new nephew to get to know.”
After hanging up the phone, Ace probably turns to Noctis, and tells him - “Look. It might not mean much. It might mean everything. But - listen, the Draconian probably didn’t tell you exactly what great-grandfucker Somnus did to Uncle, and - “ Ace lays out the entire story he heard from Ardyn, a story of love and sacrifice, betrayal and broken trust, and Noctis is almost incandescent with fury by the time Ace finishes.
Almost literally the first thing Noctis says to Ardyn in this life, as soon as his Uncle steps through the bar door, is: “Fucking Somnus. I’m sorry.”
Ardyn: “…It’s nice to meet you, nephew.”
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theotherguysride:
sparklecryptid:
Royal Bastard Fix-It for the Sad!AU Earlier:
His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Noctis, who Ace has never met in person, shows up at Ace’s Bar-Restaurant pre-Fall, looking as if something chewed him up and spat him out - emotionally, that is, not physically - and practically hurls himself into Ace’s arms.
Ace is frozen, WHAT-THE-FUCK blaring through his head, and then in the middle of Noctis’ sobs his (unknowing?) half-brother mumbles something to him - “You said - you said to tell you ’hasta la vista, baby. ’ And Ace freezes for a long moment before, arms closing protectively around his baby brother - he looks up over his Noctis’ head, and pretty much tells everyone to ‘get the fuck out RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, WE’RE CLOSED.’
Afterwards, when the bad is empty, he sits Noctis down, makes them hot chocolate (liberally spiked with brandy), hands one to his brother, and they sit quietly together for a long moment.
“So. Time travel?”
“Yeah.”
“The Long Night? Everyone died?”
“I died. And then I woke up. Here. And you’d - I thought it was a joke, but you said that if I ever time-travelled back, to find you and to say that, and - ”
“Yeah, I know what it means. Little brother. Uncle Ardyn?”
“I killed him. I killed him, and then I called on the Old Kings, and I died, and - ”
“Shush.” Ace hugs him again. “I know.”
**
“Okay, so there’s one sure-fire way I can think of to start making a change.”
“What?”
“We get Uncle Ardyn to be your Uncle.”
“What?!”
“Because never, in ten thousand years, would Uncle Ardyn intentionally hurt me. He’s the most possessive fucker to ever be spawned on Eos. If he accepts you as his nephew rather then as Somnus’ descendant - there will be no one and nothing more determined to keep you safe.”
Oh, poor Noctis, poor, poor Noctis. Waking up back in time and realizing that no one remembers what happened but him and he has a brother holy fuck-
A brother that apparently thought of this and gave him a code to use so Noctis does the rational thing, after making sure his father is alive and well and alive and Noctis never thought he’d see that again, he goes to find his brother.
Ace who stands shock still as Noctis starts crying in his arms and doesn’t stop and then he says the code that Ace thought up on a whim just a week ago and Ace orders everyone out.
In that moment Ace knows that Noctis is his and he’ll be damned if anything happens to his baby brother. So they get Ardyn into Insomnia and then-
Then, of course, Shenanigans ensue trying to make everyone a family.
It works.
Oh *ouch*
But of COURSE Ace has a time-travel protocol/contingency in place.
@sparklecryptid
More like Ace is wise to the ways of fandom and the sheer fucked-upedness that the Astral can pull on occasion, right? And yes, of course he has a time-travel contingency protocol, doesn’t everyone? …there’s also the small fact that the phrase ‘hasta la vista, baby’ has - certain cinematic implications linking it with/to time travel.
Ace probably calls up Uncle Ardyn then and there in the bar, and goes - ‘Hey, Uncle Ardyn. Looks like I have a baby brother.’
“Of course you do, nephew dearest. And a crown as well, if you would only tell -”
“You’re not listening, Uncle. I have a brother.” And oh, but this is Ace laying claim. And Ardyn gets it, hears that sheer bull-headed possessive protectiveness that is the hallmark of the Lucis Caelum line.
Ace bulls ahead. “Also, the Astrals royally fucked him over. Apparently, he died killing you, and then they shoved him into the past into his teenage body, and he really doesn’t want to do it all over again.”
Noctis, voice muffled in the background: “Man, fuck the Six.”
Ardyn: “…well. It seems like I have a new nephew to get to know.”
After hanging up the phone, Ace probably turns to Noctis, and tells him - “Look. It might not mean much. It might mean everything. But - listen, the Draconian probably didn’t tell you exactly what great-grandfucker Somnus did to Uncle, and - “ Ace lays out the entire story he heard from Ardyn, a story of love and sacrifice, betrayal and broken trust, and Noctis is almost incandescent with fury by the time Ace finishes.
Almost literally the first thing Noctis says to Ardyn in this life, as soon as his Uncle steps through the bar door, is: “Fucking Somnus. I’m sorry.”
Ardyn: “…It’s nice to meet you, nephew.”
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