[ get it?? because Calaglia? no? yeah, that one was pretty bad, but there's a realization that turns his wolfish grin a little more sober for all of three seconds. even if he did know that Gladio had gotten into the Good Booze stash he... couldn't ground him. not because he was an adult, but because he was dead. funny how he still hasn't taken the time to actually grieve it in the near-year he's been here in Copalli.
nearly a year.
the thought gets Gladio to reach up and rake a hand through his own hair — grown out and tied into a sloppy half-pony much like what he'd sport ten years down the line — and huffs a quiet laugh. ]
I don't think he'd mind in the longrun. One? You're eighteen. That's a milestone, and that's when I first got a taste of this. Two? The bullshit we've all been through? The shit you've been through? That's worthy of at least a couple, and I'm pretty sure he'd think the same. You got the heart of an Amicitia. Three?
[ a breath, and Gladio brings the grin back. ]
Since I'm supposed to be the next head of the family one of these days, I say it's okay. Just don't tell your old man 'cuz I don't wanna get turned into a behemoth-skin rug.
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Date: 2022-12-11 09:37 pm (UTC)[ get it?? because Calaglia? no? yeah, that one was pretty bad, but there's a realization that turns his wolfish grin a little more sober for all of three seconds. even if he did know that Gladio had gotten into the Good Booze stash he... couldn't ground him. not because he was an adult, but because he was dead. funny how he still hasn't taken the time to actually grieve it in the near-year he's been here in Copalli.
nearly a year.
the thought gets Gladio to reach up and rake a hand through his own hair — grown out and tied into a sloppy half-pony much like what he'd sport ten years down the line — and huffs a quiet laugh. ]
I don't think he'd mind in the longrun. One? You're eighteen. That's a milestone, and that's when I first got a taste of this. Two? The bullshit we've all been through? The shit you've been through? That's worthy of at least a couple, and I'm pretty sure he'd think the same. You got the heart of an Amicitia. Three?
[ a breath, and Gladio brings the grin back. ]
Since I'm supposed to be the next head of the family one of these days, I say it's okay. Just don't tell your old man 'cuz I don't wanna get turned into a behemoth-skin rug.