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Kaciart
'C'mere you lil worm'
'She slept so well'
'Yeah 'cause she doesn't sleep at night'
Okay sooo
Heres what was in my head
Proms parents arrive back after being away for a while
His mother had mentioned being pregnant so Prom thinks - this is it. They'll stay around now. He wasn't a biological child so that could explain their absence
Turns out that doesnt make a difference
At the start they have a nanny but one day she doesnt turn up
And Prom tries to get a hold of them
Eventually does and theyre like 'oh really? what a terrible woman'
Knowing they stopped paying
And that Prom would autimatically pick up the slack
They say they'll organise another and then theyre like
'you know, youre managing just fine~ its an expense we could do without
Right honey?'
'Um well....'
'Youre such a gem Prompto, what would we do without you??'
As if they dont live like he doesnt exist anyway
So he starts to juggle things
His neighbour has some kids and he'd went to her a few times with questions
And she's like 'i could look after...'
And he's like 'I dont have money D:'
She just says 'pshhh, whats the difference to one more in the routine - I'd be doing it anyway'
He'll find some way to help her out. He does the shopping for her and stuff so she doesnt have to
But thats where the real problem occurs
He gets SUPER attached - he's basically the parent and he realises he cant do anything
because the kid would be taken by child services and he would be separated from them
So suddenly it becomes imperative that the bros dont find out
Because he KNOWS this is terrible
And he shouldnt have to do this
but this is his baby sis
his goodest little girl
But his grades are slipping and his performance is weakening
He's also not hanging out with Noctis much
Draiad
I feel like any competant adult would know something was up or suspect
Kaciart
yup
But like, no ones gonna suspect - oh he's raising a child
Theyre gonna be like 'is he getting in to bad things?'
So he does his best
He's running on fumes until it all comes to a head
And he collapses during training
Probably ends up injuring himsel;f
so he wakes up in the medical wing
Everyones concerned because they ran tests and hes beyond run down
But hes just like 'what time is it?? WHAT DAY IS IT??'
Trying ot struggle out of the bed
I imagine Ignis would be like youre not going anywhere until you give me a reason why
Proms like 'I can't, I can't Iggy, please i have to get home? Please?'
Getting upset
And theyre like 'okay you need to calm down first'
Because he's wheezy
He probably tries to get them to promise not to do anything
and theyre like 'sure sure, just take a deep breath'
Hes so frantic that he's like 'yeah that will do lets go'
He's probably bandaged up too so when he gets to the ladies house he looks a mess
He can hear the crying
and of course its like dominos
And his sis has set off the ladies kids too
Shes so worried when she sees him too
Shes like 'oh baby, what happened'
And he starts crying and apologising
Shes like 'yeah, get in my house, you're gonna be getting a hot drink and youre not leaving till you have calmed
The bros stand awkwardly and she's like ......thats....the Prince uhhh
Awkwardly invites them in
The crying is probably dying down before they even step in because Prom beelined to his sis and scooped her up
Still sniffling himself, patting heads of the other kids
The bros are stunned
I imagine theyre aware he has a sister
but they probably thought the parents just took her with them when he stopped gushing about her
Hes cuddling her and avoiding looking at anyone
His momma brings him in some tea
Ignis wouldn't be able to keep his promise
He'd be like 'Im sorry Prompto but we need to contact the authorities - youre a minor'
And then this was the scene that i kept seeing when i was drawing it
Prompto begging Ignis
and being like 'I can manage - I'm all she has. I was doing fine. Shes perfect'
Pleading
'Don't do this to me Ignis'
'They'll take her away - I'll never see her again'
Ignis is just heartbroken
I imagine he'd probably step back - he's not much older. He doesnt know what to do. He'd reach out to the adults in their life
Clarus
crownsguard training
He could do his schooling online
Clarus is like 'I'm going to be blunt son, you're a child. A child should not be raising another child'
'She's meeting all the milestones t-that she should for her age.'
'Prompto, you shouldnt even know these things'
He's been making sure he's not fucking her up
Shes loved, never wants for food. Interacts with other children
When he tells Clarus this he's like
what about you Prompto? the doctors ran tests when you were injured. Youre underweight, exhausted - you collapsed because of the toll this was taking on your health'
'I...I can fix that'
He's probably like 'Look - first of all, let's contact your parents.'
Thats the first step. See if theyre willing ot step up. Have regular check ins from social services
They'd probably feign ignorance at first
The nanny excuse again, only now it's not prompto asking, its law enforcement
They're like 'we'll need you to show proof of payments'
Proms probably exhausted
Just keeping his sis close like they might steal her away
They also probably initially tried to have a person come stay with them, offered him to come stay at Gladio's
But his lady takes him in while things get sorted.
She always knew shit was going down but where they live this kind of neglect isn't new
she did what she could by looking after the little girl
And honestly she could see herslef that there was no sign of harm
But yeah spoiler alert, his parents dont step up
So they are going into care
I imagine they try to find a family that would take both of them but theyre all happy to take a beautiful lucian baby
A niff teenager - not so much
But I do think they would ensure he had some form of visitation
They probably honestly would offer Prompto to stay in the trainee dorms or with one of the bros
but he probably feels so betrayed
If the family wasnt willing to take him in too
theyre not going ot be that happy having him visit
Im imagining he would be looking into how old he would need to be before he could legally take over her care
But theres the problem that hes not actually biologically related
It would def cause a rift between him and the boys
Prompto probably holds a grudge more against the older two than Noctis
Because Noctis spent the whole thing like o.o
Not sure what to say about any of it
Gladio and Iggy are like - this is not legal
Noctis is like 'If Prompto is babie - how has he babie'
So he awkwardly pats Proms back and hates the whole situation
Noct is like 'cant we just get a minder in and have her here??
And Ignis is like 'I can't begin to explain what the media would do with that'
Prince Noctis adopts child with his classmate
I do think as time goes on Prompto sees the reasoning and understands the horrible situation it was for the boys
They werent just looking for an easy fix
Imagine if
His lady decides to reach out
maybe she had been contacted for a statement
And she applies to foster
And with the family being super racist against Prom
She is like 'this isnt a good environment for a child
And Clarus et al are keeping an eye on the situation when anything new happens
So when they see her send in a complaint theyre like 'lets fast track this'
I imagine a year or two has passed in this time
Prompto lived in the barracks for a bit. I figure this was the last straw for him and his parents too
He applied to be emmancipated and once he got it he was like PEACE im out
he's going to get through school, he'll work as much as he can
Still keeps in contact with Noct but doesnt want to be around the other two
Hes surprised when he gets a call from his lady
she didnt tell him anything
there was no point getting his hopes up if they were to be crushed
I also feel like she'd try to persuade him to pick his life back up where it used to be
He doesnt have many decent adult figures in his life
So shes like 'You need to forgive those boys'
And Noctis and Prom and his SECRET RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ADOPTED CHILD
is often splashed on the tabloids
Because he and Prom take her out to parks and stuff
theyre like 'secretly married?'