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Ellaygee
childish
Kaciart
'You embarrassed me today'
'Father it wasn't-'
'Enough, you're not a child anymore Noctis. I expected better of you'
Draiad
the one person he craves approval from
Kaciart
I figure Noctis has gotten himself into a tricky situation/is being blackmailed
And anytime he's reached out he's been shot down
By Ignis, Gladio, Regis
Imagine the person who has the blackmail laying it in the midst of the documents that are to be reviews for the court meeting
And Noctis needs to get it OUT
Probably made a bit of a scene
Draiad
wouldn't have made a scene dad if you just listened to him to begin with
Parents "Why wont my kid come to me" *gestures*
Kaciart
Hes probably gonna lose all privileges
which includes Prompto
Prompto probably gets some secondhand blame
Draiad
'bad influence'
Kaciart
Is this because of the people he associates with
And Prom would believe him which would be great if his phone wasnt gone too
Also with his games and phone taken he can only worry and stew on the blackmail
Ignis arrives the next morning to wake him and his eyes are red rimmed and he clearly hasnt slept well
Ignis would be all 'this is your own doing Noctis' while making his favourite for breakfast
Maybe he's being threatened to be outed
And he hasnt come to terms with it himself
He was testing the waters with a little triste in the citadel
Only there's pictures
He's going to be tutored privately for a while
Proms probably blowing up Ignis' phone
I imagine Noctis just living in a permanent state of hypervigilance
Theres a lot of homophobia in the Citadel
Its not something he's ever spoken to his father about so he doesnt know where he sits on it
His lack of apetite/poor sleeping is probably initially seen as acting out
He's being a brat
Maybe one evening for whatever reason Ignis is at Nocts late enough to just stay over rather than go home
He's often used the guest room
He's woken in the middle of the night by Noct having a night terror
This is the point Ignis realises there's something more going on
I just imagine him reading books about teenage rebellion
Trying to learn how to deal with whatever is going on with Noctis before this happens
gnine
Poor Ignis....he's trying...he's doing baadly at it, but he's trying :-p
Kaciart
He decides he will stay over for a while
And the night terrors are a nightly thing
Maybe he tries to talk to Noctis but so much damage has been done that he's not talking about it
He's also probably gotten so in his own head about it that he doesnt know where to start with talking about it
Draiad
I mean if Noct reached out before and was shot down, totally fair
Kaciart
So Ignis is like 'Do I go to Regis? a doctor?....wait'
He has one final resort before that
Time to organise a playdate
I imagine him arriving outside the school and Prom's probably not been having a fun time without Noct either
A lonely boi
Ignis ushers him in 'Are you kidnapping me?? Are you gonna put me in concrete boots??'
'What? Certainly not'
Oh man imaginnneeee
Prom hangs up his jacket and he and Ignis go into the living room where Noct is
Prom sees him and his eyes go wide like 'Noct, buddy, are you okay?'
And Noct just bursts into tears
Prom would be all up in his space
'You're okay, you're okay - I've got you'
'Come on, lets go lie down'
Prom comes back out an hour later, Noct is asleep
Ignis is pretending to clean
Prompto would be furious
Iggy asks if Noctis told him anything
'No, he's fallen asleep. I'm staying here - if I'm leaving he's coming with me'
Ignis would probably be defensive
Prompto goes back in and sits by Noctis while he sleeps
Shakes him awake before the dream fully takes hold
He would be so unashamedly on Noctis' side
During another one of Nocts naps he goes to find out why Nocts been on house arrest
'He's not-'
'He REALLY is, Ignis'
Ignis tells him about what happens, stressed how humiliating it was for Regis and all of them'
Proms just like '...Did anyone ask him WHY, because that's not like Noctis at all'
'It doesn't matter why, under no circumstance should he act like he did, it's his duty-'
'A 'No' would have been enough'
gnine
ahhh I am living for Prom giving Ignis attitude on Noct's behalf, this is glorious
Kaciart
He'd be so dismissive
I imagine Gladio coming over and being like 'whats he's doing here??'
'HE is trying to fix the shitstorm you all have created'
'Listen here-'
'Gladiolus please, may I speak with you?'
Ignis tells Gladio about how Noctis had reacted when Prompto got there - probably tells him about the nightmares that have been happening
Prom slips back into Noctis' room
Draiad
god I keep imaging like proms mad now he;s going to be wild when he finds out whats up
Kaciart
Prom's attitude would probably worry Noctis because he's afraid he's gonna get himself kicked out for giving lip
He doesnt want to lose him so soon after he's gotten here
Yes drai!
Prompto would be very soothing, telling him he doesnt have to say anything yet but when he was ready to talk Prompto was there to listen
'Can we just...stay like this for a while longer?'
I figure the easiest way for him to tell Prom would be to get the file of photos he grabbed during the meeting
Proms like 'oh sexy~~ '
'Wait, is that you? Are you bi?'
'I t..think so...'
'Me too dude!'
'...Can I look at the pics again??'
'Prompto! D<'
He knows Noctis needs some levity with the whole situation
His teasing mood is gonna drop real fast tho when he finds out why Noctis has the pictures
I imagine a full on explosion
He's like 'WE'RE GOING ASS KICKING'
'Wait...what does he look like??'
I see Ignis or Gladio being horrified when they find out
Prompto probably went and told them for Noct who is basically hiding in his room
He's gonna be Nocts spokesperson
I keep imagining one of them saying 'why didn't he say...?'
And Proms like 'SHH, In this house we don't victim blame!'
'Wha- we're not?'
Proms also like 'you both better quickly stick your heads in the door and tell him you have no problems with him being bi D<'
'If you have a problem with it, you dont.'
Prom flailing at them
'DID I SAY YOU COULD COME INTO THE ROOM?? FROM THE DOOR!!'
I imagine blackmailing the Prince is pretty high on the treasonous scale
Prom would send them off to fix everything, demand Noct's phone before they leave
'Theres an embarrassing amount of messages from me 8D'
'And soem even more embarrassing voicemails'
Prom crying down the phone about how much he misses Nocts stupid face
'I love you dudeee, no homo'
'some homo'
Regis is probably eaten with guilt
Made worse by the fact that his first instinct on learnign what happened is that Noctis should have handled it differently
That's how HE'S been raised
So it's hard to unlearn
Draiad
I loved the line earlier "you're not a kid anymore" but like he totally is
Kaciart
YES
Regis is like 'he should have come to one of us'
Ignis 'I recommend you don't say anything of the kind in front of Prompto'
Draiad
omg prom would snap back then instantly die
Ellaygee
i can just see prom getting his hackles all up at the king
Kaciart
Yes
He absolutely would
Prom goes and raids the cabinets for junk
So they can have some snacks and watch a movie while Nocts world is pushed back ontot the correct axis
Ignis had gotten rid of all the goodies
So Proms like 'I'll make us pancakes'
And he brings Nocts to him with a smiley face drawn on it
Or lol
😖
i cant find the one i wanted
its the smirky wobbly lip
BUT EVERYONE IS VERY SORRY TO NOCT
And Prom gets to stay over
Gladio is probably ready to murder Prompto
The concrete boots could happen yet
But they can all appreciate how good of a friend Prom is
Draiad
yusss
loyal to the end
Kaciart
exactly