joioliviapolaroid:

It’s rare that the two of you get to spend time alone. You’re up late, sharing memories from your childhoods. They tell you a funny story, so you retaliate with one of your own. You quickly realize they don’t find it nearly as normal or entertaining as you do.    

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Noctis is a little confused. He wasn’t in the situation and he’s never been in one like it, but his immediate reaction is panic just thinking about it. How can you be sitting there laughing?

“Y/N, you don’t always have to laugh things off. You know that, right?”

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Prompto’s horrified. Not only did something horrible happen to you, but you’re completely calm about it. He couldn’t imagine being this calm thinking about what you’ve been through. He still gets antsy when he thinks about little things that he’s had to deal with.

“You’re okay now though, right?”

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Ignis has the same types of stories. He tells you about things that are actually traumatizing with a straight face. You tell him about your experiences and laugh. Certain things you even bond over, because they’re so similar.

“Gods, the same thing happened to me when I was six!…”

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Gladio feels a little awkward, like he does when he talks to Ignis and Ignis laughs about bad things that have happened to him. He knows this is probably a coping mechanism so he’s not going to stop you, but he’s very uncomfortable (but mostly worried).

“That’s… crazy.”

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Luna’s sad. You’re so casual when you talk about these things, but they’re terrible. And it’s worse for her because she knows that it must have happened with some type of regularity for you to speak about it like it’s something normal and not something horrible.

“I’ll make sure that never happens to you again.”

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Aranea feels bitter on your behalf. You laugh when you think about it now, but she knows that at the time you weren’t smiling at all. She’s bitter, but she’s also impressed because it takes a strong person to be able to laugh at things that have scarred them so deeply.

“You know, you’re allowed to be bitter about things that happened a long time ago.”

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Cindy’s both sad and horrified. When you start getting into the nitty gritty details of your story, her stomach starts to ache with anxiety. Half of her wants to believe that you’re okay because you don’t seem upset, but the other half knows that you know those things are terrible.

“You’re tougher than I realized.”