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[blindsider]

[ Ignis is aware that his role is very much to ensure that Noctis has what he needs, not what he wants. It’s a distinction that’s become increasingly useful now that they’re romantically involved. It’s important that there are clear lines drawn between Ignis Scientia, chamberlain and advisor to the prince, and Ignis, Noct’s boyfriend. As chamberlain he makes sure that Noctis makes it to his appointments and attends all the official meetings and functions that make Noctis so uncomfortable, and as boyfriend Ignis can take him home afterwards and help him unwind from the stress of Being The Prince with a favourite meal, cuddles and a film on the couch, or slow kisses and gentle touches until all the pressure-induced tension bleeds out of him. It’s a wonderful thing, and Ignis treasures it.

Today, however, it seems that Noctis has other ideas. The prince has the day off; the advisor does not, with back-to-back meetings until early evening which will then leave him a stack of reports he’ll have to go through, weeding out the insignificances and anything that can be bumped down the food chain until he can present Noctis with only those matters that warrant his royal attention. The battle had begun almost as soon as he awoke, when he tried to get out of bed. Noctis, he has learned, does not need to be awake to object violently to Ignis attempting to leave his side. The prince had made a low sound of disapproval and latched onto Ignis with the tenacity of a barnacle, and when Ignis’ attempt to extract himself actually woke Noct up, he’d sent his hand directly for Ignis’ dick with an expression that sat worryingly between cross and smug.

Ignis had been five minutes late for his first meeting of the day, pleading car trouble in lieu of disclosing that he’d only manged to escape by putting Noctis back to sleep with an early-morning blowjob. An effective one, it seems, because it was ten-thirty before Ignis received the first text complaining of his absence. He’d apologised and reminded Noct of his meetings, and received a stream of texts in response that began at telling Ignis he was missed, journeyed through asking him to come home and ordering him to come home, and eventually culminated with a four second video of Noct’s bare torso, stomach muscles tensed, his arm nearly a blur of movement in front of him.

It is a good thing that Ignis learned early on never to open any type of media file from Noctis in the presence of anyone else.

He manages to wrap up earlier than expected, the sun just beginning to set as he leaves for the day. It’s plenty of time for him to formulate a plan to teach Noctis the value of patience, and he makes a detour on his way home via a little store he knows of that is classy, discreet, and a goldmine for anyone with a mind for tactics and a filthy imagination. Nothing too advanced, of course; they’ve not done much that required anything more than their own bodies and the occasional creative use of a necktie before, after all. This restraint is in no way sufficient to prevent him from wearing a tiny, devious smile as he lets himself into Noct’s apartment that evening, laptop case and paperwork in one hand and subtle black bag in the other.

Tonight, Ignis the boyfriend is going to set aside what Noctis wants in favour of what he so clearly needs. ]

Evening.

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[ listen, it's not that noctis is a brat.

after all, he's been raised to realize that his own wants and needs should always come second to the good of lucis; his current (lack of) standing affords him a little slack, but there is rarely any room for selfishness when it comes to royalty.

... but things with ignis have always been different, and maybe it's the distinction that makes noctis a little spoiled. for years, he's been allowed to dig in his heels and stage little rebellions that ignis tolerates -- everything from leaving his socks on the floor to turning up his nose at vegetables, and the headbutting that follows is never any real threat to the foundation of their friendship. ignis isn't afraid to tell him no, but he's also willing to let noctis push boundaries and test limits without a set of consequences that feel more... normal.

so maybe it's that, or maybe it's just because it seems Very Unfair that ignis has decided to go off and focus on paperwork and meetings instead of him, but he's feeling extra greedy for the other man's attention. an attempt to wrestle ignis back down into bed with him is only a temporary victory, his texts are either perfunctorily replied to or (rudely) left on read, and his attempt at a four-second porn video was met with a radio silence so profound that he'd been forced to load up a video game and spend a solid hour assassinating bad guys before his grouchy mood subsided.

and considering how spectacularly his attempts at long-distance seduction had crashed and burned, it's actually a surprise when ignis reappears at his apartment at a... fairly reasonable hour. noctis has long-since abandoned his phone in favor of the latest copy of one of his favorite fishing magazines, sprawled out on the couch with one leg dangling off the side. he's dressed for a day off in a loose-fitting pair of black sweats and one of ignis' rare t-shirts that he'd plundered vengefully from the other man's closet (because at least it wouldn't neglect him in favor of paper-pushing).

normally, he'd probably be more than happy to greet his boyfriend with a kiss at the door and an effort to drag him off for an attempt at a continuation of this morning, but... ignis left him in the seen-zone. an unforgivable sin. ]

Busy day, huh? [ archly, very much like a cat who's been left home alone an hour after his dinnertime. ]