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Things had been going well in Noct's life ever since he got a boyfriend. It wasn't what most people thought of when that word was used. He was still a virgin and while that was a bitter pill, it was better than being a virgin with no prospects. He had Prompto and they had a promise. Now they waited his father out. Eventually his dad would hand over the throne to him and retire, or worse, pass away. He didn't want to think about that but... it was how his family had worked since the beginning of the nation. Regis was a stubborn old alpha to boot.

 

Noct had been working more in the citadel, attending more meetings, talking to more people, doing his own Working Royal stuff which he had previously shrugged off with the excuse that he was in school. It got Ignis' attention as well as his father's which hopefully would work in his favor in the future. 

 

He had to get the public, the advisors, and the counsel on his side, or at the very least he had to get to where they couldn't oppose him when he took the throne. That meant he was building alliances now so years in the future, whenever he took the throne, he will have built a place for Prompto by his side. A nest of sorts. If that isn't the most omega way to think about it... a nest. 

 

It's what brought him to work most days. Today he was at a public garden maintained by the royal family. He was meeting with some of his citizens, many of them social workers and outreach professionals for the poor and underprivileged. A perfectly banal sort of day. 

 

It wouldn't stay that way. He was trusted enough to handle this on his own so he was attending with his civilians with minimal security. He was within a stone's throw of the citadel after all. It's what the Nifs were counting on. 

 

Some time later there was a great boom and then a siren sounded in the training yard. A voice pinged each glaive and crownsgaurd with earpieces, delivering several codes, each referring to a scenario. This event had several codes; Active shooters, fire, multiple casualties, and a note that Rosebud was not secure. Rosebud was among hostiles. 

 

Rosebud was Noctis' security code the crownsguard and glaives used. Not that he knew that. 

 

Things went to shit real quick and to help it along, there had been a small camera crew playing Noct's talk with the social workers he was with. One channel was broadcasting it from the nearby jumbotron and the chaos unfolded. Noct was talking, suddenly there was an explosion, screaming, fire, gunfire could be heard. Nif soldiers appeared on screen. In seconds it was happening. Other screens around Insomnia began showing the footage. 

 

One could hear the explosions and guns in real time, not from the screen but from the park itself a block over. 

 

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You have to lead by example sometimes. Prompto was going to be the prince of the nation, he ought to be a well-respected alpha and who else other than the guy who saved their kingdom from war and their prince from being kidnapped and bred?

Noct hummed softly, content in his man's arms. "You were in a prime position to do it before but you never did. You were gentle... why would I ever think you would hurt me?" such a silly man, his boyfriend.

"made the shot? What do you mean?" he had to think through it all. "When was this?"

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Noct had a point. Still, Prompto couldn't help but worry. He was a worrier by nature. That fear was still there that one day he would turn his alpha rage on Noctis and hurt him. He let out a sigh and rested his head against Noct's as he held him close.

"Back when the attack on the garden happened. I went to the top of the skyscraper nearby - you know that really tall one? I thought if I could take your attacker out with my sniper rifle then I'd be able to save you. But I couldn't make the shot. I had my chance and I blew it."

It wasn't really Prompto's fault. He got shot. It wasn't as though he just missed or froze with nerves. He was physically unable to make the shot. "I didn't know if I had gotten shot by Imperial troops or caught in friendly fire. But knowing what we know now about Drautos and the rat Glaives... I'm wondering if maybe I was shot on purpose..."

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Now that was interesting... He knew Prompto got shot and he knew he was part of the response team at the garden but he hadn't even considered...

"Are you saying..." his voice was stronger now, more serious. "...that it was friendly fire?" who else would know to target him? The Nifs didn't know him, they didn't recognize him when he was storming the place, they had no file on Prompto. Why would they think to look at the top of a nearby tower for a gunman when so few Lucian soldiers used them? It made more sense that someone who knew where Prompto was, who knew that Prompto needed to be neutralized was behind it.

"...It had to be..." he shuddered. "...I'll kill whoever it was, I swear it." he hugged his alpha tighter.

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Prompto hadn't thought about it too deeply before. There had been other things to focus on. But now... looking back... Prom was fairly certain that he was shot by a wayward Glaive. It made sense. The Glaives had access to the comms. They would have known Prompto's position and what he was planning to do. It made him sick to his stomach to think about.

He pressed a kiss to Noct's temple. "Let's hope whoever it was is already in custody for being a rat."

Another kiss to that same spot. "I'm sorry I didn't protect you better. I should've been able to make the shot, even with my injuries. A good Guard and a good alpha would have been able to."

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"A good captain of the glaives wouldn't have let the Nifs in to capture me in the first place." he sighed. "Drautos had to put his people on guard there... I wondered at the time why there weren't guards with me in the garden. I thought they'd somehow been killed but they were probably just turncoats." he sighed.

"I'll call dad and ask how it's going." he had been checked out from the investigation but he needed to know. He wanted to know that the one who shot Prompto was captured and he wanted to take him into a windowless room and end his life.

"You protected me just fine. I didn't die, I came home. I'm here... you did perfect."

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Prompto led Noct back to the sofa. He closed the laptop, shutting them away from the constant barrage of new reports circling the web. He sat, tugging Noct down with him. He wanted to make the remaining turncoats pay, wanted them to face the same end their dearest leader did. He would just have to hope that whatever punishment the crown deemed fit was severe enough.

He laid down, resting his head on Noct's lap. Usually, they were the other way around, his lap was usually a pillow for Noct's head. But right now he was taking full advantage of his very own Noct pillow. It left Noct free to use his phone to call the King if he wished. Prom kind of wanted Noct's hands in his hair, selfishly.

"Next time... Next time I'll protect you even better." Hopefully, the leaked footage would give any would-be attackers pause for thought, knowing what Noct's alpha could do when enraged. But, Noct was the Prince and thus would always be a target.

lol but the icon should be the other way around

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Noct wasn't sure what Prompto wanted at first. He thought he might be about to be scolded for watching too much news and getting out of bed to do so but he was glad to have his man in his lap. Prompto just needed some comfort so he didn't take his phone out. He didn't do anything other than pet Prompto's hair and let him relax.

He wasn't much of a singer but he hummed an old song his nanny used to sing to him at naptime. It always made him feel better.

They'd have people after them always, they'd have people after Prom too but they'd always be able to come back together, just them.

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The humming and the hair petting were doing wonders at calming Prompto. He felt a little guilty taking comfort from Noct when he should be the one doing the comforting. A good alpha comforted his omega. But this... this was nice. It was the most at peace Prompto had felt since before the attack.

He rolled onto his back, legs draped over the edge of the couch as he looked up at Noctis from his comfortable lap pillow. He reached for one of Noctis' hands and played with his fingers.

"Hey... you wanna hear something super crazy I learned when I was in the hospital?" Prompto didn't know if it was classified information, but surely telling Noctis would be okay, right? The guy was the Prince. He probably had clearance. "... Cor was almost my dad... Isn't that insane? The Immortal could have been my dad!"

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Noct was calm too, his scent was pleasantly mild, not trying to coerce or entice his alpha, simply to soothe and placate him.

He twisted his fingers with Prompto in one hand, letting his mate play with them and he pet his hair with the other. This brought out his nurturing side, he felt so calm, so in his element here holding his poor hurting alpha. He loved being able to be the caretaker rather than the other way around for once.

"Hm?" he thought about it. "Is that right? I wonder what happened. He always did like you. How did you find that out? Did he tell you?"

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Noctis working on his nurturing skills would be good practice for when they start their family. Prompto cooed with contentment. He could get used to this.

"Mm. Cor told me everything when he visited me." He reached for his phone and opened up the photo he'd taken of the original photo in the file of a chunky baby Prompto in a certain Cor Leonis' arms. He showed it to Noct. "So, turns out the Marshal is the one who rescued me and brought me to Insomnia when I was a baby. He wanted to keep me, but it was decided that it was in my best interest to be placed in a 'normal' family."

Prom still couldn't believe it. He had often wondered about his past. Whether he had a real mom and dad out there. Turned out his dad was a mad Empire scientist.

"Prompto Leonis, ha. Can you imagine? Man, how different our lives would have been if we'd known each other since we were babies."

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Noct had more of a mothering instinct than most people thought. He just needed something or someone cute to take care of in order to trigger it. Prompto would do. As would any stray cat.

He looked at the photo and smiled, letting out an audible 'aww'. Prompto was such a chunky baby! "I wonder if our baby is gonna look like that." and he'd love it, little fat thing, he'd carry them around with pride and dress them in a chocobo onesie with a hood.

"Cor found you? Where did he rescue you from anyway?" Noct knew he wasn't from Insomnia or even Lucis but he hadn't cared. Prompto was here his whole life so he was Lucian to him.

"...We'd have dated sooner."

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"Man, I hope our baby doesn't look like that! For your back's sake. And can you imagine one of those feet jabbing against your bladder constantly? No, our baby is going to be the perfect size. Small - but not too small. And perfectly formed. Every little finger and toe will need tiny kisses."

Prom wouldn't object to the chocobo onesie with a hood though. As long as mom and dad can have matching ones.

He kicked his feet against the sofa arm, deciding how much he should tell Noct. Noct was his guy, his soulmate. He deserved the truth. They couldn't marry on a lie. "So, um, Cor found me in a research lab in Niflheim... I um... I... I was part of a cloning project and if Cor hadn't rescued me I would have eventually been turned into an MT..."

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"You think I can't handle a fat baby? Try me." he would whine a lot when pregnant but he could make a strong infant. He was a male omega and male omegas were known to have smaller infants. Noct's mother also had complications during pregnancy and birth and he hoped he didn't inherit that problem.

"sooo you're gonna spoil them straight out of the womb, got it." he would enjoy that even if he chastised Prom for it at times. And he would only wear the onesie at home, he and the baby could be in it together, he could nurse in there and nobody had to watch him. Actually, he would love that.

"What were you doing in a lab??" but the story kept going and slowly it dawned on him and he paused in petting Prom's hair for a moment. "So all the MTs... they're like you? In the robot?" he pet Prompto's hair again. "They're your brothers..."

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"You kidding? I'm going to spoil our kid before they're even out of the womb. Gonna spoil their mom too. You're gonna get all the foot massages and back rubs you want, baby. Nothing will be too much for our little chocobean and my beautiful omega baby momma."

Prom hadn't even proposed and already he was thinking ahead to babies. He wasn't actually in any rush. They had plenty of time to start their precious little family. But that didn't mean he didn't think about a pregnant Noctis a lot.

He continued to toy with Noct's fingers, keeping his own hands busy. "I don't know all the details. But what I can make out is the MTs we've encountered - that we thought were robots - were all human once. The Empire does something to them, something with the Starscourge, daemonic miasma, until there's nothing human left. If I didn't have enough reason to hate the Empire before, this would definitely be a reason."

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"Oh yeah?" he smiled "Hmmm... wonder if you'll go out at night and get me noodles and sushi if I crave it." Noct might actually be surprised by what he ended up craving when pregnant. "Chocobean, I like it. Wait am I supposed to call you 'baby daddy'?" like some ex lovers from the streets?

He thought about being pregnant a lot too but mostly he had decided that he wanted to retreat from the public eye. His mom had been publically pregnant but traditionally royal mothers to be went quiet and didn't come back to the public until after they'd given birth.

"...We'll figure out what they were doing." he needed to know now, what the fuck was the empire up to? They were totally evil. "I'm so sorry, Prom." he raised their combined hands to kiss the back of Prompto's.

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"Noodles, sushi, ice cream and pickles. Whatever you need, baby. Just... don't tell Iggy - you just know he's going to have an entire pregnancy meal plan prepared for you. Only the best, nutritious food and all the veggies so our little chocobean can grow big and healthy." Prom scrunched up his nose. "Actually, no, don't call me baby daddy. We need better parent nicknames for each other..."

Prom melted as Noct kissed his hand. Fuck. He was so sickeningly in love with his omega. "You've nothing to be sorry for, Noct. I was one of the lucky ones."

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"I dunno about the pickles... maybe chips." he may yet crave Iggy's meal plan while pregnant. Or he may be limited to whatever he could keep down. He'd hate that. "We'll see when we get there. And... thanks I don't want to call you that. Uh... don't we just call each other mom and dad? So the kid calls us the right name?"

Noct smiled and kissed his hand again, then each knuckle one at a time.

"One of the lucky ones? There are others like you?"

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"Mom. Hm. Yeah. Sounds good. You are gonna be the best momma Eos has ever seen, I already know that. Our little chocobean is going to be so loved. They're gonna know that their mom and dad love them more than anything in the universe. They're going to feel loved, cherished and wanted. Even when you become King and we have an entire nation to rule, we are setting aside family time. Imma make it a royal decree or something."

Their child ... or children ... would never feel unloved or neglected. Prompto would make sure of that.

"Maybe? I can't be the only one, right? All I know is if Cor hadn't kidnapped me and brought me to Insomnia, then I would've ended up as one of those machines instead of being right here at your side where I belong."

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Noct listened and pet his man's hair. He knew Prompto grew up neglected, knew that he wanted to change that for their family. He wanted it too, he didn't spend a lot of time with his father, or at least as much as he wanted.

"We'll make working hours so I don't spend all day away. We can take days off." and he would be a mother to his babies. He had to be, he would fight anyone who tried to take them away from him in the beginning.

"They're going to be loved, Prom you know you'll see to that."

"I don't know, if it took Cor to get just you out then... maybe you are..."

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Prompto closed his eyes and focused on how incredible Noct's fingers felt in his hair. He could get used to this kind of pampering.

"... I guess that's all the more reason for me to live my life to the fullest, right? To live for all those who never got the chance. And that's what I intend to do. To live by your side. As your alpha, lifemate and best friend."

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Noct smiled.

"I'd like that." he pet Prom's hair, hoping he'd go to sleep and he could spend the day watching over him for once.