Anytime you need a friend I'm gonna be by your side

[faithfulsupport]

Characters: Tony, Ignis, Madoka, Prompto, Gladio and Peter
When: About a week after new arrivals
Where: Dining carriage
Warnings: Tony
Summary: Growing family dinner




Ignis had called on the fellow members of the Crownsguard to come to a family dinner one night. Normally he made dinner just for them and then had another dinner with Tony afterwards, but tonight was different and so he busily prepared something akin to the Skewered Wild Trout and Spicy Long-Bone Rib Steaks, those being some of Gladio & Prompto's favourites respectively. Working with this month's recipehs too, he made Cheese & Rosemary Focaccia as an appetizer without any onions.

He'd been given fish and meat from the townspeople that he'd helped rescue on the last mission on the ice world. Of course he'd tried politely to decline anything but the young father who'd mistakenly thought Madoka as his daughter (at the time) refused to hear it and the advisor didn't want to insult the man. So when Ignis came home he had just pounds of meat and fish that he stored away in the freezer for a special occasion.

Well now was one such as that.

Having informed Tony of his idea, the Red team leader then invited Peter to come meet the other side of the family. Madoka of course was all for it and she busily started working on side dishes and dessert. Normally the advisor had no problem tanking everything but he wanted Madoka to feel included and she'd worry he was taking too much on by himself. That was nonsense in Ignis' book but the bigger rule than his pride was not to make his daughter worry. It happened once and since he couldn't handle the onslaught of those eyes, he'd silently vowed to never go through that again.

Like ever.

Comments

[runs_on_batteries]

"I've been given an alembic a couple months ago and so far it's been working well. I've worked on extra filters in the luggage room for this reason and because people insist on smoking. I'll have to see about the beer.." Since he wasn't the one doing it, he hadn't thought about the stink yet.

"We'll figure it out or you'll just have to develop a taste for the ginger beer." He chuckled knowing how much Gladio had loved that stuff from the party. "More importantly, if we get into poker later, what should we wager?"

[callmegladio]

Gladio chose not to ask what the hell an alembic was, he felt he'd heard the word before but couldn't bring to mind an image of what it actually was. So he shrugged it off as not that important.

He pulled a face at the mention of the ginger flavoured beer. He wasn't usually a fussy guy. But spice in his beer was where he drew the line. "Money is outta the question. What the hell can you wager for around here? Do you have candy? That's what we used to use. Or chores." But something told Gladio that wasn't what Tony was leaning toward with his question.

[runs_on_batteries]

Tony laughs, enjoying that disgusted look. Gladio, you were fun to tease. You shouldn't have let Tony know this.

He rolled his eyes at candy though. "I'd end up giving anything I won to Peter." Which obviously took a lot of fun out of it. "You all don't have enough to wager items at the store.."

His gaze trailed down the large fellow. "With the kids, let's make it chores and candy. Afterward, I might win an oversized blue.. briefs or boxers?" He joked.

[callmegladio]

"Boxers." Gladio replied easily. "If any at all." He continued just as easily. Hey, if Tony was going to mess with him then he was more than willing to mess back. And who said that he'd be winning anything? If Tony was implying what Gladio thought he was implying, then there was no way he could lose.

[runs_on_batteries]

He enjoyed this guy's bravado. Gladio could get him into all sorts of trouble, but fortunately it worked in his favor that they were both happily taken men. It wasn't their fault, they were both attractive and had a good sense of humor.

And of course he was going to win. He was Tony Stark.

"Guess I'll just have to find out later what kind of mood you were in when you got dressed." He chuckled and looked toward the kitchen. "I'm going to go see if there's anything Ignis needs a hand with. You let the other boys know what their in for tonight, alright?"

[callmegladio]

Gladio laughed and waved the guy off. "Go check on lover-boy. I'll go see what the rest are up to." And yes, that did mean finding Prompto and telling him about the cards he had in his back pocket.

He turned and headed that way, happy to leave Tony to his own devices and made a beeline for Prompto. It would be like old times, he hoped. Though he kind of doubted that they would be actually playing strip poker.