Protective sentences: “Be more careful next time. I don’t want to bandage you up again.” For Female reader who is a brash fighter and Gladio who is a bit upset with her.

mtraki:

(I made you wait so long for this, I’m so sorry!  Here it is, though, after all its many rewrites!  I hope you like it!  Thank you for waiting!)

(As before: I use ‘Nonnie’ for <reader>.  I find it less jarring than <y/n> and other formats.  You/your OC/your fav otp can be Nonnie!)

For a long time the two of you sat wordless while Gladiolus’s strong hands proved themselves capable of gentleness not oft shown as he wound the sterile bandage around your forearm.  You’d already protested that you could ‘take care of it yourself’, but he’d cut you off with that scowl and low grunt like he always did.  So now you sat docile under his hands on the bench just outside the female locker room.

“You know,” He broke the silence at last, his tone finding more of the friendliness he usually reserved for other occasions, “there’s a difference between ‘fearlessness’ and ‘recklessness’.”

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