Final Fantasy XV One-Shots

Werewolf Gladio x Reader [Night Shifts]

"Gladio! I'm home!" she called out when closing the door behind her, returning from her late-night shift at the bar she worked at.

She tried getting home at a reasonable time, it was the start of the new moon of the month and Gladio normally had a rough time during it; he didn't change fully during the new moon unlike the full moon where he did change fully.

But she was met with silence when she walked further into the apartment, it worried her when she didn't know if Gladio was okay; their last text was him telling her it was getting bad, and she tried finishing early but trying to keep a secret like this from her work crew was hard and they thought she only asked for a short night because Gladio was being needy or overprotective. 

"Damn..." she whispered to herself when making her way up the stairs to the bedroom only worrying more about what Gladio state is now without her here.

Opening the door, she could hear Gladio's slight growls and heavy breathing. It broke her heart that she couldn't be here sooner; but she could blame her co-workers for purposely delaying her leaving work tonight.

"Gladio?" she called out his name with some caution as she took gentle steps towards him on the bed.

"H-hey babe" he spoke through gritting teeth, he was slightly covered in sweat when he turned to lay on his back trying to at least find some sort of comfortable position.

"I'm so sorry I'm late, my co-workers thought to delay me; thought I was trying to skip work or some bullshit they came up with" she sat on the edge of the bed, placing a hand on his cheek which he quickly leaned into hearing a gentle dog like purr come from him.

"It's o-okay, it just hurts m-more if you're not here" Gladio held her hand in his keeping it in place feeling himself calming down with her being in the room, her smell of cinnamon and lemon calmed his inner beast when he was in this state or in the worst state during the full moon.

"Is there anything you need?" she asked wondering if there was anything she could do to help him calm down, it was already midnight, and she could tell he didn't get much sleep because of this.

"Just you beside me" his breathing was starting to come back to normal when he spoke again.

She couldn't help but smile when she crawled under the blankets, laying her head on his bare chest, hearing the purr coming from him or his beast really. She couldn't help but trance her fingers over the scar across his chest before trancing them down to the new scars across his abs, she could still remember that day like it was yesterday. During the long nights of deamons, Gladio went off alone to hunt after they argued over something so silly and worthless; she and Prompto went to go find him only to find him being attacked by an unknown creature that wasn't a deamon and the next night or day which ever one it was he changed into the werewolf she knows him to be. 

"Hey" his voice broke her thoughts of the night; he could feel her jump a small bit from his voice coming out of nowhere.

"Sorry, lost in thought" she blushed a bit when snuggling closer to him; feeling like that could change anything from the day he was attacked.

"Yeah, and I know where those thoughts of yours went, how many times do I have to say it? It wasn't your fault what happened it was mine and mine alone" he sighed when running his fingers through your hair letting you lean into his touch that was gentle with large and strong hands like his.

"You don't have to make it sound like your alone in this, we know what it's like being different too" she pushed herself up to look at him in his brown eyes that seemed to change color in the dark; when she said we he knew she was speaking about the group and herself.

"I know, can I see them?" he spoke softly before asking his question, he knew she doesn't like showing them so much and seeing her being shy was always cute to him.

"You sure?" she asked raising a brow when looking at him again which only made him chuckle.

"You sleep with the big bad wolf babe" he fired back at her which made her smile and laugh a small bit before she looked at him again only with her eyes being different.

Seeing the pitch-black background of her eyes and the bright blood red that changed her normal [e/c] eyes, seeing her true eyes reminded him when he first laid eyes on her during those times in the dark.

"There's my beautiful ghoul girl" he smirked when looking into her eyes.

She chuckled softly when seeing his eyes flicker an amber color when he leaned up towards her; letting their lips meet in the middle in a warm slow passionate kiss, it was a strange match being a mate to a ghoul out of all things. But Gladio wouldn't change anything about her, she completed him the moment they met before his change; he would be lost without her during these painful nights alone during the new moon and full moon.

"I love you" he whispered to her letting their lips still hover ever so close to each other.

"I love you too" she whispered back, while she followed his movement to lay down on the bed again, snuggling up to her big shield to get a good sleep knowing he was going to be able to sleep soundly tonight.