Clarus and Regis have been dating for years From a loyal shield to a loyal lover he has stood by Regis’ side through all And most people knew this, it’s quite obvious No one said anything but all the assumptions were correct Noctis and Gladio are dense though. and when they found out… Noctis: “You’re…what?” Clarus: “It’s true we are together.” Gladio, to Regis: “YOU’RE FUCKING MY FATHER?” Regis: “Who said I am the one who is..?” Gladio: *internal and possibly external synchronized screaming*

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AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

AHAHAHAHHAHA!

*wheezes*

REGIS WHY ARE YOU SO….REGIS-Y. 

Ohmygod, Regis is a respectable and incredibly wise and firm king and everything, but this feels just so like him. Playful and sassy and cheeky when he’s not being that magnificent king. He’s being this…this…this cheeky jerk that has almost no sense of modesty and will just do things like this. 

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Regis had no sense of sympathy here, hhahahaha. And it’s not that he can’t understand these boys’ thoughts and emotions, it’s precisely because he knows how dense Gladio and Noctis get that he decides to burst in with that comeback, ahsdjshfd, Regis you, you, you thing, I love you.

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The best part is the playful side is surely just him; Clarus must be rolling the eyes in the background, ahahahahaha. The scene is hilarious. Noct and Gladio on a side, Regis and Clarus on the other, and the younger men are complaining and when Regis delivers that comeback Clarus first just looks at him as if to say something, but then he remembersthis is Regis and he just rolls the eyes because…well…it’s Regis. This was such a Regis answer and well, there’s nothing Clarus can do about that lmao

How did the boys find out, anyway? I’m going to assume Clarus and Regis just decided to tell them one day. But not while eating because the older men knew that the knew could take them off guard and make them lose appetite or make dinner awkward, so this one day they just went to them to talk for a minute.

I can see Noctis’ face absolutely dropping, and Gladio about to drop the face,then thinking he can’t do that in front of the king, so he’s this mess of what-do-I-do-where-do-I-look then looking at Clarus with shock the “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME BEFORE!?” kind.

There’s the prince, jaw hanging low and eyes wide, and Gladio at his side, petrified and not sure where to look or if this is a joke.

“You’re…what?” Noctis asks carefully, unsure of whether he has to freak out yet or not.

“It’s true” Clarus says and takes one of Regis’ hands in his own. He brings it up and looks at the king with absolute devotion and love, and Regis looks at him back like this is his guardian angel, and then Clarus kisses his knuckles oh so dearly softly, before looking at him again with that affectionate smile. “We’re together.”

Noctis heard fine, but his only confusion and what he’s busy with in his head and hence why he hasn’t replied yet is “So does that make of Clarus the king omg is that legal, to make a Shield the king? but then who’s the shield does Clarus need a shield now did they just break through a milenary family name because now they’re throne family and who will be shield now and does that make of Gladio a prince and wait a minute he’s older than me dOES THIS MAKE HIM THE HEIR AND NOT ME WHY IS THIS SO UNFAIR”

So while Noct is taking mental notes and getting confused, Gladio is a bit frozen and looking at both of the older men, who are looking back as if expecting an answer or reaction, all smiles and softness, and Gladio just- he can’t- he can’t believe this because…because ohmygod, this was so unexpected and how could he not see this before and his dad is dating someone???? IS THIS WHY SOMETIMES HE CAME UP WITH EXCUSES TO NOT SPEND THE NIGHT HOME? Wait a minute, the night? And Gladio’s mentally like “*GASPS* OF COURSE, all those “there’s this new program and I have to hold watch at the king’s chambers during nights from now on” excuses, they were all so Clarus could- so Clarus could…!

So Gladio, not thinking and just out of the sudden realization that hits him like a train on the head, just yelps it out to Regis:

“You’re fucking my father!?”

Regis and Clarus look at him surprised, each their way; Regis is utterly surprised that Gladio is yelling at him because BOY this is one of the most respectful young men that he has ever known so this is new, and Clarus looks as if though Gladio had just screamed he was going to murder the king, and Clarus looks so personally offended and somewhere between “HOW DARE YOU” and “OHMYGOD YOU DIDN’T”

It only takes a second before Regis smiles. It’s a smile that he’s had all his life; it’s the smile that comes prior to a pun, a joke, a prank, a comeback or a terrible idea. That smile usually sent the entire Accordo Team into panic because they knew Regis was about to drop the worst pun ever or about to do something like warping towards a Zu just to pet it because he’s curious and “what’s the worst that can happen”. It’s the smile that makes Noctis petrify in his place because Regis is about to drop a dad joke, the worst of dad jokes.

Because this is Regis; you’d think Ignis is a Pun Master, that’s only because you didn’t see young Regis on his journey. Regis is a GOD of puns and bad jokes and stupid ideas and recklessness. 

So he gives that smile, and then he fakes to be very thoughtful.

“Hm…well, you’re not mistaken, but theorically it’s not me fucking him, rather me getting fu-”

“EW”

“WOW, OKAY”

“EW”

“I DIDN’T NEED-”

“WOW”

“-ALL THAT INFORMATION-”

“I CAN’T-”

“-UGH-”

Gladio and Noctis are panicking and talking loudly at the same time, lookgin away, gesturing, making faces and trying to go away; they walk into each other, then they try to walk away while still rambling senseless things, anything so long they can’t hear over their own voices, and they leave like that, made a panic and talking and ‘Ew’-ing mess.

As soon as Regis gave that comeback, Clarus widened the eyes and looked at him, but then when he saw Regis giving The Smile while the boys were freaking out, Clarus just let his shoulders drop and looked at Regis completely  unimpressed because “seriously?”.

So he just rolls the eyes and sighs.

“Was that really necessary?” Clarus asks him after the younger ones left.

“Nope.”

How majestic, for a king to say ‘nope’.

Clarus just rolls the eyes and softly sighs again, before wrapping an arm around Regis’s houlders and starting to walk away with him. Yeah, of course it wasn’t necessary, but…this is Regis. What else could be expected?

This is canon to me now. Bless you, anon.