The Five Minute Adventures of Snake Noir: Ch 6 - Miraculous Abuse
Chapter 1: I Want It To Be You
Chapter 2: Best Friends
Chapter 3: Best Laid Plans
Chapter 4: A Thank You
Chapter 5: Unwanted Revelations
Chapter 6: Miraculous Abuse
If Adrien had avoided using the snake before, he now was operating on the other extreme. Ladybug had told him to abuse it, and he’s not sure she would have meant it quite so literally, but well… he and Nino had come up with a list.
It had started with his homework. If he could finish his homework in far less time, he’d have more time to visit Nino and Marinette. Not that it took a lot of time to visit Marinette as it was usually a loop, so even if he spent hours with her, it never took longer than ten minutes as far as the rest of the world was concerned.
He unfortunately couldn’t do all of his homework in a time loop because that would leave whatever he had completed in the last five minutes erased. But he could do all the reading, researching, planning, and studying in a loop. Anything that didn’t require him to write anything down.
Nathalie had only walked on him transformed once.
“Yes, Nathalie?” he had asked, without looking up from his textbook. He hadn’t even thought about it.
She stood stock still and was dead silent. He glanced towards her with a frown - her eyes were comically wide, but that was the only sign that she was shocked. He glanced down, and remembered he was transformed at Aspik.
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“Oh shit!”
But it had been easy enough to fix. He just reset, destranformed, waited for Nathalie to come in and deliver his schedule changes for the week and leave, and then he transformed again.
And then Nino had realized if he could pack all of his studying into the space of five minutes, Adrien could surely squeeze in some well deserved leisure time as well.
It only took 71 loops to read a hundred thousand words, and Adrien had long ago discovered the joys of fanfiction, but he had never really had time to read more than a bit here or there. Now? With unlimited time and an entire endless library of things to read based on his favorite games and anime? Let’s just say his current power set brought a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Just One More Chapter.”
And a season of anime was only 119 loops. Hell, he had gotten through all 981 episodes of One Piece in 4532 loops, which was still nothing compared to his time as Aspik, and honestly, far less traumatizing.
He had felt slightly guilty about it. He was literally using the powers of time travel to watch anime.
But when he mentioned it to Nino, his friend had just rolled his eyes. “Dude! You’re thinking about this all wrong. You’re a hero and we need you to be okay. This is about avoiding burnout as much as it is about having a good time. It’s so you get enough of a break and enough sleep to be a competent hero that we all need!”
But eventually the stories and shows hadn’t been enough to hold his attention. And he took another of Nino’s ideas and started paying visits to several of his friends.
He had gone to Kagami first. He had no expectations of healing things with her, but he had always wanted to be able to explain so that his apologies might mean something.
“Chat Noir? Is there an akuma?” she asked by way of greeting.
He rubbed the back of his neck.
“Ah, no. I wanted to talk to you about something, but I also have to erase your memory after the fact to protect identities. Are you okay with that?”
Her eyebrows rose in surprise. “You have piqued my curiosity. You may proceed.”
He nodded. He had already activated his power before he had landed in her bedroom that was definitely as lavish as his own if not quite as spacious.
“So… more than anything I wanted to apologize to you?”
She frowned. “I’m unaware of anything that you have done that would require an apology.”
“Kagami, I’m Adrien.”
Her eyes went wide for a second. “Ah, I see.” Then, she nodded.
“That’s it?”
“No, it makes a lot of sense.” And then she did something he never would have expected. She smiled. And most of his tension released.
“I just wanted to explain now that I had the ability to. That I wasn’t ever lying to you or running from our dates because I wanted to.”
“You had to sacrifice your own desires for a higher calling.”
“Yeah, that’s it exactly.”
She smiled at him again. “I appreciate you coming to explain and I understand completely why I can’t remember. May I ask you a question?”
“Of course!”
“Were you never in love with Marinette?”
“Well, I… uh… it was hard to see Marinette when I was completely enamored with Ladybug, but…”
She shook her head. “Are you in love with both of them now?”
“I mean, sortve?” He knew Kagami hated when he ended every sentence as if it was a question. “They’re the same person.”
Kagami sighed. “How disappointing.”
“Disappointing?! She’s amazing!”
“I know, but if she’s Ladybug and you’re Chat Noir, I have never had a chance with either of you.”
He felt like he had been thrown off a cliff. “What? You had feelings for Marinette?”
She grinned. “Well, she is amazing, as you always say. At least I know that I have really good taste.”
“Well, I’m sorry to have ruined all your prospects.”
“I will survive. Neither of you define me as a person.”
“You’re pretty amazing, too, you know,” he told her sincerely.
She nodded. “You honor me.”
He laughed. “Kagami, please don’t get all formal on me. I’m still just me.”
“Well, I hope you know that I appreciate all that you and Ladybug do for the city,” Kagami told him, ignoring his request.
“Thank you, Kagami. That means a lot coming from you.”
She nodded in acknowledgment and he knew he was being dismissed, and then he slid the switch on his bracelet and he was on the roof of her family’s manor once again his heart a little lighter.
He had gone to Alya after that. He had been nervous since she was the one who tended to push him aside as Chat Noir. But his fears proved to be completely unfounded as for the most part she could never stop laughing whenever he revealed himself.
“Wait! You’re Adrien?!”
She burst into cackles immediately.
“Why is that so funny?!” He has demanded the first time.
She had just grinned, shaking her head and still chuckling. “I wish I could explain it to you, sunshine.”
“I already know Marinette is Ladybug,” he said.
“Oh good! Then I don’t have to be panicked about accidentally slipping!” And she went back to rolling on the floor laughing.
“You wouldn’t happen to already know Marinette’s other secret would you?” she asked.
His eyebrows scrunched together under his mask. “Umm… that she’s in love with me as Adrien?”
Her face lit up. “Oh see!! You do get it!”
He shook his head. “I do not get it.”
“The two of you managed to get yourself in a love square. You’ve been chasing each other around like two cute little hamsters in hamster balls.”
He sighed, far less amused than Alya at the current state of his Marinette’s relationship. “I’m really glad someone is getting some joy out of this.”
“Hey!” she objected. “I’m only going to know this for another three minutes! Let me have my fun!”
He held up his hands in surrender, and he was smiling in spite of himself. Maybe some time in the future, after he and Marinette could be together, it would be funny to him, too.
“God! This is why it feels like I’m third-wheeling during akuma fights,” she exclaimed.
“You feel like a third wheel?!” he repeated in disbelief. “Have you seen the chaotic energy that is you and Marinette coming up with a plan together? I am definitely the third wheel in that situation.”
And then she was cackling again. “I’m sorry,” she wheezed. “Nino says I can be a bit of a bulldozer when I’m trying to find a solution to something.”
“That’s putting it mildly,” he said dryly.
All the mirth fled her face and she looked at him in concern. “Hey, you okay?”
He nodded. “It’s not like I’m allowed to be anything else.”
“No, don’t say that! You’re allowed to be upset with me! I deserve it sometimes.”
He shook his head. “I’m never going to hold your ability to defeat an akuma against you. I just… have felt a little unneeded lately,” he admitted.
She stared at him for a second and then she burst into laughter again.
And despite still not getting it, he found himself chuckling, too. Her laughter was just that infectious. “Why do you find this so funny?” he asked.
“Because you’re a literal superhero and a model with more money than god, and a heart of absolute gold. You work with her as Ladybug so well I have to deal with crazy conspiracy theorists on the Ladyblog who think the two of you must be telepathic aliens!”
“What? People don’t think that.”
“They do! And it’s annoying. But my point is you’re the real deal, Agreste, and she’s crazy about you, and you know it, and yet you still manage to doubt yourself.”
“I’m glad my struggles and hang ups are so amusing to you,” he said with a pout.
She sat up and fist bumped his shoulder. “Aww! Sunshine! I didn’t mean it like that. I just meant, your insecurity makes you seem sweeter and cuter. And it makes you seem more human. I don’t mean to mock you in any way.”
He searched her face and only found open sincerity.
“Thanks, Alya.”
“So, does she know that you know?”
“I mean, she doesn’t right now. But I’ve told her. Many many times, but it was just like this and she doesn’t remember.”
She softened. “That sounds difficult.”
“It’s apparently better than the alternative,” he said, going for nonchalance, but he didn’t fool her if her scooching to sit right next to him was anything to go by.
“I wish we could all fix it for you, Adrien.”
“Yeah, me too.”
“How are you?”
He shrugged. “I’m okay at the moment. Some days are worse than others. Nino… Nino has been a godsend.”
She smiled. “He is pretty amazing. He knows outside of a loop?”
“He does.”
“I’m glad you have that, Adrien. Marinette was falling apart at the seams before she told me.”
“Does he know about Marinette?” Adrien asked. Sometimes, it seemed like Nino knew more than he was letting on. But maybe his friend was just really respectful of secrets and didn’t ask questions.
“Not from me! And he hasn’t told me about you being Chat Noir either.”
Adrien glanced toward the window.
“Does it bother you that there are secrets between the two of you?” he finally asked.
“No, not these ones. They’re not our secrets. They’re yours, and they’re Marinette’s, so they’re not ours to share.”
“I'm jealous,” he admitted.
She offered him a sympathetic smile. “Someday, you won’t have to be anymore.”
The Snake beeped it’s first warning. “Time’s just about up.”
She offered him a fist bump and then a hug. He reciprocated both. “I’m glad you stopped by, Sunshine. You’re always welcome any time you think my particular brand of company is something that would help you.”
He grinned. “Thank you, Alya.”
“I look forward to the day when all four of us can just be open about everything,” she said.
He snorted. “You and me both.”
His went to his bodyguard next.
“I just wanted to apologize to you for always running off. I don’t mean to make your job harder or get you into trouble. I am literally running away to save the city.”
His bodyguard didn’t say anything. He never said anything. He had just let out a resigned sigh and then patted Adrien’s shoulder.
Adrien took that as forgiveness and reset the loop. There was no sense in sitting there in awkward silence for another four and a half minutes.
When he had told Nathalie one afternoon at her desk outside her office, she looked horrified - frozen as still as a statue trapped in Medusa’s gaze.
“Nathalie?”
“I… all this time?” she whispered.
“Yeah. I know it’s a lot. I know it causes you a bit of grief when I disappear.”
She waved away his concern. “Right now, we’re in some kind of time loop and I won’t remember?”
“But you will,” she said. It wasn’t a question.
“Yes,” he confirmed anyway.
“Adrien, I need you to listen to me.”
He nodded.
“I can never find out. Your father can’t either. If you need something because you’re hurt or cornered, or…” she trailed off.
Was she crying?
She cleared her throat.
“Go to your friends. Their parents. Just… not your father, okay? Or me, because I’d have to inform him.”
His brows furrowed together in confusion. “Okay?” It wasn’t hard to to agree despite how weird she was being. He knew Paris needed him and he also knew that his father would never let him continue. Especially if he was seeking help due to an injury or something.
That’s what Nathalie was referring to, right?
She patted him on the shoulder. It was even more awkward than when his bodyguard had done it.
“Adrien, you’re quite impressive as a hero.”
“Thank you,” he said with a smile.
And then there was Marinette. He had learned that it was impossible to tell her he was Adrien without making her cry, which was frustrating because she was also so much more open and affectionate once she knew.
“How do I get you to not breakdown when I tell you this?” he asked her seriously.
She laughed through her tears. “I’m sorry, kitty. I have no idea. It’s just… it’s not fair.”
He smiled. “That’s what Ladybug always says,” he told her casually. She didn’t know that he knew this go around.
“She’s right! You deserve so much, and life… it’s not fair!”
He turned to her seriously. “I don’t need life to be fair, Mari. I just… don’t want to have to wear a mask all the time.” And then he smiled. “I’m glad that you’re okay with me doing this.”
She nodded tearfully. “Anytime, Kitty. Anytime.”
Then during a regular patrol at one point. He had just realized he wanted to make her laugh. So he spent another few hundred loops figuring out which jokes made her laugh the hardest and which ones were absolute duds. Then, on a day when she was having a hard time, he showed up on her balcony and gave her the best one hour comedy of her life.
Her unrestrained laughter was so explosive she had literally fallen out of her chair. Totally worth it.
“Thank you, kitty,” she said wiping the tears induced by her laughter. “You have no idea how much I needed this.”
He hadn’t argued. “Of course, princess. I am always at your service!”
Then, he started working on the perfect confession. He was trying to see if he could get her to kiss him as Chat Noir without revealing his identity because, you know, that always made her cry.
“Can I use the snake to ask you a very important question?” He has asked Ladybug on patrol.
She nodded, and he activated it.
“What do you think it would take to get you to kiss me?”
She laughed. “Are you serious right now? That is your very important question?”
“It is,” he nodded, but offered her a huge grin so she could take it as a joke if she wanted.
“Why? You haven’t been able to be successful yet?” she teased.
“Oh no! I’ve been super successful. All I really have to do is tell you my name.”
She scoffed.
“No, I’m serious!” he boasted with a huge grin splitting his face knowing she only half believed him.
“So, why don’t you just do that?” she asked seriously.
“Because you always cry! And I don’t want to kiss away your tears. I want to make you smile.”
She got quiet. “You know, we can’t be together right?”
“Yeah Marinette,” he whispered. “I know that really well.”
It was silent.
“How long have you known?” she asked softly.
He had no idea how to answer that question. Because time was now very weird for him. In one sense he had only known for a few weeks, on the other he had literally spent so much time in loops that it had to have been at least twice that at this point. Maybe more.
“A while,” he said. “But we’ve already talked about that to death. I’d much rather figure out how to get you to fall desperately in love with this half of me.”
She raised her eyebrows. “You want me to fall desperately in love with you in five minutes?”
He shrugged. “We have a solid foundation of trust and friendship. I’m not starting from nothing. Plus, I’ve fallen in love in less than five minutes before.” With her. He didn’t think he needed to say that though.
She actually smiled. “Yeah, I’ve fallen in love pretty fast before, too.”
And it occurred to him that he had no idea what had made her fall in love with Adrien. He probably could ask her, but that was one more memory that he wanted her to remember having told him.
He could probably just show up on her balcony as regular old Chat Noir and just say something like, “So, Adrien Agreste, huh?” She’d probably tell him, and she’d even remember it. But she wouldn’t know that it was him she was telling.
How the hell had his life gotten so complicated?
“There’s no way I would start crying just from knowing your name though,” she said. “You have to be making that up.”
He just turned to her and raised his eyebrows.
The expression probably didn’t work as well with his transformation covering them.
But she still hesitated. “There’s no way!” she exclaimed, but then she got a thoughtful look in her eyes. “Unless…”
And then her eyes started welling with tears.
And he almost laughed. But he managed to hold it back.
“Oh, come here, bug,” he said instead, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her to him. And he just held her as she shook silently.
“It’s not fair,” she whispered.
“I know,” he said, and then kissed the top of her head. “I know.”
“Do you see my problem now?” he said after another pause.
And she laughed through her tears, which had been his intention, and he smiled.
She pulled away. “I’ve thought about it before, you know.”
“Thought about what?”
“Letting myself fall for Chat Noir?”
He hugged her tighter. “Yeah?”
“It never seemed like it would be that hard. I think if it hadn’t been for Chat Blanc, it would have happened after New York.”
He laughed. “Really? New York was when I thought maybe I should ask out Marinette.”
She looked up at him in horror. “Oh my god! We’re just perpetually screwed, aren’t we? We’re just going to keep missing each other over and over!”
He kissed her hand. “No m’lady,” he assured. “That can’t happen because now I know, and I can’t forget.”
And then she was crying again, harder. “I don’t want to forget either.”
“I know,” he told her, kissing her hand again. “I promise it won’t be forever.”
“I love you, Adrien.”
“I love you, too.”
And that time, of the two of them, it was he who was stronger and able to slide his fingers across the reset.
And he might have stayed in that loop far longer than he should have trying to figure out the way to the heart he had apparently already won.
He learned that she did enjoy his flirting whatever she said to the contrary, but the moments where he was vulnerable and genuine were the ones that seemed to move her the most.
But none of it was quite enough. If he wanted a kiss, he always had to tell her his name.
But despite his failure, pulling himself out of that loop was the hardest thing he had ever done.
And that’s how he knew he was in trouble.
…
“Nino, you have to take this away from me,” Adrien said, holding out the snake miraculous. He had just arrived and released both his transformations.
Nino took it, his eyebrows pinched together. “What? Why?”
“Because I’m scared I’m going to go into a loop and I’m never going to come out of it.”
“What do you mean?”
“Look! Being here with you, with you knowing everything, is amazing. It’s the only time I feel like myself, unless,” he held up the bracelet, “I’m using this and… it’s getting harder to pull myself out of the loops.”
“Your visits to Ladybug?”
“Yeah,” Adrien admitted. “She told me to go every single day so I would remember what it was like to be loved,” he paused for a second, trying to swallow the sudden lump in his throat. “The problem is I really really like being loved.”
And then he couldn’t hold the tears back anymore.
Nino pulled him by the arm down to the ground and sat right next to him shoulder to shoulder.
Adrien buried his face in his hands.
“For the record, dude,” Nino whispered. “You are loved even outside a loop with Ladybug.”
Adrien threw his arms around Nino. “I honestly don’t know why you put up with me at this point. I feel like you have to put up with a lot.”
Nino grinned. “Hey! I happen to like hanging out with you! This shift has been awesome because I get to see you way more often.”
“And I’m not like messing up date night with Alya or anything, am I?”
“Nah!” Nino waves away his concern. “Alya and I hangout in the mornings and during lunch. Lately Marinette has monopolized her evenings.”
Adrien managed to keep a straight face at that. “If you and her ever do need a day away from the children, I’m sure Marinette and I can figure out a way to take care of ourselves for a day.”
Nino burst out laughing.
“What?! I’m a big boy and Marientte’s a big girl. We can take care of ourselves.”
Nino just shook his head, still snickering.
“Maybe all four of us could do something some time,” Nino suggested, his eyes sparkling.
Adrien narrowed his eyes. Did Nino know? He knew he couldn’t ask without giving it away, and he had just handed over the snake.
“That sounds really nice,” Adrien said, knowing he wouldn’t be able to handle going on a double date that he had to pretend wasn’t a double date. But someday.
He wanted to cry again, but his eyes remained dry.
“So, you just want me to keep it?” Nino asked, holding up the bracelet. “Should I hide it here in the room? Or wear it?”
“Wear it,” Adrien said. That was the only way Nino would know where it was at all times. “But don’t use it. Not even for an akuma.”
He didn’t want Nino to ever experience a loop on the battlefield. Not if he could help it.
“I reserve the right to come save your ass if necessary,” Nino said as he slipped the miraculous around his wrist.
Adrien laughed. “Okay, but please don’t unless you absolutely have to. I don’t need Ladybug pissed at me for giving away a miraculous.”
Nino frowned at him then. “Why are you giving this to me, instead of back to her?”
Adrien’s answer to that was complicated. Partly because he didn’t want Marinette to know that his loops with her were hurting him even as they gave him hope, and he definitely didn’t want her to know that he had fallen to the point of being borderline addicted.
But there was also a strategic element to his choice. He could approach Nino in either form, and Nino would know to trust him.
“You know who I am,” Adrien finally said.
“Will you be okay without it?” Nino asked.
Adrien shrugged. “I don’t know. But I’m definitely not okay with it right now.” He paused, then looked at Nino. “I might be texting and calling you a lot over the next few days.”
Nino laughed. “I can’t promise to answer right away all the time, but you can always do that, man. Always.”
Adrien let his head fall onto Nino’s shoulder. “Have I ever told you that you’re the absolute best?”
“I could stand to hear it a few more times,” Nino said.
Adrien grinned. “Noted.”
…
Chapter 7: The Five Minute Adventures of Ananta
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Okay, another idea I decided against for the BB because I don't want my BB fic to be too long, and I feel like this one needs a lot more development than I'd be able to give it in 6 months.
I've played with parts of this idea before, but I finally constructed an idea around it.
So, post-desperada Adrien decides that he isn't done charming Ladybug. Aspik might not have worked out but that's because he was trying too hard to be something he wasn't. So, he's going to stick to his two identities and charm her as both until one of them sticks.
Plagg thinks it's a terrible idea, but Adrien doesn't see how this could go wrong.
Gabriel has a new campaign out for his perfume brand, and Adrien agrees to go on Nadja's show to promote it. The ad centers around young love, so Nadja asks if Adrien has anyone he loves. He admits that he does, but she doesn't really see him. Nadja finds this hard to believe because he is the most desirable teen in all of Paris, but Adrien says that the girl he loves is even more incredible than he is, and he worries that she's out of his league.
The producers daughter gets jealous that Adrien is in love with someone else, being a huge fan of him herself, so she gets akumatized, determined to rid Paris and the world of other girls so Adrien will only have her left as an option.
Adrien lays low, playing the damsel until Ladybug shows up to save him, and as she is carrying him to safety, he starts laying the charm on thick, boasting about how beautiful and strong and brave Ladybug is. How he's so lucky she saved him. Ladybug is like uhhh you're welcome? It's my job, sooo
After they defeat the akuma, Adrien returns to the safe space Ladybug left him, and thanks her profusely for saving him again. Ladybug insists that it's no big deal, but Adrien takes her hands and thanks her from the bottom of his heart. He's knows that someone as beautiful and smart as her will take down Hawkmoth some day.
Ladybug is like
"I gotta go!"
Adrien returns to finish his interview, and Nadja points out how Adrien needs to be careful saying things so publicly because his fans might get jealous. Adrien chuckles and states that if anyone gets akumatized, Ladybug will always be around to save him. He has total confidence in her. Nadja says it seems he has a soft spot for the super heroine, and Adrien doesn't deny it. Ladybug is strong and smart and beautiful.
After the interview, Marinette is pacing her room on cloud 9 because Adrien called her beautiful and smart! Tikki points out that he said those things about Ladybug, but Marinette insists that she IS Ladybug, so there. She gasps. What if Adrien is in love with Ladybug???
Now she is conflicted. If Adrien loves Ladybug, then that's good because she is Ladybug, but it's also bad because she can't date him as a superhero. Can she? No! It's too dangerous. She would never want to put him in danger. Though if Hawkmoth ever tried, he would absolutely catch these hands. But she could never live with herself if anything happened to him because of her. She hates to do it, but she's going to have to let him down gently and hope he doesn't get akumatized.
The next day, Ladybug approaches Adrien in the locker room after fencing, and he's like omg it's just like in my dreams.
He asks if there is an akuma nearby, but Ladybug says there isn't, she is actually here to see him. Adrien is delighted and thanks her again for saving him all the time. He just wishes he could pay her back for everything she does for the city. Ladybug insists that it's not necessary, but Adrien invites her to have dinner with him tonight. His chef always makes way too much food, and he would love to treat her. Ladybug says she doesn't do what she does to get favors from people, so Adrien switches gears and says a date, then?
Ladybug is like oh shit, I wasn't prepared for this. O fuck. She starts to decline, but seeing Adrien's hopeful expression, she accepts. Back at home, she scolds herself for giving in, but she just can't say no to Adrien. He's too cute.
Tikki asks what she plans to do, and Marinette insists that she will stick to the original plan: she's going to let him down gently at dinner. She will pop in, say she's sorry but this can't happen, then pop out before he has a chance to work that voodoo magic over her with his eyes.
The only problem is when she arrives she finds that Adrien has set up a romantic evening for them in his room. Candles, music, roses, chocolate.
Internally she's like
Adrien is happy she could make it and invites her to sit down. Ladybug doesn't object, but the whole dinner she is fighting an inner war between "omg he did all of this for me!" And "this is wrong I need to stop this." But every time she tries to broach the subject, Adrien cuts in with sweet gestures. Giving her roses, spoon feeding her the most delicious creme brulee she's ever had, telling her how happy he is that she came.
Finally toward the end of the evening, Adrien admits that he knows what she's thinking: they can't be together because she's a superhero.
Ladybug is shocked, but she states that being with her could put him in danger, and she doesn't want that. Adrien asks if she is in love with him, and when she can't deny it, he asks if she thinks it's not fair that she has to give up her own happiness to serve the city. Doesn't she deserve to be happy? Ladybug says that knowing Paris is safe makes her happy, but at Adrien's forlorn expression, she admits that it can be disheartening to always have to think of others before herself.
Adrien confesses that he's in love with her, and his feelings for her won't ever go away. If she doesn't love him, he will leave her alone, but if she does, would she consider taking a chance at her own happiness for a change. After everything she has done for the city, she deserves to be happy too.
Ladybug is like fuck, fuck, fuck this wasn't the plan. This was the opposite of the plan. His eyes are doing that thing. She's losing her willpower.
Ladybug admits that she could never forgive herself if anything happened to him because he's too precious to her. Adrien understands but has faith that she would always keep him safe. He believes in her. Ladybug is like well fuck and kisses him. When she gets back home, she realizes she opposite of broke up with him, but omg he's so sweet and romantic and in love with her!!
Anyway, this is my big angsty Ladrien idea because obviously the two getting together can only go swimmingly/s. It features Marinette pretending to be sad for the girls, sneaking around to see her boyfriend, Gabriel being a snake ass bitch who doesn't give two shits about his son's happiness, then this is what me and my beta friend refer to as the "space dust ending."
Forever ago, I posted this short concept idea I'd written where Ladybug and Chat Noir get defeated, and Gabriel accesses the ultimate power. In his arrogance from his triumph, he throws away the moth which Marinette and Adrien find after steeling their resolve to help despite not having powers.
Marinette transforms into Falena and makes Adrien her champion- Black Knight, who is basically a powered-up Chat Noir because of course she has to have her kitty by her side.
They fight a powered-up Gabriel who is utilizing the ultimate power, but during the battle, the wish he made starts to take its toll. Falena informs him that the wish comes with a terrible price, and Gabriel realizes he done fucked up as his body breaks down. He effectively thanoses himself into dust. He reaches out to Adrien and apologizes, and Adrien realizes that his father has been Hawkmoth this whole time. Gabriel tells Adrien that she should be awake before he fades away. Marinette and Adrien reclaim their Miraculouses, and Marinette asks what he means she's awake. Adrien has an idea.
They return to the mansion to find his mother with Nathalie. Emilie asks where Gabriel is, but Marinette informs her that her husband sacrificed himself to save her. Emilie and Nathalie are distraught.
Anyway, I'm still ironing out details of this one, but the working title is "The Dangers of Love" and it's Ladrien angst because their love almost costs them the world, but luckily Gabriel is just a huge simp.
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