spoilers for the season five finale
Wrung Out
Chat Noir’s legs hung limp off the ledge. The sun rose over Paris. Clouds tinged the sky orange and scarlet. His eyes stung.
His cheeks had dried. Salty tear tracks stood out on his skin, all the way to his collar.
Ladybug’s breaths were quiet, even in the silence. He didn’t look at her.
Echoes of shouts rasped in his throat.
They’d sat on the Eiffel Tower, just apart enough they didn’t touch, for long enough.
Rising to his feet, Chat let his gaze rest on her. Slowly, her head turned to him.
She’d been angry—scared—before. The line of her mouth had softened. Her eyelids drooped.
Her cheek could’ve been swollen. A bruise in purple, his father’s colors. For all his rage he’d never touch her.
A nightmare burned to dust.
He offered his hand. Her grip was strong.
His voice was a weak croak. “You and me against the world?”
It wasn’t a smile on her face, but she didn’t let go.
“Always.”
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Playing devils advocate for the ending of miraculous season five, Gabriel was the one who made the wish not Mari. So it’s likely that was an aspect of HIS wish.
What aspect of Gabriel's wish exactly ? Adrien ending up with two moms instead of just one (Nathalie and Emilie) ^^ ? I admit that it would be nice if at the very end Gabriel finally realized he sucked a lot at parenting and hurt Adrien so much that in his heart only in death could he redeem himself, and only by giving back the better parent to Adrien could Gabriel eventually make up to his son as a father ?
Although a part of me believe that Gabriel wanted to run away from Emilie's potential anger had he brought her back and saved himself. Because an awoken Emilie could have discovered what horrible crimes against Paris and his own son her husband commited in order to bring her back, and who knows if Emilie wouldn't have asked for a divorce after discovering the kind of Monster gabriel became ^^'
Although I wonder ... if Gabriel's fleeting life will apparently be enough to bring back Emilie, who was sacrificed to heal Nathalie then ?
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a fallout fic, for the season five finale
He wasn’t alone. Adrien perched at the edge of the couch, Marinette lounging beside him. She’d finally relaxed. Graceful fingers played across her controller. Her chest rose and fell smoothly, a bit of her shirt wrinkling with each easy breath.
Victory sounded.
“Ha!” Her lipgloss shone in the sunlight. “Were you even trying?”
He wanted to kiss her, but she’d been shy since their first. “Alas, your beauty overwhelms me effortlessly!” Hand clasped to his heart, he flopped into the pillows.
“You’re such a dork.”
“Your dork.”
She leaned in. The bars on his window cast a shadow over her face. He reached out like it was a stain he could clean. His fingers brushed her skin and he could feel her shaking. His hand fell away.
“Marinette-”
“When did it get so late? Time passes so quickly around you, Adrien. I have somewhere to be.”
A glance at the clock showed it was patrol. He did need her to leave, but not like this. He caught her wrist in the gentlest hold. “Come by tomorrow?”
“Of course.” She smiled brightly. “I love you, Adrien. Isn’t it great how everything worked out like this?” Lips pressed to his cheek in a lukewarm kiss. “Bye!”
The way she ran brought back the first weeks of their relationship, when his touch triggered her and she fled from him.
At least he had to meet Ladybug. Transforming, he escaped through the bars and vaulted to their meeting point. He sat down to wait for her.
His father’s statue cut the sky like Chloé’s had, but Miraculous Ladybug wouldn’t whisk this one away. An eternal memory of the night his father died defeating Monarch. He’d thought he’d grieve more. Instead, the summer sun chilled him and a weight stayed in his stomach. He’d sobbed in Marinette’s arms the first day, but since then he couldn’t feel the right pain.
Gabriel Agreste was a good man. He’d been right to call Chat an uncontrolled child. In his mind, he’d dared think his father was abusive. What sort of son thought that? He’d been ready to cataclysm him.
His father was the kind of person who stood with Ladybug against Monarch, while Adrien, the superhero, crumbled alone in a white cell.
Feet tapped on the rooftop behind him. He rearranged his features and turned to see her. Ladybug’s expression was unreadable, her face raised to the statue.
“Hey, Bug.”
A flinch. “Mon chatounet.” She offered her hand and he took it.
They stood side by side, looking up. Chat’s lip twisted.
“We should patrol,” she said.
“There isn’t much to do anymore. Not after he saved us from Monarch.”
“Are you mad at him?”
Why had there been so much venom in his voice? His fingers clenched. “Why would you think that?”
She laughed. “Nobody’s mad anymore. The world’s been great since I defeated Monarch. We, I mean. Gabriel Agreste and I!”
“He helped you.”
Her arms crossed over her chest as she twisted away. “That happened.”
Frustration built in his throat.
“Everything’s good again,” she said, “since he was so trustworthy.”
He spat out the words: “I don’t believe you.”
Slowly, Ladybug’s head tipped up. His father smiled down on her.
“I’m right.”
Her head shook, frantic.
Chat put a hand on her shoulder and he was thrown on his back. Ladybug was above him, palms pressed to her ears. “Sorry!”
Her lies, her new fears, even the way she stood added up to one thing. “He took your Miraculous.”
She swallowed. “He made the Wish.”
“For Maman. Père is Monarch.” His lungs didn’t have enough air. “Then how did he die?”
Her breath hitched. He followed her eyes to the Black Cat ring.
His body moved on its own, legs carrying him to the edge.
“Chaton-”
He hardly heard her.
Dropping into the square, he stood at his father’s feet, craning his neck to try to see his face. It was too far.
“Cataclysm.”
Rot ripped through the statue in moments. If only it could’ve killed the real thing so quickly. Magic ripped into the ground. It’d leave a scar.
Ashes rained around Chat Noir, thick enough to blot out the sun.
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