miraculous-mused replied to your post “It’s kind of late, but I’m really feeling some Adrien angst tonight….”
Chat Blanc, but he managed to spare ladybug and they both go crazy.
(You know I’m surprised every time I actually get a prompt for something, even when I’ve asked for one. XD Thanks! This is delightfully angsty!)
At first, she runs and hides, vulnerable and scared and praying for the jagged cracks in her earrings to seal. Her frantic footfalls echo across streets filled with silent, ashen statues, each time making her stomach twist with dread. She doesn’t know how long she tries to hide from him; weeks, months, impossible to tell with the sky hazy as it is. The water levels rise, and she only knows that soon she will run out of places to hide.
Still, she runs, because she can’t face the reality that this is forever. That she failed. That she can’t save him, her kitty. Her prince. Her Adrien.
At first, he chases her, demanding that she fix things like she always does, as though he doesn’t know that his powers shattered her Miraculous at the very start. He never mentions Hawk Moth, no doubt burying his father in some part of his memory he’d rather forget. It’s just the two of them now, after all.
“Come back to me, Marinette.”
“Please, I won’t hurt you. Please!”
Eventually, he stops chasing, and she stops hiding. And they start to deal with this world that they live in.
He doesn’t need to eat, but she does. She hoards whatever can be salvaged while he prowls the rooftops, aimless, restless. Fish becomes her staple, and she figures out how to boil water as the sea takes over the city. Tikki’s voice pops into her head every now and again, encouraging her, pushing her forward. She should probably be concerned about that, but she’s lonely.
Adrien is, too. She can hearing him crying sometimes, on starless, empty nights, the sound hopeless and heavy where it sits in her heart. Not quiet sobs, but echoing waves of agony that bring tears to her eyes, too.
It’s on a whim that she seeks him out, her tired body moving automatically towards the person who she has always been at the center of her orbit. He sits with his back to her on the tower, humming a sad song. The white of his suit used to be blinding. Right now, she only sees her Chat Noir.
“Can I…come sit with you, Adrien?”
His ears perk, his tail twitches, and he turns to her. Hopeful. Elated. “Milady? I thought you weren’t coming back!”
She smiles, taking that as an invitation and walking over to him, cozies up against his side and feels the relief of being right where she belongs. He starts to purr.
“Of course I came back. Silly kitty. I’m just sorry it took me so long.”
He relaxes against her, and his tail curls around her waist. He sighs, sounding content. “No need to apologize, Marinette. I’m always happy to wait for you.”
They both turn towards the broken horizon, their fingers slotting together so easily, even after all this time. The water is placid below them, and time feels like it’s frozen.
Here at Adrien’s side, she can no longer remember what she was running from.
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