if you don't want to, I don't want to (but if you do, I do) (3230 words) by AlexSeanchai
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Chloé Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Chloé Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Chloé Bourgeois, Adrien Agreste & Chloé Bourgeois & Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Nino Lahiffe
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Chloé Bourgeois
Additional Tags: Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued, Akumatized Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, pregnancy rumors, Identity Reveal
First thing in the morning—she hasn't slept—she grabs Nino and Alya, tells Chloé Marinette will drag her along with her teeth if necessary, and hauls them all to Master Fu's by main force. Objective one, she tells everyone, is don't lose anyone else. Objective two—and these are sorted by importance and ability to regroup and try it again later—rescue Chat Noir's civilian identity, Adrien, and anyone else who looks hostage-like. (All praise grammatical ambiguity.) Objective three, retrieve the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculouses, in that priority order. Objective four, capture or kill Gabriel Agreste—capture is strategically preferable, but kill is more personally satisfying—and capture his Peacock-bearing accomplice. Any questions?
"Just one," says Nino. "What the ever-loving fuck."
"Don't make me answer that," says Marinette. "Figure it out yourselves. I told him I'd tell him first of anyone, as soon as it was safe. It isn't safe and I can't keep the spirit of that promise but don't make me break the letter."
"Please tell us what happened."
"He left me a little present." Marinette slaps Chat Noir's Miraculous onto the table.
