Characters: Adrien Agreste, Chat Noir, Ladybug
Summary: I'm - I guess I'm just asking this because I saw you the other day in the park for the ceremony, commemorating us for the work we do for Paris. And there were so many people just crowding around you, squishing you into a small pancake, and there wasn't any room for you to move until the mayor ordered the security guards to step in.
Notes: Written as a writing exercise. Concrit welcome.
AO3, if you prefer that format.
You know my flirting isn't not like that, right? Like, if you ever told me to back off and you never wanted to see my face again, I'd cry I'd leave. I'd totally definitely positively respect your boundaries. I wouldn't bother you anymore. I know Master Fu tells us about being perfect partners for each other, but I don't think that's exactly right. People change and get old and people grow, so if you felt that bad when you're around me, I'd leave the Miraculous [ADD HERE (to someone else)]. There'll be another partner out there for you anyways.
Bugaboo, You don't need to feel guilty about asking for something that I'm willing to give. Really. Truly.
I'm - I guess I'm just asking this because I saw you the other day in the park for the ceremony, commemorating us for the work we do for Paris. And there were so many people just crowding around you, squishing you into a small pancake, and there wasn't any room for you to move until the mayor ordered the security guards to step in.
We weren't allowed to do anything - [ADD HERE (it's in that damned contract)] I would've ripped to shreds if I could - but if I could have, I'd pulled you out of there.
And when I was desperately trying to find you under that mess of limbs and hair and jackets and pens DEFINITELY TAKE THIS OUT and the frankly disturbing number of older men I'm pretty sure have decades on you with romantic?? are they romantic??? intentions, I saw your face. Your eyebrows were slanted downwards and your eyes were narrowed and your nose was wrinkled and your mouth was pulled to the side like when Animan turned into a freaky dino, like you were simultaneously terrified and disgusted and angry. I didn't know why until I started hearing some of the things those people were saying to you.
I heard some of the usual things, like the classic "Talk to me!" or "Please sign this!", and then some other things no one should have to endure like "Be my wife!" and "You know you want me!" and a bunch of other lines I don't want to repeat on paper. I'd totally be willing to beat them up for you once they're alone. Great, now my questionable morals are showing. You probably - scratch that, you definitely wouldn't let me. DELETE THIS - UNNEGOTIABLE.
That's not okay. That's horrifying that anyone has to listen to it when they don't want to and they can't move away because they're a public hero who has to put on a show the one time we're supposed to let our true selves show I thought I could breathe under this mask GETTING TOO PERSONAL, CHAT (remember that contract?) so they just have to take it.
I think it hit me then that what they were saying wasn't so different from what I say to you every time we meet (I feel so sick you have absolutely no idea i couldn't eat today I'm a model already don't eat much so I couldn't do anything today wait I'm not supposed to tell you that) OUT, OUT, OUT!. Like I constantly flirt with you and you tell me to stop but it sounds like good fun so I just keep doing it. Oh my god, what if it was just fun for me and not for you and you had to just sit through it because I wouldn't stop?
I'll stop this time, I swear. What I thought was fun is probably one of your nightmares now.
Chat Noir okay that's too formal
Adrien puts his pen down. Yeah, that looks a lot better. He'll just copy down the clean version with the edits and hand it to Ladybug tomorrow during patrol. Actually, he'd better type it. She doesn't want anything personal anyways.