Meanwhile, in an Alt. Timeline
When he had first been given his Miraculous, he had been the hero. Used it for good and all that. But then he found Hawkmoth’s liar. And his mother. The temptation was too much. After his father brough Mom back from her coma, he would make his own wish to fix everything between him and Ladybug. Make her understand.
Adrien had even suggested it to his father. If Ladybug knew the truth, she would be willing to help. Ladybug was nice and understanding like that. But Gabriel had pointed how the distrust she seemed to carry towards him. They did not know each other, not really. She kept him in the dark. (Because Gabriel grilled him about the elixirs for the powerups and Adrien was clueless. Nathalie had taken Plagg’s special cheese to see if there was a way the ingredients could be discovered. That was months ago and whatever team of scientists his father had hired were no closer.)
He kept telling himself this was the right path. It was what had to be done. Yet, that first akuma battle, when Chat Noir had aligned himself with the akuma and attacked Ladybug at her refusal to hand over the Miraculous, the look of heartbreak and betrayal would haunt him until the day he died.
It was the reason he was so restless now. The wind was stirring outside, and the promise of a bad storm was in the air. Adrien turned onto his side with a deep sigh, wishing he could sleep without seeing those blue eyes he still loved way too much.
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