Nathalie decides that throwing a small gathering to grieve Gabriel would be good for her and Adrien. Adrien processes both of his parents being dead and finds comfort in Ladybug.
Bit of an AU for how the last episode of Season 5, Hawkmoth’s defeat, goes, but you’ll see it reveal itself within the story. It doesn’t diverge that much.
“Thank you for coming,” Nathalie starts. “I trust that by now you have pieced together the common denominator of all of us in the room. Gabriel was very good at hiring those who would be loyal to him. We put up with his cruel behavior because we had a passion for designing that we would not let him stamp out of us. Perhaps he thought he was weeding us out from the rest with bold leadership techniques. But I know everyone in this room had a strength he did not possess - an ability to be both smart and pleasant to work with.” She says the last line with a wry smile and gets a few laughs.
Words: 5764, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: F/M
- Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Nathalie Sancoeur, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Gabriel Agreste
- Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Gabriel Agreste & Nathalie Sancoeur, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Gabriel Agreste
- Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Canonical Character Death, Dead Emilie Agreste, Dead Gabriel Agreste, Post-Defeat of Gabriel Agreste, Identity Reveal, Post-Gabriel Agreste Identity Reveal, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Comforts Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, No Lila Rossi