“I didn’t tell Rena who you were,” Ladybug promised. “She figured it out when you both disappeared at the same time, and I – I couldn’t convince her otherwise. But she helped protect you, by showing Chat Noir illusions for a while. We think it kept anyone else off your trail.”
Chat Noir looked at his feet. “Thanks.”
“I know you came back for Kagami’s sake, but…I’m glad you’re back,” she murmured.
And what could he possibly say to that? He wasn’t glad to be back. Paris was beautiful as ever, and he’d missed Marinette like hell. But walking these familiar streets, hearing her voice again, made him feel like an open, pulsing wound being bathed in salt.
“No one deserves to be held captive like this. And Plagg missed the other kwamis.” Adrien owed Plagg a lot. After all, he was the only person in his life who’d never betrayed him.
Words: 890, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: Gen, Multi
- Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire, Kagami Tsurugi
- Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
- Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Salty Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Hiding, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, This fic is not nice to felix, you have been fucking warned, No Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Bashing