so, I see a lot of fan-comics where Adrien and Felix are twins, or Felix is Adrien's older brother... what if they were cousins? that thought sparked this story. I hope ya'll like it... it's my "first" Miraculous Ladybug fanfic. I say first because this is the first one I have a chapter of done. my others will come along eventually, but I had to get this one down before I could even think about anything else. so... for those who aren't familiar; Felix was originally going to be Adrien, but was scrapped. Honestly, I think that is a waste of a potentially good character. and Bridgette was the original Marinette as well... seriously, a waste. I like to think that Felix, although starting out as a jerk, would become a really cool guy if his character got fleshed out. kinda like Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender (love that show!). Zuko started out as a huge jerk, and is honestly one of my favorite characters. so, consider this Felix's banishment (development) and, hopefully, I can do his character justice. yes, this is mostly about Felix and Adrien. that's my intention. Marinette and Bridgette do play huge parts, but it's mostly about my boys. let me know what ya'll think and... enjoy! ~inudigifan201
Ch, 1. Babysitting
A slender dirty blonde teenage boy with light blue-grey eyes and a grey dress shirt with a black tie and sweater vest held tightly to his ice-cream eating young companion. The little boy had almost bleach blonde hair and green eyes and wore a black t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
"Felix, Look!" The little boy smiled and pointed with his ice-cream. "Balloons!"
The teenager looked up at the sky and cracked a small smile as he gazed up at the sky to see a parade of colorful balloons carrying their passengers in the sky.
"Darn it!" The little boy exclaimed.
"You dropped your ice cream didn't you?" The teen, Felix, looked back down at his counterpart as the pedestrian light said walk. "I'll get you another one when we get to the park."
"Ok." The little boy smiled as he dashed across the road.
"Adrien! Slow down!" Felix called out as he was being dragged along.
"I don't wanna get flattened." The little boy, Adrien, smiled up at Felix when they reached the other side.
Felix cracked a small smile and rolled his eyes. "Good point."
"What do you know? The man does smile." A female voice came from behind them.
The boys looked back and saw two girls with black hair and blue eyes. One was Felix's age while the other one seemed closer in age to Adrien.
"Hello, and goodbye, Bridgette." Felix turned back around.
Adrien smiled. "Is she your girlfriend Felix?"
Felix blushed hard. "N-No!" he became embarrassed. "She's in my class, that's it." he stuck his nose in the air.
Adrien shrugged. "If you say so."
Bridgette smiled. "Is he your little brother Felix? He's so cute."
Adrien smiled and Felix's eye twitched. He looked back at her and looked her and the little girl over.
Bridgette wore a black jacket with a plain white shirt underneath and a pair of denim shorts with her hair pulled into side pigtails. The little girl had her hair down. She wore a cute little pink sundress with cherry blossoms on it and a pair of black biker shorts that came half way to her knees. Her hair was down with a black ribbon to keep her bangs out of her eyes. She had a giant lollipop in one hand while holding onto Bridgette with her other.
"My cousin. And her?" Felix pointed to the little girl with his free hand as she hid behind Bridgette.
Bridgette smiled. "No way! Marinette and I are cousins too!" she smiled even wider. "Are you two going to the park too?"
Felix's eye twitched even more. "No, we're going home." He started to walk the other way. "Come along Adrien."
Adrien pouted and sat down on the side walk making it hard for him to be dragged.
Felix looked down at him. "What are you doing?"
"You promised you'd take me to the park!" Adrien crossed his arms as he threw his empty ice-cream cone to the grass. "You promised!"
Felix sighed and knelt down. "How about tomorrow bud?" he whispered.
Adrien cocked an eyebrow. "You said today. The weather lady on TV said it's gonna rain tomorrow!"
Felix sighed again. "Fine. You win."
Adrien smiled, hopped up, grabbed Felix's hand and started to drag him to the park. "Ya!"
Felix groaned as they passed the girls.
Adrien was soon busy in the sandbox building a sandcastle. Felix sat on a bench on the outskirts of the playground reading a book, periodically glancing up to make sure Adrien was still there. Bridgette sat down beside him and smiled wide.
He closed his book and looked over at her. "What do you want?" he asked coldly.
She continued to smile. "I never pictured you the nurturing type." She glanced over at Marinette whom joined Adrien in the sandbox.
Felix sighed. "I'm not." He opened his book back to the page he was reading.
"I don't believe that." Bridgette smiled evilly. "I think you have a soft spot for the boy."
Felix rolled his eyes. "He's my cousin." He retorted dryly.
She smiled wide. "You do have a soft spot for him!"
He glanced over at her and gave her a death stare. "Tell anyone and I swear…"
"Don't worry, I won't tell a soul." She cut him off, smiled and waved.
He sat back and looked back over at Adrien whom was laughing with Marinette. "Good." He then glanced back down at his book.
"Marinette's a sweet kid." She smiled.
"Adrien is cool… as far as 7-year-olds go." He continued to speak dryly. "Very understanding and smart." He cracked a small smile and hid it with his book.
She smiled even wider. "So you two get along well then?"
Felix rolled his eyes and nodded. He then became deep in thought.
A much younger Felix was being guided down a long corridor. Doors lined the walls. None were marked. He wondered how anyone ever found their way around the mansion. The man guiding him stopped at the last door in the hallway. A large stain window depicting his aunt and uncle made the hallway seem friendlier as the colors danced around the floor.
"Felix?" the man spoke and Felix looked up at him. "Are you ready to meet your new cousin?" he asked.
Felix nodded. He was told from a very early age that he was to be seen, not heard. He was very adept at living up to that expectation.
The man opened the door and let the boy walk to the bed on the far wall where his aunt sat holding her newborn.
Felix climbed up and sat down beside his aunt and the man closed the door so they could be alone.
His aunt smiled down at him. "Hi Felix." She gazed at him with her green eyes. "Meet Adrien." She showed him the baby. "He's your new cousin." She sounded tired, but happy to be so.
The baby cooed as he gazed upon him. Felix smiled and put his hand out to shake. "Hi, I'm Felix." The baby grabbed his middle finger and giggled.
"I think he likes you." His aunt smiled.
Felix squinted a little. "Are all babies this… small?" He looked up at her.
Her smile faded. "He's a preemie."
Felix became confused. "What does that mean?"
"He was born early." She began to explain. "He was supposed to come next month."
"Is there something wrong with him?" He became concerned.
"No, he's just smaller than every other newborn. Nothing wrong with that. He might also be a bit more fragile too, but he'll be fine." She smiled again. "He needs his big cousin to look out for him."
Felix smiled. "I've got your back Adrien. You can count on me."
"Felix!" Adrien snapped him out of his memories.
Felix blinked and the baby he was just remembering became the small child before him. "Ah, yes?" he asked. "What's wrong? Did a bully knock down your sandcastle?"
"No." Adrien shook his head.
Felix noticed Marinette was standing behind him, holding his hand. Felix smiled and blush a little at the adorableness before him. He was only human after all. "Then what is it?" he asked trying to hide his blush.
Adrien smiled wide. "We want ice-cream!"
"Oh really?" Felix teased. "Alright I guess I'll have to get you two some then." He stood up and closed his book. He held Adrien's free hand and led the two children over to the ice-cream cart over in the distance.
Bridgette smiled and watched as Felix ordered two cones and the children picking out their flavors. Adrien finally settled on chocolate and Marinette would have nothing else but strawberry.
They all sat back down on the bench so the two wouldn't drop their ice-cream. Felix smiled as he reopened his book and crossed his legs.
A year had passed. Baby Adrien had grown to be the average size of a 1-year-old. Felix was reading in the den of his aunt and uncle's house as his aunt played the piano while Adrien was playing with his blocks on the floor.
Adrien smiled, waddled over to the sofa, climbed up, and sat down in Felix's lap.
"Adrien?!" Felix cried.
"Book!" Adrien pointed at the book in Felix's hand. "Felix book!"
His aunt stopped playing for a moment. "He wants you to read to him darling."
He rolled his eyes. "It's boring. There's no pictures."
Adrien clapped. "Felix book! Felix book!"
Felix rolled his eyes again. "alright." He then turned the page. "Somewhat after one in the afternoon, Tom resignedly underwent the ordeal of being dressed for dinner. He found himself as finely clothed as before, but everything different, everything changed, from his ruff to his stockings." He began to read the tot Mark Twain's Prince and the Pauper.
Adrien was enthralled. His eyes never left the pages as Felix read and his mother played the piano.
Felix's body guard came in after a few hours and whispered to Felix's aunt that her brother-in-law had arrived to pick up his son.
"Felix!" she called out. "It's time to go." She walked over to the boys. "And I'm sure Adrien needs a diaper change by now." She picked up her baby boy as her nephew pouted.
"But we were just getting to the really good part." Felix protested.
"You can read to Adrien more tomorrow." She kissed him on the forehead.
"Alright." He closed the book and put a book mark in it so he wouldn't lose his place.
"Felix!" Adrien cried. Tears began to roll down the tot's face.
"I have to go." Felix pouted. "I'll see you tomorrow, ok bud?"
"Felix!" Adrien cried even louder as he thrashed about in his mother's arms.
Felix's father walked into the den and frowned. "What in the world is going on here?" He almost yelled.
Felix looked up at him meekly and scratched his face as he became nervous. "Ca… can… can I… spend the night father?" He asked with sweat dripping from his… everywhere.
His father raised an eyebrow. He then looked over at his sister-in-law whom seemed just as shocked as he was. "If it's alright with your aunt and uncle." He shrugged. "You have nothing scheduled for tomorrow."
Felix looked back at his aunt. She smiled and nodded. "It's fine with me and I'm sure Gabriel won't mind."
"Yay Felix!" Adrien clapped.
Mrs. Agreste later found the boys both asleep with Adrien on Felix's face in Adrien's room. She smiled as she picked Adrien up to put him in his crib. "Felix!" he spoke in his sleep. She then picked Felix up and put the air mattress that had been laid out for him next to the crib. Felix, in his sleep, rolled over and held Adrien's hand through the crib's bars.
Mrs. Agreste smiled wide and grabbed the camera the she had laying around in the nursery for just such occasion and quickly, and quietly, took a photo of the boys being cute.
"It's getting dark." Adrien pouted.
Felix looked up at the sky as the sun began to set. "I guess I should get you home then."
"Same time and place next week?" Bridgette smiled wide as Marinette nodded.
Felix gulped.
"Yeah!" Adrien smiled. "Can we Felix? Please!" he begged.
"Fine." Felix huffed.
"Yay!" Both Adrien and Marinette cheered.
Felix stood up. "Come on Adrien, uncle gets cranky if I have you out too late."
"Coming." Adrien ran to and grabbed his hand. "Nice meeting you Marinette and Miss Bridgette. See you next week!"
"Kill me now." Felix mumbled to himself as he and Adrien walked away.