Miraculous Prompts

Description: A series of oneshots based off of prompts from the readers of my other fic 'Secrets and Betrayals'. The prompts are two people, and one word. (Example: Marinette and Adrien: IceCream. Alya and Adrien: Argument. Kim and Alix: Bet. Marinette and Chat Noir: pickles.) Anybody can request a prompt, but those who requested after reading S&B will be taken care of first. After that, it will be first come, first serve. Prompt suggestions will no longer be accepted after June 30, 2016. Ratings will change based on the prompt.

Disclaimer: This disclaimer applies to every single chapter I write: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug, so all rights go to their respective owners!

Chapter One: Home

Prompt: Adrien and Gabriel: Abuse

Rating: T

Requested by: carpetes

Out of all of the things Adrien could tell you his father did, abuse him was not one of them. Until now. He could tell you that his father ignored him. His father gave him pens as gifts, forced him into a rigorous schedule, and expected him to be perfect. But abuse him? That, at least in Adrien's mind, was unimaginable.

It had all started after the events of Jackady. Adrien had arrived home, and his father had actually given him a hug. A hug! It was such a simple display of affection for many people, pure instinct, just something nice to do. Most people receive hugs often. But not Adrien Agreste. Especially not from his father.

So he had relished in the few seconds that his father had embraced him, closing his eyes and leaning in. His mind was racing. "He does care! He really does care about me!" It took everything Adrien had in him to keep from crying out of joy.

A simple hug should not do that to people. Nobody should be that starved of affection, and love, and caring.

But Adrien was. And it was his father's fault. And he knew it was his father's fault, but for right now, Adrien let himself believe that maybe, just maybe, his father had seen the error in his ways. Maybe they could be a family again. Maybe his father would pay him more attention.

And then his father pulled away suddenly. Adrien did not see Gabriel Agreste glance at his ring. And then the man slowly walked away. He hadn't said a word. And neither had Adrien. Words would ruin this moment for him. He just wanted to cherish it forever.

Plagg didn't make a comment as the kid flopped down on his bed, mind turning cartwheels. "He hugged me! He hugged me! YES!" Instead, the cat stealthily moved over to where Adrien hid the Camembert. The kid was far too distracted to notice him.

"Plagg, can you believe it? He just walked up to me and hugged me! Does that just happen to people? Plagg, get away from the cheese!" A sheepish looking Plagg floated up to Adrien's bed.

"Well, as far as I can tell, you humans hug each other quite a bit. I don't know why. You could be embracing the loveliness of cheese instead of squeezing each other..." Plagg commented.

"He hugged me..." Adrien whispered. Plagg smiled a bit for the boy. Adrien deserved this happiness. If just for a moment.

The next day at school, Adrien was practically glowing. Nino noticed it right away, and as soon as Nino asked what was up, he excitedly explained it to his best friend. Nino was so excited for Adrien that he nearly knocked him over with a chest bump.

Alya must have heard it from Nino, and she told Marinette. So as a result, Marinette also walked around happily all day long, despite the fact that she had been late to school. If Adrien was happy, she was happy. And Adrien looked more happy than she had ever seen him.

So of course, an akuma had to attack and ruin her good mood. Kind of. She transformed into Ladybug and headed off to save the day.

Upon arriving, she discovered that today's akuma was only six years old. He had lost his school championship spelling bee when another boy had cheated. So of course, the little boy was very angry, and that was perfect for Hawkmoth's akuma.

"Hello m'lady. Fine afternoon for an akuma attack!" Chat Noir called, jumping down from a rooftop and adding a flip for flourish. He landed elegantly in front of her.

"What's got you in a good mood, chaton?" she asked as she watched the akumatized person, trying to pinpoint where the akuma was residing before heading into battle.

"Ah, just something good happened to me recently," Chat said vaguely. Ladybug wouldn't appreciate him giving away any more detail than that.

"Well, glad to hear it. I think the akuma is in that medal. He must have taken it from the cheating winner. Let's go!"

Through Ladybug and Chat Noir's incredible teamwork, the akuma was purified and Paris was returned back to normal within ten minutes. After agreeing to meet up for patrol, the super heroes went their separate ways before they detransformed. Since the school day was over, Adrien headed home.

"Shoot, I am sooo late!" he said out loud. He dashed into his house. His piano teacher was standing there angrily, arms crossed and a scowl on his face. Adrien's father was standing right next to him. Adrien gulped, suddenly aware of how disheveled and unprofessional he looked right now.

"Adrien, would you like to explain your lateness?" Gabriel asked.

"This isn't the first time, either," his piano teacher muttered. Gabriel rose and eyebrow in shock and then turned his cold gaze back on Adrien.

"I'm very sorry, and I apologize for my actions. I was caught up in the akuma attack on the other side of town. Again, I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused." He stumbled over his words a bit, but tried to make it sound like a very professional and sincere apology.

"And all the other times?" Gabriel asked. He waited as Adrien fumbled around. He nearly glared at his son. Because he knew the real reason.

Every time. Every single time that there was an akuma attack, Adrien missed a fencing class, or was late to a piano practice, or he missed dinner, or he came back late to prepare for an event. After rigorous akuma attacks, Adrien was always tired and his performance suffered. After Chat Noir made progress with Ladybug, Adrien appeared happier.

Through Ladyblog clips, monitoring Adrien, and talking to Adrien's teachers and bodyguard, he had slowly pieced everything together. The ring was the final piece. The picture was complete. His son was Chat Noir. His son, who was the epitome of perfection, fought against him every single day of his life.

"And I always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and-" Gabriel cut off his stuttering son.

"Never mind. I would like to discuss something with you in private. You are excused for the day," he told Adrien and then the piano teacher. The pianist scowled angrily and then gathered up his sheet music and made his way to the door. Adrien stood nervously under his father's glare.

"To my office, please," his father requested in a tone that made it incredibly clear that it was not a request, It was an order. Adrien gulped and fiddled with his fingers nervously. His father was pretty angry, but he had hugged him yesterday. That counted for something, right? Right?

"Have a seat," Gabriel instructed. Adrien sat down, setting his bag down on the floor. Plagg rubbed his head against Adrien's chest through his shirt to comfort the boy. Gabriel Agreste shut the door and locked it.

"Father, I-" Gabriel motioned with his hand for Adrien to stop, so he did. They stared at each other for a few seconds. The Gabriel's eyes narrowed.

"When were you going to tell me?" he asked coldly.

"What? When was I going to tell you what?" Adrien asked, incredibly confused. Had he skipped something else? Did he get a low test score recently? His mind quickly ran through everything he had done over the past several days. Other than missing this piano practice, he had completed his entire schedule for the past week perfectly.

Gabriel nearly snarled as he grabbed the front of Adrien shirt. "DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME!" he roared. "I ALREADY KNOW!"

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about, Father!" Adrien said quickly, practically terrified. His father snorted.

"Don't know what I'm talking about... You should know exactly what I'm talking about!"

"I don't!" Adrien pleaded.

Suddenly, his father lost control and slapped him across the face. Adrien brought a hand to his stinging cheek. "YOU HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO TELL ME YOURSELF!"

Adrien felt tears well up in his eyes. His cheek hurt like crazy. He desperately tried to think of what his father might mean. He choked over the rising tears as he answered. "I don't know! I'm sorry!"

He hadn't expected to actually be struck to the floor.

Adrien landed on his back, sprawled out across the floor. His father loomed over him. "When were you going to tell me that you're Chat Noir?" he growled.

Adrien's blood ran cold. So that was it. His father had figured him out. How had he figured it out? The first thought that went through his mind was, "Ladybug is gonna be so pissed when I tell her my father figured out I'm Chat Noir..."

"Well?" Gabriel hissed, grabbing the collar of Adrien's shirt.

"I c-couldn't tell anybody!" Adrien sniffled. "Or else Hawkmoth could target you! I was trying to protect you!"

Gabriel leaned back and laughed. He roared of laughter as he pushed Adrien back onto the floor. Plagg flew out of Adrien's jacket, poised in front of the boy in order to protect him and also so he could transform if need be. Gabriel didn't even look surprised to see the kwami.

"Protect me? From Hawkmoth?" Gabriel's laughter filled the room. "Why on earth would I need protection from myself?"

And then he immediately stopped laughing as he smiled cruelly. "Nooroo, wings out!"

"Noooooo!" a little voice screeched as a small purple thing was sucked into a brooch that Gabriel had hidden under his neck tie.

"Plagg, c-claws out!" Adrien stuttered. He backed up, his mind screaming at him. "No! Hawkmoth can't be the person who has been trying to kill you and Ladybug for years! He can't be.. That would mean..."

His thought process was cut of as Hawkmoth lunged at him. Distracted, Chat Noir was taken down almost instantly, with Hawkmoth's hands around his throat. "After all these years, I will finally be able to take your miraculous myself! Without you, Ladybug will be easier to defeat!"

"No..." Adrien managed to choke out before the hands around his throat tightened.

"You don't have a choice, Adrien." The boy winced as his father used his real name while he was in costume. "You can go back to your life as Adrien. I'm pulling you out of that public school, too. You will stay in the house and perform your duties."

Hawkmoth left one hand on Chat Noir's throat, as the cat boy desperately clawed around. But Hawkmoth had pinned him to the floor and he was beginning to choke. Hawkmoth reached down with the other one to take the ring off. Adrien began to see stars...

And then a loud crash resounded through the air. Hawkmoth turned to see Ladybug standing there, her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Get off of him!" she hissed. That was all Adrien heard before the hands around his throat tightened and his world turned to black.

When Adrien woke up, he was outside. He could tell. He looked around and the first thing he saw was his house in flames. He tried to sit up abruptly, but a hand on his chest pushed him back down. "Don't move, chaton," a low murmur came from his right.

It was only then when he realized he was still transformed as Chat Noir. And Ladybug was kneeling next to him. She had some horrible bruises and cuts on her face, and the way she moved about gingerly indicated the rest of her body had taken some damage too.

"I defeated him," she said, answering his question before he asked it. Chat felt tears well up in his eyes. "Chat? What's wrong? You do realize that this means we can go back to our normal civilian lives, right? No more akuma, no more craziness. I mean, we can still patrol and fight regular crime, so we will still see each other, but-" She cut herself off. Rambling was Marinette's thing, not Ladybug's.

Chat just cried harder, sobbing his heart out. She leaned over and enveloped him in her arms. "Chat, you should go home," she murmured in his ear. "You're emotionally exhausted."

"Can't..." Chat managed to get out. Nearly being choked to death took a serious toll on his throat.

"What do you mean, can't?" Ladybug asked, running her fingers through his hair.

"I...can't..." Chat answered through small sniffles. "That was my home." He gestured to the burning building. Ladybug's eyes widened and she nearly fell over.

"What do you mean, that was your home?"

"Hawkmoth...is...my father...," Chat said, burying his head into her shoulder. .

He watched as she gasped. And then he could see he wheels turning in her head until finally everything clicked into place and she turned to him, her face clearly displaying her horror.

"Adrien? Oh my god... Adrien, everything will be okay!"

"I know, you're right..." he sniffled. "That was never really my home anyway." He stood up to leave. Ladybug grabbed his arm.

"Chat, where are you going?" she asked, clutching his hand in her own.

"I don't know, I'll figure something out," he murmured, preparing to leap away.

"But-"

"I need to be alone right now, Ladybug. Please."

Ladybug sighed and let go of his hand. He turned and began to leap away. "Hey Chat!" she yelled after him. He paused and turned. "Just make sure you come back, kitty. My home is your home! You deserve to have a home, and I want to share mine with you."

"But your parents..." Chat nearly choked over his own tears of gratitude.

"Won't care," Ladybug said firmly. "You need to be alone. I get that. But make sure you come home when you're okay Chat. I'll be waiting. You know where to find me." And then she zipped off into the darkness.

Chat smiled. Home. A word that had never meant anything to him. Maybe she could teach him what it meant?

That would be nice.

To have a home.

A/N: Well, I don't really know what happened there. I started out having no idea what to write, and then I got to the middle and added the actual prompt, and I have no idea where that ending came from. Oh well. Thanks for the prompt, carpetes! And thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing! Have a great day!