Adrien followed Marinette down the stairs to the garage, still chuckling a little from the coffee episode.
"You can use the office to—Burke!" Marinette's face split wide open at the sight of a tall guy leaning against a pickup truck parked outside the garage. He wore workboots and a flannel shirt, and caught Marinette up into his arms when she bounded over, her overcalled legs around his waist.
Adrien felt a little embarrassed, left on the steps as this Burke persone gave Marinette's butt a squeeze. Alya had said that Marinette was single, but Adrien kicked himself now for believing it. Of course she isn't, and I'm not either, he reminded himself sternly.
Kim snorted loudly and spat into the driveway.
"Burke! You're back!" With a small smooch, he laughed and put her down.
"In the flesh. Who's this?" He jerked his head at Adrien, quickly taking in the expensive clothes and out-of-town handsomeness with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, Adrien is stranded here with a busted transmission."
"Well, you're in the right place. Burke Johnson." He extended a large, callused hand and Adrien shook it, firmly.
"Adrien, you can call your fiancée from the office phone if you want, just dial 9."
Adrien's stomach jerked a little, but he kept his face smooth, looking Marinette right in the eye as he nodded. She blushed and looked away, arm still on Burke's sleeve.
Burke draped an arm around her and pulled her close. "Speaking of fiancees, Mari, when are you going to let me make an honest woman out of you?" He nosed her neck and she laughed, swatting him away.
"You'd have to be an honest man first, Burke! Now what are you really doing here, in your mother's truck?"
Adrien tore his eyes away, making uncomfortable eye contact with Kim before taking the stairs to the office. An image of Marinette laughing over the coffee maker made his lips twitch into a smile, but he swallowed it.
He sank into her beat up office chair and reached for the phone, but found that the last thing he wanted to do was call his fiancée.
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please don't freak out or hate me, more is coming and it will be extremely cute