Adrien
Adrien sat, tied to the chair, contemplating his life. Plagg was gone, in custody of Hawk Moth. Marinette probably couldn't come back for him any time soon.
Marinette.
He was glad she had escaped. But if he had just been faster earlier, when he had encountered Silencer, he might not be in this mess.
He wondered how Luka had been Akumatized, then realized that it didn't matter how it happened, it just mattered that it did.
Hawk Moth untied him from the chair and took him to a different room with his elevator. This one was empty except for the hundreds of butterflies everywhere.
It was really dark. There might have been more, but there wasn't.
"I'm going to leave you in here for now, where you can't escape. But I'll be back for you when it's time to awaken your Mother."
"So you're taking me prisoner again? When have I ever been able to escape you?"
Hawk Moth stopped like the words had stung him. "I'm doing this for you, Adrien. I have been since the beginning. One we wake up Emilie, we can be a family again."
"Why would I want to be a family with someone who hurts people for personal gain?"
Hawk Moth didn't say anything, he just went down the elevator, leaving Adrien alone in the darkness.
Adrien screamed and hit the wall. When he examined his hand he realized that it was bleeding.
He sat against the wall, his head in his hands.
I wish I had never gotten a Miraculous.
He didn't dismiss the thought this time, everything was always going wrong.
He was always the one getting controlled to turn against Ladybug. It was always him getting Akumatized. He wasn't bad luck, he decided, he was just bad at his job.
The Miraculous should have gone to someone else, he didn't deserve it.
Then he thought of Marinette, the way she laughed. The way her nose scrunched up when she was trying to solve how to use her Lucky Charm. The way her eyes had sparkled when he looked at her.
She had always been meant for this job. It was her destiny.
He had a feeling in the pit of his stomach, like he was going to throw up. He was homesick. Not for his father of mother.
For her. Marinette. He felt the pain that he always did when she wasn't around. Tears traced their paths down his cheeks. This had been happening a lot lately, but that was okay. He didn't need to be strong.
Marinette had always been able to make him strong, just by being around. But now he was alone, with no way out of the situation.
He wished it were anyone else. He knew he was being selfish, but he wished it were anyone else who had been imprisoned by their father. He wished anyone else had been Hawk Moth.
But he had to play the cards he was dealt.
Even though everything was bleak, he still felt hope that Ladybug would save him.
I need you m' lady, I know you won't let me down.
He dropped off the sleep with the feeling of hope and love in his chest.