Marinette

Paris was coated in a thin sheet of snow, the snowflakes slowly falling to the ground. Stepping out of school, Marinette made sure she had all the notes Adrien would need to catch up on today's lessons. Satisfied everything was there, she closed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder. Alya and Nino came up behind her, "Hey, girl, Nino wants to take me to that new romantic comedy this afternoon. Do you mind babysitting our siblings for us?"

Marinette flashed the couple an apologetic smile. "Sorry, Alya. I told Adrien that I would help him catch up on all the homework he missed today."

Lila came from whatever hole in the ground she crawled out of, sensing an opportunity. "How about I take Adrien's homework and help him? Then you can babysit the children so Alya and Nino can go on their date! Everyone wins."

Marinette gave her the glare of death while Nino's eyes lit up. "I got a better idea, Chris was hyped after the last time you babysat him and the twins. Since Marinette is already helping Adrien, you can babysit instead. Everyone wins." Lila's smile faltered as Marinette's grew, seeing what Nino did and was grateful for it.

Alya eagerly grabbed Lila and pulled her behind towards her house. "This is going to be amazing, the twins will be so excited to see you again!" The blogger continued rambling on as Lila cast a glare at Marinette and Nino.

"Why did you do that, Nino?" Marinette asked, tilting her head at him.

Nino sighed, "She doesn't respect Adrien's boundaries and always makes him feel uncomfortable. And just between you and me, he loves spending time with you. Saying something about you makes him feel like he can relax and be free to act like himself." He winked at her conspiratory, adding in, "Just be sure to not drool over him the whole time and get some homework done."

Marinette blushed furiously as she slugged Nino, who couldn't stop laughing. "Thanks, Nino."

Adrien

He just got home from the photoshoot when Marinette rang the front bell. With Natalie and his father both out of the city for the day, no one but Door was there to stop him from letting her in. His bodyguard simply smiled at Marinette as he opened the gate, knowing Adrien never got to have a friend over and the company might improve the boy's morale.

Adrien grinned like an idiot as he opened the front door for her. "Hi, Mari! So glad you can be here!" Marinette blushed and nodded her head, not trusting her words as Adrien's intense gaze was upon her. She was lucky enough that she was even still standing. "How was school today?"

"Was great school!" Marinette felt her face grow hotter as Adrien gave her a confused look. She made another attempt at communication, "I mean school was great." He smiled and patted her on the shoulder, unaware that she nearly fainted from the touch.

"So, should we go to my room?" Adrien asked, gesturing in the direction of his bedroom. "I have a desk big enough for the two of us there." Marinette simply nodded, having an internal freakout. First, he invited her to his bedroom, then said they could share his desk? She must have died and gone to heaven.

Adrien took her silent nod as a yes, leading the way to his room completely unaware of Marinette's transformation into a tomato. He held the door open for her, watching her eyes widen as she took in the size of his room. She had been there before as Ladybug, but Adrien did not know that and she needed to keep her identity a secret. Her jaw dropped when she saw it: a pair of Ladybug and Chat Noir action figures holding hands.

Adrien rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "So what do you think?"

Marinette shook herself out of her shock, stuttering out, "I-it's b-big!"

Adrien shrugged, "Yeah, though sometimes it feels too big." Marinette gave him a curious glance, embarrassment forgotten for now. Adrien caught her glance and elaborated, "It just feels empty sometimes. I like your room better."

She blushed again, stuttering, "Yo-you do?"

He rubbed the back of his neck again, his own blush forming slightly. "Ye-yeah, I mean it's filled in, no empty spaces and you are the one that made it the way it is, not some designer told 'make it so my son never wants to leave or has to leave for anything'." Adrien's expression seemed to drop as he continued, "Your place feels lived in like home should be, it's a warm feeling."

"The warmth comes from the ovens downstairs." Marinette didn't even have time to process what she said before Adrien burst out laughing. She laughed with him, glad to see his spirits raised a little. "Wanna start on that homework?"

Adrien nodded, leading her over to the desk and gestured at his dx racer gaming chair. "Uh, you can take this chair. I will find another chair somewhere here." He went searching around the room, looking between the various tabletop games and arcade machines for the old office chair he previously used. Marinette pulled out the notes she made for him, as well as the homework assignment. When she set the papers down, she accidentally nudged the mouse, waking up Adrien's computer. Marinette almost squealed. On the screen in front of her, Adrien had her Instagram page open with a new post on the top posted ten minutes ago.

Marinette turned crimson as she realized that it was a tag from Alya, the post being the photo of Marinette and Adrien leaning against each other as they slept from the Startrain trip the previous week. Alya must have waited until she knew the two of them would be together before posting it. Marinette growled inside, vowing revenge on Alya. The caption read 'Most adorable sight ever, I guess this means adrienagrestebrand wins the marinettedesigned challenge!'

Adrien wheeled up with an office chair and noticed the photo right away, smiling instantly. "Guess we should have expected Alya to take a picture. I wonder how my fanbase is going to react." He shrugged, liked the photo and closed the tab. "So what did I miss today?" Marinette shook herself awake from her daze and started to get into the literature assignment they received. Neither of them noticed the snow outside begin to increase.

Alya and Nino

Alya bolted up and did a victory dance when she saw Adrien liked the post while Nino just smiled. "How long have you been waiting to post that?"

"A week, Nino, a whole week! It was so horrible! I wanted to show him the picture but Marinette was never around at the same time." Alya kept on ranting while Nino smiled, relieved that he didn't receive any panicked calls from Adrien stating that Marinette has fainted. Calming his girlfriend down, he guided her into the movies with Alya still hyped up.

Back at Alya's apartment, Lila scowled at the photo. That should be her with Adrien, not Maritrash! Chris came running over, eager to play Freestyle with her. Putting on a fake smile, Lila pushed the dark thoughts to the back of her twisted mind.

Adrienette

Having finished the homework, Adrien had managed to convince Marinette to stay longer and play Ultra Mecha Strike V with him. She never played the new game yet but still managed to beat him every time. She giggled as he dramatically threw his hands up in defeat after seventh time she beat him, far more relaxed then when she first arrived. Before she could tease him about going easy on him next time, the computer screen switched from the game to an emergency news broadcast.

"Don't be bemused, it's just the news!" Nadja Chamack greeted the viewers. "Due to severe weather conditions, the mayor has advised everyone to stay home or their current location until this blizzard is over." Marinette and Adrien looked outside for the first time in hours, seeing the fierce storm going on outside. "Stay inside and safe. We will update you as much as possible." Suddenly a notification popped up: Mansion locked down, level one emergency protocol engaged.

Adrien turned to Marinette, shrugging as he said, "I guess we are going to be stuck here together for a while?" Marinette fainted.

Alya, Nino, Lila, Gabriel

Alya and Nino were stuck at the theatre, which neither had a problem with. Nino was quite comfortably snuggled up with Alya, that is, until her phone went off. Adrien had posted on his Instagram, a photo of him and Marinette drinking hot chocolate. The caption read 'snowed in at the mansion, but at least I have good company with marinettedesigned;)'. The guy had to include a winky face Nino mused. Alya took a moment to process this news, blinking and rubbing her eyes, then read the post again. All around Paris, people could hear the squeal of a teenage girl who just learned her two best friends she shipped were stuck together.

Lila screamed, "Noooo god! Noo god please no! No! No! Noooooooooooooo!" With that final no, she snapped her phone in half. She paled, without it she couldn't talk to anyone. And she was stuck at Alya's house with Alya's family and Nino's brother Chris. Dropping her head in her hands, she wondered what she did to deserve this.

Gabriel hissed in frustration, stuck outside of Paris with Natalie, unable to reach his butterflies. He would have to wait until the blizzard cleared before going home. Stuck in a three-star hotel was not something Gabriel found acceptable, but he would have to deal with it. Natalie was in the next room over, Gabriel refusing to share one with her. He was the boss, she was the assistant, nothing more.

NOTE: Gorilla being called 'Door' is a reference to the AO3 work "DOOR!", /works/23113687

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