Disclaimer: Of course I don't own Miraculous, its characters, or the franchise.
Story: Gabriel and Marinette have been together for a long time now. The good and the bad, the guilt and forgiveness, in anger and love. This is their life.
Set after as a future fic.
Spoilers: Probably
Warnings: Age disparity, maybe future situations if this is continued.
Pairings: Gabriel/Marinette

Sorry's Got No Business Here (It Does)
Chapter Two: Jealousy I

Gabriel had been jealous only a handful of times in his life. He'd never been so jealous, to be honest, when he'd been with Emilie. He'd always been assured and the two of them had always had eyes for each other.

Marinette was a different story.

He'd never been jealous of his son's history with her, but that was his son. He felt more like he'd been the intrusion and that Marinette would've been better off with Adrien.

But then there were others -He'd had no idea of her friendship with this young man named Luka, or her friendship with Jagged Stone, or even her strange rapport with his nephew Felix. But they were all inconsequential when it came down to his wife's friendship with Gabriel's rival and fellow designer Elias Cordova.

Elias who came from a long line of famous designers, that fashion was in his blood. Elias whose mother was Elisabeth Schiaparelli, beautiful model and designer for the House of Cordova with her husband Giorgio Cordova. Elias who somehow had known about his Marinette and connected with her before Gabriel had ever been able to…despite knowing her first.

"You're meeting him for lunch?" Gabriel asked her carefully, watching her get ready for it quietly.

"Mmhm, it's been a long while since I've seen him," Marinette said, putting on her shoes now.

He clenched his jaw. 'I don't want you to go' is what he wanted to say, but he couldn't.

He couldn't monopolize her or take all her time for himself, especially not after his own past with her and the things he's done.

"I'll be back after," Marinette smiled sweetly and even after all this time, it still made his heart drum loudly in his chest. "Do you want to do something then?"

Just stay. Stay with me and don't go.

Instead, Gabriel smiled lightly. "I'll wait for you and then we can decide together."

Marinette beamed at him, face bright and lovely and everything he loved about her.

"I know! Why don't you come with me?"

He wanted to say yes, but he also remembered the last time he saw the two together. A man with hands that were too touchy, with a smirk he'd wanted to punch off his face, and a smug look at Gabriel -like he would make a better man for Marinette.

If he went, he knew the parts of him that were still Hawk Moth would flare to life and vitriol would spill out from him as easily as it had when he was a villain.

"It's okay," he said again. "Just come back home."

Stay with me.

Started 3/27/20 - Completed 3/27/20

A/n: (Raises eyebrows) You know, I really didn't expect much interest out of this, but pleasantly surprised. Especially in FFN, since looking fics for Gabrinette was practicaly nonexistent (and the ones available are foreign). I almost actually didn't post this on FFN! Thanks for trying this out, guys~

Quick Points:

1. Elias Cordova: Based off of Gabrielle Coco Chanel's (who Gabriel was named after) rival Elsa Schiaparelli (who I named the mother after as well; the father was named after Giorgio Armani~). Haha, I put too much effort into finding a male name to equal Elsa….Could've stayed with it, since Elsa is actually gender neutral, but since it's more associated with females and sounds female…(shrugs)….

Anon Reviews:

1. Anna: Thanks! And oooh, I'm glad you like this pairing~ It needs more love!