Note: I love Ben Platt and Hadestown. I really want to see that musical one day. It's one of my favorite myths. I didn't know anyone else was listening to those. haha
Marinette sat on her hands and peered down at her lap with flushed cheeks. Adrien cleared his throat behind his hand with an arm crossed over his chest. He tried to hide his blush, but it wasn't working out.
"How are you two doing?" Dr. Fu sat across from them, on Marinette's bed, and stared at the two of them with their files in his hands. He pretended to play dumb when he put two and two together. It wasn't that hard for him to figure out why Nurse Bustier had stalled him.
"Fine." Adrien barely got the word out as he tried to calm his breathing to a normal pace.
Marinette didn't say much as her thoughts looped and went a mile a minute. She was worried about her future. Was she going to be stuck there forever? Would she be free? Was she ever going to get out of there and back with her family?
"I have something here that I wanted to talk to Marinette about. Will you speak with me for a moment?" Dr. Fu touched the stack of charts on his lap for a moment as he focused his gaze on Marinette.
Marinette nodded without a word and went to stand up to leave to his office. She was ready to be told that she would never leave the far wing.
"I don't mean in the office. We can speak right here if you are more comfortable." Dr. Fu peered over at Adrien and watched him grab Marinette's hand to pull her into his lap. He smiled with a nod, realizing how close they were. He peered over at Nurse Bustier and watched her try to look away. "I wanted to talk about this little red book, called Tikki."
Marinette flinched and Adrien wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her closer. She swallowed hard and didn't want to answer. She was scared to talk about it.
"I've told Adrien this same thing. So, I'll tell you now. You telling us about Tikki is not going to keep you here. It is going to progress you further. We aren't upset with you. I'm not mad at you. I'm proud that you have handed this over." Dr. Fu opened the notebook and flipped through the pages. "Now that you know where we stand... Would you like to tell me about this Tikki?"
Marinette swallowed hard as she thought about it. "Tikki… is my looping thoughts. I don't know when I associated her with them. I don't know when it manifested. I'm not even sure what she really is. I just know she comes around when I'm upset. She tells me what I want to hear and not what I should be hearing." It was like a dam broke and her words flew out of her mouth in between sobs. "I don't know anything about her, but please don't lock me back up. Please don't take Adrien away again. PLEASE!"
"Calm down. Deep breaths. I didn't say that I was going to put you back in the far wing. I didn't say that I was taking Adrien away from you. I need you to calm down for a moment and focus for me. Just relax." Dr. Fu stopped in the middle of writing something in her chart and focused on her. "I care very much for your well-being and if being in the far wing is making it worse then I don't want to put you through it anymore. Now, Ms. Bustier has brought it to my attention that you two seem to work well together and push each other to get better. You need to get better for yourselves, not just one another. However, I am glad that you have found a support system within one another. Now, going back to this Tikki… I want to put you on the same medication as Adrien. I also want to continue to work towards getting these looping thoughts to stop. So, here's what I propose. It has worked with some guests. Not all… but some."
Marinette looked up at Dr. Fu with a shocked expression and Adrien kissed her cheek as he played with her hair.
"I'm going to give you lavender oil. Both of you." Dr. Fu gestured between Adrien and Marinette with his silver pen. "Whenever you have a thought that makes you panic or worry? I want you to put some on your palm. Then you are going to rub it between your hands and rub it on your neck. Think of a happy memory. I don't care what it is. Go there while you breathe it in. Rub it behind your earlobes and then bring your hands to your nose and mouth. Breathe it in while you keep that happy memory in your mind. If you keep doing that then it will rewire your mind to think of that when you panic. It should be subconsciously triggered eventually. Got it?"
"Got it." Adrien swallowed hard and nodded as he watched Dr. Fu take note of it.
"Marinette?" Dr. Fu peered at her and waited for her to answer.
"Thank you." Marinette's voice was quiet as she peered at him through her dark hair.
"I'll have Ms. Bustier bring you two the lavender oil later. As of now… I say that we keep you together, once again. I won't separate you two anymore unless I see that one of you is a threat to the other." Dr. Fu closed their charts and stood up. "Now, get some rest. No more playing for the night." He winked at them and Marinette flung her hands to her face and blushed redder than before.
Adrien hid in his hair and awkwardly smiled as he nodded. "Thanks."
"We're here to help. Remember that." Dr. Fu smiled and walked out of the room with Nurse Bustier.
Marinette fell off of Adrien's lap with her hands over her eyes. "I want to die…"
Adrien laid back beside her and rolled onto his side, leaning on his elbow. He rolled her towards himself and moved her hands. "Do you really?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
"No… but the embarrassment was enough for today." Marinette groaned as her cheeks felt hotter.
Adrien burst out laughing and shook his head as he pulled her panties from his pocket and dangled them over her face. "You can only hide so much."
She squealed and snatched them from his hand, throwing them beneath her. "Adrien!"
Adrien chuckled as he laid on his back with one knee drawn up and one of his hands behind his head. He picked at the sheets with his other hand and sighed, "I cannot wait to get out of here. Go on a proper date with you. Take you to my favorite places to hide out at..."
Marinette cuddled against his side and wrapped a leg over his hips. She drew circles on his chest and focused on her finger as it swirled along his soft shirt. "Like… what kinds of places?"
Adrien chuckled and grabbed her hand to press a kiss against her knuckles. "Usually rooftops, honestly. Some of the small family owned businesses. Clubs… bars… Nino used to DJ at one before he got locked up in here. Sometimes I just hang out at libraries and get lost in the shelves. Ooo! Arcades! I love arcades." Adrien became excited and she had never seen him so ecstatic about something. "I also miss my baby."
Marinette perked up at his words and sat up with a worried expression. Adrien suddenly sat up and peered at her. "What? What did I say?" He looked at her as she began to worry that he was taken and hadn't told her about it.
"Are you? Do you? I- I never asked what you had outside of this place. I'm so- sorry." Marinette hid in her hair as she felt guilty for taking him from another hopeless girl.
Adrien became alarmed as it put it all together. He touched her chin and brought her gaze to his. He watched her bottom lip tremble and her tears fall down her cheeks. "I don't have a girlfriend outside of here. I don't have a love interest outside of here. It's just you. I meant-" Adrien shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. "I meant my car. I have a nice car that I call my baby. Well, had a nice car. God knows if I still have it. My dad may have sold it."
"What kind?" Marinette pulled her face away to wipe her tears, feeling like a complete idiot.
"It's a black Acura NSX." Adrien smirked at her and watched her get confused. "It has the body style of a lambo. Dual clutch system." Marinette became more confused and he sighed with a chuckle. "It has paddles on the sides of the steering wheel instead of the traditional stick." He made motions with his hands to explain the two for her and she nodded, laughing at herself. "Dual clutch is faster than single clutch. Makes the car go from zero to sixty faster."
"I'd love to see it sometime." Marinette smiled and cuddled beside him again.
"I'd love to do more than show you it. I'd love to drive you around the city in it." Adrien chuckled as he thought about his car. "Maybe I'd love to show you the backseat though." He peered over at her and waited for her to hear what he had said.
It didn't take her long to understand. He heard her gasp and felt her smack him with her hand, causing him to burst out laughing and hold his chest where she had hit him.
"Ow, that really hurt." Adrien laughed harder as he began to tickle her, causing her to giggle and roll off his bed.
She groaned at the pain in her arms as she laid on the floor. Adrien pulled himself over the side and peered down at her with a concerned expression. "You okay?"
Marinette just laid there and giggled as she looked up at him. He smirked and left from the edge to grab his pillow. He suddenly leaned over the edge and threw the soft pillow at her. She groaned and laughed harder as the pillow hit her in the face.
"Not fair. I'm unarmed." Marinette giggled as she got up and threw the pillow back at him.
Adrien laughed and threw the pillow back at her. She caught it and ran at him, shoving him back onto the bed. He fell onto his back with his hands above his head as she straddled his hips with the pillow in her hands. He smirked up at her and waited for her to smother him or hit him with the fluffy object.
"So, what are you gonna do Ms. Marinette?" Adrien stared at her with a dangerous expression that only made heat pool between her thighs. He watched her cheeks flush and her eyelids lower as she brought her bottom lip between her teeth. "You have me trapped."
Marinette placed the pillow on top of his hands and wrists, leaning over him with her hair falling around his face in a curtain. She searched his sultry emerald eyes and worried her bottom lip.
She watched him slowly part his lips and slowly flick his top lip with the tip of his tongue. A moan escaped from her lips and betrayed her, giving her away. Adrien watched her and raised his hips to press his arousal against her sex. She softly moaned, grinding her hips against him. Teasing him and causing him to let out a breathy moan.
"Marinette." Adrien spoke her name like a prayer and she bent down to steal a kiss from his lips. He ran his tongue along her bottom lip and flicked her top one. She moaned and sank into him as they grinded against one another, seeking satisfaction through their tight clothing. She slid her hands beneath the pillow and intertwined her fingers with his as she swirled her tongue around his. He brushed his lips against hers as she ran her tongue along his. He groaned and she slid her fingers from his to break the kiss.
Adrien softly moaned as he looked up at her with swollen lips. "Fuck me." He begged her in a tone that spoke more than his words.
She softly mewled and worried her bottom lip as she rocked her hips against him. Adrien brought his hands to her jeans, beginning to undo the button and zipper.
"Wait. I- I can't." Marinette gasped for breath as she remembered and began to panic. "Shit." She got off of him and grabbed her head in her hands.
Adrien sat up realizing that something was wrong. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?" He touched her arm and she shook her head.
She grabbed her hair and slowly looked up at him as tears fell down her cheeks. "I'm on the pill."
"Yeah… you told me that already… And?" Adrien tried to understand why she was so upset.
"We had sex." Marinette began to slowly explain between tears and her panicked breaths.
"True. So?" Adrien was becoming quickly frustrated. His heart began to pound in his chest as he tried to understand what she was getting at.
"You came inside of me." Marinette stood up and began to pace as she used her hands to gesture.
"Okay. Just get to the point. You're killing me here." Adrien sat on the edge of his bed and pulled at his hair as he watched her pace back and forth incessantly.
"I'm on antibiotics." Marinette burst out as she stopped to stare at him with widened eyes.
"Okay... " Adrien thought for a moment and then froze up. "Oh fuck."
"I know! I KNOW!" Marinette went back to pacing with an arm crossed over her chest, biting her nails.
Adrien sat there for a moment, not saying a word. He opened his mouth to speak and then quickly shut it. He cleared his throat and stood up. He grabbed her arm and pulled her against his body. Adrien ran his fingers through her hair. "It'll be okay. Just because we fucked up once, doesn't mean anything."
"But it doesn't mean I won't end up- end up- there can not be a baby in this damn hell hole." Marinette burst out and Adrien shushed her.
"Look, I doubt you will be. And even if you end up being… that way- we'll deal with it. Don't worry about it until it happens." Adrien quickly recovered what he said for a moment. "Not saying that it will! I'm just saying that-"
"I GET IT ADRIEN!" Marinette burst out and shoved him away as she fell onto her bed.
Nurse Bustier ran in to see what the commotion was about. "What is it? What's wrong?"
Adrien sat on his bed and ran his hand over his face. He couldn't even get himself to say it to Nurse Bustier. He didn't want to say it. Didn't want to admit how stupid they had been in the heat of the moment. How they hadn't even thought about the antibiotics.
"I'm on antibiotics." Marinette burst into tears as she hid in her hair. "I forgot they cancel birth control pills."
Nurse Bustier thought for a moment and worried her bottom lip as she sat down beside Marinette. "It's okay. It's my fault. I should have known to tell you and I didn't do that. I should have reminded you, but just because you screwed up one time… doesn't mean that you will get pregnant for sure. I can give you an emergency contraceptive, if you want. But only if you want to."
Marinette looked at a worried Adrien as he pulled his hair and slowly peered up to catch her gaze. He was heartbroken and worried for her. They didn't even know if she was. She wasn't even close to her period. Plus it had just happened. It would take several weeks to find out whether she was or not. She swallowed hard and tried to think of what was best.
She took a deep breath and slammed her palms down on the bed. "No. I fucked up and so I'll take the responsibility. If it happens it happens."
"We fucked up. Not just you." Adrien spoke with a broken voice as he cleared his throat and got up to sit beside her. He took her hand and ran his thumb along the back of her knuckles. Adrien brought her hand to his lips.
"Since you two are active… I'll get you an alternative contraception." Ms. Bustier smiled at Marinette and touched her thigh before she stood up.
Adrien and Marinette blushed as they watched her leave. Nurse Bustier ran into a frantic Chloe in the hallway.
"Yes, Chloe?" Ms. Bustier jumped and grabbed her scrubs as she tried to calm her breathing.
"Sabrina is on the edge of the smoking porch. She's talking about jumping." Chloe was in a panic at the thought of her girlfriend jumping.
"Okay. Calm down for me." Ms. Bustier tried to calm Chloe down when she heard gasps and screams. "Oh god." She suddenly left Chloe to run to the common area.
The group of guests were huddled around the porch with their hands over their mouths.
"What is the point?" Sabrina burst out as she let go with one hand. She dangled one foot over the edge and looked down. The ground shifted and became blurry as she looked at the greenery below. "Why even try?"