#i love love love when simons whole attempt at flirting is to star into someones soul

[metalnchains]

He’s staring again. Even with one earbud in, music blaring, and a turned back, you know he’s boring holes into your back. Why he’s here terrorizing you is beyond you. You’ve never addressed him by the wrong rank, never bumped into him, never spoken out of turn to your knowledge. To your remembrance your longest conversation was whether or not he and his team had had a good flight over here, nothing offensive about that right? So why he’s once again chosen to sit here in a hard plastic chair that’s far too small for his hulking frame is a mystery. You know it’s his choice now. You’d interrogated Kate after the first time. She was wholly amused by your plight apparently, assuring you he wasn’t a threat to you. He was just…like that apparently. His team always comes in boisterous, happy to be on flat ground and in good company with Kate and the captain leading. The captain is always polite but distant. He and Kate always seem to need to get down to business quickly to help ease the weight on their shoulders. Being at the top came with heavy burdens. The sergeants are more chatty. They’re quick with a quip for you, or a light hearted jab for the other sergeant before heading into the conference room. He’s always the last to enter building, massive, intimidating, and silent. The first time he entered he’d stared at you with furrowed brows as you greeted the small crowd. His stare cut through any lighthearted chatter on the tip of your tongue. Scuttling back to the desk and starting on those end of quarter reports seemed a much safer option than standing there waiting for any orders from Kate. And it would have been a perfect plan…If he hadn’t stayed outside the conference room on guard duty not even ten feet away from you. No words, no acknowledgment just that god awful staring. Your polite attempts at small talk eventually petering out into embarrassed paper shuffling. Now you can say you’re almost used to it. It’s still unnerving to catch the skull out of the corner of your eye. Or steal a glance at just how deep and dark his eyes are. But at least he’s stopped trying to kill you with his furrowed eyebrows. His expression has smoothed out to boredom instead of unease, and mistrust. Your best guess is that the sound of a keyboard, and a stapler just aren’t much of a threat. Whatever it was you’re thankful.

You’ve started to bring them coffee for their meetings. The puffy rings under their eyes noticeable. Your hands nearly shake when you bring him a cup for the first time. Sitting at your desk feels easier and less heavy now that you’ve gone and approached him successfully, even if he’s not moving to actually take a drink. You feel accomplished, like a little kid brave enough to go and check for monsters all by themselves instead of asking an adult to do it for them. You have to stifle a laugh with a cough at how comically small the little styrofoam cup looks in his massive hand. Almost like a child’s toy teacup. He takes his coffee black. You’ve only seen him drink a sip or two in the several times they’ve been here over the last few months. But he’s never reached for the creamer or sugar you always leave on the chair next to him. He’s started to nod at you when you hand him the cup. When his finger tips had brushed yours the last time you handed him his cup it had felt like a spark. You’d almost said sorry to him for touching him, it was so unexpected. His fingers had been warm though. Warm and slightly rough with callouses. Winter was the worst. With the end of the year looming the workload you and everyone else were expected to complete become more and more. Your poor wrists were taking the brunt of it. The ache was getting harder and harder to ignore, and lifting them to stretch or rub at the aching muscles was only getting you so far. Still the reports, spread sheets, and now frequent coffee runs didn’t let up. The 141 had been here for nearly 2 weeks now. Meeting with Kate and god knows how many other people all over base. The lieutenant’s stare hadn’t even registered in your frazzled brain as you tried to survive these damned reports. He’s never approached your desk before today. Never even come close to stepping behind it. But today he’s leaning over your chair, nearly touching you. His body heat is radiating out warming you quicker than the ancient central heating in this building could ever dream of. With a grumbled “can’t sit ‘ere watching ya break yer wrists luv” he placed a wrist rest by your keyboard. His face is so close when you turn. You’re close enough to see the brown of his eyes, and that they’re crinkled a bit like he’s amused at your warming cheeks. They’re deeper than you’d ever glimpsed in your periphery, but they’re so very warm.

Suddenly having him stare at you with those eye of his doesn’t seem so bad.

[miraculouscontent]

What do you think would be if Agreste family was Childless (read: What if Adrien don't exist)?

I can’t get into too much detail because no Adrien means no Chat Noir and that’s dicey-er territory. Still, I’ll give it a go.

Obvious stuff first:

- Gabriel wouldn’t have as many on-screen moments of ���sympathy” since no Adrien hug and no scene with them watching Emilie’s starring role together.

- We’re going to presume that there’s a new cat who is at least competent enough to follow Ladybug’s orders and get the job done.

- No Adrien means no book which means no potions at the very least; we will however presume that Marinette gets a Lucky Charm in “Sapotis” that leads her to Fu, even if the Lucky Charm confuses her so she has to ask Tikki about it (which then leads to Tikki taking her to Fu), so temporary heroes will still be a thing (otherwise this’ll be boring with me shrugging at a bunch of temporary holder episodes).

Anyway, episodes that would be significantly different without Adrien are bolded, episodes that are uncertain (i.e: ones that involve potions) are marked with a *, and episodes that are bolded and italicized outright/possibly would not happen at all:

Season 1

Stormy Weather (no visit to the park, possibly no Alya since Alya’s purpose in coming was to tell Marinette about Adrien; if Alya does show up, possibly just Marinette and Alya being gay moms to Manon)

Evillustrator

Lady Wifi

Princess Fragrance (new cat possibly doesn’t get hit by Princess Fragrance’s perfume, as it was Chat’s idea to open the windows in the first place, which let Princess Fragrance spray her perfume in)

Dark Cupid (new cat possibly not getting shot since they wouldn’t be distracted by confessing to Ladybug)

Mr. Pigeon (new cat likely not allergic to feathers; Marinette would probably still compete in the hat contest though)

Pixelator (new cat may not get shot by Pixelator as Adrien got shot protecting Chloe which... who would protect Chloe?)

Copycat (um... yeah)

The Bubbler (Adrien doesn’t exist, therefore no one for Nino to get akumatized over)

Simon Says

Rogercop (this one’s debatable, but Plagg might not see the bracelet from his vantage point, so he might not cause the whole incident that leads to Roger being fired)

Gamer (no Adrien means that Max and Marinette would be teaming up, so unless Max gets akumatized just out of being beaten by a girl, we’re good)

Animan (no Adrien to set up Nino’s date with Marinette, meaning Alya and Nino aren’t at the zoo, don’t get trapped in the cage, and thus don’t get together)

Darkblade (this one wouldn’t really be different exactly, but this showcases Adrien’s fencing ability while he’s fighting against Darkblade as Chat; it’s not significant but more like a fun fact)

The Pharaoh

Timebreaker (new cat might protect Ladybug differently rather than taking the time to hug AND shield her; possibly no time travel back and Marinette might drop the watch herself since there’s no Adrien to grab it first, though that’s really insignificant since the watch had to be run over by Alix for it to break)

Horrificator (Inspector Jones is different so no Chloe insisting on being the other role, though Mylene would still be chased away; hm, I wonder who Inspector Jones would be if not Adrien?)

The Puppeteer (possibly no Rogercop, so it’d be a different akuma)

The Mime

Guitar Villain

Reflekta (no Adrien, so unless the photographer still puts Juleka in the middle and Chloe insists on being there, which she didn’t in the original as it was only being next to Adrien that she cared about, Juleka wouldn’t be sent to the bathroom)

Ladybug & Chat Noir (Origins - Part 1) (This one is REALLY subjective and debatable so don’t take it too seriously, but it’s possible that the new cat would’ve listened to Plagg’s full instructions and Plagg might’ve talked about Ladybug’s purification; therefore, the new cat might’ve been like, “Hey, are you supposed to purify that or--” “Oh! Right!” meaning no second Stoneheart)

Stoneheart (Origins - Part 2) (Again, only relevant if you assume that Part 1 would have the new cat reminding Ladybug of purification)

Antibug

Kung Food (no Adrien to help Marinette with Chinese; honestly I feel like this is better because the writers would probably have to have her know Chinese instead of being taught terms by a white boy)

Volpina (no Adrien, no book, no Marinette getting upset at Lila dissing Ladybug and thus - in addition to no Adrien for Lila to flirt with - no Ladybug calling Lila out unless she does it differently) (either way, no Volpina in general because there’s no fox hero for her to base herself on, so it’d just be a generic illusion maker if anything)

Season 2

The Collector (no “Volpina” means no “The Collector”)

Prime Queen (depends on whether Ladybug and the new cat are ship-tastic enough for Nadja to do a story on and if the new cat would stand up enough for Ladybug that Ladybug wouldn’t feel the need to barge out)

Glaciator (no Adrien means no disappointed Marinette means no Andre the ice cream man being upset)

Despair Bear (no Adrien to tell Chloe to start being nice means Chloe shall make no attempt to)

Troublemaker (no Adrien pictures means Marinette isn’t as panicked so Penny wouldn’t have to kick everyone out so readily)

Gigantitan (no Adrien, no Gorilla to try to akumatize, so no butterfly to akumatize August)

Riposte (Adrien is apparently Armand D'Argencourt’s best student; thus, no Adrien means that Kagami would just get into the fencing class)

Befana

Frightningale (this one is a BIIIIIG “if”; Chloe would have to care enough to want to be Ladybug without Adrien as the cat, and then Marinette would have to be peeved enough at the idea of Chloe being Ladybug to interrupt, which she technically implies in the original by saying, “Chloé playing Ladybug? No way! Not gonna happen!”)

Gorizilla (no Adrien for Gorilla to lose)

Robostus

Sapotis (again, we’re presuming that Ladybug gets a Lucky Charm that either leads her to Fu or Marinette asks Tikki about the Lucky Charm and Tikki leads her to Fu)

Dark Owl

Syren* (no aqua powers; possible zodiac usage, like Dragon for water powers)

Zombizou

Captain Hardrock (no Adrien for Marinette to get depressed over but she’d obviously still meet Luka, whether on deck or in his room)

Frozer* (no Adrien for Marinette to third wheel for alongside Luka, but Philippe’s ice rink is still in jeopardy so he’ll still be akumatized; also, no ice powers)

Style Queen (new cat very well might not be turned to glitter, meaning no need to go to Fu anyway because the bee actually wasn’t needed to beat the akuma: Plagg/the cat was)

Queen Wasp* (no bee miraculous to lose, no Queen Bee, Audrey may or may not get close to Chloe because Marinette has less reason to help)

Reverser (new cat would get reversed into something else at the very least?)

Anansi (we’re assuming that this would be an episode where Nino gets his miraculous even if he’s not dating Alya; it just wouldn’t involve Alya)

Malediktator (no Queen Bee, no video to get into a huff over)

Sandboy (new cat’s civilian and hero nightmares would be different)

Catalyst (Heroes Day - Part 1) (if Volpina doesn’t happen, Hawk Moth doesn’t have his illusion maker, but that one was more debatable so we’ll presume he gets around it enough or Volpina did happen but very differently) (the subplot about Marinette preparing sweets is likely averted; in the original, Marinette went back on admitting that she lied because of Adrien being a sad boy which made her feel guilty) (bonus that Alya can’t use any “you’re jealous because Lila hit on Adrien” excuse with Marinette because Adrien doesn’t exist)

Mayura (Heroes Day - Part 2) (no Queen Bee so no Queen Wasp, and it’s debatable if Alya and Nino would’ve been close enough to care if/when the other got hit by Dark Cupid’s arrows)

Santa Claws (no Adrien means no final straw for Santa)

Season 3

Chameleon (no Adrien means no akumatization motive for Lila; also, no Adrien means that Marinette isn’t holding back from calling out Lila’s lying and Alya still can’t use the “you’re jealous because aDriEn” excuse, so we’ll presume that Alya trusts Marinette - an insane concept, I know - and looks into Lila’s lies)

Animaestro (no Adrien, no macaron, no last straw for Astruc and Marinette likely wouldn’t even show up for the premiere)

Bakerix

Backwarder (no Adrien love letter to accidentally give to Marianne, though it’d be hilarious to see Marianne’s reaction to being given the prescription; still )

Reflekdoll (no Adrien, no Alya intrusion, no Juleka blaming Marinette for no reason)

Weredad (based on if the love square is even still a thing, this could go any number of ways, but likely wouldn’t happen in the exact same way at least; also, I doubt the new cat would be curious about Marinette being on her own damn balcony)

Silencer

Oni-Chan (no Adrien means no picture for Kagami to get salty over)

Miraculer (no Queen Bee)

Oblivio (new cat might not be lounging around and calling them and Ladybug a couple; even if this episode still did happen, obviously it’d be very different)

Desperada (no Adrien means no guitar scene and no Aspik)

Christmaster (no Adrien gifts means no lie)

Startrain (depending on who the cat is, Ladybug might have to either go it alone or teleport away from the train to get them)

Kwami Buster (if the cat is someone who doesn’t go to Marinette’s school, possibly no Ms. Mendeleiev trying to catch the kwami)

Feast

Gamer 2.0 (this would technically be the first Gamer since “Gamer” very likely didn’t happen; ambiguous how the new cat will handle stressed out Ladybug or if they’re good at games in the first place)

Stormy Weather 2 (no subplot about Marinette delivering Adrien’s homework)

Ikari Gozen (no Adrien for Marinette to worry over so no phone-peeking and no sad Kagami)

Timetagger (new cat may no Cataclysm Bunnyx’s miraculous, which is what caused Bunnyx to be trapped in the past in the first place, unable to return)

Party Crasher (no Adrien, no party)

Puppeteer 2 (no Adrien means no museum means and no DJWifi dating for them to flirt and completely abandon the child they were supposed to watch)

Chat Blanc (no Adrien crush means no gift which means no Chat Noir figuring out Ladybug’s identity)

Felix (no Adrien means no video for Felix to sabotage)

Ladybug (Lila may’ve been called out by “Chameleon,” and even if Marinette was expelled, Alya still doesn’t have the “Adrien” excuse to pull, making it look even worse for her if she refuses to see Lila as a suspect)

Heart Hunter (Battle of the Miraculous - Part 1) (no Adrien means no sad Marinette which means Ladybug would be alert enough to go de-transform first or realize that Hawk Moth is following her) (also, Audrey possibly isn’t in Paris because she was planning on leaving before Chloe and her made up)

Miracle Queen (Battle of the Miraculous - Part 2) (Queen Bee never happened)

[justowrite]

Late Night Stories(3)

genre(s): fluff and angst

summary:  I am not completely sure what why I do it, but I might have to do with the fast beating of my heart. I’ll answer something whatever you want

words: 1681

warnings: mention of blood, and injury and cursing

a/n:  i’m sorry for the delay of this chapter, I had time to write(or even check my computer) until today…anyway sorry if there are any mistakes, I hope you enjoy this one too! :D (also just imagine Baz’s reaction during this whole thing, it’s kind of hilarious)

Ao3

Part 1 / 2 / 4

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Part 3

I come out of the kitchen with a glass of orange juice. I was walking to the couch to sit and (awkwardly) watch T.V. next to Agatha like we do every day after dinner and Agatha’s parents leave their room. As I walked behind her I noticed the screen of her phone first. Particularly an username (Penny says that I got her share of good sight).

Baz_Pitch

“You are stalking him on Instagram?” I muttered, unconsciously.

She jumped scared, holding her phone against her chest. “Simon!”

“You are stalking Baz on Instagram? Really?” Agatha opens her mouth to talk but she doesn’t answer. “Why? You two are friends now? Are you talking?”

“It’s nothing Simon” It sure as hell doesn’t look like it is. She is tense, holding her phone as if I was going to snatch from her hands, her face was flushed till her ears. I always found that trait adorable. “It really is, it’s not a crime chosen one; you are just making a big deal because it’s Baz.”

“Exactly!” I passed my hands through my hair, “Baz is evil, he…” She cuts me

Agatha stands. “Because he doesn’t like your all-knowing, all-wise mentor?” She moves her hands raises her hands and smiles mocking me in way too reminiscent of Baz.

“No!” I snap, I realize I spilled the water on the floor. “Because he is a vampire, he thinks he is better than anyone else, he doesn’t think everyone should be in Watford, he doesn’t think I should be in…”

She stops me again. “That’s it? Because he doesn’t like you?” She answers, ignoring everything else I just said. I stare frustrated at her, clenching my hand around the glass. “Sometimes it looks like the only problem you have against Baz is an unrequited crush.”

“Agatha…” I start talking, but she leaves me. “Agatha!” I try going after her, to reason with her, I fall to the floor. The glass in my hands shatters ’s against the floor and my hands. I sit down on the floor, just where I fell against the couch. And it was wet. “For the fucks sake!” I hissed with my teeth clenched as I stared my bleeding hand.

It took me half an hour to take all the broken shards off my hand and clean the literal bloody mess before I could back to my room. My head was pulsating with a persisting migraine, as my the rest of my body was almost shaking in an attempt to contain my magic by the time I threw myself to the bed.

***

Do you like the stars? That’s all I can think of. It’s lame and it almost feels childish after 10 minutes of blankly staring at my phone.

Baz uploaded the sky for the second time, it’s just the stars, no caption. It’s late for the second time, and he is outside again. Yesterday he didn’t seem to be out. Maybe that’s how much he needs to eat or drink. Now the I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him actually eat (he was eating cereal yesterday, wasn’t he?). I get chills of the idea of Baz draining blood from an innocent victim. But I remember that he is right, I can’t stop him from the snapchat and he might ignore me if I ask him for about he is doing outside again.

But couldn’t I come up something better than that?

As I come back to reality, I noticed he answered. It’s the sky again, still, the picture manages to catch the tip of the threes. He…is a pretty good photographer. (Shocking, something Baz is good a something.) I do. Is that crime chosen one? I felt a struck of magic, I take a deep breath.

Is that what you do at 1:23 am in the forest? Watch the stars? I try to listen to Penny, to not let him get to me, to not give him and the pleasure. Not more than having Agatha, and being better than me in too many aspects.

By now you would think you’ve gotten the message Snow but I should’ve expected. My mistake, I overestimated you. It’s none is of your business. I feel a final sudden hit of magic before the room is filled with my magic. My phone starts turning on next to the lightbulb of the room.

I drop it. And take a deep breath. Why am I even talking to him? I look at the window and see the streets, it’s quiet and my mind is so loud. I breathe deeply again. I stare at the window, although I am not really focusing on what I am seeing, my sight is blurry instead. Counting. Listening to my own breathing. Until there’s only slight ring in the back of my neck.

I turn my phone back on. It’s a relieve it didn’t completely break after that attack (the light bulb is another story). I am surprised to see another notification with his name. He sends it 5 min after I open his last text.

I am watching the sky. It’s a picture of his legs sitting on the grass.

Why at 1:37 am??? I am sure by now he has seen every corner of this room in photos.

I can’t sleep. He has shoes unlike the past days; tennis that absolutely doesn’t match his silky pyjama pants.

I frown. You don’t have that problem on Watford(?)

Here there’s too much silence. I understand what he means. In Watford, there’s something in the background, something that even when I close my eyes I know where I am, instead of the living nightmare of the rest of my life. He sends another one quickly, he changes the angle to show me the sky with the tip of his feet on the frame. The starts help me to sleep.

Why?

He doesn’t answer immediately, it takes him a couple of minutes. They remind of someone.

I lay comfortably on the bed before answering. They are Watford then…

Yes. Surprisingly it’s a video of him walking on the grass. Back home I assume.

Are they important to you?

Yes.

I hesitate to ask, knowing he probably won’t answer. Why?

I sigh relieve when I see his fireplace off, he is back at home then. You could say that, I guess. I noticed I am sitting in the middle of the messy bed, hugging my knees and holding my phone with both hands between them, anxiously staring at the screen. I lay comfortably on the bed before answering.

Do you love them? I never really thought about Baz caring about someone, much less love.

It hits me how awful that sounds.

I think about Agatha. I gulp nervously.

You are asking too many questions Snow.

I am not completely sure what why I do it, but I might have to do with the fast beating of my heart. I’ll answer something whatever you want

Why would I do that? Why would you? You don’t think I’ll use it to plot against you later? The worst thing is that I want to know more than I care about that.

Probably. I’ve been living with you 7 years, after next year it’ll be our last year of high school. I’m kind of expect you to do it actually.

Why did you break up with Wellbelove? It takes me off guard, I hold my breath before answering.

She broke up with me…I was never the best boyfriend, I tried doing what I thought she wanted but I never really knew what it was. She said she didn’t want to be anyone’s happy ending, she didn’t want to be a final goal.

My heart stops beating for a second. Do you love her?

Yes I write and stare at the blinking line next to it, instead of sending it. Why does that feel heavy and wrong?

I try to remember the feeling of when I saw Agatha for the first time when she said yes to be my girlfriend, when we started watching T.V. together and how I felt when she smiled, even when it wasn’t at me. I remember the feeling of overwhelming happiness because I couldn’t believe that I was alive to see it. I think about how I feel when I see her in the morning still gorgeous as always when she I see her smile and laugh at her phone to her other friends when she talks to me as if we were friends again. I think about today. I think I used to. I send finally. Now you can run after her, I am sure she will welcome you with open arms. I hope he reads it as unhappy as I thought it.

You can stop being bitter Snow. He does know me decently well. I am not interested in Wellbelove, you can sleep in peace.

I’ve seen you flirting with her, it’s not a secret Baz. He stops answering again. I take like I am right like he doesn’t care to deny it again.

Although I am not surprised when he answers with a photo of the stars from his window either, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Baz not having the last word in an argument before. I do love him.

Him. Him. Him. Him? He doesn’t respond. He doesn’t even open it actually. Two minutes after I send another one. Poor unfortunate soul, I would be secretive about this if I was him too.

It takes Baz 4 minutes to finally open my snaps. And less than 4 seconds to answer. It’s a moved photo of some part of his room. Honestly, Wellbelove had it worse, I don’t know how she didn’t break up sooner with you. It must take real determination to be with you, Snow.

I sigh relieved. You’ve called me Simon before.

No, I haven’t.