fanon always has post-reveal adrien channeling chat and getting super cocky around mari and you know that i love that along with the rest but please for a moment consider the opposite
- adrien finding out that marinette is ladybug and getting so shy
- so shy
- because here is this amazing girl who is also his lady and holy crap how can he live up to that
- so he starts stuttering around her and not knowing how to act. chat isn’t nearly as flirty with ladybug as he used to be and it’s just AWKWARD
- at least for him
- because lets be real marinette wouldn’t help at ALL
- instead of ladybug getting all shy around chat she’s flirty as HELL
- bc she finds out that adrien, her crush, her perfect adrien, is actually just her dork of a partner. and it makes being around both of them so much simpler.
- so one day lb and chat are fighting an akuma
- same old same old except
- mari says something sultry
- and adrien just goes RED IN THE FACE like HOLY CRAP who knew he was an ear blusher
- and mari sees this and just says, with a sly smile and faux worried eyebrows, “what’s wrong? ladybug got your tongue?”
- and chat is just DYING
- because?? ? ? yes!! ! and he doesn’t know how to DEAL WITH IT
- with HER
- he knows once upon a time chat would have unflinchingly flirted back and dropped some pun
- but he is just red and stunned and stuttering and ladybug just chuckles
- then back at school it’s the exact same
- mari takes to leaning forward and whispering jokes and stuff into adrien’s ear
- and sometimes they’re cute and funny and simple
- but sometimes they’re sultry af and dangerously flirty
- and nino or alya will come back from the bathroom and adrien is red all down his neck and chest and his hands are covering his face
- and marinette is just leaing back in her chair, arms crossed, just. smug.
- and nino and alya are just
- ????