Miraculous One shots

Sinew <°~Ladynoir~°>

Without You part II

Somewhere in the heart of the city, a young man walked out of the stadium leaving all his dreams behind, his face twisted in anguish.

And somewhere across the city, the man in front of his work screen felt the despair flooding the young boy. He looked up to the woman sitting at her desk right opposite him. "Nathalie, explain my absence and represent me at the meeting."

Nathalie immediately understood and looking up from her work, she nodded, "I thought you were going to stop."

"Hiatus is over, Nathalie. Marinette is fine and Adrien said she's home safely. And besides, Ladybug and Catnoir would miss me by now." A smirk coated his lips as he turned to the towering portrait of the woman hed given his heart and soul to.

He pressed the right buttons and was lowered to the base he'd been away from for so long.

"It's time, Nooroo."

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"My wife just delivered two weeks ago. To the most beautiful girl in the world."

Ladybug froze for a second. What were the odds that the major events of their lives almost always seemed to coincide? It seemed almost unbelievable. She wanted to say she'd given birth the exact same time to a girl too but decided against it.

His expression dropped however, "That's actually what's been up."

Ladybug hesitated but then asked, "Did something happen with...with the baby?"

Catnoir sighed and hung his head, "Not the baby...It's just..." He paused swallowing the lump in his throat before daring to continue. He hated to remember the feeling. The feeling of almost losing Marinette. "I thought I would lose her. And the fear..." He turned to Ladybug locking gazes with her, "It almost drove me insane."

Ladybug's heartbeat sped. The look on in his eyes was so downright familiar. So agonizingly familiar.

"I would die if I lost her."

And if her heart was racing before, it was probably sprinting laps by now. She knew she shouldn't be thinking it, and she also shouldn't be trying to ask more and she should probably dispose the thought but she asked anyway, "What .uh...what happened to her?"

"The doctors didn't even know. But I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes when they rolled her away and told me she might not come back." He looked away, jaw clenched, chest tightened. And she could see just how much it hurt him so she tried to shift the topic, "She'll be okay." She gave his hand a tight squeeze.

Catnoir gave her a closed mouth smile, and nodded, "She will be. But she's so stubborn." He drawled and she chuckled, "You don't say?"

"Honestly, she never listens to me." He pouted, "Even when I just want her to be okay." His smile dropped as he mumbled the last part. Her expression dropped too, a frown drawing her brows. "I'm...I'm sure she doesn't do it to hurt you."

"I know she doesn't." He sighed, "I just...I'm so scared she'll leave me. I wouldn't be able to live with that. She's my whole world." A small smile formed on his lips, "She's my princess."