Giving in?

Control

Gabriel Agreste felt his beautiful and naked! assistant's lips on his own and all he wanted to do, was to give in to the tempting woman and fuck her senseless. But knowing, that it was all caused by the substance and the following overly high production of all sorts of things, that would turn every man into a brainless caveman, only driven by the rousing scent of the woman before him, he slowly grabbed her hands and pulled them from the back of his neck.

With quite some effort he parted their lips and pressed her hands to his chest, to then hold her taut and lean his forehead against hers.

"I am so sorry!", he mumbled, "I didn't mean to make this even worse for you. I didn't even notice, what I was doing. But I won't take advantage of you like that!"

He thought for a moment, then added:

"Well, at least, I will try!"

Nathalie could feel tears burn in her eyes, while she was taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Though she knew, that he was just trying to not take advantage, she still felt rejected. There was this small thought, which kept crawling back into her thinking, reminding her, that he was still in love with his wife and trying to get those miraculous, to bring her back to life.

He had been trying for so long already, had missed so many chances, to eventually move on and be there for his son again.

Well, he had taken that one chance, maybe the only one, he had ever had, yet he didn't even know about that one. And it was because of herself, that he didn't. When he had eventually gotten hold of the rabbit miraculous again, not only his, but Nathalie's health had been that bad, that he had given it to her and told her to not care about him, but just go back to the moment, when she used the peacock miraculous for the first time and keep herself from doing so.

Of course she had obeyed his order, well almost, cause she had only intervened right before they would have captured the little old man, not knowing, that she would save both their lives by doing that. Strangely she still had every memory about the things, she had prevented to happen, while Gabriel could only remember the day, when the guardian had been able to escape them.

The assistant could even recall the deciphered grimoire and had therefore been able, to repair the peacock miraculous, but being aware of what the future held for Gabriel, if he became Monarch one day, she had kept that a secret.

He had been really sweet, when he took care of her, after she had been Mayura for the last time, so her broken body could eventually heal. He had even stayed in her room for the nights, watching out for her, helping her with every issue, that came up. But then for some reason, he suddenly had become more distant again and had focused back on reviving Emilie.

Nathalie wasn't even sure, if he was aware about her feelings for him or if he had just thought, she was so loyal and devoted to her employers, that she had been willing to help him get her back.

Gabriel had noticed the glistening in her eyes by now and nudged her carefully backwards and into a sitting position again.

"I'm sorry too!", she whimpered, feeling him pull away from her.

He sighed, while cupping her face with his right hand.

"I'll be quick, Nathalie, I promise. Just try to relax, yeah? I know, that sounds totally stupid, but..."

He sighed again, turning to leave.

"Please get dressed, alright?"

"Okay!", she whispered, watching him leave, then covered her face in her hands to muffle her sobs. Shaking her head to try and get a clear thought, she forced back the tears and quickly put on the black pyjama, she had worn back then, when Gabriel had been staying with her.