Gabenath AU! No miraculous this time. Gabriel lost his wife in a tragic accident. Sulking in his pain, his emotions buried deep inside, struggling with raising his only son on his own, he still has his business to run. The only thing that hasn't suffered under his endless mourning but quite the opposite, is selling better than ever and he is about to expand. Meeting in New York with Audrey Bourgeois, his long time friend and the Mayor's wife, who owns her own style magazine in the big, famous city. As the Mayor is going on a trip to visit his wife too, they are going there together, chartering their own aeroplane, as Gabriel likes to avoid most humans at all. Being abandoned by Audrey, who has an important meeting every night, André can convince Gabriel to visit a small club, with a female singer to entertain the guest.
What happens, when Gabriel hears the voice of Nathalie and for the first time, since Emily died, something reaches his heart.
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Written for the GabeNath Reverse Bang 2023 challenge (cover art done by siren-drawing-stuff)
The Kingdom of Lapia is strong and unshakable, just like its monarch. But under the surface, King Gabriel is consumed with grief. He masks it well, but this cold demeanor distances him from his son, leaving it Captain Nathalie's job to bring them back together. Having known the king since childhood, this should've been an easy task for the captain of the royal guard. But will the growing threat of the Akumas -a magic-wielding group they'd both cut ties with- make it impossible? Or could this be what reunites the royal family, and, perhaps, reveal buried feelings?
Though surely in this society, a knight could never love her king.