Tw: this akuma attack is basically to a shooting, if that's too much for you, skip this. I realised that even though the miraculous holders suits are impenetrable, the wearer would still feel the force of the blow. So if one got shot, the bullet wouldn't enter but they'd still feel the force of the bullet. Which made me think "could LB and CN even stop a gunman?" Which lead to this idea. Also we're gonna pretend the boys go to the same school for this.

Most students went to the cafeteria for lunch period, some went to the quad to play basketball and some went to the art room to draw. Adrien went to the music room, he was going to go get lunch after, he just had to pick up some sheet music he'd left behind. He was the only one in there, looking for the sheets in the stack on the teachers desk when he heard the first bang. Given the music room was right above the locker room, he assumed someone has slammed a locker door.

But then there was another, followed by screaming. Cat Noir instincts kicked in, and he was about to open the door to see what was going on and if he had to transform. But in a matter of seconds, Luka ran in, slammed the door shut and grabbed Adrien by the arm.

"Wh-what's going on?!" He asked.

"Akuma! We need to hide" Luka replied, panic in his tone.

"But I have to-"

"Not this one"

Luka dragged him into the storage room, slammed the door shut and immediately got to work finding the heaviest equipment and blocking the doorway. Adrien hadn't ever seen Luka this panicked before, he was usually the calmest one on the group.

"What's going on? What do you mean?" Adrien asked.

"I don't know- all I saw was this dark winged person with a gun like thing and people dropping and bleeding. Your suit might protect you from getting wounded but the force of a shot will still put you out of action" Luka rambled in a panicked flurry.

Adrien froze in shock, a shooting!? This akuma was genuinely shooting at people? Magic attacks are one thing, at least the lucky charm can reverse that. But actual shots? He wasn't sure if the lucky charm COULD reverse non magic damage. Before he could really react, he was sat in the storage closet with Luka, having barricaded the door with the heaviest music equipment they could find. Amps, speakers, brass instruments and full drum sets. Hearing the shots and screaming outside made it really sink in for Adrien, this was real... this was happening.

He'd been in some dangerous situations as Cat Noir before, but this? He could genuinely die. His suit may stop the entry wound, but the force would knock him down. And from there? One shot to his unprotected head and he was done. Luka was right, he couldn't fight this time. Nor could Ladybug, or any of the heroes. They were made for magic fights, and Hawkmoth had just given an akuma a real weapon. Hawkmoth was... escalating. It was scary, that he was willing to allow someone to kill for him. That he'd prey on someone who was clearly mentally unstable and make them commit such acts.

"Did you see who it was?" Adrien asked.

"No, their face was covered" Luka replied, with a thousand yard stare.

Adrien had never seen Luka this shaken before, but if he'd just witnessed two people potentially die..? He couldn't blame him. Would the lucky charm even reverse this? It only revered damage from akuma magic... a gun wasn't magic.

"My sister- fuck, oh my gods Juleka!" Luka suddenly panicked, the realisation his sister was out there hitting him like a truck.

It hit Adrien like a truck too, he had no idea who was out there, who was hiding, who escaped. Was Nino ok? Alya? Marinette? Nath and Marc? Luka fumbled with his phone, immediately texting his sister, he knew she usually had her phone on silent, but she'd feel the buzz in her pocket. He typed as fast as he could, not stopping to correct the typos.

L: ARE YOU OK
L: JULES PLZ ARE YU OK

The boys watched the screen in anticipation for several minutes before the typing dots popped up.

J: ok
J: in art closet w Rose Nath Marc

Wave of relief washing over them, they at least knew those four were hidden safely.

L: thank fucking gods
L: in music closet w Adrien
J: messaged mum
J: she's calling cops.

Before they could reply with anything else, they were startled by the sound of the music room door banging against the wall as it was kicked open. Luka almost dropped his phone, immediately stuffing it in his pocket and instinctively grabbing Adrien and pulling him into his arms. They clung to each other as their hearts raced, hearing footsteps in the music room. They put each others hands over their mouths to keep themselves quiet, cowering in the corner and listening. Footsteps, cupboard doors opening, footsteps, desks being knocked over, footsteps, instruments crashing to the ground.

Footsteps.... The doorknob turning.

They stared at the closet door in fear, eyes welling up with tears and grip on each other tight. But Luka's idea to barricade the door would be what saved them. The akuma tried to push the door open, but the stack of heavy objects stopped it from going anywhere. That didn't stop the fear from coursing through them as they watched the door shake and tried to stay as quiet as possible. Adrien had seen some wild shit as Cat Noir... but this had him genuinely fearing his life. His heart pounded, his legs shook, his quiet breath was shaky and he was tenser than he'd ever been. He'd never seen Luka scared before, he was always so calm and collected. But he looked like he was about to have a heart attack, thinking of not just his life but his sisters in the room next door and what would happen if either of them died.

The door stopped moving, silence hung in the air.

BANG! A shot in the door. The boys jumped, holding back terrified screams.

BANG, another shot, the wood of the door splintering.

BANG BANG BANG! Three more shots, through the hole in the door and ricocheting around the small store room. The first got lodged into the guitar cases, the second hit the wall by the doorframe and the third... right into Luka's shin.

He stifled a scream of pain by burying his face in Adrien's chest as the blonde watched the his crush's blue jeans quickly turn red, the blood pooling around him rapidly. In shock they froze, listening to the footsteps walk away as the akuma was seemingly satisfied with their attempts at hitting someone inside.

"Holy shit, holy shit-" Adrien panicked in a hushed tone.

Luka couldn't keep fully quiet, the pain searing and making him sob into Adrien's shirt.

Typically, it was Luka comforting Adrien. Usually over something his dad did. But this time, Adrien was the one having to quell the tears. He immediately kicked into Cat Noir mode, had had to treat wounds in battles before... albeit not shot wounds.

"I'm sorry Luka this will probably hurt" he said, reaching for the nearest thing to use as a platform.

A loose snare drum, he pulled it over and lifted the wounded leg onto it to raise it. Both to try and slow the bleeding and to look for an exit wound.

"Can you feel it? Fuck, please tell me you can" Adrien asked.

"It burns, it burns!" Luka sobbed.

"Oh thank gods, that means you aren't paralysed"

Sure the pain wasn't nice, but at least he'd not hit any vital points that would have him paralysed. He could survive this if they acted quick. He wasn't hit in any vital organs, but he was bleeding FAST. Adrien pulled up the leg of Luka's jeans, looking for an exit wound. The shot had entered from the top, next to the shin bone and was leaking copious amounts of blood. But there was no exit wound. The bullet was still inside him.

It'd be painful, and he'd probably need a surgery to get it out, but right now the bleeding had to stop. Adrien took off his white over shirt, not caring how red it was about to become. He folded it over long ways several times, and wrapped it around the wound as tight as he could. Luka hissed in pain, grabbing Adrien's leg and squeezing hard.

"I know, I'm sorry" he said.

"I know, I know-" Luka replied, knowing this was needed no matter how bad it hurt.

Adrien tied it tight, and watched the white fabric turn red. Another layer, he needed something else. He looked around, for anything he could use.

"Give me your jacket" he said, helping Luka get it off.

The thicker denim would make it harder for blood to soak through, Adrien folded it over in the same way, and wrapped it around the wound tight and tied it as tight as he could. When he was done he looked down at the mess. His hands were covered in Luka's blood, his jeans were red from having to kneel in the pooling blood around them. Luka's jeans were soaked with the stuff and there was a massive smear on the ground under them. But at least he couldn't see anymore blood soaking through.

The sound of more shots made them both jump, this time coming from the room next door... the art room. They couldn't hear anyone screaming, so they hoped that meant the group in the store room was unharmed. Sirens began to wail in the near distance, finally, finally there was a sense of hope.

"Oh my gods-" was all Adrien could mutter.

Luka reached out, craving comfort. Adrien took him into his arms and they simply sat there in tears and pain, covered in blood and listened for the sounds of police.

"Thank you..." Luka sighed through choked sobs.

"You saved our fucking loaves thinking to barricade us in" Adrien replied.

"You probably just saved me from bleeding out"

"You're gonna be ok"

Now he couldn't see himself bleeding anymore, and those sirens were getting closer... he felt like that was true.

"I love you Adrien, I love you" Luka sobbed.

"I love you too" Adrien replied, through his own coked sobs.

In that moment they both knew that 'love' meant genuine romantic love. But they'd address that when they weren't in mortal danger.

The next 10 or so minutes were a huge blur of hearing a gun fight from police, hearing the lucky charm, and eventually hearing police calling out for victims. Adrien was quick to push the barricades away from the door and call for help, and he just had to watch in fear as Luka got pulled away from him to be taken to hospital. The survivors were all escorted to the park across the road where everyone would be questioned, documented and eventually returned to parents. When he go to the park the first person he looked for was Juleka, and upon seeing only Adrien and all the blood he was covered in, she immediately begged him to tell her Luka was alive.

"He's ok! He's ok! He got hit in the leg but he's alive, he's in an ambulance" Adrien assured.

She immediately grabbed him into a tight hug, sobbing into his shoulder.

"Oh my gods, thank fucking gods" she subbed.

"He's ok... we stopped the bleeding, he'll be ok,"

"Thank you... holy fucking shit I was so scared"

"M-me too..."

They had truly come so close to loosing Luka, had Adrien not known to stop the bleeding he could have bled out. The two simply stood there sobbing in relief. Juleka that her brother was ok, Adrien that his love was ok.

When parents were finally allowed to come get their kids, Adrien knew even this wouldn't bring his father out of his office. But the relief he felt when he saw Nathalie, and the way he cried like a baby wanting his mum when she scooped him up and hugged him tight. The fear in her voice when she asked about the blood and the relief when she learnt he was unharmed and Luka would be ok. Everything felt so surreal, and that drive home felt like a fever dream.

"I can't believe that was an akuma..." Adrien muttered.

"...me either" Nathalie sighed.

"Why? What happened to make hawkmoth jump from Mr Pidgin 80 times to... that..?"

"...I... don't know"

As Cat Noir, he was never that scared of hawkmot. He has his cataclysm and he'd won every fight. But this... this made him, fear Hawkmoth like never before. He almost lost his life... he almost lost Luka...

As soon as he knew Luka was ok, and he could see him again, he'd start asking the questions with Ladybug. But right know? He just wanted Luka to be ok. And to get out of the clothes stained with his lovers blood.