-MARINETTE-

Marinette carefully clutched her son, wrapping the towel around him.
Marinette and Adrien were finally safe enough to go back to her home.
Her parents remained completely oblivious to the situation, they just seemed glad to see their grandson again.
Adrien sat on the edge of Marinette's bed. Wasting no time Marinette placed him on the bed, and opened the bath towel. Adrien sighed, as Marinette searched every part of his body, naked and all, just to see if there was anything wrong. Louis fussed, attempting to twist his body as his mother examined him. She opened his palms, checked his toes, his back, his neck, anywhere that had skin.

Adrien carefully folded his legs against the bed as he glared at Marinette apprehensively.
"Come on, Marinette. Let the little guy have his dignity and put some clothes on him.

Marinette sighed, ignoring Adrien briefly as she continued to look for any abnormalities.

"Marinette..." Adrien warned.

Marinette groaned carefully slipping off the bed and retrieving some clothes for the little one.

Adrien lazily reached over to pull the towel over him, but Louis sat up slowly.

"He's gonna freeze to death" Adrien muttered. Marinette returned moments later to dress him.

Adrien chewed on the tip of his thumb as he began to contemplate something. He could feel the adrenaline suddenly starting to drop from his veins, his stomach set in his anxiety, Which left him with a feeling he wasn't all too thrilled with.

Marinette slipped some clothes on Louis. Louis didn't seem to care at all, as she clothed him. Marinette was just happy to have her baby back. She wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tight to her.

"My brave little man" she breathed, kissing his head softly.
Louis remained quiet, as he nuzzled close to his mother.
The crib remained vacant, as Marinette was sure that Louis wasn't going to be sleeping in it any time soon.
Adrien carefully slipped closer, wrapping his arms around his family gratefully.

Marinette opened her eyes as Louis fussed, crying softly. Her eyes connected with Adrien's as she ran her fingers through her son's hair.
It had been such a long time since they heard their baby's cry, and the sound it made now brought them utter happiness.

"It's like music." Adrien chuckled. Marinette nodded with a shy smile as she rocked him.

Adrien placed a hand on Marinette's lap.

"You did great, Marinette." He breathed.

Marinette blushed, carefully moving closer.
"You weren't so bad yourself." She replied. Adrien simply chuckled, offering her a sincere smile.

Marinette bit her lip, briefly. She leaned in thoughtfully her lips merely centimeters away from his.

Marinette looked at Adrien strangely, as he pulled away, right before her lips touched his.
With an apologetic smile, he slid off the bed thoughtfully.

Marinette looked at him with a grimace.
"Adrien...what was that for?" She pouted as she placed Louis on the bed.

Adrien carefully walked away from her, but not successfully, as Marinette already had her grip around his wrist.

"Adrien..." She warned.

Adrien sighed in exasperation. "Marinette...please...later." he begged, drawing out his last word.

Marinette sighed.
"But..."

Her eyes widened as Adrien hunched over, a stream of vomit escaped from his lips to which Marinette gasped, and jumped back before it could touch her.

Adrien clamped a hand over his mouth, and ran towards the bathroom.

Marinette blinked her stomach twisting in utter surprise.
Louis peeked from behind her, his eyes widened as Adrien's retching could be heard from miles away.

"Uh oh..." Louis squeaked, looking at Marinette.

Marinette carefully stepped over the vomit, walking steadily to the bathroom to glare at Adrien who hugged the toilet bowl.

"Adrien...what's wrong?" She asked curiously, placing her hands on her hips.

Adrien looked at Marinette, his arms shaking lightly as the lines underneath his eyes deepened.

"Didn't you hear?" He breathed, breathing in on a shaky whim, his voice cracking.

Marinette looked at him with wide eyes as she crouched down.

She leveled with him, worry and curiosity etched in her face as she held his gaze firmly. Her eyes grew wide as bubbles as she heard Louis humming off in the distance.

"Hear what? What is it?" Marinette asked nervously.
Adrien leaned over, his lips carefully tugging into a slight smile at the edges.
Before Marinette could even see the smile, she leaned in closer to hear.

"You got me pregnant." He whispered.

Marinette slouched forward, her brow furrowing and her stomach plummeted.
"Adrien, be serious!" She groaned, running her fingers through his thick hair.

Adrien groaned, waving her off dismissively.
"It's just my anxiety..." He breathed. "I'll be fine."

Marinette watched him as he stood up straight and wobbly legs. She followed suit, fixing herself as she placed a hand on the small of his back.

"Whats making you anxious?" She asked curiously.

Adrien shrugged.

"Everything." He answered promptly. "We almost witnessed our kid falling full speed to his death. Now we have him back, the adrenaline wore off, and now I'm just feeling sick."

Marinette breathed evenly, allowing his words to sink in. She rubbed his back thoughtfully.

"I know...And we haven't slept in days. We just need to rest. We have Louis...that's what matters." She breathed.

Adrien let his eyes trail upwards, his lips breaking into a smile as Louis' hum became more and more audible.
With a furrowed brow, Marinette allowed her gaze to follow his.
Her heart dropped, the moment she saw Louis throwing piles of his clean shirts on to the mess of vomit.
Louis hummed mindlessly as he tried to clean up the mess. He bent down to wipe it but jumped when Marinette gasped.

Before Marinette could say anything Adrien had already scooped up the boy, hugging him tighter.

"You have no idea how much I missed you." He whispered.

She rubbed the back of her neck thoughtfully, a small and sincere smile pulled at the edge of her lips. She sighed as she carefully walked up towards the two of them.

"Go and clean up, you smell." Marinette teased, carefully taking Louis out of his arms and into hers. Adrien complied, allowing her to take the small child and set his way over towards the bathroom on the other side of the room, to clean himself up. Louis yawned, placing his head against his mother's chest as he attempted to grow comfortable.

At that moment, Marinette felt a wave of relief wash over her. She closed her eyes, instinctively wrapping her arms around the boy and bringing hmm closer. She kissed his head, burying her nose into his blonde hair that resembled Adrien's perhaps more than she would have initially expected. She then realized that she actually had her son back. She wasn't dreaming, this was real. It was almost as if she was still trapped in a trance about a thousand feet in the air, then abruptly pulled down, knocking the air from her lungs.

She had been so preoccupied with getting her son, she didn't even have the opportunity to thank Alya and Nino for their help for the attainment of their son.

She watched thoughtfully as Adrien went in for a full fledged shower. She wasn't complaining...or perhaps she was. She was left with quite a mess to clean.

Marinette groaned.

And groaned...

And groaned. She was trying her best to keep her own stomach from expelling acid.

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-ADRIEN-

Adrien rubbed his temples as he plopped himself on to the sofa in front of Alya and Nino. He had left Marinette off at the pediatric office with her parents for Louis to be checked up on. He was a little weary and had a little time for himself. He didn't want to crowd up the examination room seeing as though her parents insisted that they'd go. He really had no choice than to venture elsewhere to pass the time, until they all got back.

And so, here he was simply sitting in front of his two friends.

Nino glared at Adrien apprehensively as Alya sat beside him, her nose buried into her phone as she constantly bothered Marinette about Louis' current state. Externally, he appeared okay, but Marinette constantly worried that something else could be wrong that she couldn't tell by simply looking at him

It was better to be safe than to be sorry.

A lot could have happened in the days when he was gone away from home. Nino gave Adrien a strange look, his arms folding thoughtfully as Adrien sat awkwardly across from him.

"So what's wrong, what's with the sour face?" Nino questioned, his brow puckering.

Adrien shrugged, his eyes carefully trailing off to Alya who didn't take her eyes off her phone screen.

"I have a headache..." Adrien deadpanned, closing his eyes.

Nino hummed.

"Batman?" Nino mused, his brow raising as he stood up, carefully exiting the room all the while not gathering attention from Alya.

Adrien furrowed his brow, lightly shaking his head as his eyes followed Nino out of the room.

"I don't even know...what that is..." Adrien spoke thoughtfully, confusion laced heavily in his voice.

Nino returned moments later, throwing a one hitter on Adrien's lap that was packed. Nino plopped beside Adrien with a deep breath.

With narrow eyes Adrien thoughtfully picked it up, inspecting it curiously. It wasn't until he could smell it that his eyes widened.

"Is this what I think it is?" Adrien asked, his eyes widened.

Nino nodded, a sky smile making its way on to his face.

"One of the best." He spoke softly.

Alya snickered.
"Don't do it." She warned flatly, her eyes never leaving the phone screen. "Marinette would have both your assess served on a platter."

Adrien looked at Alya with a grimace.
Perhaps she was right. He and Marinette had been through so much these last couple days and the events had seemed to take its toll, and he was sure that perhaps this particular course of action could make the situation worse. Adrien bit his lip and looked up at Nino who dismissed Alya's comment. He kept his eyes on the one hitter and carefully took it from Adrien. He shifted and reached for the lighter in his pocket, his smile remaining.

"What's the worst that can happen? You get high?" Nino mused. "It seriously helps with chronic headaches and everything else."

Adrien looked at Alya once more, who simply shrugged.

"Don't say I didn't warn you."

Adrien pressed his lips together.

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-MARINETTE-

Marinette placed her hands on her hips as she glared at Adrien.

It was a little after dark and Adrien sat at the kitchen island with a bowl of ranch and a loaf of bread.

"Adrien...I can't believe you're stoned." She said, reprimanding him. "First, you were drunk, now this? We aren't kids anymore."

Adrien looked at her, his eyes glossy and pink as he pulled out a slice of bread and dipped it into the bowl of ranch.

"I don't see the big deal. I'm not drinking, my stress levels are down. I don't feel sick anymore, and I am eating. This is good." He spoke, shoving the piece of ranch filled bread into his mouth.

Marinette shook her head, her face scrunching at his choice of food.

"Well, good for you." She sighed, turning on her heels, she made a run for the stairs.

Adrien shook his head, grabbing his loaf of bread and ranch bowl, he followed her.

Marinette carefully climbed through the trap door of her room. Louis had began fussing from his nap amount the commotion of his parents clobbering their way upstairs. She had wasted no time in taking him into her arms and rocking him close to her.

Adrien kept his distance, eating away at his own personal choice of food as he watched Marinette place the baby on the bed.

With a soft hum, she started to rub the baby's bottom, allowing him to relax right there on the spot.

Adrien hummed, finishing off what he had left to eat before he joined Louis on the bed. Tikki carefully emerged from Marinette's tiny handmade purse. Thoughtfully she floated atop her shoulder, laughing as Adrien grabbed Marinette's hand and placed it on his own backside, ordering her to start rubbing as well.

As awkward as it was, Marinette complied without any complaints.

"Like father, like son." Tikki whispered softly as Marinette rubbed both of her boys backsides.

"I know, I should only be babying one, but I'm babying two of them." Marinette responded in a soft sigh.

Adrien relaxed under her, after some thought he carefully sat up, his eyes connecting with hers.

With a grimace, Marinette pulled away from Louis, as he cooed, his breathing even as he went into his usual light sleep.

Adrien carefully grabbed her hands, interlacing their fingers together.

"I'm your baby too, right?" He asked, his voice barely even a whisper. His eyes remained glossy, slightly pink at the edges as he looked at her lovingly. Tikki sat on Marinette's shoulders, remaining quiet as Marinette gathered her thoughts at the sudden question.

Immediately, she could feel the blood rush to her cheeks.

"Well...yes. Of course." She replied, her throat feeling dry. She could feel his fingers tighten around hers as he gave her a dreamy smile, and plopped back down on the bed. Even then his hand never left hers.

"There's something...I really want to ask you." He breathed. "I'm just scared you'll say no."

Marinette raised a brow, looking at Tikki curiously before she turned her head to look at her boyfriend who slowly started to grow limp.

"Ask me what?" Marinette asked, her face suddenly flushing at all the possibilities.

It was quiet.

"Adrien?" She mused, leaning forward to examine her now sleeping boyfriend.

Marinette slipped her hand out of his, her skin immediately beginning to sweat as it dawned on her that Adrien could have possibly been asking the question she had been waiting for this whole time.

"What do you think he wanted to ask?" Tikki asked apprehensively.

Marinette shrugged, her cheeks red and her skin clammy as she pressed her lips together.

"I...I don't know.. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous." She chuckled.

Tikki hummed, leaning into Marinette.

"Cold feet?"

Marinette shook her head.

"Absolutely not." Marinette assured. "My feet are toasty, and definitely are ready to walk down that aisle." She joked, her spine tingling at the thought.

"I guess we'll find out in the morning." Tikki whispered, looking at Louis as he stirred.

Marinette nodded.

"Yes...and he's not going to avoid it this time..."

A/N: Sorry guys! I am so sorry. I never take this long to update. I was waiting back for my beta reader and they disappeared on me! So I waited days, and nothing. This chapter was done about three days ago and nothing. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A BETA READER. I HAVE A LOT MORE INTERESTING STORIES I WANT TO POST.

Also MIRACULOUS FANATIC IS READING MY FIC AND I AM SWEATING!

I tried to go over this myself but as you can see, I have read this chapter at least 8 times, so It is very hard to spot any mistakes because my brain just automatically corrects things, and perceives them how they go. Should my beta reader return, I will be replace that chapter over this one. I am sorry for any spelling mistakes. Currently, I am trying to find a new one.