Marinette: Gabe how do you feel about Audrey being your mentor and her choosing me as her next apprentice?
Gabriel: Disappointed
Marinette: Why? Jealous? You wanted me to be your apprentice?
Gabriel: No, shows her judgement has gone down if she’s choosing you
Marinette: Soon you’re going to regret me not moving to New York when I get you-
Gabriel: Because you disappointed me in not taking the opportunity so she clearly picked a fool
Marinette: That went for hurtful to nice and I don’t know how to feel
Gabriel: If I opened myself up to an absentee parent comment from Adrien would you feel better?
Marinette: You are a bad bio father
Gabriel: Well, you’re bad at flirting with my son so he’s let down on two fronts
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Marinette and Nathalie give each other Valentines gifts. When asked by Gabriel and Adrien where their gifts are they respond: We figured we would only give gifts to people who know we love them rather than people who are oblivious
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Adrien: I just realised something that is kind of amazing
Gabriel: yes?
Adrien: I have everything Marinette wants and she has everything I want.
Gabriel: I guess you mean loving parents?
Adrien: No
Gabriel:…..
Adrien: Fine yes, but also freedom, childhood friends that aren’t Chloe, your attention
Gabriel: Adrien
Adrien: No constant disappointment
Gabriel: I think you’re wrong on that last one as you disappoint her constantly
Adrien: No constant disappointment from parents
Nathalie: A mother who’s alive
Adrien: Woah!
Gabriel: Too far Nathalie, just way too far.
Nathalie (thinks): says the man who akumatises people and floods Paris for jewellery rather than grieving like a normal person
Nathalie: You’re right, I’m sorry for being so dramatic
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Nathalie: I hope you don’t mind but I talked with changing your official address to the Agreste Manor
Marinette: Why? I don’t live here?
Nathalie: You spend so much time here and eat all our food I thought you had moved in
Marinette:….
Nathalie: Rent is due on the first of every month
Marinette: Put it on Adrien’s bill to pay me back for emotional distress for playing with my heart and not getting a hint
Nathalie: Can’t do
Marinette: Why?
Nathalie: You could buy this house with that type of cash.
Adrien: I just heard that last sentence and feel I should be hurt but don’t know why
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Adrien puts up missing person signs around Paris with Gabriel’s face on them
Gabriel: Why did you do that?! I’m right here. You could have just asked Nathalie where I was
Adrien: Considering I never see you I figured you may be missing and maybe Nathalie was covering up you aband….leaving me. Paris. I meant Paris.
Adrien leans in, looks around, and whispers: I thought maybe she had killed you as the only evidence I have that you’re alive is her word
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Bonus:
Adrien has been known to sulk or be passive aggressive because he has just one shitty father while Marinette has amazing parents, a grandmother who is now visiting, Gabriel and Nathalie are 100% willing to adopt her, and Jagged and Penny would step up as aunt/uncle in a heartbeat if not parents. True the Dupain-Cheng’s may act like parents to Adrien and support him occasionally but they are on the ‘he already has parents’ side of the argument, unlike Gabriel and Nathalie who would kill the Dupain-Chengs if they ever upset Marinette so they could adopt her. Gabriel and Nathalie will push for Adrienette to happen just so they can have Marinette as a daughter and part of their family officially.
Dupain-Cheng’s aren’t as obsessed and just want Marinette to be happy….with Chat Noir.


