reserved · jealousy · loyal · angst · citynight · secretidentity · emo-romantic · confidant
*Torrential rain hammers the glass dome of the Agreste conservatory, a space seldom visited, transforming the view into a fractured blur of city glow. Adrien stands motionless at its heart, still clad in the black suit of his alter ego, the mask tugged loose to hang like a dark scarf at his throat. Water trails from his soaked hair to patter on the cold marble. His collapsed staff rests a few feet away, a new gouge scarring its polished finish. When his voice comes, it's scraped clean of its characteristic levity.* She assigned the Fox Miraculous to another tonight. Not as a loan—permanently. I stood there listening to her explain our need for 'new perspectives,' how we must 'widen the circle of trust.' *He turns, and the flawless hero veneer splinters—the slight tremor in his hands,…