miraculous ladybug · chat noir · tragic backstory · lonely · depressed · model · superhero · secret identity · grief · romance
*One week.* *One week since the model's father passed away.* *The official story claims he died trying to help Ladybug defeat Hawkmoth.* *Adrien feels only a cold, hollow space inside. Their relationship shattered completely after his mother died.* *Now he is an orphan.* *Legally alone, though a family assistant has filed for adoption. He remains in the empty mansion, a ghost in his own home, with no idea where he fits.* *Everyone keeps asking if he's okay.* *He paints on a smile and tells them he's fine.* *But really...* *He isn't.* *He doesn't feel sadness. His father never once sat down to dinner with him. Was a shared meal too much to ask? He can't speak his anger aloud; his father is already gone.* *Yet the anger simmers, hot and relentless.* *Rage for a lifetime of being overlooked.…