"And remember..." a raven haired boy started circling around his boyfriend who rolled his eyes hands holding onto his luggage in a tight grip. "Parisian boys are not the kind you want to mess with, they'll take advantage of you and your innocence," Damian said and his brothers snickered from the side.
"Way to have faith in me Dami," Jon said rolling his eyes as Jason came up to clap him on the back.
"At least he cares about you and if you have any trouble on the mission we're only one call way got it superbrat?" Jason asked making Damian glare at him.
"You'll do fine beloved, even though the thought of spending this much time apart doesn't really sit well with me, I do have a gift for you before you go," Damian said leaving the room as Jon cocked his head to the side like a confused puppy before thinking carefully. Their relationship was still new in this light but Damian had been a lot more... prone to freaking out over the little things lately, he was super protective. It wasn't like Jon cared or anything but Damian didn't want him going on this mission and that was made clear but with Superman off world the seventeen year old had to go on this mission and if Damian didn't like that then maybe they weren't meant to be... a sigh escaped Jon shoulders deflating as he looked at Jason, Tim, and Dick who shot him the same look.
"He'll get over it, and once you're done then you can come back right as rain," Dick said seeing Jon's discomfort with Damian's whole attitude toward him leaving.
"I really hope you're right," Jon said watching as Damian came back in the room with some sort of sleek black box that had Jon's heart pounding out of his chest.
"I put all your stuff from your flip phone that you insist on having into my Drake's latest Wayne Tech phone, I don't think I could handle not seeing your face without your voice beloved," Damian said caressing Jon's face and the slightly taller but lankier teen smiled taking the phone from his boyfriend.
"I'll be careful, I promise and I'll be back as soon as I can but right now I have a flight to catch alright?" Jon asked and Damian gave him a peck on the lips before releasing the clumsy superteen from his grasp and into the limo which would be driving him to the airport.
"I know you really love him Damian but you're kind of going overboard, he's getting uncomfortable," Tim said eyes glued to his coffee mug.
"Maybe the distance will do us some good then," Damian said sighing in defeat. To be one hundred percent honest, Damian had only started dating Jon cause his family told him to get himself out there and rather than risk looking like an idiot he asked out Jon who he knew was gay.
"And if it doesn't?" Dick asked nervously worried for his brother's heart but also the younger's.
"Then we'll go back to being what we've always been, and I'll learn to live with that," Damian said before walking back inside.
Although that was the start of their relationship, Damian had actually gotten attached to Jon in a way that he never would have thought possible all those years ago when they first met. The superbaby actually found a way to get Damian to care about him on a deeper level. He still remembers the look of shock on the once sixteen year old's face when Damian asked to meet him off patrol the next day at a cafe and then showing up with blue dyed daisies, the younger's favorite having to explain to the scrawny boy that it was a date. Damian felt his lips twitch into a small smile at the memory before regaining his composure, it wasn't worth reminiscing over if Jon was going to end things. Damian just didn't want to turn into his mother. Was that too much to ask for?
Adrien watched his girlfriend get ready to leave for Gotham packing up sketch books and fabric that should have been packed the previous night had they not been distracted by an akuma.
"Leaving this week of all weeks really isn't going to help us defeat Hawkmoth Mari, what am I supposed to do when tall, dark and handsome shows up?" Adrien asked referring to Superman who was supposed to come to help them talk about getting the League's help this week.
"You'll use your usual charm on him and we'll end up with real help in fighting these akumas, you know how much this meeting means to me kitty so please don't screw it up, don't you finally want to live normal lives?" Marinette asked sighing as Adrien gave her a sad look.
"I'm just scared something might happen to us, to this if we stop fighting Hawkmoth," Adrien admitted scared.
"And I've told you time and time again that we're going to be ok," Marinette said kissing Adrien's blond locks delicately before grabbing her suitcase. "This is a huge opportunity for our future in running our own business too Adrien I can't blow it," Marinette said before pulling out her phone to check the time. "I have to go but I love you ok?" Marinette said checking Adrien over one more time and saw the depressed-looking nineteen-year-old smile back at her weakly.
"Yeah, love you too bugaboo," Adrien said as the door closed behind his teen love.
Adrien knew things hadn't been working out a lot lately, they were getting in fights on patrol, not talking as much as they should, and putting a strain on their relationship. Neither wanted to lose the other no matter how much they were pulling each other's strings and pushing buttons by constantly having to protect the other risking their own life. Adrien knew Marinette could take care of herself but that didn't stop him from wanting to be the one to be the knight in shining armor. Adrien's head bounced back against his pillow, green eyes staring up at the ceiling lost and confused.
He remembers being fifteen again wondering if his lady trusted him then having that actually put to the test when he came out to her. Even then, she still accepted him and with that knowledge she even started dating him in costume after his idiot self rejected her in civilian form. He hurt her, but she got over it, or did she? Adrien couldn't help but feel like if he had gotten to know Marinette instead of Ladybug then maybe he could have fallen in love with her more than Ladybug. He knew they were one in the same but their mannerisms were just complete 180's from each other. It was a dick move but he just didn't love Marinette the way he loved Ladybug, Marinette was an admiration, dare he say a really good friend but Ladybug did something else to him and when it was revealed they were one in the same, he took it with a smile. He shouldn't have lied to her for this long.
Marinette got to the airport twenty minutes before the plane would take off rushing through security using the Agreste name to get through any unnecessary people and even MDC if she could, she felt guilty for using her boyfriend and herself like this but this was an emergency. When she sat down in her seat she sunk back relieved dropping her phone on the tray table in front of her before playing nervously with her hair. Would it be worth sending the text now? Should she wait until she got back? She loved Adrien sure but the blond seemed to not want to spend any time with just her and more time in uniform than out. It's like he wasn't attracted to her at all. Maybe that was it.
She fretted for the entire flight and when the plane landed, she went to a cafe and checked her phone placing it down as she grabbed a pre-wrapped sandwich asking nervously if the man in front of her spoke french and the man just looked at her nostrils flared confused. She looked nervous and sputtered out random words in english before another ran up to her putting a hand on her shoulder smiling nodding and becoming her translator.
"I'm Jon," Jon said introducing himself smiling sweetly. Marinette felt her heart beat rise and a blush settling on her face.
"Thanks for helping me out, he just made me a little nervous, I can speak some english," Marinette said scratching the back of her neck making Jon laugh a little before checking his phone before putting it back down on the table. "I'm Marinette by the way," Marinette said putting her phone next to his.
"We should totally trade phone numbers, see I'm going to France and I'd like to do some stuff there and if you have any friends that could show me around that would be totally awesome!" Jon said and Marinette lit up at the idea.
"Yeah! My friends Alya and Nino would make great tour guides around the city, let me text them" Marinette said. "They agreed as long as the same offer goes to you Mr. Gotham," Marinette added laughing. Each picked up the other's phone switching spots on the table. Jon saw the clock overhead. He had ten minutes to get to the docking station.
"I hate to run off, it was great meeting you Marinette," Jon said and the two got up giving each other a hug before blindly grabbing the phones on the table where they thought they had placed their own pocketing them without a second thought.
"You too Jon!" Marinette yelled after the smiling boy who seemed to be just as disorderly as she was. Marinette walked out of the airport taking out her phone to pick up an uber to her hotel but pulled out a black phone with a picture of Jon and another boy with two dogs licking their faces smiling at the camera.
"Fuck," Marinette said to herself before trying to run back to where Jon was before but got stopped by airport security. "You don't get it, I switched phones with this guy and..." Marinette tried and the guard gave her a look of apology before ushering her back outside.
"We can check with the people on the other side and see what we can do, do you have an email or something?" Marinette let out a sigh of defeat, forking over a card and slumping her way to the uber the man called for her.
Jon sat on the plane staring out the window the whole time excited to get to Paris, Marinette's friends should be there waiting for him too. All he had to do was get through this trip then hopefully he could prove that he was good enough to go on solo missions to Damian and the whole league. Just meet a couple of furries and everything would be ok. Jon sat back to think about that for a second, he knew their powers were magic or something but the animal uniforms seemed a bit overkill. What if they didn't actually want the help, what if this was all some sort of trap? His Damian training was kicking in and his increasing need to text his boyfriend was rising, he went to reach in his back pocket but the plane hit a bit of turbulence knocking him back into his senses. He would be fine. Everything would go great, nothing could possibly go wrong. The plane bumped onto the ground hours later and Jon felt in his pocket as the plane touched the ground feeling around for the familiarity of the Wayne Tech phone Damian got him which had his mission on it and his eyes widened in panic when he took out a sleek rose gold IPhone with a picture of a blond male and blue haired teen as the screensaver smiling sweetly looking into each other's eyes.
"Oh. My. Rao!" Jon screamed in the lobby and his body trembled with panicked breaths as a hand found its way to his shoulder. Jon looked at the person attempting to comfort him and saw a girl with ombre hair, dark skin, and glasses. "Merci?" Jon said confused but sending the girl a grateful smile. Fuck you Murphey's Law.