fanon always has post-reveal adrien channeling chat and getting super cocky around mari and you know that i love that along with the rest but please for a moment consider the opposite

adrien finding out that marinette is ladybug and getting so shy

so shy

because here is this amazing girl who is also his lady and holy crap how can he live up to that

who is also and holy crap how can he live up to that so he starts stuttering around her and not knowing how to act. chat isn’t nearly as flirty with ladybug as he used to be and it’s just AWKWARD

at least for him

because lets be real marinette wouldn’t help at ALL

instead of ladybug getting all shy around chat she’s flirty as HELL

bc she finds out that adrien, her crush, her perfect adrien, is actually just her dork of a partner. and it makes being around both of them so much simpler.

so one day lb and chat are fighting an akuma

same old same old except

mari says something sultry

and adrien just goes RED IN THE FACE like HOLY CRAP who knew he was an ear blusher

and mari sees this and just says, with a sly smile and faux worried eyebrows, “what’s wrong? ladybug got your tongue?”

and chat is just DYING

because?? ? ? yes!! ! and he doesn’t know how to DEAL WITH IT

with HER

he knows once upon a time chat would have unflinchingly flirted back and dropped some pun

but he is just red and stunned and stuttering and ladybug just chuckles

then back at school it’s the exact same

mari takes to leaning forward and whispering jokes and stuff into adrien’s ear

and sometimes they’re cute and funny and simple

but sometimes they’re sultry af and dangerously flirty

they’re sultry af and dangerously flirty and nino or alya will come back from the bathroom and adrien is red all down his neck and chest and his hands are covering his face

and marinette is just leaing back in her chair, arms crossed, just. smug.

and nino and alya are just

????