Blame @gentil-minou for requesting more of this (I know you forgot, bushy, but you did it this morning) so prepare for…
More Adult Adrienette PTSD Headcanons
Fashion designer Marinette gets a reputation for designing primarily in black. In fact, many of her interns have learned not to try to show her designs with too many colors in them, because the cause the normally patient and sweet Marinette to basically have a meltdown. What nobody realizes is that, after 5 years of fighting garish supervillains 4 times a week, many-colored outfits cause her to spiral into panic attacks. She designs in black because it’s her comfort color, because it’s what Chat wears.
Every time Adrien hears his daughter cry he basically freezes. What if he does it wrong? What if he hurts her? What if he becomes his father?
Marinette can’t stand to be near the ocean. That vast expanse of water brings up too many memories. She’s seen Paris drown too many times. Chat Blanc. Miracle Queen. Syren. All of them among the worst days of her life. Any time it RAINS too hard and the Seine starts to swell past its banks, she has to close all her blinds so she can’t see it.
Max’s Miraculous Battle videogame has become massively successful and popular. Adrien can’t even look at the ads. Whenever a new sequel releases, the next month tends to be absolute hell for him.
Every time Marinette forgets something, she panics. What if that was something connected to being the Guardian? What if she’s already given up her memories and just doesn’t know it?
Adrien couldn’t stand his first two birthdays, and christmases, after Hawkmoth. It was only once Marinette saw the relief on his face when he realized that people had given him gifts that actually mattered that she realized. Every year she makes sure to reassure him that nobody’s forgotten, that presents are being prepared, that he no one will ignore him. (This eventually gets a little better right around when Marinette throws him a party for his fifth name day, which he didn’t even remember was a thing.)
Any time anyone gets angry around her, Marinette’s brain involuntarily starts cataloguing her surroundings for hiding places and potential weapons. If she gets caught before she can transform… Convincing herself that no butterfly is coming, that it’s okay, usually takes at least ten minutes.
Any time Marinette starts coughing, Adrien basically loses all coherency.
His reaction to her being near anything remotely dangerous—even stupid or improbable dangers—is even worse. One time she got a little too close to the curb while the bus was pulling up and he barely managed not to throw himself between them. He once had a panic attack because a mosquito landed on her, because too many Akuma could summon or control insects.
On particularly stormy days, especially if the thunder gets too loud, both of them just hold each other, shaking, until the rain starts to slow.
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