How did Gabriel react to Eric?
Ohhhh boy hahaha. I'm going to answer these questions here, so I don't have to say the same thing many times :)
Letās see, how do I explain this without making a fricking long*ss comic.⦠letās start at the beginning:
Gabriel knows that Nathalie likes Emilie...I mean, who doesnāt? Who in their right mind doesnāt like Emilie? Thing is, it changed when Emilie returned that affection. Okay, look, heās not going to deny his Emilie the chance to love. Itās fine⦠plus, Nathalie is a good friend of his too...itās a win-win. Heās still the favorite between the two of them anyway; Emilie is his wife and heās the father of their son, so heās got the upper hand.
Welp, suddenly, five years after living without fear that this woman would steal his wife, Nathalie shows up with a kid. Good for her. He didnāt see that coming.
Sure. The boy is very well-mannered, energetic but cautious at the same time. Very clever also. One day he saw him writing down his school schedule all by himself, isn't that great? Just like his mother. That's awesome.
Wait, what? You mean the boy is magical? That he has a curious blond lock of hair and a green sparkle in his eyes? Huh......Oh, okay...?
His name is Eric, right? All right. Heās a good kid, but heās not Adrien. Adrien is WAY more important because heās THEIR son. Anyway, the thing is that now Eric spends a lot more time at the mansion... understandable, since Nathalie works here almost all day; she needs to have the kid around.
Adrienā why do you call him ābrotherā? And why does Emilie talk about him as if he were her second child??? Okay, Gabriel just found out that the boy is 90% Nathalie and 10% Emilie.....
Maybe he doesnāt have as much of an upper hand as he thought he did over Nathalie... okay... Okay... shit... well, Emilie and he are SOULMATES; Made for Each Other! He's the love of her life. Yes, yeahā
So why the HELL does the love of his life spend more time with Nathalie than with him?! HUH?! Heās not jealous. Heās just being objective. Heās not worried. Nope. Not at all. Not at all is he watching HIS Emilie bat her eyelashes and devour Nathalie with her eyes while she explains a simple history assignment to Adrien and Eric.
What does she have now that he doesnāt? Is it time, attention, gifts? What does he have to DO to get her to look at him like thaā
itās the kids.......... Emilie likes them to interact with the kids..... thatās what Nathalie just told him. She also denied any intention of stealing his wife...... and his son too, I suppose. That she plans things for Eric and ONLY Eric; itās Adrien and Emilie who include themselves in those same plans.
So..... turns out that now, Gabriel and Nathalie (just Gabriel) are fighting (not really) a DUEL, as rivals to see who makes the better partner. She isnāt even competing, AND SHEāS ALREADY BEATING HIM BY A MILE!! goddamn it. STEP UP YOUR GAME, GABRIEL!!!
THAT'S IT. GABRIEL AGRESTE IS GOING TO SHOW WHAT HEāS MADE OF. NO ONE TAKES HIS EMILIE AWAY FROM HIM, and the blond kid too i guess...... NO ONE. SO IF HE HAS TO MAKE A FOOL OF HIMSELF, MESS UP THE HOUSE, OR DO WHATEVER... IS SUPPOSED TO be done... to take care of a... child... HEāLL DO IT.
ITāLL BE A BRUTAL (but friendly) BATTLE AGAINST HIS FRIEND AND NOW RIVAL. May the best partner (dad) WIN!!!
Proceeds to steal Adrien (and Eric too), bribe them to act happy in front of Emilie and tell her how much fun they had with him after accompanying him to an executive meeting, which, btw, definitely DIDN'T last two hours.... Well, at least in this AU, he sort of tries....
On another note!! thanks, Anon, for your comment :D!!!
Who said Nathalie was a villain in this AU??? Well, sheās not free of sin, but sheās not the main antagonist. Itās someone else...