Just a pique of being bemused with my favorite ship and working it in wherever I can. In your AU I imagine Adrien and Sabrina hooked up at least once (opportunity, misunderstanding, commiseration, maybe or maybe not alcohol, you name it) and though its never going anywhere, it cemented them as friends/having each other's backs/mutual allies while dealing with their erstwhile friend/boss/girlfriend Chloé. There's a platonic connection there that doesn't shine compared to all the shipping, but is resilient like embers and survives the highs and lows of life.
She still puns with him when no one is watching.
Just me playing around in my head with a dynamic that hadn't been codified yet and I thought I would share.
Thanks for the ask!
Personally, I’m not an anti-shipper unless it’s pedophilia so I think this is an interesting idea! I have two potential avenues:
One:
In this AU, considering Adrien and Chloe take drugs/alcohol/etc and canonically black out and have orgies, it wouldn’t be out of the question for an accidental threesome, even. “Ah shit I think we accidentally slept with my assistant last night.”
Though drugs/alcohol seem uncharacteristic for Sabrina, perhaps she partakes just to fit in or she is drugged by Chloe/spiked punch. The latter seems more probable since she likes to maintain professionalism. Randomly sleeping around also seems against Sabrina’s moral code. She’s the “good girl,” always follows the rules like her daddy taught her to. Then she enters Chloe’s world and is sucked into the chaos.
I need a Boss!Chloe x Secretary!Sabrina fic I think.
I also think that Chloe is a closeted bisexual (as seen under the influence of drugs) but also super homophobic— believing in the nuclear family— thus denying this side of her, so that’s another fun dynamic to play with :)
Two:
Another alternative is that Adrien— only knowing about relationships through Chloe— thinks that hooking up with people is how to be friends/make them happy. Sabrina also does what other people want her to do to make them happy. Maybe they would hook up under that misunderstanding and both people-pleasing tendencies are revealed.
In conclusion, they really are two peas in a pod and insanely similar in their personalities. They would be good mutuals trauma dump buddies
