Disclaimer: Of course I don't own Miraculous, its characters, or the franchise.
Story: Gabriel and Marinette have been together for a long time now. The good and the bad, the guilt and forgiveness, in anger and love. This is their life.
Set after as a future fic.
Spoilers: Probably
Warnings: Age disparity, maybe future situations if this is continued.
Pairings: Gabriel/Marinette

Sorry's Got No Business Here (It Does)
Chapter Four: Jealousy III

Elias outstays his welcome in Paris, as far as Gabriel was concerned. The man took time every week to meet with Marinette, and she met with him to catch up and hang out as friends were wont to do. Only Gabriel knew the man and knew that friendship was the last thing on his mind.

He'd made it clear to Gabriel before, long before Marinette and he had married, that he'd intended to show her that he could treat her better than Gabriel ever could and that he'd steal her away.

Gabriel had sneered at him then, but even then (especially then, with their relationship so new), he'd felt the insecurities and the fragility of his relationship with Marinette. He'd wondered if Elias hadn't been right, and if she'd be better off without Gabriel.

But he was stubborn too, and too in love to let her go without a fight. In the end, he'd been lucky enough that Marinette saw him and wanted him. She'd chosen to be with him and now they were together and married.

"Are you going for lunch with Elias?" he asked her, steadying himself.

"I am," she confirmed. "Do you –"

"Yes," he interrupted, already ready with his answer. She always asked him every time she'd gone and before that day, he'd always made an excuse or pushed her to go without him. This time would be different.

The smile from her was worth it, and she'd taken his arm and led the way. When they met with Elias, the flinty look in the man's crystal blue eyes as he saw Gabriel, made it even more worth it.

He straightened up with pride and pulled Marinette closer to him, feeling warm as he felt her lean into him.

Yes, he was jealous. But he knew the other man had more cause to be jealous.

Marinette had chosen Gabriel.

Started 4/24/20 – Completed 4/24/20