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Marinette and Adrien were both very patient people.
They had to be, considering their circumstances. Fighting supervillains was not a quick task that was done in a day or two. And just because you had defeated one villain, didn't mean there weren't more of them to follow.
They spent years fighting Hawk Moth before he passed along his powers to another and disappeared without a trace. They never did find out the first supervillain's real identity. And his partner, Mayura, had disappeared before Hawk Moth himself. Rumour has it that her Miraculous, the Peacock, had broke into smithereens and was never seen again.
Hawk Moth's successor, Lila Rossi, had turned out to be far worse than her predecessor. She had been ruthless, callous, and showed no restraint at all.
But Marinette and Adrien had persevered through it. They had succeeded in exposing Lila's identity. However, Lila had managed to pass on the Butterfly Miraculous to another person before they could take it back from her.
Lila was supposed to be arrested, interrogated, and sent to jail, but she had somehow managed to escape without a trace, leaving Paris with yet another villain and no answers.
It had been back to square one.
However, with a great superhero team that had grown in numbers and intelligence and with copious amounts of courage and patience, the third major supervillain, too, was defeated. And this time, they had managed to retrieve the Butterfly Miraculous and safely lock it—along with all of the other Miraculous—away.
Finally, after eight long and strenuous years, the superheroes could finally retire.
They could stop constantly living on edge and finally relax.
They could move on with their lives.
So they did.
Therefore, as all of Paris had witnessed and could concur (albeit somewhat unknowingly due to secret identities), Marinette and Adrien were very patient people.
But even their patience had grown thin by this point. They had been patient for so many things—did they really need to be patient regarding this matter as well?
Neither ex-superhero thought so.
But Alya convinced Marinette that waiting just a little bit longer for the reveal would be totally worth it. Somewhat reluctantly, Marinette agreed. Her best friend knew her well; Marinette loved surprises.
Adrien was dying to know, but he almost always followed what his partner wanted and agreed to wait as well.
So they waited.
And waited.
Until one day...
"How could you let this happen?!" the retired heroine screeched.
The blond man simply squeezed her hand, knowing words couldn't help her now.
"This is a disaster, a total disaster! I knew this was a bad idea," she cried as the hospital staff rushed her into a hospital room.
He followed, but remained silent and supportive.
Marinette wanted nothing more than heavy drugs at this point. She could no longer handle the pain.
The hospital staff talked amongst themselves and then with her. She nodded, fear in her eyes.
He was asked to leave the room and wait. He gave her hand another supportive squeeze and an encouraging, "You've got this. You're the strongest woman I know."
And then he did what he did best: he waited.
About an hour later, a nurse exited the room.
"You may enter now," the nurse said with a friendly smile on her face.
Adrien, relieved at the smile on the nurse's face as it meant good news, finally entered the room after what had seemed like days.
"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Agreste," the doctor said upon seeing Adrien. "You are now the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy."
Marinette and Adrien looked at each other with immense joy and immediately burst into happy tears at the gender reveal of their beautiful baby.
They hugged and kissed each other and Marinette gingerly passed their baby into Adrien's eager hands.
Adrien tenderly held the tiny baby in his arms, marvelling at such perfection. He could see so much of his wife and himself in the little human.
"He's perfect," they both whispered at the same time and then laughed together.
"Hugo," Marinette cooed. "Our sweet little Hugo. He's got your blond hair."
"Yeah. And he's got your short stature," Adrien joked.
Marinette playfully swatted him, mindful of the delicate being he held.
They laughed and then stared lovingly into each other's eyes, ecstatic to be the parents of such an adorable boy.
Alya and Nino were right; the wait had definitely been worth it.