A bedridden Marinette unwittingly talks to an Adrien Agreste AI, falls for it, and then the harsh reality that she hadn't been talking to Adrien at all crashes down upon her. How is she supposed to trust people's words ever again after that?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64106194
I wrote a 3.6k word hurt/comfort one-shot around a topic I found really interesting, unwittingly falling for an ai while thinking they're a person, and I'm really happy with the result :)
Nimirylov, how have you been doing after Ford's disappearance? Have you struggled adjusting to becoming a single parent?
(I hope you don't mind the two questions. You can only answer one if it's easier.)
Thank you for your deep questions. They are not something I would normally think about, so I'll answer to the best of my ability.
Ford is dead. That's what I have to keep reminding myself. He's dead. He's dead. He's dead. I know he's not coming back, so even if he isn't officially dead, he's dead. I can't give myself, or Penni, any false hope that he'd return to us.
So Ford is dead. That's what I've told everyone, and if they believe it, then I can make myself believe it. I can handle the stages of the grief for someone who's dead. It's so much harder to mourn for someone living.
Other than trying to make myself believe that, I don't think I'm struggling at all. After all, I can't struggle. I don't have the time for it. Luckily, I've been given less work to do lately (they didn't say that, but I can tell), which means I can focus on Penni more.
Becoming a single parent is a struggle in its own right, of course, but I can't seem to focus on that. Nothing compares to the struggle of seeing how much Penni is suffering because of this. She's so young, too young. I have no idea what to do because this isn't a problem I can solve. No amount of comfort will ever bring her dad back for her. That's the real struggle.
I just wish I knew why Ford disappeared. My only lifeline is that I know he didn't do it by choice. His behaviour is always terribly obvious, and I would have known if he was planning to run away. That way, I could've stopped him... If only I knew why he'd disappeared...
Sincerely,
Prince Nimirylov.