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clottedscream · 2 years
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someone get this girl some therapy
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miraculousfanworks · 10 months
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Fanfiction Prompt
When Adrien got the ring, he saw it as the way forward with all his dreams. Not just being a hero, not just being loved, not just a chance to escape from the four walls of his home, but to finally get away. So, shortly after dealing with Stoneheart, he starts on his plan. First things first: he tells Chloe that he's Chat Noir, he'll need her support. She takes it pretty well, in his opinion, and it's nice to have a confidant that he can trust. Secondly: he quietly starts to move some of the things he truly cares about to Chloe's room at the Grand Paris. It's not much, but it's his, and she promised to take care of it. And then, finally, he transforms, climbs out his window, and doesn't come back. Adrien Agreste is officially missing. Unofficially, people know that he's in Paris, they see him sometimes (he can't stay Chat Noir forever, after all). But no one can catch him, no one can pin him down for long enough to do anything about it. He runs, they chase, and then he just... vanishes for a little while, before turning up again a short time later where the entire thing will start over again. Chat Noir, meanwhile, has been enjoying going to school and making friends. Sure, it's not the easiest thing to have a normal school life as a superhero, but he's somehow managed it (a lot of the more annoying people backed off when they realized that Chat Noir is a gigantic dork, and any boost to their popularity is not worth being seen around such a massive goofball. The rest backed off when it became clear that Chat had absolutely no interest in fake, vapid friendships, and that he was pretty skilled at identifying them). So this is Adrien's life now: a superhero and a runaway. But it's his life, and he finds that he rather loves it, despite the difficulties and the hardships that it brings.
Prompt by BlueStarOfTheSouth
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mlwritersguild · 1 year
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MWG 2022 WRAPPED LIST - PART FIFTEEN
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We kicked it off nicely with character study fics last time, so now it’s time to talk about our favourite minor characters more specifically as well.
To recap, our January event, as usual, was to recommend and review our favorite fics that we read in 2022! To make things a little bit more interesting and fun, we treated it a bit like an awards ceremony or spotify wrapped. If you know the tumblr accounts of any authors on AO3 that were mentioned but not tagged, please tag them!
Continuing with our rec lists, here's part fifteen, the MWG nominations for best appearance by a tertiary character!
Temporary Place to Stay by walkingonthestars
adrien agreste & caline bustier // post-hm defeat // good teacher caline bustier // angst with a happy ending 
What To Do When Your Superhero Has the Flu by Ronoken
caline bustier & marinette dupain cheng & chloe bourgeois // ladybug!caline bustier // identity reveal // humour
for the sake of niceties by @theriveroflight​
caline bustier & hot dog dan // caline bustier & ms. mendeleiev // single parents // canon divergence // friendship
Come What May by @fettuccinewrites
ls // nominated for oc (philippe) // enemies to lovers // no powers au // slow burn // aged up characters
See you tomorrow for part 16.
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giuliafc · 1 year
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A Halloween to Remember
Read it at: Ao3 || FFN When Nathalie grows more and more concerned about Adrien's mood and possible depression, her solution involves asking for Marinette's help and giving her carte blanche to try and cheer him up. Marinette wanted to say no. The word 'no' was sitting there at the tip of her tongue. But what friend would she be if she lost the opportunity to make a positive change in Adrien's life? Except that everything goes downhill from there. Or maybe not? A sweet post S5Ep6 - Determination reverse lovesquare reveal. Happy Halloween!
The story's now complete. Please leave me a sign of your passage with a comment :) Trick or Comment? ;) Come on, make me happy! <3
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This beautiful art is courtesy of H.M🐹 @HM89509321 on Twitter and is published as a cover for this fic with the permission of the artist. 
Click on the link for admiring more examples of their art. They're an amazing artist!
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stormbluestories · 1 year
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anyone who writes the lovesquare reveal as nice neat and prearranged is WRONG this is miraculous ladybug the only valid reveals are the ridiculous stupid weird ones. This also applies to every other hero reveal btw.
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rosie-b · 1 year
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A Catching Sickness
Gabriel Agreste thinks he is dreaming when Chat Noir walks into his office and calls him father. But what if the hero turns out to be quite real—and sick?
This story just popped in my head today and demanded to be written out. You can read it here on AO3 or below the cut!
Gabriel was working in his office when it happened. He had been shuffling through some legal papers, hoping to catch up on his work after putting it aside for weeks to be Monarch. He’d just decided to take a quick break and have Nathalie bring him some coffee when Chat Noir walked into his office.  
Although he was stunned, Gabriel had no reason to think that the city’s hero was here to take back the Miraculous, so he smoothed down his shirt, folded his hands on the table in front of him, and showed no surprise or fear as he asked in a monotone voice, “What are you doing here?” 
Chat Noir didn’t act surprised by the man’s actions, though his ears flattened, and his tail twitched to the side, hanging low on the floor. “Father, I- I came to ask you a question, if I may,” the boy said, hugging himself and rubbing his left arm as he avoided Gabriel’s eyes.  
Gabriel raised an eyebrow. Perhaps he had fallen asleep at his desk and was now having a nightmare about the teenagers he fought nearly every day. It had happened before, though this particular dream felt unnervingly real despite its laughable premise. 
“You may ask,” he replied graciously.  
Chat Noir took a deep breath. “Nathalie said she told you that I took ill, and I know you canceled fencing practice for me tomorrow—and I’m grateful, really—but I’m getting worse, not better.” The black cat spoke in a hesitant, stuffy voice, and his mannerisms reminded Gabriel of Adrien’s when he had gotten the flu some years past. Still, Gabriel continued to let the dream play out, rather than analyze the similarities his subconscious drew between his own son and his enemy. 
“So I was hoping you’d let me stay home from school,” Chat Noir continued when it was clear that Gabriel would not say anything. “And I already asked Nathalie to call a doctor so I can get tested for the flu, but even if this turns out to be a cold, I- I need a break,” Adrien Chat Noir’s voice broke, and his eyes looked red.  
“A break,” repeated Gabriel disbelievingly. He was already giving the heroes a break from fights for now; until his paperwork was done he had no other choice. Did this dream, then, speak to Adrien’s need for a break? But he was already freed from modeling, and though it was true that the boy was ill, all he needed was one restful afternoon to recover and he’d be back to normal. 
Chat Noir hugged himself tighter, his eyes wide and pleading as he looked at Gabriel. “I can’t spread this to the other kids, and—” He was cut off by a bout of coughing, bent over and hacking miserably into his elbow. He has good hygiene , Gabriel noted. He shook his head to clear it. 
“I can see that you are quite ill,” he said, reaching for his pen to sign a paper that was almost completed, “but really I can’t tell why you— oh, for heaven’s sake,” he said as the hero’s cough turned into a pair of painful-looking sneezes. Chat Noir sagged against the wooden door, his face flushed and his mouth open to catch a breath. Frowning, Gabriel reached down and opened a drawer in his desk. Pulling out a tissue, he held it out to Chat Noir, who stepped forward with a pitiful attempt at a smile. 
“Thank you,” he said, reaching out to take the tissue with his right hand. Gabriel looked at the black and green ring within his grasp and tried to control himself. It’s just a dream , he thought. It’s just a dream.  
 As Chat Noir’s fingers brushed the edge of the tissue, the boy suddenly froze. Trembling, he, too, stared at the ring he wore, and his breath shuddered through his lips.  
“Dad,” he said slowly, “please tell me this is just a fever dream. Please.” It sounded more like “blease” to Gabriel, but he wasn’t going to laugh at a sick man. 
“I would, but I’m afraid this is my dream we are inhabiting,” he said drily. Then he shoved the tissue into Chat Noir’s hand. 
When the hero still didn’t move, Gabriel frowned. Looking up, he noticed that Chat Noir had gone very pale, except for his still red and drippy nose. Gabriel suddenly straightened in his desk chair. “It isn’t?” he asked, and somehow the question made perfect sense, and was its own answer. He inhaled sharply, and his eyes returned to the black ring. 
“My own son is Chat Noir,” Gabriel whispered, and it sounded like a curse as he glared at the Miraculous on Adrien’s trembling hand. 
All of a sudden, Chat Noir’s hand dropped, and he fell backwards, shoulders and head hitting the door. Gabriel sprang up from the desk, rushing to the hero’s side. “Adrien,” he called, shaking his shoulder. The boy didn’t stir. “Adrien,” Gabriel hissed, and the boy groaned in response, coughing weakly. A strand of blond hair fell in his eyes as they fluttered open, and Gabriel flinched back in shock.  
Adrien really did resemble his mother. 
“Dad?” Chat Noir asked hoarsely. He coughed again, head shaking and hitting the door with the force of it. He winced, but his eyes stayed focused on Gabriel. 
“Son,” Gabriel said. “You need to detransform. I’m going to call your bodyguard and have him help me. We’re carrying you up to your room, and you are not going to leave this house until you are fully recovered. The doctor will just have to come to us. Now, do I need to take off your ring, or are you going to cooperate?” 
Bleary-eyed and half-asleep, Adrien murmured, “Claws in.” His transformation fell, leaving a pale little boy wearing Gabriel-brand pajamas, with a tiny black cat perched on his head and glaring at Gabriel. 
Gabriel swallowed. “Good,” he said. “Do you think you can move a little? You’re blocking the door.” 
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A little over two hours later, there was a stack of unfinished paperwork on Gabriel’s desk, a sheet of information about the common flu in his hand, and a loudly snoring hero in Adrien’s bed. Because Adrien was a hero, at least to the city. Gabriel would have to get used to that. 
He hadn’t taken the ring yet. He wasn’t sure if he was going to, anymore—wasn’t sure if he could. But he knew now that taking it while his son was so weak would be a kind of betrayal to his son, and by extension, to Emilie. Adrien was all he had left of his wife, and even though Gabriel still hoped to make the Wish, he was willing to change tactics in getting the Miraculous.  
After all, Gabriel truly cared about his son, even if it seemed he knew him less than he'd thought.
Placing his hand on Adrien's still-warm forehead, Gabriel allowed himself to relax just a little as the boy let out a sigh and snuggled into his father's gentle touch. Gabriel smiled down at his son, who still had such a bright future ahead of him. Things might feel a bit muddled at the moment, but Gabriel had faith that everything was going to be okay. The Agrestes would pull through this. 
Feeling an itch in his nose, Gabriel turned away from his son to sneeze, and slowly turned back around to look at Adrien and the grinning kwami on his pillow.
Things would get better... but they might get worse first. After all, the flu is a catching sickness.
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is it weird that i feel like Natalie will find out Adrien's identity after this episode... like idk something about it gives off Alya vibes
plus Natalie did say her goal rn is to keep Adrien safe from Hawkdaddy and if she discovered Adrien's identity i wanna know how she'd take it, especially since she seems to want to get the miraculous before Gabriel now to stop his insanity, She might see taking the black cat as protecting Adrien or who knows maybe it will solidify her choice to betray Gabe
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galahadwilder · 1 year
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Marinette and Adrien are dating and they are so, so happy but Marinette can’t help feeling like something is missing. Adrien is the perfect boyfriend, the perfect gentleman, so she feels like something is wrong with her—and then she realizes that what’s missing is Chat Noir.
She’s in love with Chat, always has been, and now that he’s moved on and found a girlfriend and stopped flirting with her she feels like something got carved out of her chest. And yeah they’re still best friends, still partners, but something about their easy camaraderie feels poisoned.
And Adrien simply isn’t Chat. He doesn’t have the same goofy side to him that she’s come to love.
She’s torn. She loves Adrien, she does, but she loves Chat too, and how is she supposed to choose between them? But she knows that if she did have to, she’d choose Chat, and it’s tearing her up inside.
Eventually, she tells Chat everything. How she feels like a monster for it. How she can barely eat because of it. Because she is in love with her boyfriend, she wants to marry him, but she is in love with Chat and she needs him like she needs air to breathe.
She and Adrien end up breaking up because he realizes she’s unhappy with him, even though he can’t figure out why. (Surprisingly, Ladybug’s confession is not part of his decision. He loves Marinette and wants her to be happy, even if it’s not with him.) That night, Ladynoir meet up, and Ladybug confesses to Chat again, and asks him out.
They decide to reveal identities.
About four blocks of Paris get to hear a very loud Ladybug scream of “SON OF A FUCKING BITCH”
(Luckily they both take it very well and they’re back to goo-ily dating each other within the hour, if slightly more goofy and relaxed with each other going forward)
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Imagine Adrien's identity getting revealed while Paris still thinks Gabriel was a hero who helped Ladybug take down Hawk Moth. Imagine people being like "WOW! How amazing is it that the father of Cat Noir himself was the one to help save us! Looks like heroism runs in the family! ✨"
Also imagine the level of stress this would put Marinette under 😙
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jennagrinsoverml · 2 years
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hii do you have a list of miraculous fics you think everyone should read at least once?
Anon, I have been excited to answer this request ever since I got it. What better way to celebrate my 50th Rec List (!!!!) than with my favourite fandom fics? 🎉🎉🎉
I've tried to choose fics with a variety of tones, from different fandom eras, and different authors. These fics are all special to me in some way, and whittling this list down was HARD. Others may have fics they think should be on this list, and to those people I say: make your own rec list. This one's mine. 😘
Experimental Kisses by @komorebirei
Ladybug watched him. Maybe it was guilt, maybe sympathy, maybe a streak of playfulness. Maybe the traumatic akuma experience had softened her up. Whatever the reason, a thought wafted lazily through her mind and out of her mouth. “You know… you’re right. It isn’t fair, is it?”
Chat Noir looked up.
“I remember my first kiss, but you don’t.” She hummed and tapped her chin, making a show of remembering. “It wasn’t a bad kiss, but we were in the middle of fighting an akuma, so I didn’t get to enjoy it much, either.”
Oops—that came out sounding a little, no, a lot more flirty than she had intended. Anyway, if she was going to commit to this idea, she may as well go all in.
One-shot. Ladybug offers to kiss Chat since he doesn’t remember their kiss and the way she reacts to the kiss…it lives in my mind rent-free. I have fallen asleep many a night fantasizing about what the repercussions of the kiss might look like. One of my absolute favourite Ladynoir fics.
team is a four letter word by @ladyofthenoodle
Alya didn’t want to come between Ladybug and Chat Noir. But she didn’t want to stop being Rena Rouge either. And if Chat Noir didn’t want to talk to her, then she’d need to find a different way to prove all three of them could be a team.
Her plan unintentionally brings a few secrets to light, which leads to even more secrets coming to light, which leads to… well, Alya is sure it’ll all work out eventually.
Multi-chapter. Warning, this fic is a WIP! (But there’s only one chapter to go.) Honestly, I didn’t want to have any WIPs on this list and I was lowkey hoping that it would be finished before I posted this list but I’m obsessed with this one and couldn’t leave it off. It’s literally one of the BEST fics in the entire fandom and, I think, the absolute best delving into the characterization and relationship dynamics of the core four. This fic feels so dynamic and complex, with all of the characters feelings so like themselves and each having their own distinct voices. The conflict is so well done and so realistic. It’s such a fantastic tackling of the issues that came up in the last couple seasons and I cannot rave about it enough!!
œuf ouch owie by @ominousunflower
Chat Noir enlists Rena Rouge's help to create an Aspik illusion. Absolutely nothing goes wrong.
Ladybug smiles. “I wanted to drop by and welcome Aspik. I know it must be a little intimidating, being surrounded by so many veteran heroes…so, welcome! We’re glad to have you on board.”
“I look like an egg!” Aspik announces, T-posing.
Chat turns to Rena, feeling like he has been punched in the solar plexus. What the hell? he mouths.
Rena grimaces, her eyes wide with panic. Stomach sinking, Chat remembers one of the first things he learned about the Fox Miraculous: that if Rena Rouge isn’t focused, her illusions go haywire.
Oh, no.
One-shot. This is hands down the FUNNIEST fic in the entire fandom asdfghjkl like I have read this fic at least 50 times and I still laugh out loud every single time. If you have somehow failed to read this fic before, read it now. You won’t regret it!
lucky (we're in love in every way) by @carpisuns​
Chat Noir is Adrien, and Marinette is freaking out. If she manages to quiet her internal screaming, maybe she can also find the guts to tell him her identity too. And maybe they'll actually live happily ever after—well, as soon as Tikki and Plagg are done humiliating them.
One-shot. This fic just makes me so incredibly happy. Like it puts a smile on my face every single time I read it (and I have read it many, many times!) I love Marinette’s reactions and Adrien’s sweetness and the kwamis just absolutely ROASTING both of them. Marissa has written a ton of amazing fics for this fandom (seriously we are so lucky to have her) and I was tempted by others (like tell me something i don't know) but in the end, I had to follow my heart with this one.
Your Kitty by @gabriel-agreste-has-no-rights​
“Such a dramatic kitty.” Marinette scratched under his chin, bringing a smile to his face and a purr to his throat.
Your kitty, he didn’t say.
Wait. What?
(The one where Chat Noir thinks he needs pats like a cat, only to find out he may have jumped to the wrong conclusion.)
One-shot. When I think of Marichat, this is THE fic I think of. Adrien being touch starved is 100% my headcanon now. This is just so sweet! Marinette’s affection and Adrien’s determination to do the right thing no matter the personal cost and the way they fell for each other without meaning to... Also I love that they both encouraged the other to go back to their original crushes because that makes so much sense!!
rattle my cage by @lnc2​
In which history, despite Alya's best efforts, does not repeat itself.
One-shot. I am always here for Adrien being rash and Marinette being smart and capable and just switching to treating him as Chat absolutely seamlessly after a reveal. I absolutely love the vibes of this one.
Chasing the C/h/atwalk. by @runningoutofink
Paris. The city of lights, love and fashion. Follow the progress of Marinette Dupain Cheng as she enters the extremely competitive world of Reality television for a chance to be the winner of Project Runway: France.
Multi-chapter. It should come as no surprise by now that I’m a sucker for reality tv and this is my absolute favourite reality cross in the fandom! I love that it’s canon compliant, and frankly the idea of Marinette and Adrien as designer and model on Project Runway is friggin’ BRILLIANT. The slow burn and pining are delicious, and the identity reveal is incredibly well done! (And it has a steamy sequel, Meet me in the Middle, which is 🔥🔥🔥 and intensely satisfying after all of that build up.)
daydream by @clairelutra
you're my daydream
you know that i've been thinking about you lately
In which Adrien finds out Ladybug is Marinette, and beats the 'this is fine' dog at his own game.
One-shot. Shout-out to the author for realizing way before canon let on that Adrien is way more likely to figure out Marinette than the reverse! And then absolutely murdering us with this intense slow burn that absolutely drips with mutual pining and UST.
What Will You Do When Everyone Knows? by @sariahsue
They stepped in closer, shoulder to shoulder to catch the akuma as she landed, but she twisted in midair, landing squarely in front of Cat Noir, swiping at him. He stepped back, trying to keep his balance. Her fingertips almost touched his face, and Ladybug felt her stomach lurch.
“Duck!” she yelled to him as she whipped her yoyo around. He did, but unfortunately, the akuma woman did, too. Ladybug suddenly had no target to latch onto and lost her balance. Her stomach twisted again as she pitched forward. Black hands darted forward to catch her, but too late she realized it wasn’t her partner. Cold gloves caught her shoulder and neck, then slid up her face, brushing past her earrings. Cold. The woman’s touch froze Ladybug’s breath in her throat.
Then there was something warm around her middle. Cat Noir’s shout sounded distant as he pulled her away. As the woman’s black gloves left her face, Ladybug felt even more heat being pulled from her, along with… something else.
Multi-chapter. There really isn’t another fic in the fandom like this one. The akuma is original and provides an absolutely amazing premise for this fic. We have mystery, intrigue, and a huge upset to the status quo with the public revealing of Ladybug’s identity. I also loved the dramatic irony of Marinette being unable to understand Chat’s reactions to things that make perfect sense to us readers. It’s got amazing characterizations and suspense, and I love it!
But All I’m Seeing Is You by @chelseaapproved
After Ladybug finds out Adrien is her Chat Noir, they start dating. She didn’t think it’d be so hard to keep her identity a secret from him. She also didn’t realize how much it would affect her friendship with him as Marinette.
One-shot. This might be my favourite ladrien of all time. It’s only about 5k, but man does it ever pack in a lot of emotion and relationship development and I really, really, really love it.  I really felt how much they love each other in this one and Marinette is just so, so wonderful to Adrien and he’s so wonderful to her and if you haven’t already please read this.
A Miraculous Reveal by @kasienda​
Series of one-shots and drabbles all centered around The Reveal Moment. Identities will be revealed, feelings will be confessed, and secrets will be discovered through contrived situations, accidents, meddling friends, desperate moments, and moments of emotional vulnerability. Each chapter is a self contained piece. Love-square focused, but will not remain exclusive to them. Each chapter will have its own trigger warnings.
Collection of one-shots. I feel a little like I’m cheating in including a collection here, but like most of us in this fandom, I’m an absolute sucker for identity reveals, and @kasienda is especially talented at writing them! Every single one of these is beautiful, amazing and worth reading at least once.
the wonderful part of the mess that we made by heresie_irisee
They knew.
They knew, and there would be no magical reset button for the memories they'd made today. She'd have to  see him at school every day, and she'd see the Chat in him, as surely as  he'd see the Ladybug in her.
One-shot. Oblivio is probably my favourite episode and this is such a great alternate take on it. The mutual pining is so, so, so good! Especially love Marinette struggling to assimilate Adrien’s identities and Adrien’s obliviousness.
The following fics are amazing and absolutely worth reading, but do feature sexual content, so minors beware.
The Ladybugs and The Bees by @bullysquadess
AKA the early-fandom Ladynoir puberty fic that spiraled waaaaay out of proportion.
Multi-chapter. I’ve avoided reccing this fic for so long as it was literally the most kudosed fic in the entire fandom when I joined. However, the kudos are well-earned and I can’t make a list of must reads without including it. I love the ladynoir, the way it builds slowly, the focus on the developing relationship, both physical and otherwise, the yearning and the devotion and the vulnerability. And, of course, the steamy scenes are fantastic!! The whole thing is just so well developed and feels so grounded and real. I absolutely love it.
one night of moonlight by @mirthaculous
i’ll always think of you
inside of my private thoughts
i can imagine you
touching my private parts
2:13 ok im texting you now like i promised instead of drunktexting adrien and telling him how badly i want his cock tonight. arent you proud of me?
2:19 this is Adrien, hi.
Marinette’s brain-to-mouth filter isn’t great on the best of days. Add some beer and some misplaced texts, and things get a little more… interesting.
One-shot. Rated M. This is one of my favourite fics of all time. This is so steamy, seriously the UST is off the charts!! It is absolutely unreal how much these two want each other and the mutual pining and they’re so stupid and this fic literally killed me and I thanked it.
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lady-de-mon-coeur · 3 months
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(There's) A Cat in My Room
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Rated G. Language: English. 1,091 words.
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Chat Noir was the last person Marinette expected to see in her room at this time. Yet here he was, clutching at her for dear life and telling her how much he loved her. What on earth was happening?
The Representation almost reveal reimagined.
Stretching her sore limbs, fatigued after sleeping on the classroom floor, and wiping her puffy tears-swollen eyes, Marinette tried to gather her thoughts.
Despite having been so devastated the night before, all Marinette felt right now was strong determination filling her up.
Now she knew everything she needed to defeat Monarch.
She can do it. Adrien will be free. His father won't hurt his son or any of the Parisians ever again. This nightmare was nearing its end.
The only thing that was left to do before that was to take care of the akuma Chat Noir had captured the night before while she was busy watching the play starring Félix and Kagami.
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Just when she put her graduation party dress back into the wardrobe and was about to transform, her skylight suddenly clicked, and a familiar figure came into her view.
"Chat Noir?" She asked, her eyes wide.
Yes, it was him. The person she least expected to see in her room at this time.
Chat Noir stared at her for a moment, a very odd expression in his eyes she'd never seen on him before—as if he were terminally ill, and she was the only person who was able to heal him.
The next second, he took a step forward and grabbed her in a tight embrace.
"I love you to pieces, Marinette," he whispered into her hair, pressing her to his chest, and Marinette let out a muffled gasp upon sensing his erratic heartbeat through the leather superhero suit. "I missed you so badly."
Marinette was so overwhelmed that she let him do it, but her head was buzzing with questions.
What on earth was happening? It didn't make any sense.
Yes, she knew that Chat Noir used to have a thing for her civilian self, but she was sure he wasn't being serious. Besides, he seemed to get over her a while ago, dating another girl whom he seemed to adore so much.
Yet here he was, clutching at her for dear life and whispering words of love.
Why did he come here out of nowhere to preach his love to her?
"I thought you forgot me.".
"I'd never forgotten you, Marinette. I never gave up on you. You're always here in my heart." He whispered, squeezing his arms around her.
The flashbacks of the recent past started popping up in Marinette's memory.
Chat Noir handing her the magical charm for recently de-akumatized Kagami. That was their first encounter after that memorable night.
The way he was gazing devouringly at her. The way he avoided letting his hand linger in hers, as if it were a white-hot iron. The way he smiled languidly at her. The way his eyes flickered longingly down to her lips.
The meaning of all this was completely lost on her back then. But now the realisation struck her.
He didn’t get over her.
She should have understood. He wasn't being too subtle, after all.
Somehow, the whole situation reminded her of the nightmare she once had, with her partner showing up dressed in white and suggesting that they should tie the knot. Marinette did her best to push that memory to the farthest back of her mind.
"What about your g— Wait, what's that? Chat Noir, are you... crying?"
There were sniffing and gulping noises coming from her Chaton.
He sobbed.
Marinette felt her heart clench painfully.
Seeing him like that was outright scary. She'd recently witnessed the boy she loved crying his eyes out. And now it was happening again to the person she held so dear.
What could've happened to this usually cheerful and easy-going catboy to make him so distraught?
She took Chat Noir’s face with both hands to make him look at her.
The wet tracks shimmering in the dim light were clearly visible on his cheeks.
Marinette stared in horror. Then she rose on her tiptoes and started instinctively showering his face with kisses.
She remembered the series of kisses she gave him that memorable night, when she believed for a moment that things could work out between them and they could become a couple. Those were soft and slow kisses, meant to convey the overwhelming tenderness she felt for her Chaton.
But these were angsty, desperate kisses, meant to save his life. As if she were throwing him a lifeline.
She's been distributing angsty kisses generously lately.
She forgot about her own heartbreak. She couldn't care less for why he came to her of all people searching for comfort. The only thing that mattered right now was to show him her love and affection, to try and take the pain away from this heart of gold.
Who broke this precious boy's heart? She would like to have a word with whoever was responsible for such cruelty.
She started whispering sweet nothings in his cat ears, calling him Chaton, Minou and a hundred other pet names she literally just came up with, telling him how much she loved him. Literally each and every tender word she could remember she dedicated to him, like a poem.
"You're such a sweetheart, Marinette", Chat Noir murmured eventually, his voice still a little thick from all the tears he shed. "You're always there for me. You mean the world to me."
Marinette stared at him, dazed. But the look in his eyes was so soft. She could practically feel his love and tenderness pouring all over her. She had to believe that he really meant every single word he said.
"I still don't get it. Aren't you dating someone? What about your girlfriend?"
"How did you know that I ever had one?" Chat Noir asked with only a hint of surprise in his voice, as if he were totally out of spoons to be genuinely surprised. He went on without waiting for an answer: "Well, you know what, never mind. I have something super important to tell you."
He placed his hands on Marinette’s shoulders and started gravely, emphasising every word, looking her straight in the eyes:
"You're right, Marinette, I do have a girlfriend, and I love her so much that I can't bear to hide my true identity from her anymore."
Marinette waited wordlessly for him to continue, not knowing what he was getting at with all of this, her brain being completely and utterly short-circuited due to the lack of any coherent thought in it.
She didn't know what she was expecting Chat Noir to say next.
However, it definitely wasn't "My girlfriend is you, Marinette."
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clottedscream · 2 years
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i’m actually a little surprised with myself that i haven’t made fanart for @buggachat ‘s BEAU yet considering i’ve been reading it religiously since it started coming out. anyways i was listening to Zachary Levi’s She Loves Me on repeat as i was drawing this
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miraculousfanworks · 11 months
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André Bourgeois decides to gift the heroes of Paris some boons, as a reward for their service (and it's good publicity for him). These are mostly ceremonial items - keys to the city, a statue, meetings with famous people, etc. - but then Chat Noir says what he'd like out of all this: An apartment. It takes some shuffling of resources, but Chat Noir is now the tenant of a rather spacious four-bedroom apartment. In completely unrelated news, Adrien Agreste has been missing for three days now. -- Adrien rather enjoys his new home, because it's the first time he's ever been anywhere that's his! Sure, he misses things from the manor, but this is better for him, he thinks. His father has been getting progressively more erratic, and Adrien honestly starting to get a bit scared (he overheard a shouting match that his father and Nathalie had when he was sneaking back in following an Akuma attack). And Nathalie is... she cares, yes, but Adrien is well aware that her first priority is his father. So he got his own place, left a letter explaining why he was gone, and snuck out. -- It takes exactly nine days for Marinette, Ladybug at the time, to find where Adrien has disappeared to: Chat's sofa, playing Ultimate Mecha Strike III and eating junk food. Adrien, for his part, has absolutely no idea how he's going to swing this in a way that doesn't make it look like Chat Noir is holding him hostage, and the look she's giving him says he doesn't have very long to work it out.
Prompt by BlueStarOfTheSouth
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celestialtitania · 2 months
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire Additional Tags: Love Potion/Spell, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, to a degree, Identity Reveal Summary:
“Hi, Chat!” Ladybug greets him, not letting go of Rena for even a second.
“Hello, my lady. Rena,” Chat greets, forcing a smile onto his face. “What are you two up to?” He feigns ignorance, still holding onto some hope of it all being one big misunderstanding.
“I’m trying to convince Rena of all the reasons why I love her!” Ladybug says brightly, crushing what remains of his hope under her heel without a second thought.
“No, you don’t,” Rena groans.
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What if right after Ladybug and Chat Noir reveal their identities to each other, Bunnyx just shows up all of a sudden and walks up to them and is just like, “Guys...I’m really sorry to do this to you.” And then she receives the biggest glare on the planet from Marinette while Adrien starts pouting and they’re just like, “Wait, what??” And then Adrien starts asking her not to do it and Bunnyx just stares at them all seriously for like a whole minute before bursting out laughing and she’s just like, “Nah, I’m just messing with you guys. I came to congratulate you, of course!” And throws her arms around both of their shoulders and they’re both just glaring at her while she has the biggest grin on her face
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coffeebanana · 2 years
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“And then they kissed.” “No they didn’t!” The girl protested. “Ladybug wouldn’t want that.” Except, Ladybug would. If given the chance, she’d sit there and let Chat kiss her a thousand times. She’d kiss him back even harder. She’d wrap her arms around him and never let go.
Or: after Monarch's defeat, Chat pulls away, and Ladybug can't understand it. Why is he avoiding her? Why does it feel like he's miles away, even when he's by her side? He won't tell her what's wrong. He won't let her help. And Ladybug's starting to wonder if she'll ever get to tell him how she really feels.
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