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mariproducer · 2 years

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Venting about s5 bible stuff under the cut it’s gonna be disjointed I just need to let out my thoughts

absolutely no mention of chat blanc in the bible besides it being placed in the special akumatization section... ofc the bible is simply an outline so there’s a chance it could be brought up (e.g. in evolution we had no indication that young! alix was going to be forced to remain in the burrow until monarch was defeated) but i have no clue which episode it could be brought up in. and the fact that the bible has no indication of an identity reveal and the discussion of cb ... kinda needs one to begin with since it involves identities... who fuckin knows

so far there has been a contradiction with the bible where nathalie shit talks gabriel for his stupidity even though the bible says she has her own ulterior motives buttt then again this is mlb king of inconsistency soooo whos to say this mindset will stick (or the bible is to a T with the plot)

also ^ no mention of sentimonster shenanigans which is uh. hm. ok then? on one hand, it makes me feel like all this sentimonster teasing was a fuckin joke or smth, on the other hand this means the sentimonster stuff was likely squeezed in at the last minute if theres no proper mention of adrien OR felix possibly being sentimonsters (or maybe i misread? idk i looked at every instance of felix on the doc and found nothing)

speaking of felix... mostly nothing on him... which is frankly disappointing, as someone who’s always excited to see him on screen. i mean thanks for the confirmation that he’ll transform with the peacock miraculous and make one sentimonster? oh and he has a different last name ... erm ok then... he’s hardly present ANYWHERE on the script and its making me ☹️ bc he was the most interesting character we’ve gotten (Cuz he had motivations and acted out on his own volition) and boom nothing of note...

i don’t wanna hope bc i hate having expectations especially when they’re likely to be let down but grrrr i just want more felix damnit...

worried for the possible chance of ppl ripping into kagami again. the plotlines lined up for her in s5 just reek of “we need to make a character ooc to fit a specific plotline we want” and its just UGHHH kagami doesn’t deserve this! at all! i need to get her out of this show NOW

im sick and tired of andre the ice cream man and im even more sick and tired that most mar!chat episodes have to do with this guy! (and no weredad is NOT any better) like fuck this guy i hope his business goes under

tbh the lila shit and the “adrien never finds out his dad is hawkmoth” shit deserves its own goddamn post because what. the. actual. FUCK.

im still in tears (in a funny yet sad way) that they literally could not feasibly write off luk@nette in canon bc they had to ship luka off to another country for the rest of the season like LMFAO??? but also I HATE YOU?? i knew that they had him learn their identities to screw him over one way or another

the reverse LS stuff is stupid bc why the hell does adrien suddenly develop feelings for marinette like seriously WHERE THE HELL DID IT COME FROM look i get why lb -> cn even if its so hamfisted i could at least see the logic here but ADRIEN -> MARINETTE??? adr!enette HARDLY got any screentime last season and when they did it was the bare minimum and hardly compared to their scenes in prior seasons so like wtf

why the fuck is there a miracle box in antarctica WHO PLACED IT THERE LOL

Ok m done for now let’s talk about positive things bc there are some things I’m looking forward to!

Alya as Scarabella FOR THREE EPISODES! sure the premise of two of those episodes sucks balls but im happy to see scarabella in action again

im actually excited for one episode: Determination! The akumatized villain takes us back to the wax museum but this time it seems like she’ll bring to life wax statues of all the heroes so idk maybe im excited for big fights.

#ml leaks #mlb leaks #ml bible leak

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gentlemanoftimetravel · 4 years

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Mos Miraculous Prompt #4

The Liar Duo 1

Beginning Previous Next

It was a day like every other. Marinette walked to school alone. Since Lila joined her class more frequently her friendships faded slowly away. Luckily for her, her next new classmate did instantly disliked the Italian girl and sided with Marinette.

She smiled. Despite the loss of her so-called friends, she found in Félix a more reliable source and a dearest friend. Screw everyone else, she won’t let them take away her happiness. Again. Thanks to Félix she found other friends in different classes, better friends even.

As she approached the stairs of her school she instantly knew something was up. The entrance buzzed with excitement and chatter. People wispers to each other and pointed toward a spot outside of her view. She took a few steps upward and was greeted by Félix.

“Hey Netta! Do you know what’s going on? Cloude told me there would be a new student, but that could barely be the reason for all of this.” He gestured around.

“I don’t know Fé.” She shrugged. “Honestly? I didn’t even know there would be someone new.”

“Then let’s find out!” He looped his arm around hers and they walked together inside.

Inside the schoolyard at least half of the students circled around a girl their age. Within hearing range Marinette could finally understand some of that chatter.

“Dude! I can’t believe it! You’re our beloved real everyday Ladybug!” chimed a voice that sounded suspicious like Nino.

“Woah. You’re even prettier as a civilian.” Definitely Rose.

“Awesome.” mumbled Juleka.

“I will challenge ...” “No, I will ...” same competition as always from Alix and Kim.

“Girl! I can’t believe it! Thank you to introducing me to your best friend Ladybug. Oh thank you Lila! You’re the best! Really!” She saw Alya sling an arm around Lila’s shoulder. Then she turned to the new girl. “Hey Leyla, can I get an interview with you? The Ladyblog is, thanks to your best friend Lila, already a sensation. But an interview with the real deal, that would be just awesome! Just imagine how popular my bl.. I mean how much more popular you and Lila will get. Lunch’s definitely on me!”

Marinette blinked rapidly. What the hell did she just hear? That can’t be true, she must be in one of her nightmares. Sadly, as Félix nudges her side, she realised that that was, in fact, very real. She grasped his hand and dragged him closer to the center of the crowd. She definitely need to get a look at that so-called Ladybug.

Halfway through she stopped like she hit a wall. The girl, in between Lila and Alya, looked almost exactly like her. Almost. Her hair was dark blue with hints of black and her eyes a darker blue with hints of purple, just like a plum. And she was missing the freckles that scattered across Marinette’s nose and cheeks. Her hair, longer than Marinette’s, were styled in similar Pigtails but not exactly the same, they’re not under but slightly behind her ears and instead of red ribbons she wore black ones. Marinette’s gaze trailed down. That Leyla girl wore a neck holder dress, from neck to waist in red which faded to black at her hips. Black dots above, red ones beneath. And there are the polka dotted flats. Her eyes trailed up again and searched for earrings. Polka dotted earrings. Seriously? Did neither of them hear of camouflage mode? How could neither of them see that she was not the real Ladybug?

“Marinette? Hey, Earth to Marinette!” Felix waved his hand in front of her face.

Marinette snapped out of her daze. “Félix, she’s a liar, just like Lila. I can’t believe neither of them notice that there is something fishy about this all!”

“I know dear. You’re the real hero. My hero.” With that Félix bend down and placed a kiss on her cheek. “But now come on, let us go to our classroom. Schools about to start.”

The hole day felt like tourture. Unfortunately Leyla was the new student in her class. Her classmates can’t stop brag about 'Ladybug', even Ms. Bustier thanked her for saving her and her students. Lila and Leyla, whose bathing in the attention, spinning one new story over another. Félix couldn’t take it any longer. He raised a hand.

“Ms Bustier? Can Marinette and I go into the Library to study? We need to finish our Science Projekt.”

“Sure, sure. Do whatever you want. Leyla tell me again about that one time you and Lila saved Jagged Stones kitten. That was so heroic from you!”

Félix rasend an eyebrow at that answer and looked at Marinette. He wispernd: “Is she serious? She didn’t even answer properly! We can do whatever we want, we could even leave school now! Remind me why I haven’t switched classes jet.”

“Because you love me and you would never leave me behind in a class full of morons. By the way, I love you too Fé!” She gave him a quick kiss and smiled at him. “Now let’s go!”

As the two of them stand up, ready to leave class Chloé raised her hand. “Ms Bustier, can I please go with them?”

“Sure Chloé.” Ms Bustier waved her hand and was already again deep in the story of the two Liars.

Marinette and Félix both raised her eyebrows but Chloé simply shrugged and pointed with her head towards the door. The trio walked out and closed the classroom door.

“Spill Chloé, why would you want to come with us?” Félix asked.

“Because I knew, that you’re the only other ones of that bunch of morons are who knew that Lila and Leyla are liars. Even Sabrina ditched me and called me jealous because Lila is Ladybugs best friend and not me. That’s ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! Me and jealous, pah!”

Marinette looked at Félix and they communicated through their looks. As Félix nodded in defeat, Marinette turned to Chloé. “Do you want to hang out with us? We got permission to 'do whatever we want' from our teacher.”

Chloés face lit up and an enormous smile spread across it. “Yes! I would love to! How about Lunch? There’s this new restaurant that I wanted to go to with Sabrina, but now that she’s not a friend anymore, I will go with my new friends! Come on friends, I call the Limo!” With that said, Chloé walked with confidence ahead of the pair.

Marinette’s jaw dropped somewhere during that speech. With disbelieve in her eyes she turned to Félix and saw a smirk on his face. “She’s still the same old Chloé! If I hadn’t heard it with my own ears I would never believed that, I thought she chanced due to Adrien’s pushiness.”

Félix walked after Chloé and Marinette suddenly stood alone. What just happened? She only wanted to be nice to Chloé and expected a harsh answer, but she never would have guessed this outcome. She shook her head and followed them. That could be interesting.

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Just as the three of them vanished in Chloé's Limo, Adrien's car pulled over. He’s late again due to a photo shoot. He rushed out and flight the stairs into the building. Wouldn’t he be in a rush and actually looked back, he would have seen his three classmates together and would have queationed that. But he didn’t and maybe, just maybe, that sealed his fate.

He stopped before his classroom to catch his breath. He needed to talk to Marinette and Félix about Lila. The two really need to stop try to out Lila, nothing good will come from this.

Only now he realised that his classroom buzzed with chatter and squeales. That’s odd. He opened the door and saw a new student flanked from Lila and Alya in the middle of the room. The chatter died down and his classmates all stared at him. Lila’s the thirst one to speak again.

“Hello Adrien. May I introduce you to my best friend Leyla? She just joined our class today. Oh and by the way, she’s Ladybug!”

Adrien’s eyes widened with realisation and instantly his eyes found Leyla's. Sadly he didn’t seem to notice the little victory smirk on Lila’s face. He scanned her up and down, her hair and eyes are slightly different and she’s a little taller than his Lady, but his hair and eyes changed during his transformation, so he guessed it happened to her too.

He made a curtesy and took Leyla’s Hand in his and placed a kiss on her knuggels. “Hello beautiful, I’m Adrien Agreste. Nice to meet you!”

Leyla gasped and chuckled. “Hello Adrien. I’m Leyla Bugiardo. Nice to meet you too.”

“Even your Name sounds beautiful and fit your profession so well Ladybug! Bug could be your nickname, if you like?” Adrien felt a lovesick grin appear on his face. His mind slipped one little detail, Ladybug would never reveal her identity. But why should he remember, he finally found his Lady!

Plagg squirmed in his shirt pocket. Not so happy about that progress.

Lila’s smirk widened. Jackpot! Adrien’s now head over heals for Leyla and now he will gladly help her get Félix. Two flies with one swatter.

Alya’s a little torn apart, she knew that Marinette loved Adrien and that that development would break her heart, but on the other side she deserved what comes for her after she’s been so mean to Lila. That Marinette’s already over Adrien and happily dating Félix, never crossed her mind. Why indeed, she hadn’t talked to her supposed Bestie in months.

The rest of the class looked happy at that development. Why not? Everyone knew that Adrien loves Ladybug and Leyla seemed so nice and a perfect match for him.

What could go wrong there?

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[Ch. 1] [Ch. 2] [Ch. 3] [Ch. 4] [Ch. 5] [Ch. 6] [Ch. 7]

Originally I wanted to write more into this chapter. But I just found that Cliffhanger a good opportunity to end that chapter. What could go wrong?

I suck at coming up with Surnames, so Bugiardo is Italian for liar. You’re welcome. Did you get that pun with her names profession?

Hey @miraculous-of-salt, thank you for that prompt. I was in a writers block with my Cinderella AU and had no idea what to write. But now I have fun writing this and I’m sure my other fic will continue soon.

#mos prompts #miraculous prompts #miraculous ladybug #ml prompts #salty prompts #marinette dupain cheng #felix culpa #chloe burgeois #the liar duo

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timetravelersdoctor · 4 years

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You only love her pt.4

Alright the moment you may or may not have been waiting for! Adrien's reaction to the new chat lunaire! I'm going to start tagging this as you only love her that way people can find it without scrolling through my blog and have a hard time finding it.

What do you mean the new one is better!?

It Had been a few days since Adrien lost his ring. The rage he felt was not taken advantage of by hawkmoth and his father was still on a business trip. (Totally not a coincidence.) Adrien walks to school and hears chatter and he becomes curious. He gets to the classroom just in time to hear Lila tell a lie "of course I know who the new hero is! I'm the one who picked him out." Adrien stops and asks "new hero, What new hero?" Alya excitedly tells him "there's a new cat in town I saw him and ladybug patrolling a few days ago. It seems as if they enjoy each others company!"

Adrien looks shocked "a new cat...but what about chat noir!" Alya explains "Chat noir wasn't a good hero he flirted to much with ladybug and that distracted her. Lila had enough and told ladybug to take away his power and give it to someone else." She turns around and starts talking to Lila "you said you could get an interview with him right?" Lila shakes her head "no, only because ladybug and the new chat are busy with superhero duty's"

Adrien listens as they walk away to their seats. He sits down at his seat devastated. He whispers to himself "I just wanted her to acknowledge that we were meant to be together." The door opens and marinette enters with felix not far behind. They're talking adamantly about the new chat and about the mistakes the old chat did.

Adrien catches their eyes, they stay looking at him not talking and he begins to tear up. He quickly wipes away the tears breaking eye contact before anyone sees. The two he revealed himself to walk to the back and sit in their seats, talking once more about the heros.

The day after his father comes back hawkmoth once again starts with his akuma's. Over the course of a few days adrien sees the chat, Chat lunaire as he is called working perfectly in sync with his lady. He gets angrier and angrier.

Until one day he gets so angry he never sees that black butterfly going his way. It gets absorbed by the replacement ring his father gave him when he noticed he no longer wore his. "Chat trahi you have been betrayed by the one you love the most. I'm giving you the power to have people on your side transforming them into non-traitors. All you have to do-" Adrien interrupts "is get the miraculous. Hawkmoth... You have a deal!"

Purple covers adrien and when it disappears his new form is shown. Instead of his old black suit the suit is now a mix of green and yellow (imagine a green and yellow that go well with each other.) "I'll show those traitors who is right!" He runs to the school turning anyone he finds along the way.

He gets there and goes to bustier's classroom finding alya, Nino and Lila talking. Adrien quickly turns all three of them and has alya livestream a message. "Ladybug chat lunaire I am chat trahi I will turn everyone against you just like you turned them against me! Unless you give me the miraculous!"

Marinette and felix get alerted they quickly transform and rush to the school. "Adrien has been akumatized what do we do?" Felix asks. Marinette looks at the school then says "here's the plan" after she tells him the plan he nods and they enter the school. Only to be attacked by Adrien's 'friends'. They fight their way through and make it to the room. Adrien turns to them and speaks "so you've come to surrender? Good" he walks a little closer" you know ladybug this could have been prevented if you had just dated me."

Ladybug quickly replies"no chat noir you were selfish and you made mistake you revealed yourself to civilians and broke the number one rule" she and chat lunaire rush toward him and they fight. Adriens 'friends' begin to join it and make it harder to fight. "Ladybug I think now would be a good time for a lucky charm!" Lunaire yells. "Lucky charm!" Is her reply. She is given a picture of Adriens mother. She looks around while fighting before getting another idea "how would your mother react to this!" Adrien's 'friends' stop and he yells "don't talk about my mother!" Ladybug continues to scream "she would be disappointed in you. She would be angry that you treated me the way you did!"

Tarhi comes to a complete stop and falls to his knees. Ladybug tosses the photo to him and gives him a moment. Then she walks up to him and offers her hand. He looks at it for a bit before taking it. Just as he grabs it and grips hard she grabs his ring preparing to throw it. He twists her arm making her drop the ring and lunaire starts to run toward her she screams "no lunaire destroy the ring!" And she kick the ring to him and he calls calls out "cataclysm!" And grabs the ring turning it to dust. Adrien falls to the ground freeing ladybug. She catches the butterfly "bye bye little butterfly. Miraculous ladybug!" Everything fixes and the duo leave before they change back leaving Adrien to be exposed as chat noir.

I know I said I wasn't going to put a fight scene. But then I had an idea for one so I shrugged and said "screw it." Edit: I FORGOT THE TAGS! NOOOO!

Tag list(open):

@kuroko26 @tia582

#adrien salt #you only love her

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seasonofthegeek · 5 years

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One Jump Ahead: Matching

Written for @ladrienjune

Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29:

“Hey, are you with us?”

Adrien opened his eyes slowly and groaned. Marinette smiled down at him, tears running down her cheeks. Everything hurt but if she was here, it must be heaven. “Am I dead?”

“Don’t even joke about that, dude,” Nino frowned from the other side of the bed. “I’m already tempted to never let you leave the apartment again. I think it’s the first time your dad and I have ever agreed on something.”

“Give him some space, babe. You can be the angry, protective big brother when he’s been awake longer than thirty seconds,” Alya said gently, taking his arm. She nodded at Marinette. “We’ll go get some coffee and be back in a few.”

Marinette watched them go before looking back down at Adrien. She swallowed thickly as the tears began to fall faster. “I’m so mad at you right now.” A sob forced its way out and she fell over him, holding him as best she could from her position standing beside the hospital bed.

He still felt a little disoriented but he tried to hold her back the best he could. “I’m okay. Everything’s fine.” He let her cry against his chest until she began to quiet and he awkwardly rubbed the back of her shoulder since it was what he could reach without the IV in his hand pulling too much. “I don’t think I understand what happened though.”

With a sniff, she pulled back. “You mean when you immediately dropped after I was somehow magically healed?” she accused.

Adrien smiled tiredly. “I was thinking a little more like how I got here. I thought...”

“I thought you were dead too,” she whispered. “But...I know this is going to sound crazy, but I could’ve sworn I heard Felix. He said he was refusing to let you cross over and that I know what a stubborn bastard he could be so I better get you to the hospital.”

“I think I was standing in this hallway but Chat Noir was in my way and threatened to Cataclysm me if I didn’t turn around,” he replied, face screwed up in confusion. “That couldn’t have been real though...”

She made a sound that was somewhere between a laugh and a sob. “Still protecting me even now,” she whispered.

Adrien tried to reach out for her and got frustrated by the wires and bed railing in the way. “Can you lay down with me? I really want to hold you.”

“I don’t wanna hurt you.”

“You couldn’t possibly.”

She carefully climbed into the bed and cuddled up next to him. They both sighed in relief as their heartbeats seemed to sync up.

“I think our heartbeats match now,” Adrien chuckled, trying to lighten the mood. “Fu warned our life forces would be all tangled if I used that power. I hope you don’t mind too much.”

“Don’t you ever scare me like this again.”

He looked down his body to see the Miraculous had been replaced with a hospital identity bracelet. “Did you take Wayzz back to Fu?”

“Nino did. I explained everything to him so he would know what to expect.”

“What happened to the villain?”

Marinette let out a deep exhale. “Down for now but they warned that more were coming. Called themselves the Harbinger, said they were only the beginning of a new wave of Miraculous holders that would rule the world.”

“That’s terrifying.”

“Yeah.”

The silence stretched on between them for a while before Adrien spoke again. “I’m going to need the bracelet back, Mari,” he said quietly.

“No.”

“I’m not going to let you face more villains like this on your own.”

“And I’m not going to let you almost kill yourself again trying to save me. You cannot have the Turtle back.”

Adrien heard the loophole in her words but decided it wasn’t the time to press it. He held her close and listened to the reassuring sound of her breathing and felt sleep take him under.

Buy me a cherry coke?

#ladrienjune #miraculous ladybug

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cheeseeatingtrashmonster · 6 years

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#ShamelesslyAkumatized

LadyNoir July day 28: Forgiveness/Stay. Thanks @lovesquare-squad (HOW is this month almost over??)

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The next morning, Marinette woke up with Adrien curled up sleeping with his head on her stomach. He was such a cat!

"Shut off your alarm," Marinette said, shoving at his shoulder. "I don't know where it is, but we have to get me back home."

"Noo," Adrien whined. "Comfy."

"Please?"

Adrien growled but sat up, looking around until he located his alarm clock.

"I'll get changed," she said, kissing his cheek as she passed him on the way to the bathroom. "I slept really well."

"Me too."

Adrien tugged on jeans and shoes, not entirely sure why he was dressing before transforming, but routines are hard to break.

"Ready for another trip in my arms, Princess?" Chat asked when Marinette reemerged, bowing dramatically for her.

"Actually," she said, chewing her bottom lip, "I was thinking I would transform. This isn't something I can be scared of. I have to transform to help people, and I don't want to stop helping."

"You don't have to do anything that'll upset you," he said, taking her hands in his.

"No, I need to do this." She took a breath and let it out in a puff. "But... hold my hand while I do?"

"Of course, My Lady." He brought one hand to his lips in a kiss and she smiled.

"You'll be fine, I promise," Tikki said, smiling sleepily.

"Okay. Okay, spots on!"

Ladybug stood before Chat Noir with her eyes screwed closed.

"Welcome back, Bugaboo."

"I'm okay," she whispered. Her eyes opened and she squeezed his hands. "I'm okay."

"Can I still walk you home?" he asked.

"Of course, Kitty."

They landed on her balcony a few minutes later and shared a kiss before parting.

Adrien showered and dressed for the day before heading downstairs for breakfast. The Gorilla was there waiting for him.

"We need to work out the details," Gorilla said. "Is your father going to do this willingly, or will I have to fight for custody?"

"I don't know," Adrien said. "I said a lot of stuff to him yesterday."

"Want to tell me what happened?"

"Uh... Just stuff. Manipulating Marinette, lying to me, just completely missing the point, kinda stuff."

"Don't tell me he got his memory back," Gorilla said. "I know he doesn't have his miraculous anymore, but I'd rather he didn't know to go looking for trouble."

"What."

Breakfast was a very long meal. Gorilla had to explain that he had known about Chat Noir almost from the beginning, and figured out Ladybug and Hawkmoth in the last few weeks. Adrien thought back on all the times he had transformed only around the corner from the Gorilla in the car and figured he probably was the worst at keeping his identity secret.

"Don't worry about it, the previous Chat Noir was worse," Gorilla said.

"What do you mean? You knew him?"

"Felix? Yeah. I was his bodyguard when he was about your age, running around like you do chasing after his Ladybug."

"I have so many questions."

Adrien and Gorilla discussed the fight the night before. Gorilla offered to speak to Gabriel and see if he could convince him to sign over custody.

"Some part of him wants what's best for you," Gorilla said. "Let's see if we can get him to focus on that."

/*****/

"I'm proud of you for facing your fears, Marinette!"

"Thanks, Tikki," Marinette said, changing into pajamas. It was still early, she wanted to sleep more. "There's cookies on my desk if you want."

Tikki zipped over to open the box. She was deciding which cookie she wanted first when Marinette flopped onto her bed and curled into her cat pillow.

"Hey, Tikki?"

"Yes?"

"What if Ladybug told everyone that she was akumatized?"

"What do you mean?"

"Would that be a bad idea?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't know," she said. "I was just thinking about other times I had a feeling of 'I need to do this' and as relieved as I was when Chat covered for me at the press conference, I really wanted to let everyone know."

"What do you think people would get out of it?" Tikki asked.

"I don't know," she rolled onto her back, bringing the cat pillow with her. "Maybe they'll feel less alone. Blame themselves less. Maybe it'll help me remember that having strong feelings isn't something to be ashamed of." She sighed. "But that's selfish."

"Maybe it will remind them that having strong feelings isn't something to be ashamed of," Tikki said, brushing cookie crumbs off her paws before settling on the pillow next to Marinette.

"Maybe."

/*****/

Adrien went with the Gorilla to the hospital, but he waited outside the room. He tried to ignore the raised voices from within a few minutes later and started texting Nino. Nino had a disastrous summer babysitting job and always had funny stories about the nine year old girl and five year old boy he watched and the things they got up to.

"Adrien?" the Gorilla poked his head into the hall. "Would you join us for a moment?"

Adrien shoved his phone in his pocket and wished he had brought Marinette because everything was easier with her smile. He had held her hand while she transformed again. He should have had her here to hold his hand as he had to face his own transformation.

"Adrien," Gabriel said, "do you really want to take away my custody of you?"

"Yes, I do."

"But I'm not that man anymore," he said. "I can't remember even being that man. I saw what that man did, and I agree it was horrible, but Adrien, I am your father. I love you."

"I love you too, Father," Adrien said. "But I can't forget what you did. I can't excuse it, I can't pretend that you're a different person. You might not remember, but you did all of those things, willingly and with so many other options available. I'll learn to forgive you, but I won't forget. Until you repeatedly and consistently prove that you are who you claim to be, not who you've shown yourself to be time and time again, you shouldn't be my parent." Tears formed in his eyes, but Adrien ignored them. "And I shouldn't have to be the one to tell you that."

"Adrien-"

"The best thing for him," Gorilla interrupted, stepping between them enough to shield Adrien while he wiped his eyes, "is for you not to be the one in charge of his life right now."

Gabriel had the grace not to beg. Adrien had outlined his terms clearly. He had his path set before him.

"Okay. Bring me the papers, and I will sign them."

"Thank you, Father."

In the hallway, Adrien called Marinette.

"Hey, Kitty, I was about to call you," she said.

"He agreed," Adrien said. "He's giving up custody."

"Oh, Adrien," she said. "Come over. Let my parents and me dote on you for a little while."

He almost made an excuse to the Gorilla out of habit.

"Can I go to Marinette's for a while?"

"Yeah. I'll drive you. If you plan to stay for dinner, text me. We'll outline ground rules tomorrow."

/*****/

Adrien relaxed upon setting foot in the bakery, and even more when Sabine made a beeline to him to give him a hug.

"Marinette says you're having a rough time," she said. "You're always welcome here."

Tom handed him a box of pastries and patted him on the back.

"I live above a bakery and I don't eat as many of these as you do," Marinette said when Adrien handed her a croissant.

"Your parents like me, apparently."

They settled into video games for a while before Adrien remembered something.

"You said you were about to call me. What's up?"

"Oh! So, I want to go public with the information that I was akumatized."

"What?"

"Everyone should know that even Ladybug can have a bad day, that we're no better than them, that having a moment of weakness doesn't make you any less of a superhero."

Adrien paused the game and leaned over to kiss her.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I love you."

Marinette blushed and unpaused the game.

/*****/

Ladybug stood before a podium in a very small conference room a few days later. She had notecards, but she had memorized her speech, remembering Alya's insistence that she never improvise. She knew what she wanted to say.

"I was akumatized. I was the victim that created feelings of overwhelming sadness in people when hit with my yoyo. I came before you all today because I wanted you to know that even a superhero feels what you do. Even I was susceptible to Hawkmoth's powers. To each and every one of you who has ever been under his control: It was not your fault. You did nothing wrong. Feeling strong negative emotions is a good thing, it means you care deeply. To each of you who has a friend or family member who has survived Hawkmoth's control: tell them that you know it wasn't their fault. Show them that you don't think any less of them. Support them in healing from this violation." She paused and reached for Chat's hand. "That's what Chat Noir has been doing for me."

She was glad there were only a handful of reporters in the room, because each had quite a few questions. The main theme seemed to be responsibility.

"I am sorry that I hurt people that day," she said. "But I do not feel responsible. I didn't choose to be akumatized. I fought it as hard as I could. The person responsible was Hawkmoth, just like with every other akuma." She repeated this statement almost word for word four more times.

"Can we know your akuma name?"

"No," she said, shaking her head and trying not to make a face.

"Can you tell us why you were akumatized?"

"No. It doesn't change what happened. It doesn't change who is at fault."

The conference ended and the heroes were led out a side door of town hall.

"Wait!"

Chloe came running up to Ladybug.

"Something wrong?" Ladybug asked.

"Thank you," she said, tears falling openly. "Thank you."

Ladybug stepped forward and held her arms out, and Chloe hugged her.

"Thank you," she whispered. She pulled away, wiped her eyes, and left with a wave.

"You're already making an impact with this, Bug," Chat said, taking her hand.

"Good," she said. "That's all I can hope for."

She kissed him.

Chloe caught it on her camera phone. The picture went viral.

"LadyNoir kiss finally captured on film!"

The only thing to top it on social media was the new cool hashtag.

"ShamelesslyAkumatized. I started it so people could share their stories," Alya said, handing her phone to Marinette as they sat on a picnic bench the next day. "I think it's making a difference. It's trending, along with her speech. I know you've never been akumatized, but have you watched it?"

"I watched it," Marinette said. "What did it mean to you?"

"It meant someone got it," she said. "Someone got that it sucks. You don't have any choices and you're the worst version of yourself and everyone sees it and she made sure that everyone knows that you can come back from that."

"What are you two lovely ladies talking about?" Adrien asked, dropping onto the bench next to Marinette and pulling her close to kiss her cheek.

"How did you two go from zero to PDA in five minutes?" Alya asked.

"That's what you were talking about?" Nino asked. "It's one of the mysteries of the universe, these two."

"I'm just saying, it took someone-" Alya sent Nino a side eye, "-over two months to hold my hand in front of the school in the mornings."

"I'm sorry, you're intimidating," Nino said. "Like, really, really intimidating. I was scared of you. Still am. Are you saying I should not fear how awesome you are? That you aren't so awesome it makes men of strong moral fiber quake before you?"

"I don't know," Alya said, "are any around here to ask?"

Nino pulled his hat low over his face as the other three laughed with/at him. It took a couple minutes of teasing for the conversation to circle back to Ladybug's speech.

"What did it mean to you?" Marinette asked Nino.

"Read my tweet," he said, handing over his phone. On the screen read "I was #ShamelesslyAkumatized because I had one moment of being so upset it overrode everything else. And you know what? That's normal."

"That's great," Marinette said.

Adrien watched her ask all of their friends over the next few days what Ladybug's speech meant to them. He watched it slowly work into the core of her, loosen the knot of guilt that ate at her when she thought he wasn't looking and gave her nightmares that left her shaking and calling him in the middle of the night.

"What does it mean to you?" Adrien asked a few nights later. Her speech was playing on the news again and she was nodding off against him in the corner of the couch while her parents sat at the kitchen table working out what to prepare for the bakery the next day.

"It means... I get to let go," she said. "Ladybug let go, so I can, too."

#LoveLadyNoir #miraculous ladybug #ladybug #chat noir #marinette dupain-cheng #adrien agreste #the gorilla #gabriel #alya cesaire #nino lahiffe #chloe bourgeois #my writing #events #patrol is better with you

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Just for Tonight: Felix’s Vision

The amazing @lahiffed sent me ko-fi to write Felix’s vision and what he experienced during Nathaniel’s power meltdown in Chapter 34 of Just for Tonight so here we gooooo...

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The power hit him like a wave crashing down and he was filled with instant fear. Suddenly he was a small child again on the beach with his parents. He heard his mother laughing and saw his father hand her a drink as he struggled to keep his head above the ocean water. They didn’t see him. They couldn’t see he was in trouble. He cried out as another wave took him and then strong arms were wrapping around him and his father was picking him up out of the water and taking him back to the beach. Gabriel murmured soothing words and Felix remembered crying into his father’s shirt and holding onto the fabric tighter than he’d ever held anything before.

Another wave of power flowed over him and the fear was gone as quickly as it had come. It shifted into something he couldn’t quite place as he found himself walking through the Agreste mansion. This wasn’t the home he’d grown up in though. Death lingered in the air and the sounds of battle were happening all around him. He began to run down the long hall. He had to get to the library. He knew that’s where he needed to be.

The stench of sullied blood grew nauseatingly strong as he got to the library doors. He could hear a struggle inside and without another thought, he was pushing the heavy doors open and taking in the scene. Bodies littered the floor and blood spattered the spines of the books he’d held so dear. His heart stopped when he saw Marinette in a bloodied white wedding dress. She was snarling, fangs glistening red, as she stood guard in front of Adrien’s still form while a man approached her with a sword. Felix moved to help her but before he could, the man was flying across the room with a growled curse from an unknown source.

“Nino,” Felix whispered and felt as if his strings had been cut. He’d lost hope that Nino could possibly still be alive after all this time. Surely Jagged killed him. This couldn’t be real. This was all a terrible dream.

Nino met his eyes in disbelief. He half-stood on guard, his hands still clawed and caked in blood. Blood coated his face and saturated his clothes and all the red made his golden eyes stand out in stark contrast. “You can’t be real.” His voice was hoarse, broken. He cast a glance to Marinette seeing to Adrien before returning his attention to the other man. “Who are you?”

Felix frowned. “I’m Felix. Nino, it’s me.” He took a step forward and Nino fell back into a defensive crouch, watching him warily.

“My Felix is dead.”

He wanted to cry. “I thought my Nino was dead too.” His voice was barely a whisper but he knew the other man heard him when he went to his knees. Felix closed the distance between them and knelt down. He cupped Nino’s face gently, thumbs sliding against the slick blood on his cheek. “Are you really here?”

“I like your hair.” Nino swayed on his knees and Felix caught him as he fell forward.

The room shifted around them and Felix felt confusion and fear taking him as he tried to hold onto Nino tighter than he’d ever held anyone before. And just as quickly, warmth and happiness settled around him like a fog and he breathed it in, feeling his body relax into the sensation. He was safe here. They both were.

They were in Nino’s room, stretched out beside each other on the bed. Nino’s fingers were twisting the ends of Felix’s hair around and around before releasing them to start again. “It’s so much longer,” he murmured and his eyes slid shut in a long, heavy blink.

“It is?” Felix was surprised to see how far his blonde hair reached across the pillow now. It was years’ worth of growth. That couldn’t be right, could it?

“And the tattoos are...” Nino trailed off with a yawn and snuggled closer. “Mmm, hot.”

“Tattoos? What tatt...” Felix looked down his bare chest and arms to see dark runes burned across his skin. They had to be Fae in origin. “Nathaniel...”

Nino made a content humming noise as Felix tightened his arms around him.

“I’ll never leave you again. I promise.” He kissed his head and held on tight. Somehow Nathaniel had done this. It didn’t make any sense at all but maybe it had something to do with his magic. Felix still wasn’t sure what had been happening in the house. He needed to check in on Adrien. Were Gabriel and Nathalie and Adele still alive?

The brief wonder of who was now the king of France flitted across his mind and then he was staring at his reflection in a floor length mirror. He wore a beautiful suit with embroidered flowers and sigils decorating the lapels and collar. His hair was long and half-braided and interwoven with a beautiful silver crown.

Nathaniel appeared behind him and wrapped his arms around his middle and hooked his chin over Felix’s shoulder. “You look very handsome,” he said and smiled at their reflection. “I’d expect nothing less from the king of vampires.”

“I don’t understand what’s happening.” Felix wanted to be put off by Nathaniel’s familiarity but something about it felt calming and right. They didn’t know each other well enough for this. Felix rarely liked to be touched unless it was by someone he chose.

“I think this is Marc’s doing somehow,” he answered and stepped away. “I’ve seen so many things tonight. He has a gift for visions.”

“But--”

Nathaniel reached around to cover Felix’s mouth with his hand. “Just see what he has to show you. You need to see that there’s hope,” he commanded and then he gone in a whisp of power and Felix was turning to see Nino standing in the doorway.

“Big day. You ready?” He held out his hand and Felix immediately reached for it.

“I’m not sure.”

“Don’t let Adrien hear you say that. He and Mari are already making plans to leave for a few months. If you try to give him the crown, they’ll be on the first plane out tonight without so much as a goodbye,” Nino laughed. He tugged on his suit jacket with his free hand. “Do you think this looks okay? It’s not what I’m used to but Chloe insisted it looked better than what I had picked out already.”

“You know Chloe?” Felix’s brow furrowed. “Were you hunters together? Wait. No, that can’t be right. You’re much older than her.”

“Good thing she’s not the one I’m marrying then,” he teased. When Felix didn’t reply, Nino cocked his head worriedly. “Hey, are you okay? You seem a little out of it.”

“Stress, I suppose,” he answered in a distracted manner. “You said it’s a big day?”

“Your coronation? The thing you’ve been wanting your whole life?” Nino raised an eyebrow. “I’d say so. Look, if you want to postpone...”

“Of course not! I mean...I’m just...I think I need a minute to think.”

“Do you want me to go?” Nino offered.

“Never.”

He smiled and rubbed his thumb along Felix’s knuckles as the other man tried to process what was happening.

“I don’t believe this is real,” he finally said. “I think this is a possible future.” He looked at NIno. “Which means you have to still be alive, right? If you’re dead, none of this could happen so since I’m seeing this, I know you’re still alive.”

Nino didn’t answer but he began to hum as his thumb kept stroking along Felix’s skin.

“I have to come back for you, for everyone,” he continued. “That’s what this is trying to show me. But how? I’m not enough on my own.” He closed his eyes and when he opened them, he and Nino were in a bed again but this one was far bigger and more elegant than Nino’s.

His body felt heavy and sated and he could feel the sweat cooling against his skin from their previous activities. He breathed in deeply and felt the sting of pain and pleasure as soon as he smelled the coppery scent of blood. “You’re going to get drunk again,” he said languidly and heard Nino’s deep chuckle. He felt his warm tongue lave against the wound before the familiar sucking sensation that followed.

Felix welcome the lightheaded feeling and knew he could trust Nino to stop even under the influence of royal blood. This was their new normal. This was all he ever wanted.

“Mmm, my king,” Nino slurred, moving up to kiss his cheek. “I love you.”

“I love you,” Felix replied softly. He tugged at one of the loose waves of Nino’s hair. He liked it growing out. The combination of sex and blood loss weighed on him and he felt his eyelids droop. “Just give me five minutes and I’ll be good to go,” he murmured.

“You said that two hours ago,” a rough voice complained.

Bright light seared his eyes and Felix rolled over with a groan, burying his face in a pillow.

“Get up, you fucking invalid,” Xander demanded. “I’m sick of guarding your ass and I’m hungry. So either you’re going to feed me or I’ve got to go find some blood and let me tell you, they do not like me in the kitchen. Of course, if I drink from you, I’m only hurting myself so once again, I’m the one who gets screwed in this whole deal. I’m just lucky like that.”

Felix peered out with one eye. “What?” he croaked. His throat felt raw and his stomach rumbled. How long had he been sleeping?

“Are you finally awake?” Xander’s attention sharpened on him. “I’ve been talking to you for days and you just blather on about nonsense. Nonsense and fucking Nino. Definitely scarred from that so thanks so much.”

“Days?” He tried to sit up and found he couldn’t move very well.

“More like a week now. Damn it, you’re worse off than I thought. No wonder I’ve been feeling so shitty. I’ve been feeding nonstop to keep you alive. I’ll get some food brought up and tell the king freak you’re awake.”

It took far too much effort to bring his hand to his face to pinch the bridge of his nose. He could feel a headache beginning, the telltale pulse in his temple being all the sign he needed. He tried to gather his thoughts. Had Xander said he’d been asleep for a week? How was that possible? What had happened with the council? Where were the others? Was Nino really--

“You’re awake.” Nathaniel beamed at him and Felix already felt better. His muscles ached a little less and he felt the headache ease away as the other man sat on the edge of his bed. “We’ve all been worried about you.”

“Was I dreaming?” The last word got caught in his dry throat and he coughed.

Nathaniel held out his hand and a glass of warm blood appeared as if he’d always been holding it. “This might help.”

Felix looked at the glass with a bit of trepidation but his hunger won out and he was quickly grabbing it and draining it. As soon as he held it away, it refilled. “I’m guessing you got a power up,” he murmured.

“You could say that,” Nathaniel nodded. “I control all the magic of the Fae.”

“What do you mean ‘control’?”

The man he’d first met peeked through as he slumped a little. “I’m not entirely sure but it feels like a huge responsibility.”

“I’d think so.”

“Are you really feeling okay? I’ve made sure Xander has been well fed to keep you healthy, though I’m thinking I didn’t push it enough.”

Felix began his second glass of blood more slowly. “I don’t understand what happened with the seer. How did I see Nino?”

“Is that his name? I kept checking in on you when I could and you were always so happy in his presence. He’s the one you left behind, isn’t he?”

“Not the only one.” Felix sighed and took a long sip. “Was any of it true?”

“It was a possible future. Every second of every day changes the future so there’s no way to say that one is for sure going to happen. At least that’s what Marc says. He’s still learning the ropes on this too.”

“The seer?”

Nathaniel nodded. “And the third of my power. Apparently we make up the legended Triumvirate of Life and Death.”

“You’ve had a busy week.”

“You did too.”

Felix rested the glass against his thigh. “I think I have to go back, but I don’t know how. I’m not strong enough to take down Jagged and his men on my own. I don’t even know what’s happening there right now.”

“If you can be patient with me and let me bring peace to this realm, I’ll do whatever is in my power to help you when the time comes.”

He frowned. “I don’t think I can wait. Everything they must be going through...”

Nathaniel gave him a sad look. “I can’t leave this place right now and unless I lift my mark, you can’t either.” He covered Felix’s hand with his. “I need you to trust me. You need this time to heal so that you can help them.”

Felix swallowed hard. He thought back to Nino playing with his long hair and the tattoos adorning his skin. He had to wait. He had to get to that time. And when he did, he was going to save them all.

Buy me a cherry coke?

#just for tonight #nelix

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