#Alleycat Teashop AU

[taldigi]

the kinda day of which I dreamed since i was small :(

[sallertiafabrica]

Doodles for @arcadeology’s Alleycat Teashop AU and an Alina and Flora designs I did for fun

[taldigi]

yeah I got some ideas for Alleycat AU

[taldigi]

an incredibly stressed out marinette

[taldigi]

Chat Calico

Teashop AU Felix who steps up as a hero for Ladybug.

[taldigi]

Can we please have more deets on the Tea Shop Au?!

(Canon-adjacent, no guardian or miracle box, Alya doesn't know)

Marinette has had it quite rough the last few years. A bullying situation that hasn't really gotten better, a super hero partner who can't stop flirting with her and because he "loves her too much" (sure, it was cute at first but it's been a long time and a lot of "no"s and he still hasn't gotten it!) and a friend group who can't seem to stop prioritizing her romantic life over her mental health.

On top of that, she's been having to deal with her parent's particularly nasty divorce, rapidly building responsibilities as both Marinette and ladybug (especially with planning for higher education), and other hassles that come with turning 17.

It all comes to a breaking point over such a minor thing- yet another trip to Andre's stall- and Marinette is not in the mood to tolerate having the flavor of her ice cream chosen for her and to watch her friends make goo-goo eyes over each other. She's happy for them, really- but does she have to play third wheel all the time??

A heated argument with Alya ends with Marinette storming off and getting herself lost-- although, lost is a relative term, as she knows Paris better than most Parisians.. but it must be the case, as she stumbles across a tiny, alleyway teashop called Alleycat that she has never seen before- and she's sure she's been in every alley in Paris!

The shop is run by a foreign boy named Felix Sphinx (thus, the name Alleycat), who tells her that he decided to run away from home a long time ago and that he runs the little shop alone. What he dosen't tell her initially, is that he is a MIraculous holder! The Kwami of Luck, Kitti the Calico Cat, has been his companion since he was a child- having found her miraculous in the woods behind his family's home. He has recently found out that the scuffles in Paris had been centered around the miraculous, and he came to learn more about them and has set up shop to both keep himself busy and to keep himself afloat.

Kitti's ambient luck swings both ways, and while he's been able to keep up rent and pick up french pretty easily (and eventually meet Ladybug herself! Even though he dosen't know it yet.) he also suffers from sudden misfortunes, meaning he's a lot more humble than your usual Felix- and thanks to Kitti's companionship, a lot more sociable as well. Though he very much still prefers the company of books and rainfall.

Marinette, exasperated, asks for something to drink, and is honestly thrown for a loop when asked for what she wants- still in that "soulmate icecream" mindset. Which keeps her comping back to the teashop for more (and is delighted to find out that he also makes Boba)

Eventually, an issue arises where Felix & Kitti are forced to help, and he finds that the hero life is pretty agreeable with him, so he- as Chat Calico, offers his help as a consistant hero, and his polite manner endears Ladybug to him almost immediately, largely to Cat Noir's chagrin.

Not a whole lot of identity shenanigans tho, as Kitti lets it drop pretty early on that Marinette is Ladybug, which confuses her as Kwami were not supposed to spill identities. Turns out it's a Lucky Guess.

Chat Calico uses his coin to force odds in battle. The coin has a clover on one side, and a cat on the other. Flipping the coin toggles the flow of luck, and the person who holds the coin gets the benefits or downsides of it (barring himself, mostly). Only he can flip the coin, anyone else who tries will only have the coin land the same every time. Kitti's miraculous is a silver bell on a silver chain

thats all I got for now.