#Homeless Chloe AU

[miraculous-multiverse]

Homeless Chloe AU Draft

Version 1 - 01/2025

By @the-lost-lights and @generalluxun (with a sizable contribution from the various people that asked questions about it).

Chloe, following the loss of the Bee Miraculous and arrival of Zoe to Paris, runs away from home because she feels that she’s been replaced by a “better version of her” and that nobody needs or will miss her.

The sad part is that she’s not entirely wrong: Andre is too busy to realize that she ran away from home, thanks to Lila nearly everyone at school thinks that she’s on an expensive holiday (and Adrien and Marinette also believe her, if only because it would be in-character for her to go on an expensive holiday without saying anything to anyone) and only Sabrina and Zoe realized that she’s gone and are trying to find her without much luck.

Two months later and she’s barely hanging on as a homeless in the streets of Paris and her mental state worsens with each passing day. One day she stumbles upon an Akuma fight and Ladybug saves her but fails to recognize her. This causes Chloe to snap.

With her sanity damaged, Homeless!Chloe starts to hallucinate all the people she knows telling her that she’s worthless and nobody cares about her and the best thing she could do is throw herself in the Seine and die since she has nothing to live for. One month later after the Ladybug incident she almost does so but right before she jumps she realizes that despite everything she still wants to live, only for the Hallucination of Zoe to “push” her into the Seine. Before she can drown the currents bring her towards the Couffaine houseboat, where Anarka fishes the unconscious teen out of the waters and brings her to an hospital.

At the hospital the doctors who threat Chloe realize who she is and contact the police, who then contact Andre and ask him why the hell his daughter, who had disappeared from the public for three months ended up in the Seine. Andre, who didn’t even realize that his daughter was gone, freaks out and tries to cover his ass, only for the police threatening to charge him with child neglect and taking Chloe away from him and send her to her mother. As this happens, Chloe starts to freaking out and telling everyone that she doesn’t want to stay with her mother and Zoe because they will hurt and kill her and Anarka, in a well intentioned move that might bite her in the ass in the future, takes her out of the hospital, brings her to her houseboat and essentially adopts her.

The first days as a Couffaine aren’t easy for Chloe, not because she hates the houseboat (after three months living on the streets she’s fine in staying anywhere that isn’t a dumpster) but rather because she’s not doing fine mentally (constant hallucinations that tell you that she’s worthless and should die will make anyone insane) physically (she’s too thin, has various illnesses and ended up in the Seine, which clearly didn’t do good for her already precarious health) and lots of thrust issues, but her new family tries to make her feel better in any way possible.

Anarka at one point gives her a rescue cat that she names Pollen, like her former Kwami. They get along very well and she brings it everywhere she goes because it helps her calm down.

Following the disappearance of Chloe from the hospital, Andre manages to “persuade” (aka corrupts the higher ups) the police to stop the investigation against him and instead focus on finding his daughter and in the meantime covers up her disappearance with a public announcement that Chloe has been transferred into an exclusive school in Switzerland. Meanwhile Zoe and Sabrina decide to continue their search for Chloe by themselves and eventually they’re joined by Adrien and Alya (the former because he’s starting to be worried about the radio silence from her friend and the latter because she realized that something fishy was going on).

I’m still working on what will happen next but I have plans for Chloe to go back to school under a fake identity and bonding with the members of Kitty Section, plus a couple of ideas about Monarch trying to akumatize her and Zoe discovering where Chloe is and being divided between bringing her home or let her stay with her new family.

[generalluxun]

Homeless Chloe is very cat like.

She likes fish, napping in the sun and occasionally being annoying when she wants something. She also purrs like a cat when someone pets her but she’s very ashamed by this and doesn’t like when someone notices it.

Is this a sort of psycho-somatic behavior she's adopted, disassociating a little bit?

[the-lost-lights]

Homeless Chloe AU: Question... if you're willing to answer if Zoe finds out about Chloe what would she do...also what about Zoe's dad...

On one side she would want to bring her back home, but on the other side she doesn’t want to.

Almost nobody, including her, knew or realized that she ran away from home and while she wants to take her back home she knows Chloe wouldn’t want to because she found someone who care about and are trying to help her. Zoe would probably pretend to not know where her sister is so that she can have a better life, but on the other side she would be filled with regrets and guilt over hiding this important information.

As for Zoe’s dad… his biological one isn’t important in this AU while if Andre ever found out about this he would arrest the Couffaines for child abduction and try to get his daughter back… only to find out that due to his not realizing that Chloe was gone for months he would probably lose custody of her and Zoe and go to trial for child neglect.

@generalluxun

[flightfoot]

ML Fanfic Recs for Completed Fics 4K - 7K Words

I've got 20 fics for y'all this time! Several Lovesquare fics, unsurprisingly, but also some nice character studies, AUs, and a handful of less common ships, such a Lukadrien and Kittybella.

All of these fics will be in my Keyseeker's Choices For Best Completed Miraculous Fics Of 2024 Collection, and if you like that, please consider checking out my other collections, Keyseeker's Choices For Best Completed Miraculous Fics Of 2023, Keyseeker's Choices For Best Completed Miraculous Fics Of 2022, and Keyseeker's Choices For Best Completed Miraculous Fics - Misc. Years.

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Two is Company by Shadownoble

Adrien’s father wants him to play for an upcoming party. Only this time he won’t be doing it alone.

This Lukadrien fic's adorable! Luka's got selective mutism, which Adrien takes in stride. I love how their relationship develops, they're smitten with each other! Though of course while Gabriel brought the two of them together, he's an obstacle too. Because he's a dick.

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memtempsychosis by @bittersweetresilience

Félix is always watching Adrien die.

I love time loop fics, and this is no exception. Felix somehow gets trapped in a time loop with Adrien where no matter what he does, Adrien always dies by the end of the day by some manner, and then everything resets. I love how inevitable it all feels, the strange beauty to the prose when going over his deaths, and how you can feel Felix's increasing desperation throughout it all.

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Consequences of Dating Blindly by @mostmagical

Marinette knew she tended to get tunnel vision when she was focused, but luckily her boyfriend Chat Noir was always there to watch her back as they fought Monarch. With their enemy having disappeared, however, they decided together that it was finally time to reveal themselves. In public. Face to face. It's a little silly to have to introduce yourself to your own boyfriend, but after all, it wasn’t Marinette’s fault that she never knew her boyfriend’s name. (Adrien has never been to school, and Marinette doesn't know him.)

This is adorable! The two of them are so smitten with each other, and Adrien's not used to people not recognizing him as Adrien AGRESTE on sight. Marinette's got quite a few surprises coming her way, she didn't expect her kitty to come from this kind of background.

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Chat Noir Cataclyms Hawk Moth's Balls by @a-flaming-idiot

It's what it says on the tin; Chat Noir castrates his unaware father. And at the same time, Gabriel hits a high C to shatter glass, Nathalie realizes she wasted her life, Chloe accidentally outs herself, Adrien becomes homeless, there are no more secret identities, Tikki thinks she's funny, Nino and Alya take what's their's, and Chloe finally respects another human being. And a partridge in a pear tree~

So this is a fun little crackfic! Lots of jokes and absurd scenarios, you're likely to giggle at least a few times (and hopefully several times) while reading this.

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The Only Love We Keep by @nemaliwrites

Zoé is used to wanting things she can’t have — loving people who do not love her back. She’s made peace with that. But as soon as she meets Scarabella, she’s a goner. Or, five times Zoé’s love wasn’t reciprocated, and one time it was.

I love this analysis of Zoe and her circumstances, her mindset, her philosophy based on how she's grown up. How she yearns for her mom to actually love her, but she just... doesn't. And how she finds friends who actually care for her, and someone who actually wants her.

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A Body Without Spirit by @nemaliwrites

“Look, I don’t know much about you guys, but I always hear other humans whining about how they have to listen to their parents or their teachers or bosses or whatever.” “Yes,” says Marinette, “but that’s…that’s different. Usually, when someone tells me to do something, I only do it if I want to. I can think about it, make a real decision. But this…it was like I didn’t even have time to think about it. Like I couldn’t resist, even if I wanted to. And if I did, it would have killed me.” -- Adrien and Marinette swap bodies. Marinette does not have a good time.

I love how this examined how it feels to be controlled by an Amok, especially by someone who's never felt it before, who knows something's not right, that this isn't just psychological, but doesn't know what's causing the inability to disobey orders. And it means that Marinette really, truly understands why Adrien can't disobey now, not just on a mental level, but through experience.

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Blueberry Passion Fruit by @ninadove and @paracosmicat

He walked up to the counter, because he could not think of anything else to do. For all those times he had rehearsed their reunion, he had failed to consider the most obvious scenario: Adrien might want to run away once more.

I love Adrien just having run away, used a fake name, and then start working at a random cafe. Of course Felix still manages to track him down eventually. I loved seeing them talk things out!

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The Music Of His Soul by @rosie-b

Ever since she was born, Marinette could hear piano music in her head. It wasn’t any song that was playing in the world immediately around her; instead, what she heard were the songs that her soulmate was listening to. They came to her as her soulmate heard them, at seemingly random times from early morning to late afternoon, when the golden rays of sunset began to stream throughout Paris. Marinette enjoyed hearing the piano; it was proof that her other half was out there, alive and waiting to meet her. Written for Ladrien June Day 1: Hiding in Plain Sight

If you like soulmate fics and Ladrien, then this is a real treat! I liked this particular take on the soulmate mythos, and the way Adrien and Ladybug had looked for their soulmate, had thought of them, was really sweet!

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i love you to death by @wackus-bonkus-maximus

When Toxinelle vanishes after a battle with Hesperia, Loveybug takes her place.

So this fic takes place from Griffe Noir's perspective, showing his thought process and feelings towards Toxinelle, and his reaction when she just... vanishes and is replaced. I like how, as much as he'd convinced himself before her disappearance that he hated Toxinelle, he finds that he can't stand her being gone.

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love's constant shield kept you safe while you healed by katrinette

When Chat asks Marinette to keep his tree safe for him, of course Marinette says yes. Marinette's got ten green thumbs. She can keep any plant alive, healthy, and blooming. But Chat's tree has hidden damage, and extraordinary actions might be necessary to keep him alive.

I've never seen a tree used as a sort of daemon, as a piece of a person's soul that reflects their physical and mental state, it's very creative! I loved seeing how Adrien's and Marinette's trees acted and what they looked like, and how Adrien's tree reacted to bad circumstances.

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To Have Loved by @trishacollins

Adrien struggles with the loss of children he never had, with a life he remembers living but that wasn't real. The only person who understands him is Ladybug, his wife and his children's mother. Sleeping alone is such an empty feeling. Together, they might make a start at healing. Or they might just make a new disaster.

I love Jubilation angst. Depending on how "real" that timeline felt, waking up could be devastating - and Chat WAS certainly devastated in that episode. It's akin to the Pevensie kids in Narnia growing up, becoming rulers, and then tumbling out of the wardrobe a couple decades later, the same age at which they left. Of course Ladybug and Chat Noir would cling to each other afterwards, the only other person who remembers that imaginary timeline.

That's not all this story entails, however. Gabriel isn't too happy about Adrien sneaking out as much as he has been, and he WILL get answers, one way or another...

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If I'd Met You First by @geek-fashionista

According to Tikki, Chat Noir has always been Ladybug’s partner. “Maybe someone ought to tell him that,” Marinette says bitterly. [An Enemies AU]

So apparently this was one of the earliest enemies AU in existence, with originally being written in early 2016, but it was only just now uploaded to AO3 so I'm still counting it for this list. Despite its age, it holds up remarkably well, the author guessed a lot of things correctly, like Gabriel being Hawk Moth, it being possible to akumatize multiple people at once so long as the same feeling is being used for all of them, and it being possible to reject akumas. Considering that none of that was confirmed in season 1 (granted, most people had guessed that Gabriel was Hawk Moth, even that early), it's pretty remarkable!

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Happily Ever After by 3ggroll

Gabriel Agreste was a hero. Of that, Marinette is sure. So what's with the bitter taste in her mouth whenever she sees his statue?

This is an alternate universe version of Re-creation's epilogue, with Gabriel's Wish actually altering people's memories - Marinette's, most notably - to forget that he was Monarch, and to erase the memory of that knowledge whenever she figures it out. And she keeps ON figuring it out, over and over, but the knowledge is never allowed to stick.

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honesty can only be if there is a lie by katrinette

Ladybug always tells the truth. Chat Noir always lies.

So this is an interesting concept. While transformed, Ladybug physically cannot say anything untrue, while Chat can only speak in untruths. As a consequence, Chat gets good at figuring out how he can lie in such a way as to convey truthful information to Ladybug, and Ladybug learns how to speak deceptively without actually saying anything false.

Unfortunately for them, while they aren't bound by these conditions as civilians, it seeps into their civilian lives. Adrien learns to lie freely, easily, and convincingly, which is empowering at first, but leads to the class avoiding him when he starts being caught in them. Marinette doesn't outright lie, but her tendency to dance around subjects gets on people's nerves and similarly leads to others running out of patience with her or avoiding her. Basically, neither of their social lives fares well.

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No Names In The Stars by @nemaliwrites

Shadybug knows how her story ends: people like her don't get happy endings. She's made her peace with that. Her name on Claw Noir's wrist changes things.

I love Shadybug and Claw Noir talking like this, getting more emotionally sincere than they usually are. I especially liked how Shadybug kept thinking about how her soulmate wouldn't want her, that she's a nobody. It fits what we see of her in the special.

I also really like the reveal of who hers and Claw's enemy is. It's not unexpected, but it's still good.

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in which chat noir comes up with an awesome gift for ladybug by @mixelation

If his Lady wants ultra rare Adrien Agreste merch, then that’s what his Lady will get! Written for the Miraculous Ladybug Secret Santa exchange.

This was really sweet and I love how mixelation wrote Adrien's internal narration! You really viscerally understood his thoughts and feelings. It had some of the intimacy of a first person perspective, but well, in third person.

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Crossed Wires by @torvalvtt

Marinette has taken Adrien up on his suggestion that they share an apartment in university to help cut costs and be closer to school. This would be fine, except they both seem to have a problem with keeping their suits off around the apartment.

This was fun and hilarious. I loved seeing Ladybug and Chat Noir hurriedly try to come up with excuses for why they were in their own apartment, while Marinette and Adrien weren't XD.

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Here is Your Chance (to Understand) by Neonlite

And when he turned back to Adrien, tired in a way he always was when he thought about Belos, at the concern in Adrien’s eyes, and he knew what really unsettled him about the boy. It was like looking in a mirror, at a younger version of himself. A version of him with a responsibility he shouldn’t have had, a version of him with a power different from everyone else. Cat Noir seemed to settle atop Adrien, like a skin he was more comfortable in. (And the Golden Guard’s mask was safe because he wasn’t Hunter in it, he was the strongest witch on the Isles.) -- Where Adrien gets plopped at Hunter's house and he has many feelings about it. (Maybe too much for someone who wasn't stranded in a different dimension.)

I love Adrien and Hunter talking. They don't know exactly how similar they are - Adrien is from the season 5 ending, so Gabriel's regarded as a hero and he doesn't know that he's a sentimonster - but even still, Hunter can see the similarities between his younger self and Adrien in the ways they act, can tell something's wrong, even without Adrien realizing it.

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Blanc Space by @11jj11

Nino awakes to find himself in a strange flooded world...

So this is an interesting concept. Nino wakes up to suddenly find himself in Chat Blanc's timeline, with no idea of what just happened aside from it probably being due to an akuma attack, as most strange happenings are. Of course, he meets Chat Blanc, though the cat doesn't know he's real.

I love how Nino realizes what's going on and empathizes with Chat. He needs company so badly.

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Miraculous: A Lovesquare Dating Sim by @nagisachan1

“Did you hear that, Tikki? A ‘choose your own adventure’ about a romance with Paris’ superheroes. Do you really think there’s people who’d be interested in that sort of thing?” Tikki giggled. “I have a feeling there’s a lot more than you think, Marinette.” What will Marinette do tonight? YOU decide, in this CYOA lovesquare adventure!

This isn't very long, but I really like the way it's set-up, I played through so many CYOA books as a kid. Playing through this simple little Lovesquare fic whets my appetite for something more involved, it seems like it'd be easy to do a multi-writer collaboration for some sort of CYOA fic, and if that happened, I'd like to use this fic as a guide for how to format it. I especially love that at the top of each chapter, there's a link to go back to the previous chapter so you can easily try out the other branches.

[thejollyrabbit]

AU idea: for Miraculous Ladybug...

Everyone is getting ready to graduate college*(a), when it's learned that Chloe is not only back in Paris*(b) but also that Chloe and Marinette*(c) are secretly*(d) dating*(e).

*(a): It's been years and friendships have lessened due to time, distance and Marinette just not trusting her friends with Miraculous' anymore due to 1) constantly being Accuma-tized and 2) trusting strangers (*chough* Lila's persona's *chough*) over herself. So currently Marinette doesn't give/lend out Miraculous.

*(b) the USA refused to issue a Green Card to a known supervillain / collaborator and deported Chloe after she turned 18. Chloe didn't turn to her dad/sister, who rightly banished her, and ended up homeless as no one will hire or rent to a known and willing villain (even shelters won't take her in).

*(c) I could see the Dupain-Cheng's doing charity work, such as feeding the homeless, which is how Marinette found Chloe, who she started following thinking she was up to something, only to learn exactly what her situation is.

*(d) Marinette didn't tell anyone about Chloe, at first because she didn't care, but later at Chloe's request in order to convince Chloe to stay at her family bakery to get her off the streets.

*(e) It started off as purely hate-"physical"ing but has, to their mutual horror/embarrassment, deepened into something more (or at least something not resentment based), from years of cohabitation and getting to know each other.

[maccreadysbaby]

Project: Killcode Masterlist

in which, after becoming a wayne for real, bentley whittaker starts high school. of course, a few questionable things have to hitch a ride — like roommates, girls, bad decisions, parties, poison-leaking-children, fatal lullabies, very illegal surgery, and just a little bit of kidnapping.

first fic of the hundred days series linked here! this is fic number three!

started; may 18, 2024

completed; jan 31, 2025

one — in the shark tank two — mafia family three — mafia family (pt 2) four — dream school five — registration six — tim drake jr seven — the lump from california eight — hitting the city nine — hitting the city (pt 2) ten — teenage angst eleven -- poison dart frogs and dinosaurs twelve -- a bet (& cheating to win it) thirteen — descendants and sadie hawkins fourteen — the right thing fifteen -- exploding gatorade sixteen -- ghosts of the past seventeen — one after another eighteen -- the water willow nineteen — a chance for redemption twenty -- chloe (the hot one) twenty-one -- bad guys twenty-two -- vulture twenty-three — highlight reel from hell twenty-four — savage twenty-five — big brother material (written entirely by my beloved mutual @skylathescholarly everyone say thank you) twenty-six — social pressures twenty-seven — communication twenty-eight — decode twenty-nine — spite thirty — hypocrisy thirty-one — in the job description thirty-two -- effort thirty-three — plague doctor thirty-four — three little birds thirty-five — out of the loop thirty-six — defenseless thirty-seven -- as good as dead thirty-eight -- a sight for sore eyes thirty-nine — trapped forty - crisis forty-one -- isolation forty-two -- a welcome guest forty-three — birthday bat (written entirely by my beloved mutual @flyrobinflyy everyone say thank you) forty-four — the plague forty-five — disaster forty-six -- suicide rescue mission forty-seven -- traitor forty-eight — homeless forty-nine -- prisoners of war fifty -- escapade fifty-one -- victim fifty-two -- prison break fifty-three -- denial fifty-four -- numb fifty-five — reprieve fifty-six — recovery

BOOK FOUR!!!

CAST (BOYS, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST) 🥹

CAST (GIRLS) 🥰

PROJECT: KILLCODE ORIGINS ↴

VARIAN KOA VALOR ROCKIE BELLAMY VERA

EXTRAS

bentley and bellamy parallels where asten was during the first half of chapter eleven bentley and asten in a destiny 2 au (maccreadysbaby’s tiny lightbearer au) bentley in detroit: become human (maccreadysbaby’s jericho’s child au) what the bully’s note in chapter fifteen said pt. 2 of the bentley as robin au bentley’s instagram (fake pics made by a friend) bentley in a quiet place (maccreadysbaby’s silent city au)

[natedogx15]

Vigilante AU ideas:

Shadybug and Claw Noir really don’t like being Vigilantes, but they’ve been banished to their universe with no way back, nobody thrusts them and they are forced to see their current universe selves living a good life while they’re technically homeless. They hate each other but develop some kind of toxic codependency thing because that’s all they have other than their Kwami.

Sentimonster Ladybug is a sentimonster created by the Cult of the Akuma to cause chaos and confusion only for Ladybug to recover her amok and Jalil merge its essence with the sentimonster, stabilizing her existence and ensuring that the cult cannot remove the feather from the amok (unless it gets destroyed). She is curious and interested in humanity and wants to become her own person, even if technically she’s a goddess with incredibly powers of creation (when she found out about Tikki she made a copy of her that would “store” her powers when not necessary, basically creating a fake Kwami that has similar powers to Tikki but a very ditzy and loopy personality).

Despite Viperion trying to help Kitty Section, they don’t trust him a lot because he stole a Miraculous from Ladybug (that they all respect a lot) and so they think that he’s untrustworthy and wants to get close to them in order to backstab them. Ironically Chloe wants to help him, if only because she thinks that this way they’ll be more willing to listen to her.

The rest of the au is here.

Sorry, it took me so long to answer this. The wifi in my area has been acting up a lot.

I like the idea that Shadybug and Claw Noir don't like being vigilantes in a world where they have to see their other selves so happy. I can imagine Mr. Damocles or one of the other older members letting them stay in their house and the League just taking care of them.

Imagine how much fun Plagg would have teasing Tikki about her senticopy. He would not let her live it down. I always enjoy the concept of a being trying to find themselves and become more 'human'.

The idea of Kitty Section being suspicious of Viperion despite his wish to protect them is interesting. I like how they think he stole the Miraculous and I do think the dynamic he can have with Chloe would be both hilarious and cool to watch.

[tangent101]

The Prejudice of Appearance in LiS

Okay. I would like you to imagine an AU where Kate Marsh was rebelling against her parents and loved dressing up in goth clothes - it can even be the frilly cute goth clothes some girls wear, with the lace gloves and the like. She also has a more biting wit and speaks up for herself more. (We can see signs of that Kate if Max doesn't support Kate against David and suggests against going to the police over Nathan drugging her.)

Meanwhile, Chloe Price actually works and while she was a high school dropout has respectable looking clothes, wearing slacks and a good quality shirt. She's also quieter and less sarcastic, even in the face of being abused by David, because she's trying to avoid being hit by him.

Now envision the reaction of the LiS Haters if that was the Kate and Chloe we'd gotten. How much do you think they'd have railed against Kate and hated her outright (especially with her religiosity) while feeling more sympathy for Chloe?

How much of the hatred and belief of "she deserved it" from certain folks came from how Chloe dressed, while the fact Kate dresses like a schoolgirl makes people feel sympathy for her? (How much of society's hatred of the homeless is due to how they look? Do we not feel more sympathy when the homeless person is a good-looking white person?)

Just some food for thought.

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Hey I’m looking for some fics that are similar to collide , bittersweet memories, sideways, beautiful mess. Something along those lines in terms of length and mix of smut/fluff. Not too fussed with tropes however I love angsts fics & bad boy blaine fics !! Thankyou.

Syrup and Honey by LauGS 

AU!Klaine. Kurt Hummel is 25 years old when he finds himself being the owner of the bakery he had been dreaming about his whole life, just in time to sweeten up Blaine Anderson’s days.

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Fire With Fire by mmerainbows

Badboy!Blaine (S2/3 AU) William McKinley High School has its jocks, its geeks, its preps, and its skanks. It also has the one kid even the bullies stay out of the way for - Blaine Anderson. No one crosses him, and Kurt knows to keep out of his way and do what he wants, whether that’s supplying Blaine with a pencil for French class when it’s demanded of him, or just staying quiet.

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I’ve Been Looking for You Forever by Chloe Winchester

AU Blaine Anderson is cruel, hard, unforgiving and abused, and the only thing that brings light to his life is a boy that can’t even see it. BadBoy!Blaine Blind!Kurt written for Warblerinfections. M for language, SC and violence.

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Like I’ve Never Seen the Sky Before by missbeizy

Blaine is a sixteen year old homeless runaway. Kurt is a twenty five year old Broadway performer. One afternoon Kurt quite literally stumbles over the poor boy on the street, accidentally beginning a relationship that’s more than complicated from the start.

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I Won’t Let You Down by MrsCriss2012

AU. 16 year old Blaine moves to Lima with his mom and new step family. Desperately unhappy and alone, he is befriended by one Burt Hummel who lives across the road. The pair start to restore a classic car together, but what will Blaine make of Burt’s surly 27 year old son?

Sequel: Feels Like Home

- HKVoyage

[ladyboogga]

Okay but imagine an AU where everything is the same except Adrien never went to school but instead fled home as soon as he got the Chat Noir miraculous. He keeps fighting crime alongside Ladybug but is kinda homeless.

Chloe finds him when he seeks help and they hatch a plan wich may or may not have been made after him cutting off and dyeing his hair green in the middle of a meltdown (he wanted it blue but whatever, it was meant to ruin his perfect hair in some way-). Chloe makes a few phone calls and gets him a fake ID named Felix (the cousin will not exist in this version), gets him some makeup and eyeliner and boom he can go to school and has a small apartment.

So, Felix gets an imediate crush on Marinette after she gives him a croissant (wich is totally untelated to the fact that he was starving before she did so). He is also very Chat Noiry. Like, his personality is a mess. He cries himself to sleep every night because he is a mess but is always kind of a meme for everyone.

One day though Chat Noir stops showing up and instead Catwalker comes allong (and no its deffinetly not because Adrien- I mean, Felix heard someone saying he was annoying and deciding to get back to people pleasing at least in his hero persona). Ladybug gets a crush on him but is kinda weary because she misses her chaton so REVERSED LOVE SQUARE!!

I only have this for now btw so feel free to add ideas

[honeysukel]

Au where Chloe runs away from home at 16 and gets away with it somehow?? And is reunited with The Gang 2 years later via wacky highjinx and akuma shenanigans

Chloe leaves home, taking as much money and expensive jewellery she could pawn as she possibly could so that she wouldn’t be entirely homeless on her extended surprise vacation.

Basically she has to return to Paris at 18 to acquire her legal documents and shit, but the process is tough and leads to her eventual akumatisation. She spirals into unchecked negative emotions because the govt is giving her a hard time getting the documents which really sucks since she hasn’t done anything illegal and it’s literally not her fault that they didn’t look hard enough so?? Why are you blaming her?? And also she hasn’t been in Paris for 2 years so she’s gotten used to not being under threat of akumatisation for any slightly bad emotion

It’s also difficult bc both visually and as a person she’s changed a lot so she doesn’t get recognised immediately or anything. She feels too awkward about confronting any of her old classmates at this point too bc of how she was

She gets in her own head about things, and is doing her best to redirect her frustrations and eventually finds a way to blame the whole thing on hawkmoth. After all she is very good at blaming people for things they aren’t necessarily involved in!

The miraculous’ have all been growing stronger over the course of Chloe’s indefinite surprise vacation, both the good and evil holders. Which is dangerous in many ways of course, but also beneficial to Chloe bc hawkmoth got cocky and didn’t properly check who she was angry at.

His monologue drones on about some shit on her getting revenge and she stopped paying attention halfway through. But the important part is she kinda wants to get revenge on hawkmoth rn so you know what? That’s what she gonna do.

This leads to an eventful akuma ‘fight’ for the heroes of Paris bc they’re really just trying to hold her back from low-key trying to track down and kill hawkmoth and *goddamn it Chloe this could ruin our whole operation!*

On that note, the heroes don’t recognise her either, between her unexpected reappearance, personal changes and her akumatised self, aptly named ‘Queen Karma” she’s unrecognisable. Which makes figuring out what happened kind of difficult for LB and CN

On the bright side they do find out that hawkmoth can’t undo his akuma! (At least in this au he cant, or at least under certain plot convenient circumstances he can’t)

Eventually though, LB manages to talk her down enough that they can grab and break the little ladybug pinned to her jacket where the akuma was hiding. (LB figured she might be a fan and managed to get her to calm down enough to listen to LBs plan on how She can defiantly help them right now!!)

As the akuma is purified and the civilian beneath is revealed the heroes are Shocked. They are stood silent with their mouths open for a solid minute, Chloe doesn’t notice this because she’s busy being Maybe Concussed and groggy. (While she’s changed a lot they can still recognise that it’s Chloe, having been in close contact with her for years and getting a closer look right now)

Once Chloe’s head clears, she explains her situation to Ladybug, who promises to get the government to cooperate and give her the medical records, legal docs and the paperwork for a Name Change.

Ladybug also hands Chloe a piece of paper with an address on it.

So Chloe gets the legal stuff sorted, no longer a bourgeois but rather a simple Beau. Has some shocking realisations aided by her medical records about just how sketchy her family is, and cautiously sets out to find where this mysterious address leads her.

—

“Tikki, do you think that was smart?”

Marinette is pondering her Excellent Decision Making (tm) to herself and her Kwami in the reflection of her bathroom mirror later that day.

Her had was forced! Her heartstrings had been thoroughly tugged! She had promised Chloe as Ladybug that she had a friend who could help her out, of course neglecting to mention that SHE is the friend, and also not exactly thinking through that she would now have to be sharing her one bedroom apartment with the girl she (used to?) hate! Not to mention that this would make sneaking off to be Ladybug just as hard as back when she lived with her parents and oh god what would Chloe say about all the posters and magazine cutouts of various celebrity crushes all over her walls?? /Shitshitshit!!/

So anyway yeah, older!Chloenette roommate au anyone? : -)

[miraculous-multiverse]

Homeless Chloe AU: Catnap

Another small fic based around a funny idea I have for this AU. Once again, this AU has been made by @the-lost-lights and @generalluxun.

Enjoy!

Juleka and Luka were a little bit confused by what they were looking at.

On top of the bridge of their houseboat there was Chat Noir napping. On top of Chat Noir there was Chloe, who was also napping and using Chat Noir as a pillow. Finally, on top of Chat Noir and Chloe there was Pollen, Chloe’s therapy cat, who was awake and looked at the two siblings like he was inviting them to join on the cuddle pile.

The two siblings looked at the pile, then looked at each other, still not knowing what to say or do. Eventually, Juleka said something: "... Should we try to wake them up?"

"I guess we should." Said Luka, who lifted up the cat (the actual cat, not the cat-like superhero) and put him aside and then began to gently shake Chloe as his sister attempted to wake up Chat Noir.

"Chloe... C'mon... Wake up. You shouldn't be using a superhero as a pillow. Think what Ladybug would say if she sees you sleeping on your partner!" Said jokingly Luka as he kept shaking her gently.

Chloe, however, did not say anything. In fact, she kept sleeping like a baby... except that now she was also purring like a cat.

“Did… did she just… purr?” Asked confused Juleka.

“No… there’s no way she…” Said Luka before shaking her again, causing the sleeping girl to purr again. “Oh my God she really purrs!” He exclaimed.

Juleka stopped trying to wake up Cat Noir and began petting Chloe, making her purr more and more.

“Juleka, stop. She’s not a cat, you know?” Said annoyed Luka.

“Isn’t she? She likes to nap in the sun, eat fish, push things off the table…”

“That happened only once and she apologized profusely for it.” Stated Luka, even more annoyed than before.

“… hisses at people she doesn’t like and now she’s purring like a cat! You know what they say… If it walks like a duck…”

“Juleka, please, let’s just wake her up and let Cat Noir free…” Said Luka, who was 100% done and just wanted to get it over.

“… Are you jealous that your girlfriend likes napping with a superhero?” Asked Juleka with a teasing smile.

“WE’RE JUST FRIENDS!” Exclaimed Luka exasperated, accidentally waking up Chat Noir who, confused, tried to get up, only to quickly realize that a girl was sleeping on top of him.

“What… Why… Uh… Hey? Excuse me? Could you… Wait, is she purring? Why is she purring?” Asked the confused superhero at the two siblings.

“Oh boy…” Said Luka, not knowing how to explain that to the superhero.

[generalluxun]

Homeless!Chloe stuff

It would be fun if one day Luka and Jules come at school with a new girl that they claim is the daughter of a friend that’s staying with them who looks a lot like Chloe but at the same time cannot be Chloe because she would never dye her hair or wear punk clothes and also she looks like she’s terrified of everyone, so they all accept that she’s just a stranger that looks awfully similar to Chloe.

Meanwhile totally not Chloe tries to adapt to this odd situation and manages to make friends with a few classmates.

She’s still uncomfortable around Adrien and especially Zoe, who she fears will try to kill her again thanks to hallucination!Zoe telling her constantly that she’s an inferior copy of her and should disappear.

Ooof, poor thing.

I want to see Chloé with a couffaine aesthetic though, definitely.

[altaruwusmolboiz]

SQUIP:

This is an AU of when Rich went to Jake’s house before the party. Rich and Jake but some other characters are mentioned. Not really a Richjake thing, as it’s only a platonic pairing. Besides, why doesn’t like angst?

TW: ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

Jake misses Rich.

The real Rich. The Rich who would get into arguments with homophobes on his Twitter. The Rich who hates musicals but would still join just because Jake did, and would end up having a blast. The Rich who would trip and fall during soccer and Jake would have to cover for him.

This isn’t the Rich he knows. Not the one who bullies that nerd just for existing. What happened? Jake was going to find out.

There they were, in Jake’s room. Sometimes, Jake would sneak in a beer.

It’s been Jake and his college aged sister there to pay the bills. Even then, she’s normally trying to work just to save herself Jake from homelessness.

Jake doesn’t mind. It’s better than being homeless. Sometimes, it’s even better than his parents actually being there.

Rich was a short guy with bleach blond hair with a red streak in the middle of it. It must be coincidental, or Jake making a big deal of something that really isn’t, but the streak, to him, was a representation of Rich’s downfall.

“Have you heard about Chloe?” Was the first thing he asked me.

“What do you think?” Jake asked, his eyebrows up. “I’d rather not talk about Chloe right now.”

Jake scooched closer to Rich. “What happened to you? We used to be really good friends.”

Rich rolled his eyes. “I just grew up. Hey, how’s Christine?”

Jake was upset that Rich ignored what he asked, but he answered anyways.

“We broke up.” He responded. Rich’s eyes immediately went into pity. “It wasn’t a big deal. We’re still friends, we just thought we aren’t compatible together.” Jake immediately detracted. The last thing he wants is for Richard Goranski to feel bad for him.

“Man, that sucks.” Rich gave me a red solo cup. Jake put it on his dresser.

“Hey. Can we not drink? I miss you for you.”

“Oh. No problem.” Rich agreed. “Hey, can I tell you something?”

“Me first.” Jake said, lifting up his index finger. “What happened to you? Ever since sophomore year, you’ve been acting different. What’s it about?”

“Well…” Rich hesitates and scratching his chin, as if there’s some voice in his head he’s asking to answer that. “Can you keep a secret?”

“Oh, yeah. Sure. What is it?” Jake leaned towards Rich.

“So, there is this pill. It’s supposed to make you cool and all.”

“Dude, why didn’t you tell me you wanted to write science fiction?”

Rich just laughed, but Jake’s face remained dead neutral.

“No, it’s not science fiction.” Rich says, after seeing that Jake wasn’t laughing. “I mean, I literally have it. I have one for you too, it may benefit you.”

“What? I can’t tell if you’re messing with me, Goranski.” Jake elbowed him in a friendly manner.

“Try it for yourself.”

“I think I’ll refuse this one.” I give the pill back to him. “And, if you can, I think you should refuse it too.”

“Hang on a sec.” Rich said. “Can I have the beer? It’s the only way to stop the pill. Ow!”

Rich rubbed his head. His eyes were watery, but no tears were being formed. “Help me. Help me please.”

Jake did not know to believe him or not, but it was too late. He took the cup and started drinking out of it, then collapsed on the floor.

“Rich!”

Shaking him couldn’t have been helping, Jake thought, but apparently it was. Rich woke up as if nothing happened.

“Phew, that monster is out of me. For a little bit at least.”

“Is there any way it can be permanently out?” Jake asked, lifting Rich up.

“Yeah, I think.”

“What is it?”

“I’m not telling you.”

“Why not?”

“Because, I’m better with it.” Rich shrugged. “See, I’m cool with it. I’m actually rad with it.”

“You were more rad without it!” Jake proclaims. “Richard Goranski, you’re better than this. I know who you really are. Why do you think you need the SQUIP? Be honest.”

Full tears were now traveling Rich’s red cheeks. “Because, I’m not cool. No one likes me without it. Not Brooke, not Chloe, not Jenna—”

“But, I do.” Jake held his hand. It was sweaty, most from his fear. “Jake, I’m sorry. I should just go.”

“No, why do you think you aren’t cool?” Jake runs after him. “You’re very cool. I care about you, Rich. Tell me what is going on? Why do you think you aren’t cool?”

“…’Cause I’m bi.”

Rich, after realizing what he just said, runs from Jake’s house.

“Rich. Wait! Rich!”

Jake runs after him, but there was no point. He was on his front lawn

“Before you go, what is this pill called?”

Rich bites his lip. “SQUIP.” He says, before hopping onto his bike and leaving Jake behind to think. Jake closes the door.

So, that’s what ruined him. SQUIP.

[edelwoodsouls]

calling out for one more try (to feel alive) - ch. 1

Adam hasn't been able to sing since he found out what his parents do for a living. Until he stumbles across the ghosts of a band who died twenty-five years ago, and the world begins to look a little brighter. But how did they die? What did they leave behind? (and why is the front man so freaking cute??)

(ghost band au, or the jatp au that possessed me last night and wouldn’t let go)

Shoutout to @exhaustedwerewolf for putting up with my yelling and giving me some brillianty angsty thoughts for later plot

Word Count: 3,071 | Also on Ao3

chapter one: wake up, wake up (if it's all you do)

Adam

It's quiet in the music room.

Just outside the door he can sense the seething mass of teenagers and noise and colour, the pantomine of a clockwork life ticking onwards. But in here it's quiet, and the world stretches out in a haze of blue and grey.

His fingers rest on the piano in front of him, slotting perfectly against the keys. A heartbeat away from making sound, falling short.

He could spend a life in this moment. Let the whole world slip away into silence. He stares at his splayed fingers, stark against the pale keys. Just play, he thinks. Shatter this moment into fragments, break free from the weights around his ankles dragging him slowly to the bottom of the blue.

Just play.

"Adam."

He looks up. He hadn't even noticed her open or close the door, but there stands Chloe, hands on her hips, blond hair so frizzy it looks like its about to make a break for the sky. There's paint on her nose and splattered all over her overalls in messy, natural way aesthetic influencers could only dream of.

"Oh, hey, Chloe. What's up?"

She gives him a frown, hands on her hips. "I could hear your thoughts from the art studio." She raises an eyebrow. "That's on the other side of school, Adam."

"Oh, uh. Sorry."

"Don't you dare apologise!" She comes to sit beside him at the piano, leaning against his shoulder. "You know you don't have to apologise to me, of all people. I know what you're going through."

"Whether I want you to or not."

"Pros and cons of having a mind reader for a best friend," she shrugs, a smile playing on her lips.

They've been friends ever since they started high school, the quiet creative kids who spent more time in their own heads than the world around them. Silent lunches together had become awkward murmured conversations had become a tentative friendship.

That was before Chloe started hearing voices in her head, and Adam found out what his parents do for a living.

Sophomore year had been pretty intense, and their friendship had been forged in fire.

It's certainly strange having a mind reader for a best friend, but it comes with perks. Like not having to name the endless blue sea in his chest for her to understand what it is.

"You nervous?" she asks.

"Do you even need to ask?"

"I like to hear it from the source, sometimes."

"Isn't my brain the real source, technically? So you're always going direct, unless you listen to someone speaking instead of thinking?"

She narrows her eyes in mock annoyance. "You're deflecting. But it's okay, I'll let you. I know you're stressed out."

How could he not be stressed out? There's an unscaleable wall inside his mind, behind which he's trapped everything he cares about. Music. Feelings. Sunshine.

He hasn't played the piano, hasn't sung, since Chloe stumbled across a homeless man with thoughts of Adam's parents burned into his brain. Can't bring himself to even press into the keys resting under his fingers.

And now he's about to get kicked out of the music programme, if he can't perform today.

"I've got this," he says, and from Chloe's expression he's not fooling anyone.

"Even if you can't play, Adam, you know that doesn't make you a terrible person, right? People want you to play for  you, because it used to mean so much to you, not because they think you're only worth what you create."

"Mm," he shrugs noncommittally, as if she hasn't hammered right to home. As if he hasn't always judge his own worth by what he can do.

This is his thing.  What is he without it?

"I'm gonna get to class early," he says, pushing away towards the door before Chloe can stop him and confront him on his so-called unhealthy coping mechanisms (aka - none). "I'll see you later."

"I'm rooting for you!" she calls after him.

His phone buzzes in his pocket as he weavs through the halls. He doesn't dare to check it; knows that it's his parents wishing him luck.

The absolute last thing he needs. The one thing, in fact, more likely to throw him off performing than anything else.

He isn't the first to arrive to class, as much as he'd hoped. He could never be that lucky -  of course Caitlin is already there, surrounded by her entourage.

"Oh hey, Adam," she smiles, more viper than girl, as he spills into the doorway. She's dressed stunningly as always, pale purples and creams.

The jacket Adam bought her for her birthday last year, before everything.

If she rememebers, she doesn't say anything, looking down at him with the look of someone regarding an insect.

He knows he deserves it. They'd been close, before last year, but how could he possibly explain everything to her? How could he explain the rainclouds that gathered above his head and made a home? How could he explain what his parents did, the whole world of the atypical, without being thought completely crazy?

It had been easier to let her go, and she had taken it personally. Friendly rivalry had become enemies.

He can't feel enough today to even be sad.

"Hey, Cait," he shrugs into his seat.

"I'm surprised you came today. Wasn't yesterday your last chance?"

She knows that's not true, is trying to get a rise out of him. He busies himself with leafing, unseeing, through the sheet music he's half-heartedly prepared for today.

He already knows he's not going to be using it.

Caitlin sighs dramatically and turns back to her group, the conversation quickly drifting away from him. Frankie is staring at Adam, trying to catch his eye, to ask if he's okay, but he ignores that, too. As he much as he appreciates him - the only other atypical in school apart from Chloe, who knows a little of everything that went to shit last year but has also very clearly thrown his lot in with Caitlin - he doesn't want to give Caitlin reason to pause.

Better to fade into obscurity.

He doesn't notice the rest of the class file in. Doesn't notice the teacher begin the lesson, or the other performances that come and go.

"Your turn, Adam," Mr Beck says gently, and the world snaps back into focus.

Every eye in the room is on him.

He makes it to the piano without breathing. Chest constricting, world contracting to a single, narrowed point. There's cotton wool in his ears, spots dancing in the corners of his vision.

His fingers rest on the keys.

Just play.

Just play just play just play just play just play just-

"I'm sorry." He stands up suddenly and, without looking back, flees the room.

It feels like freedom.

It feels like the cell door slamming shut behind him.

~/~/~/~

When he gets home, he heads straight around the back, avoiding the risk of his parents being home.

Tears burn in his eyes but he refuses to blink them away. He can’t bear to see the sadness on his parents’ faces, the confusion, when they find out he’s been kicked out of the music programme.

Because they know they’re the reason he stopped. They just don’t understand, or refuse to try to, why he’s still not over it.

As if his horror at human experimentation should have a shelf life.

Behind their house is the old garage slash studio his parents had soundproofed, back when Adam first got into the music programme. They’d been so proud, and the world had been so full, back them.

He hasn't been back inside his studio since he found out what his parents do for a living. His mom had been the one to first bring music into his life, and now he can’t trust anything she's ever given him. This studio is built on blood money and half-truths.

The air is thick with dust when he slips inside. Sunlight filters through the garage door window, catching the dust motes in beams, spinning dizzily like planets.

His piano sits in the centre of the room, untouched, surrounded by boxes of half-packed things - relics of Adam’s childhood, old memories and things that might be useful someday, left over objects the last owners of this house forgot to take with them.

He has the sudden urge to smash everything in this room apart.

Instead, he takes a steadying breath. It’s not like he needs a studio anymore - may as well start packing his things away along with the rest of these forgotten memories.

He grabs a half-full box at random and begins shoving things into it haphazardly. The first notebook he wrote songs in. The headphones his aunt gave him that only work through one ear now. The metronome perched on top of the piano, its slider in the shape of a smiley face.

The sellotape at the bottom of the box gives out just as he’s shoving a second notebook in, and everything clatters onto the floor. Of course. This is on par with the rest of his day, really.

He stoops to begin picking things back up when he sees it: a CD box, dusty with age. The front cover is watercolour, blue blending with yellow to create a sea of green in the middle. The band name -  Atypical!  - is emblazoned in black across it.

He doesn't recognise it, though it's in a box of his old things. One of his parents’, maybe? Or left over by the last owners? Curiosity guides his hands, and before he knows it he's clicking play on the old CD player his mom gave him for his twelfth birthday.

Music bursts into the room for the first time in a year, swells to fill the space. This room has felt hollow and empty, a black hole pulling at light, this whole time- until now.

It's good music, too. Rhythm sinks into his bones, sparking something inside him he hadn't thought was still alive.

He's so caught in the music, it takes him a minute to notice the air is beginning to shake. Not with the soundwaves- he's not playing it that loud - but the space in front of the speaker is shivering and shimmering, like a heatwave.

He can't say when it happens, can't pinpoint the moment his life pitches off a ledge. Between one blink and the next- they just appear.

Adam blinks. He blinks again. Rubs at his eyes until they're swimming.

They're still there.

There are three people in his studio. Strangers, teenagers about his own age, two guys and a girl.

The first guy is dark haired, dressed in an over-sized pink hoodie, so many leather bracelets peeking out from his pushed-up sleeves he looks more straps than skin. The girl wears her black hair in space buns that are trying their hardest to escape her head. A slashed denim jacket covered in patches, black pleated skirt, neon green and black striped leg warmers.

It's the second guy that stops Adam's heart in his chest. Bright green eyes, styled golden curls spilling over one side of his face. He's dressed in a red high school lettermans jacket, except the sleeves have been cut off, showing off muscles that are frankly unfair given the current situation. He's staring around the studio in surprised confusion, eyes darting over the room in a remarkably familiar way.

His eyes land on Adam, and it's like lightning has struck. Adam's breath vanishes from his chest.

"Who the fuck are you?" he manages.

"What do you mean who the fuck are you?" the guy narrows his eyes. His voice is low and hypnotic. "Who the fuck are you? What are you doing in our studio?"

Frustrated anger crushes any confusion momentarily. "Your studio? Dude, this is my studio."

"Uh, no, it isn't. Look-" the guy all but lunges across the room, as if he knows exactly where to go. He digs through a pile of discarded objects and emerges seconds later with a guitar clutched triumphantly in his hands. "See! This is my guitar."

"That guitar's been there since my parents moved in. Seventeen years ago."

The guy deflates suddenly, and Adam feels immediately guilty, finds himself wanting to find any way to reignite his enthusiasm.

"We're dead," the guy in the pink hoodie says, in a nonchalant way, as if this is a perfectly normal thing to say. He waves an awkward hello, a bashful grin. "Hey, sorry about him. He's a total jock sometimes."

"Hey-"

"You are, Caleb. Embrace your brand."

The cute guy - Caleb? - pouts, still clinging to his guitar. It’s ridiculously adorable.

"I'm sorry, I'm confused," Adam says slowly, mind racing along with his heart. "You're dead?"

"Uh, yeah. Sorry, this is a lot, huh? I'm Mark." He sticks his hand out to shake and Adam, instinctively, reaches out to take it.

Their hands pass right through each other.

Welp. Not much more proof he needs.

"Ghosts," he breathes, staring at the place where their hands should have met.

"Oh my god, it wasn't a dream," the girl says, voice high and taut with anxiety. She's twirling drumsticks in her hands - where did she get those? - so fast they blur into panic-inducing windmills at her side. "I really thought- that maybe- but no-  but how long have we been- I mean, maybe we just- but that means-"

Her gasped sentences are triggering a tightening in Adam's own chest.

"Hey," Mark says softly, reaching over and putting a hand on her shoulder. The twirling freezes immediately, their eyes locking. "Sam, it's okay. We're okay. We're safe."

"We're dead," Caleb deadpans. How is he holding that guitar if he's incorporeal? None of this makes sense.

"Well nothing can hurt you when you're dead," Adam says before he can think better of it. Three pairs of eyes fix on him, unblinking.

"Oh my god," Caleb laughs suddenly, snapping the silence instantly. "I love this kid."

"I'm not a kid - you look the same age as me!"

"Sure, kid," Mark says, turning back to the girl - Sam. "Look, I know this sucks. But for now, we're okay. We've got each other, yeah?"

Sam nods shakily, tapping the drumsticks in a nervous but manageable rhythm against each other.

Caleb practically bounces across the room to Adam. "Hey. Sorry for the freak out. We, uh, we've been through a lot."

"Not surprised, considering you're dead."

Caleb cracks a grin that makes Adam's insides swoop. "What's your name?"

What's my name. His brain short circuits. "Uh, I'm Adam."

"Adam! Cool. That's really cool. How're you so cool with all this?"

"What?"

"You're, like, super chill about this. We just showed up in your studio and told you we're dead. Wouldn't most people freak out about that?"

Why isn't he freaking out? He supposes there isn't much left that can surprise him, after everything. Superpowers? Evil scientists for parents? Ghosts seems like a logical progression.

"You're not the weirdest thing I've seen. Wait, hang on- how did you know I was so chill?"

Caleb's face plummets like he's been caught in a lie, face cycling through too many emotions to translate.

It clicks like a spark to a fuse, understanding crashing through him so fast he's almost knocked over. How the hell did he not put two and two together?

"Oh my god, you're atypicals!"

It's as if he dropped a bomb in the centre of the room. The three ghosts freeze, not in the surprise of before, but palpable, chilling fear.

Sam vanishes.

"Fuck," Mark hisses. Takes a slow breath to gather himself. "It's okay. She'll be back soon. No need to worry."

He sounds very worried.

Caleb is so close to Adam he towers above him. If it wasn't for the open, imploring eyes, Adam would have his own fear thrumming through his chest. "How do you know that?"

"I mean, I played a CD for a band called Atypical! and you appeared. I’m guessing that’s your band? And you said you knew how I was feeling, I'm guessing you're an empath?"

“You listened to our CD?” Mark asks, bright-eyed. “What did you think?”

"More important,” Caleb shoots Mark a look, “how do you  know  about atypicals?"

"Caleb, he can see ghosts!" Mark throws his hands up in exasperation. "He's obviously atypical, too."

"Uh, no- I'm not- at least, I don't think-"

Adam's brain grinds to a halt. Is he atypical? He's never had reason to consider it. He's always been at the periphery, a totally average human looking in through a window at the miracles and atrocities on the other side.

Wouldn't Chloe know if he was atypical? Not if he didn't, he supposes.

Do his parents know? They can't, can they?

The pit in Adam's stomach becomes a sickening, plummeting vacuum.

"My best friend is atypical," he says quietly, carefully boxing away those dizzying thoughts and burying them beneath the sea of blue in his mind. For future consideration.

Or never.

"Oh, cool." Caleb says, no doubt feeling the hurricane going on just beneath his surface. "What can they do?"

"She’s a mind reader. Great in class, not so much fun at parties. Ha." The words fall flat. He's in shock, he thinks. The world is distant, slipping back beneath the grey fog of the rest of the day.

Mark grimaces. "Okay, kid- Adam - I know this is a lot, but you need to chill."

"Chill?"

"Your emotions are all over the place. We haven't been around people in a long while, aren't used to other people's emotions."

"You're an empath too?"

"Mirror. I take on other people's powers when they're around."

“That’s cool.” His parents would have a field day if they knew about this guy.

“Most of the time,” Mark says, something odd and hitching in his voice. “Not right now, though.”

“I can go,” Caleb frowns. “If it’s getting too much-”

“No, no,” Adam interrupts, guilt rising up to churn alongside his apathy. He feels bad enough when he inflicts his depressive thoughts on Chloe - he can’t imagine how awful the emotions themselves must feel. “I’ll go. It’s, uh, it’s been a long day. I’m sorry. I just-”

He flees the room, for the second time that day.

He really does ruin everything.

[a-marlene-s]

Mlb x Addams family au where Wednesday met Tom at college, fell in love with him bc of reasons and had Marinette who is pale like her grandmother as well likes knives and bombs and she's friends with Chloé

(No tags this time. On phone.)

Tom made skull shaped cookies, bread and so on, on a whim one day. Wednesday saw them and liked the fact they tasted dead. She knew she had to Tom for himself.

Tom, slightly terrified but intrigued nevertheless, enjoyed Wednesday's presence. He was given the option to leave Paris to live in the Addams main household. He declined, stating that he wanted to live near his ever estranged father. Wednesday, being supportive in her own way, used her family finds to help Tom open up a bakery.

Tom mainly is the one that bakes the bread while Wednesday works the front. But seeing as most people were... terrified of her, it was agreed to hire someone to man the front. They would hire college students that are in need of a job and quick access to food. (Wednesday and Tom turn a blind eye when their employee would give free bread to the little old lady that is short on cash or to the homeless man that was down on his luck.)

When Wednesday and Tom found out she was pregnant, she simply told him that she's going to have a baby. Shortly after, that same hour, Marinette Addams-Dupain was born.

The entire Addams family flew, drove or swam to Paris to visit the new Addams. It was agreed...SHE'S AN ADDAMS!!!!!

Marinette grew to love drinking poison and loved it when her father would make arsenic cookies for her. Her grandpapa and grandmama will always send her knives, swords and everything rather sharp or pointy.

Marinette still has a love for fashion, just more black, black and just a hint of white that could be a veeery light pink.

Marinette became quick friends with Chloe after she terrified the girl after drinking an entire bottle of bleach in front of her. Chloe knew of Addams-Dupain could easily drink anything that could kill the average person, she knew she can't afford being on their wrong side. The two actually grew to be good friends. Along with Nino and Kim.

(Nino helps the girls by being their alibi and Kim as Marinette's test subject.)

When Lila came around... lets just say that Lila became rather... terrified when Marinette simply pulled out a vial of poison from her person and drank it down with skull shaped cookies.

"Oh, the prince? Yeah. I know him. Chloe, Nino, Kim amd I visited the royal palace when he was doing a charity auction."

"Didn't your folks buy back the things you put up for auction? Including a good majority of everything else?"

"The money is for a good cause and my mother loves being number one."