#Overworkedunderwhelmed

[mlwritersguild]

AITA for Not Giving My Cat Enough Attention?

AITA for Not Giving My Cat Enough Attention? by overworkedunderwhelmed

When a normal girl with a normal life makes a Reddit post about her worries about her cat, it can only mean one thing:

The misunderstandings will pile on with every update.

Words: 382, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Season/Series 04, Fluff and Humor, Miraculous Ladybug Love Square, Hot Mess Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Hot Mess Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Identity Reveal

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47075539

[australet789]

Maybe get your thyroid levels checked? Especially with fatigue and the weight loss not tracking with your expectations, it could be a possibility.

Yeah, maybe. I do have had hypothyroidism problems in the past.

[ao3feed-ladynoir]

Hi! I posted a chapter yesterday in a fic (https://archiveofourown.org/works/43891126/chapters/110356951) that was tagged LadyNoir, but I didn't see this one come through the feed. Any idea why?

Not really sure.

All my feeds had a terrible time between Christmas and New Years. Unfortunately, I was visiting relatives, and all my error testing tools were back home, so I wasn't in a position to check why it was happening.

My guess is a lot of people decided to post stories for the holidays, and the feeds just got a bit overwhelmed. (I give some details about the source of feed errors and how I try to manage them in this post.)

[dadplagg-mamatikki]

Yall check it out!! Its almost over and I need to catch up. Spread some love to them!!

The Rules of Engagement is updated!

Only two more weeks to go from here!

@mlbigbang

[mlcontentcreatorbirthdays]

It’s @overworkedunderwhelmed ‘s birthday today!

Happy birthday, hope you have a lovely day!

[jheqiawrites]

A Bug in a Hug

for @overworkedunderwhelmed

Cat Noir sighed, grateful for the freedom the suit provided as he leapt out his window and into the night.  The sounds of the city, the rush of the wind through his hair, the fierce pounding of his heart all helped him settle his mind after a long day like today.

The akuma fight that lasted late into the night hadn’t help his already messed up sleep schedule, so he had slept through his alarm and that resulted in a lecture on responsibility and punctuality from his father.  That by itself made him late for school and, having missed breakfast, was distracted as well as tired during his morning classes.  He was ravenous by lunch time, but there was an akuma alert and he and Ladybug had to race all the way across town to stop Mr Pigeon again.  Granted it hadn’t taken long, but the time it took to get there and back meant there was no time for lunch.

Of course, it hadn’t been all bad.  Nino had been sympathetic and slipped him an apple from his own lunch, muttering imprecations towards Gabriel under his breath.  Alya sent him a sneak peek of her newest video, “Cat Noir’s Gymnastic Prrrowess is Unmatched”.  Marinette must have heard his stomach rumbling, for she was later than usual for afternoon classes, all but crashing through the classroom door after lunch and dropping a large bag of warm pastries in his lap as she stumbled to her seat.  

It wasn’t just the pastries that warmed him.  He went all gooey inside at her thoughtfulness.  She genuinely cared about her friends, but the fact that she seemed to pay special attention to him specifically left Adrien wanting to just pull her into his arms and not let her go.  Of course, when he tried to thank her for them after school, he couldn’t find the words and she scampered off sporting those rosy cheeks he was starting to adore.  He waited for what seemed like a short eternity for her to emerge from the locker room, but he got a text from his bodyguard saying he had a last minute photoshoot and that ruined any chance of getting a hug from his crush that day.

Things went from disappointing to frustrating at the photoshoot where Lila hung off of him like a leech in a dark orange bikini, a mental image that made Adrien nauseous even as it filled his head with shudder worthy images he was sure would either make him sick or a permanent insomniac.  

“Why do we have to shoot for swimsuit season in January anyway,” he groaned internally.  “It’s so stupid!  Wouldn’t it make more sense to do it in summer when people actually need swimsuits?”

Stupid or not, Lila’s normal, attention seeking ways meant the photoshoot dragged on for hours and Adrien was kept so busy with reshoots that he missed a text from Nino.

Best Bro: Hey, dude, did you see Marinette before you left?  Alya said she just ran off again.  Lila said she seemed pretty upset before she left for the shoot.  Do you know what is going on?

The thought of Marinette being upset and him being trapped with Lila right afterwards was the final straw on this particular camel’s back.  By the time he got home, he was wound as tight as a top and if he didn’t go for a run he thought he might explode at the next person to talk to him.  Plagg didn’t even complain when he transformed.

“Ugh!  Why does Father insist I model with Lila,” he thought, a low growl rumbling in his throat and a sneer pulling at his upper lip.  “She is such a mess to work with!  Everyone is tired of her antics on set!  I mean, if he had to pick someone for me to model with why couldn’t he have picked any other girl in my class?  Why couldn’t he have picked Marinette?”  Of course, his frazzled brain then tried to put Marinette into said bikini and he completely blanked. “No.  There is no way Marinette would wear an orange bikini!  It would wash her out too much.  But… pink?  Maybe black?  Oh, and ruffles!”  Pretty soon, he had created such a detailed photoshoot in his mind with one extremely cute classmate in a draped, pink two piece with soft black ruffles and matching cherry blossom decals crossing her chest like the wrap of a qipao when he realized that he was ogling his friend in his imagination.  Blushing furiously, he jerked his head back to reality only to trip over a gutter, hurtle twenty feet through the night air, and land in an undignified skid on a random rooftop.

“Cat?!”

The sound of his partner’s startled voice brought him popping up like a daisy.  “Yeah, LB?”

“Don’t yeah me!  Are you okay?”  The familiar hiss and twang of her yoyo heralded her flipping backwards through the air and landing delicately next to him, arms held out to pull him to his feet.  “What happened?  Is there another akuma?”

He accepted her help and brushed himself off as nonchalantly as possible, hoping his mask hid most of his burning cheeks.  “Not that I know of.  Just a little distracted I guess.”

Ladybug snorted, her pink lips twisted in an amused smirk.  “Are you saying you shouldn’t think and drive, Kitty?”

He didn’t restrain the laugh that bubbled out of him.  This was another reason to love being Cat Noir.  He had the most amazing partner in the world and she always made him laugh like he meant it.  He didn’t have to hold back with her.  She just let him be himself.

Kind of like another girl he knew.

“What are you doing out tonight, Bug,” he asked, taking her in and seeing the slight telltale signs of weariness in her eyes, the tenseness of her shoulders, the slight shift in the balance of her stance.

She sighed heavily, clutching one arm around her stomach and the other hand holding her elbow in a sort of clumsy self hug. She twitched her shoulders in a halfhearted shrug.  “I was just…feeling trapped.  I had a rough day and I just… needed to breathe.”

Cat nodded.  “Yeah.  Sorry about that.  Me too.”  He collapsed into a crossed legged seat on the rooftop and patted the shingle next to him.  “Here, pull up a tile and tell me about it.”

She opened her mouth hesitantly, then closed it again and sat beside him.  Gone were the days of her pushing him away, but she was still strict about them keeping their identities a secret. But she had started opening up a bit more, letting them vent to each other about the problems in their lives as long as they didn’t mention anything too recognizable.

Ladybug let out a long sigh, sending a misty cloud up into the amber glow of the city night.  “Well, it’s never a good day when you only get four hours sleep, is it?”

It was his turn to snort derisively.  “Did you oversleep too?”

“I wish,” she grumbled, leaning her head against his shoulder.  “I ended up with a leg cramp half an hour before my alarm was supposed to go off and fell out of bed.”

“Oh, poor bug,” he crooned, putting his arm around her carefully, resting his hand on her shoulder.  This would give her the most warmth and the least stress… he hoped.  He knew she got cold easily in the winter and he never minded playing her space heater, especially once he had admitted to himself that he had more than a simple crush on Marinette.  “If only she would let me hold her like this,” he thought wistfully.

“Yeah and then a friend of mine was having a bad day,” she continued, huddling into his side as a chill breeze ruffled her pigtails.

“They didn’t take it out on you, did they?”

She shook her head.  “Oh, no.  He would never do that.  At least, I don’t think he would.  He’s too gentle.”  She sighed.  “Some of his family are… difficult to get along with and are super uptight about every little thing he does.  He is normally so bright and cheerful, even when I know he is having a hard time, always a smile or a helping hand for everyone.  He’s just got a beautiful soul and I hate to see him so down that his smile doesn’t reach his eyes.”  He heard her sniffle and she rubbed her cheek against his shoulder as if to banish tears.

“Then there was that akuma at lunch. Ugh!  And it was all the way across town!  I ended late to school because I stopped by my place to grab something to keep my stomach from rumbling during class and ended up using those two minutes stuffing goodies into a bag in the hopes of cheering my friend up.  He tried to thank me for it after school, but I had just dumped it in his lap as I dashed into class and I was so embarrassed I ran to hide in the bathroom.  I somehow always make a fool of myself in front of him.  I mean, we’ve been friends for three years now so he knows me well enough, I guess, but I just hate when that happens, you know?”

Cat grunted an affirmative, his head aching as pressure began to build between his temples.  Her words echoed oddly, as if he had heard them before.

“And then, wouldn’t you know it, this girl who has been bullying me for years comes sauntering up with the school liar and they start lighting into me about how my friend will never like someone as boring and ugly as me and that I’m not worth the air I breathe and I wanted so much to just transform and set them knocking like a set of Newton’s Balls, but then the liar said that she was going to get to spend the rest of the day with him and he would have to hold her close and there was nothing I could do about it-“

Pain arched through his head like lightning and he started purring weakly, not his happy purr, but rather one that was short and raspy.  A cat’s self soothing response.  He was shaking like a leaf, his breath coming too fast, his heart racing, and his mouth as dry as dust.

“I’m… sure he’d rather have spent the day with you,” he whispered hoarsely.

“Cat, are you okay?”

No, he wasn’t okay.  His head was spinning on a merry-go-round of pain and he wanted nothing more than for someone to stop the world so he could get off.  “How is this possible?  The same things happened to me!  Being late, the akuma being far away, bringing treats to a friend, her running away from him.”

“What… what would you have said … to your friend, if you hadn’t been embarrassed, I mean.”  His voice was low, but strained along with every last inch of him, mind, body, and heart, reaching out for an answer… for a forgotten wish from years ago that was shattered when the mouse miraculous came off and Marinette had handed it to Ladybug.

She sighed and wrapped her arms around his middle. “I don’t know.  Maybe told him he is amazing and I care about him a lot.  Maybe that he should just come and live with me and my parents and we would give him all the love and affection his father is too self important to provide.  Maybe that I had spent two years loving him so fiercely that it made me a bumbling, word-spewing mess every time he talked to me.  That I had made plan after plan to confess my feelings and only stopped when I -“

Her words were swallowed with a loud gulp and he could feel her shudder against him.  He turned to her and lifted her chin so she would meet his eyes.

“When you gave him a miraculous,” he murmured, his chest aching with the thunderous beating of his heart.  “When his cousin took it and stole the miraculous?”

She pulled away and hid her face in her hands, making him feel the cold for the first time.  “You shouldn’t know.  I shouldn’t have said anything.”

“What happened, my lady?  If Adrien Agreste is your … I mean, why give up when you care for him so much?”

Ladybug pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin on them.  “Because he never saw me as more than just a friend and I tried to tell him, Cat!  Over and over I tried, but I’m a total spaz without the spots!  It’s no wonder he just thinks of me as a friend!  I’m everyone’s friend!”  She laughed and there was a hysterical edge to her voice.  “Do you know what he calls me?”

“What?”  His mouth had gone dry as his stomach bottomed out.  He knew… he knew the irony of his choices now and it was killing him by inches.

“You’re talking to Adrien Agreste’s Everyday Ladybug,” she said bitterly and he flinched at the pain she didn’t express.  “It’s not his fault.  He is just too pure and good for this world and I’m just me.  Li- that girl was right.  Without the mask I’m hardly miraculous.”  The tears were falling thick and fast now and she tried to bury her face in her arms.  “Sorry I’m not good company tonight, Cat.  Maybe you should just-“

Cat couldn’t stand it anymore.  He turned and roughy pulled her into the tightest hug he could manage.  “Don’t ever say that!  You are amazing and strong and brave and beautiful, Marinette!”  She gasped and tried to jerk out of his arms, but he refused to let her go.  “Don’t ever let Lila or Chloe or anyone else steal the joy that is in you!  You have spent the last three years fighting everything Monarch can throw at you and winning.  I can’t even begin to understand how you have managed it all!  All they have is words and, yes, they can hurt, but only you can let them dim your spirit.  The Marinette that I love can overcome anything!”

He pulled back and cradled her face in his hands.  “As for the rest, I have spent almost all day thinking about you!  You, Marinette! Not Ladybug!  You gave up your chance to grab lunch in favor of bringing me a bag of treats because you knew I was hungry!  You have been the one who has seen me through all my dark days!  You are my candle on the water!  I would never have gotten this far without you and that has nothing to do with the mask.  It is just you, Marinette!  I call you my princess for a reason!”

She stared at him, mouth open in shock, tears still trickling down her face.  Her eyes were so wide he could almost fall into them and be swept away by the maelstrom of emotions that stormed within.

“It…you… Adrien?!”

He chuckled nervously.  “Eh…hehe… surprise?”

She grabbed his head roughly and turned it this way and that, searching his face with all the intensity she had ever applied to a lucky charm.

“All this time… you were… and I was… and then Felix and…”

Her voice grew higher as her face darkened behind her mask.  With the quantum masking broken, he could see the two merging into one before his eyes.  Ladybug’s brilliance and problem solving blended with Marinette’s uncertainty and gentle heart, both filling in the negative space caused by the mask.

he stroked the edges of her mask with his thumbs, a hopeful smile tugging at his lips.  “All this time we’ve been mask-backwards.  You’ve been in love with Adrien and remained faithful to those feelings, leading you to keep rejecting Cat while I was so head over heels in love with Ladybug that I didn’t let myself see Marinette’s affection for the longest time.”  He pressed his forehead against hers.  “I’m so sorry, Princess.  I never meant to hurt you, not when you are the only person who really sees me.  You are so sweet and kind and thoughtful and amazing and beautiful.  You are everything to me!”

His Lady blinked at him several times, then threw her arms around him in a tight hug.

“You’re not mad at me,” she whispered, her voice thick from crying.

“Why would I be?”  Cat pulled her into his lap and she curled herself tightly against his chest. He stroked her back and breathed deep of her sweet scent, lavender and almond cookies.  “Because you loved me and I loved you, but we had the wrong sides put together?  Never.”

“I said you were too good for this world,” she mumbled, rubbing her cheek against his collarbone and sending a deep blush passed his cheeks and all the way up into his hair.

“You’re my world, Marinette.”  Greatly daring, he pressed a soft kiss to her hair, delighting in the tiny squeak she gave.  “I’d sorry I figured you out and revealed myself the way I did, but I was worried you would be akumatized and you needed to know-“  

She lifted her eyes, no longer storm shadowed, and pressed a finger to his lips to silence him.  Her cheeks burned like roses in the dark.  “No.  It was time.  You see… I’ve want to tell Cat who I am for ages.”

“Really?!”

Ladybug nodded shyly.  “Yeah.  You see, I’ve been torn between both sides of you for so long and I thought I had lost Cat by being so stupidly in love with Adrien and… well…”

She gave a little shrug.  “Can you forgive me, Kitty?  For making a royal mess of things all these years?”

He snorted.  “Hey, at least you weren’t the one who compared the love of your life with your ever so platonic ‘just a friend’.”  He made little air quotes with his clawed fingers and she giggled at him.  “I can’t believe I called you our Everyday Ladybug and you are the ACTUAL Ladybug!”

“Hmmm, true.  That should have been a tip off right there,” she mused.  “Did you ever really stop to think that one through?”

He nudged her shoulder.  “Hey, being called our ‘Everyday Ladybug’ was my way of telling you that you were an everyday hero, that you were already one without the mask or powers!  You are just that amazing, Marinette! Besides, it’s a better than ‘Buttercup!’  I could never understood why you called Luka that silly nickname anyway.”

“Lu-l-luka?!”  Her spluttering was so intense she started to cough and choke.  “Why on earth would you think I would call him ‘Buttercup?’”

He looked down at her, confused.  “Um, hello?  Your balcony?  Practicing your confession to ‘Buttercup’?  ‘Three suns that burn your lips?’”

“That was ages ago!  How do you remember that?!?!?”

He smirked.  “It’s not everyday you find yourself being used as a stand in for your best friend’s love interest and are attack by a giant ice cream man for it!”

Ladybug reached up and flicked him smartly on the end of his nose, making it sting.  “Buttercup was you, Adrien.”

A wave of heat swelled in his chest and seemed to take over his whole body.  He didn’t think he had ever been both that pleased and embarrassed at the same time before in his life.  “Please, my Lady, if you really love me, never call me that again.  Nino would never let me live it down.”

It was her turn to smirk and it nearly drove away the last bit control he had left.  “Oh, I’m pretty sure he knows.  Remember who his girlfriend is?”

Cat facepalmed dramatically.  “Alya is going to be the death of me.”

She giggled and wrapped him in a hug once more.  “That’s why we’re a team, right?  I have to keep my Kitten safe, you know.”

“Oh really.  And how do you plan to do that, lady mine,” he purred.

Suddenly her hands were in his hair and she pulled him down into a kiss that burned everything else from his mind.

“How about I stop you from talking for start?”

His purr strengthened until they both vibrated with it like violin strings in the dark.

“Sounds good to me, my love,” he murmured, his heart so full he felt ready to float up into the sky with her forever.  “As long as you’ll have me.”

[sofilandstuff]

commission for @overworkedunderwhelmed for her fic on ao3!

I'm so happy I got the opportunity to draw this scene from her fic 🥹

[flightfoot]

ML Fanfic Recs for 2023: 60K - 80K Words

So I’ve been going through and adding particularly good fics I’ve read throughout the year. Only Complete fics, of course. Enjoy!

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drowning (in plain sight) by @buggachat

Everybody had expected Monarch's defeat to be a moment of triumph. Nobody had expected Gabriel Agreste, unmasked and mind frayed from continual abuse of the miraculous, crying out to all who would listen and making Paris certain of one thing:

His son, Adrien Agreste, is one of his sentimonsters.

And now he's missing.

Nobody can find him— not even the superheroes, and not even his closest friends. But Marinette, Nino, and Alya aren't ones to give up so easily. They'll find him, no matter what it takes.

(But, geez, would it kill Chat Noir to lend a hand?)

I’m sure everyone saw this one coming. If there’s one thing buggachat’s good at, storywise, it’s capturing raw, tumultuous emotions, frantic breakdowns as the characters desperately try to navigate bad situations. This was a real treat to read, as I’m betting most people reading this will agree, given just how popular the fic has been. It also has a ton of fanart, both by buggachat and by random fans, if you go looking for it (there’s a drowning in plain sight tag which I’d advise perusing). 

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The Rules of Engagement by @overworkedunderwhelmed

When tragedy sends Adrien Agreste racing back to Paris to run his father’s fashion house, Marinette doesn’t expect much from her very new, very rich boss. At least not until she is set up on a blind date with a very familiar face.

Much to her surprise, Adrien Agreste was hiding far more secrets behind his stoic business-like mask of temporary CEO. Maybe as many secrets as she had been trying to hide for years.

As they grow closer, Marinette fears her mask isn’t nearly as foolproof. Day after day, it gets harder for her to keep all her secrets well hidden from the surprisingly sweet man who insisted on staying by her side as often as possible.

Only she couldn’t afford to fail. Not when her biggest secret could spell the end of the job she’d dreamed about for years.

They might not be superheroes in this universe, but secret identities are still active here. Both Marinette and Adrien used to be involved with the Ladybug and Chat Noir movies, and both kept that a secret - Adrien especially, since if his father found out about it, there could be some bad repercussions, as he voiced Chat Noir without Gabriel’s permission. Marinette, meanwhile, is well known for making cosplay (calling herself “Ladybug” after the movie), and has been in contact with “Chat Noir” for quite some time before the story starts - not that she knows he’s the actual VA.

It’s mostly an Adrienette fic with the two of them getting to know each other after their unusual “first” meeting, where Marinette pretended to be Kagami in order to scupper the date with Adrien and get Tomoe off her back, with some intrigue and drama thrown in. Lila’s skulking around causing problems for the people around her, but she’s honestly not the main focus here. 

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call it even by @anna-scribbles and @sha-nwa

After a year of dating, there is one thing Marinette knows for certain: it's her and Adrien against the world. Through it all, Adrien is kind, patient, and endlessly understanding—even as she tries her best to keep her secret superhero identity hidden from him along with the rest of the world.

Nothing could ruin it, not even the supervillains of Paris: Hawkmoth and Chat Noir.

(adrinette dating // ladynoir enemies au)

This is one of those fics where Adrien and Marinette are REALLY going through it emotionally, with them starting off with wildly different perceptions of each other when untransformed, and then reckoning with the person they love the most being someone they think of as a villain, with all the betrayal and doubt that involves. Especially with Adrien having been lied to extensively by his father, and not knowing who or what to believe.

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Miraculous Conception series by @ladynoirfanao3

Summary of the first story, The Power Of Creation:

Everyone knows that Ladybug's cure fixes everything after the destruction wrought by Shadow Moth's akumatized villains. After an akuma with an unfortunate power leaves Ladybug and Adrien in an awkward position, Marinette has never been happier to simply forget. However, she soon discovers that her miraculous ladybugs have a limitation on their curing ability, a limitation that puts her in a situation she never expected to be in.

So basically, Ladybug and Adrien run into each other just as an akuma makes everyone in the vicinity extremely horny, and when they both start remembering things again, they’re in a pretty... compromising position. But it’s just an akuma so they put it out of their heads, until Marinette discovers she’s pregnant and has to decide what to do about it, whether to keep the pregnancy, tell Adrien she’s Ladybug and is having his baby, what to do with the earrings when she’s too pregnant to be Ladybug, etc.

I really enjoyed it! Just watching Ladybug and Adrien try and navigate the situation, especially with secret identities thrown into the mix.

The main fics in the series are basically the same story, it’s just that the first one is from Marinette’s perspective, while the second one is from Adrien’s. The Power of Creation is rated M while the Power of Destruction is rated E, but for both fics it’s just rated that for a single sex scene that occurs in the fic (with it being the same sex scene in both fics, just told from two different perspectives).

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I Put A Spell On You by dazaimaru

Friday, October 25. 6 days until Halloween.

It’s their first high school Halloween dance, and Marinette and Adrien are ready to throw on some non-superhero costumes for once--that is, until an akumatized witch spoils the party and threatens to reveal what lies underneath everyone’s disguise.

With Hawkmoth taking full advantage of the spooky season, the days leading up to Halloween are certainly going to be thrilling! Especially considering Marinette’s growing feelings for a certain black cat…

This one’s mostly just some really cute Lovesquare shenanigans around Halloween, with some really fun sequences like Marinette and Adrien getting body-swapped and Marinette temporarily becoming a vampire (and also Marinette repeatedly stunning Adrien with her outfits. I was just waiting for him to pass out from blood loss from a nosebleed).

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Through the Looking Glass by @jheqiawrites

Adrien is a lonely child, cut off from the outside world by his parent's strict rules. But when he discovers a window in his closet and sees a young girl looking back at him like his reflection, maybe he has hope for friendship after all.

Poor Adrien here, he makes a long-time friend (who everyone thinks is an imaginary friend), and has several great years interacting with her as his parents grow more concerned with him not growing out of it... and then Emilie dies, Gabriel orders the window destroyed, Adrien’s put on medication to suppress his “hallucinations” (which also makes him forget Marinette) and he’s just kind of left like that for the next several years, until he’s an adult.

Luckily, while Adrien forgot Marinette, Marinette never forgot him, and he’s not too difficult to track down...

This is some really cute Adrienette, if you want a “forgotten childhood friends-to lovers” Adrienette story, you should check this out!

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Fate, Destiny... A Hamster by @mostmagical

After finally moving into his very first apartment per Ladybug’s suggestion, Adrien discovers something no movie or TV show could have ever prepared him for: someone else's hamster.

Marinette was so excited to have her first pet. If only it would stop escaping!

At least now there’s an excuse to talk to the new neighbor.

(Adrienette Never Met AU)

Funnily enough, this is based on a true story. Specifically, the author’s own experience of having her hamster run out and be found by a neighbor.

Anyway, this is adorable! Marinette and Adrien become smitten with each other extremely quickly, with Marinette’s hamster keeping giving them reasons to talk. Very effective wing-hamster, that one XD. 

[jennagrinsoverml]

ML Christmas Fic Recs

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! 🎄🎁❄ I love a good seasonal fic and we have a lot of them in this fandom, so this is a long list. I'm not going to comment on the fics like I usually do to keep this post from being too long. Just trust me that they're all amazing!

I'll Be Home for Christmas by @thelibraryloser

Adrinette: Fake Dating for Christmas "Reasons"

Mistletoe by @11jj11​

The four times the Love Square found themselves under a mistletoe.

A Cat of Their Own by @sariahsue

Tom and Sabine have learned Ladybug's secret identity, it's obvious their relationship It's also obvious to them that Cat Noir adores their daughter. How deep do those feelings go? And how far are they willing to go to mother the boy underneath the mask?

Santa Baby, Slip a Superhero into a Box for Me by therealjanebingley

There's an akuma with the ability to give everyone their heart's desire for Christmas.

But when your heart's desire is your crush, and your crush has a secret identity…who's going to show up under your tree?

Better Fate than Never by @2manyfandoms2count​

This Christmas, about ten years after their first meeting, and five after Hawkmoth's disappearance, Ladybug and Chat Noir are taking the leap and finally revealing their identities to one another.

Two people, one hotel, one plan to drop the masks.

Seemed straightforward enough. Or so they thought...

The Purr-fect Gift by @gryffindorcls​

Years after the reveal and the start of their relationship, Marinette and Adrien move in together. To her dismay, Adrien has become distant and quiet after the move. Marinette just wants things to return to normal, but Adrien has a surprise for her that will change their lives forever.

Unraveled by @overworkedunderwhelmed​

When her holiday family obligations leave Chat Noir more than willing to pick up the slack, Ladybug comes to a rather startling observation -- one she was shocked to realize she hadn’t picked up on before.

Resolved, Marinette gives her all to make Christmas extra special for her partner.

But even the best laid plans can unravel.

Somebody Waits for You (Kiss Her Once for Me) by @thelibraryloser

Ladynoir: Caught Under the Mistletoe

The Christmas Miraculous by @mommadon​

Adrien's trying to build a new life for himself in New York, but after an unexpected break-up with his girlfriend, he returns home to Paris for some soul-searching. What he finds may surprise him.

A pure, 100% fluff, cheesy Christmas movie style fanfic for your guilty pleasure enjoyment.

baby please (come home) by @lnc2​

It’s the first Christmas after Hawkmoth’s defeat and Adrien is struggling without his lady.

Christmas by Starlight by @deinde-prandium

Worried that Ladybug is working too hard, Chat Noir plans the ultimate Christmas surprise. He's gonna give her the stars. Literally.

(Thing is, he doesn't realize that he's in for a surprise of his own.)

Then how the Reindeer Loved Him by @baneismydragon​

A chance meeting on Christmas eve leads to a moment of magic between Ladybug and Adrien.

Kistletoe by @codenamejd​

Adrien has inadvertently caught Marinette under the mistletoe...

...but Adrien's never heard of mistletoe.

12 Dates of Christmas by @lyramae-archer

When Ladybug notices that her partner, Chat Noir, seems down at Christmas season - the happiest time of year - she takes it into her own hands to make the days memorable and special, all with a Christmas spin. They aren't *dates* - they are just two friends doing Christmas things together because her kitty needs to smile. At least until she discovers who it is under the mask.

Kissing for charity by plikki

Marinette doesn't understand why the idea of Chat kissing someone else is killing her. It's for a good cause! But it's so bad that she's forced to spend her savings to make sure she would be the only one kissing him. For the sick children, of course.

Chat Noir's Christmas Spirit by @jennagrinsoverml​

Chat Noir isn't feeling the Christmas spirit this year.

How could he? Nothing's improved since last year.

But his Lady notices and puts her brilliant mind and kind heart to turning her partner's holiday around.

Since We've No Place to Go (Let it Snow) by @thelibraryloser

Marichat: Snowed In

and what's this? a BONUS trope? there was only ONE BED?

Be not afraid of greatness by @zipadeea​

"Love is blind, and lovers cannot see, The pretty follies that themselves commit." Maybe so, but sometimes, sometimes, all it takes to see is an early morning make-up exam, an irrational lack of sleep, and a pen that's out of ink. Reveal fic!

Chocolate Coins by @inkjackets​

A cold December day, a load of chocolate coins, two teenage superheroes... the perfect recipe for fun!

Smudged to Perfection by @overworkedunderwhelmed​

As pleased as Adrien was to have found an early Christmas gift from one of his friends on his desk at school, he was ecstatic when he realized it possessed a power far stronger than he’d ever imagined.

Zibeline by @chatonne-rousse​

Marinette finally pulls Adrien's name for the class gift exchange. She has a great idea for the perfect Christmas gift, but when Ladybug allows Chat Noir to help, things end up going differently - though not worse - than she had envisioned.

at every table, i'll save you a seat by @ladynoirist

unbeknownst to them, adrien and plagg have the same plan for christmas morning: giving their kitten the best christmas he's ever had

A game of pretend by @emsylcatac

Marinette was certain that Adrien was Chat Noir. She was also certain that he knew her identity. Yet, the both of them were acting like they hadn’t connected the dots and were still oblivious to what was now painfully obvious. She didn’t know if it was a game they were playing at or not, but if so, she had no intention of losing.

Which proved itself to be extremely difficult when Chat Noir suggested on patrol one evening that they go gift-shopping for their lovers together.

Butter by @ao3bronte​

It’s warm in their garden igloo, an Eden of good company and beating hearts cocooned against the December chill and the gently falling snow cascading from the heavens. Chat wishes he could spend the rest of his life like this, laughing and joking with Ladybug over a homemade Christmas dinner made just for the two of them.

Mice to Meet You by @sing-in-me-oh-muse​

Santa and his elves ended up sick from a shortage of sugar cookies because Mrs. Claus had gone on vacation to visit her cousin in Antarctica (and he's too busy to bake for himself and 300 elves).

So the day before Christmas, Santa calls Chat Noir for help.

But Chat can't do it on his own.

He needs help from Multimouse! Well. Several Multimouses.

Resolution by @thelibraryloser

Ladrien: New Year's Eve Resolutions

and also... another Ladrien specific bonus trope which is a surprise and I will give you a hint: it isn't gratuitous blushing

The following fic is amazing and absolutely worth reading, but does feature sexual content, so minors beware.  

Advent Calendar by @ghostlyhamburger

Chat and Ladybug do a different Christmas activity every day

[ladyofthenoodle]

🎨

hi sunny!!!

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

AHHHH this is so hard i hate choosing favorites. but i’ll pick 2 pieces i like a lot to share.

this one is really special to me because it’s the first piece of fanart someone drew me for a fic that was totally out of the blue, just because they were inspired by the story and wanted to draw it, which as an author is just. incredible feeling. to think someone read my work and loved it so much they had to bring it to life in an image??? i adore all the fanart i’ve ever received for my fics, but this one has a special place in my heart for being the first

and then just for sheer beauty and LADYNOIR i’m gonna share this one by @masilv. can you believe this doesn’t have 10,000 notes already. IT’S SO PRETTY. the detail and the textures… the way her lips smush up against his helmet….

there are so many more pieces of fanart that i absolutely adore but these are just two that i really love!!!!

[nomolosk]

I was tagged by @itripandfallalot to post the last seven lines of my writing, and then tag others. So, here's a little preview of an upcoming chapter of my fic No One Cares About the Nightwatch:

Dear Agent Advancement Registrant, The Fittes and Rotwell Agencies regret to inform you that the exam scheduled for 29 August has been canceled. Please be advised that no refunds will be processed at this time. Further information on upcoming exams can be solicited from the Rotwell Agency home office. Regards, Geraldine Sanders Assistant Secretary Lucy dropped the letter onto the cafeteria table, got up, and began making her way back up to her bedroom. It only took halfway up the stairs for her shock and numbness to turn to anger, and she turned around, marching back into the cafeteria to snatch up the letter, reading through the short, blunt sentences again.

tagging:

@polithicc @wellgoslowly @chronicallylatetotheparty @overworkedunderwhelmed and @witchinwinter

[mlwritersguild]

The Perfect Fit

The Perfect Fit by overworkedunderwhelmed

When Marinette really needs the best (former) model in Paris to help her out with a project, she sends in the best wingwoman she knows to convince him.

Words: 4496, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Happily Ever After Zine, Fluff and Angst, Post-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Pre, Future Fic, Post-Season/Series 04, Ladrien | Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Adrinette | Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Marichat | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44494642

[botherkupo]

Rules: post the first lines of your last 10 fics posted to ao3. if you have less than 10 fics posted, post the first lines of all your fics.

Thanks for the tag @chocoluckchipz !

1: two idiots and a hamster

Marinette was fine. Absolutely fine.

2: leave a message after the beep

Adrien’s schedule was always packed, but it got even worse when he had to juggle extracurricular activities with his superhero duties.

3: what excellent boiled potatoes

Marinette prodded a potato on her plate as if it had personally offended her.

4: between the lines

Serious question

5: bedroom talk: the awkward edition

Adrien sighed dreamily.

6: keeping in character

“Ladybug, you know this is the best chance we have,” Chat Noir said, catching her hand before she could swing away on her yoyo.

7: detransformation dilemma

“No, no, no,” Adrien muttered as he leaped from building to building, his ring beeping warningly.

8: heroes and lullabies

Adrien's vision dances with stars and blurry splotches.

9: a purse named Tikki

Adrien Agreste knew it was polite not to eavesdrop on conversations.

10: Marinette and the moving castle

The castle creaked and wheezed its way up the hill, green smoke puffing out of its chimneys like a sickly mist. For most people, it would have been a terrifying sight. Wizard Chat Noir ate pretty girl's hearts, after all. But for Marinette, sprawled on the grass next to a seven-league-boot, and creaking and wheezing more than the castle, it was as welcome as a cup of tea after a long day.

Whole paragraph for the last one cause I can lol

Tagging (no pressure) @emletish-fish @carpisuns @heartfulselkie @rosekasa @gabriel-agreste-has-no-rights @overworkedunderwhelmed and anyone else who wants to do it

[lnc2]

shout out to @overworkedunderwhelmed who said please stop reading and sleep after a 38 hr reading bender. i did sleep you were right 😭

[aidanchaser]

alright i’m sitting down with wine to catch up ladybug fic and burn through my ‘to read’ tag which includes:

Bell the Cat by Selkie007 

call it even by abbysue & okayanna

with this ring thelibraryloser

married in a gold rush by Missnoodles

drowning (in plain sight) by buggachat

we are the foxes by Missnoodles

on borrowed time by MiaBrown

Perfectly Platonic (Unless...) by frostedpuffs

Shot Through the Heart (And You’re to Blame) by overworkedunderwhelmed

What Will You Do When Everyone Knows by sariahsue

All the Names I Know You By by Socchan

one does not love breathing by wakus_bonkus

Save You a Seat by MiaBrown

It’s a big bottle and I’ve got a long night so please send me YOUR recs; I adore love square shenanigans and hurt/comfort and if you have a fic that you’re proud of send it on over

[ao3feed-ladynoir]

AITA for Not Giving My Cat Enough Attention?

AITA for Not Giving My Cat Enough Attention? by overworkedunderwhelmed

When a normal girl with a normal life makes a Reddit post about her worries about her cat, it can only mean one thing:

The misunderstandings will pile on with every update.

Words: 382, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Additional Tags: Season/Series 04, Fluff and Humor, Miraculous Ladybug Love Square, Hot Mess Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Hot Mess Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Identity Reveal

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47075539