#and both juleka and luka live in a boat

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Spring Cleaning with the Couffaines

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Spaghetti theory time:

The "Luka lying to Ladybug about her secret identity after he was so fired up in Truth only to lie to her in Wishmaker" salt has died down for the most part, but I would like to bring it back up.

I'm gonna do you all a favor and copypasta the transcript below, because I know nobody is going to rewatch the episode.

Marinette: I'm sorry about earlier. There were mosquitoes on the boat, I thought we needed some insect repellent but the drug store was closed so I had to- Luka: Shh, listen, the song of the water. If you listen carefully at this very spot under the bridge, you'll hear a melody. (They listen to the river and smile at each other.) You know, I never knew my father and my mom would never bring herself to tell me. So when I just couldn't deal with it all, I would take refuge here and the melody of the water would console me. What about you, Marinette? Where do you go when you disappear? Marinette: Uh- Luka: You tell me, I'll accept it. If you're still in love with Adrien, I'll understand. I won't be jealous you know. Marinette: That's not it, not at all. Luka: Whatever it is, I just want it to be the honest truth. Marinette: The truth, Luka… is the only thing I can't tell you.

Then we get shocked Luka. He get's akumatized/amokized, and the scene continues:

Shadow Moth: Truth, I am Shadow Moth. I'm giving you the power to force people to tell you their most sacred secrets. Luka: (struggling against it) Truth needs to be shared, not taken by force, Shadow Moth! Marinette: (shocked what he just said) Uh! Shadow Moth? No! Luka, please resist, I am so sorry! Shadow Moth: Why should you resist when she doesn't trust you? Luka: Marinette does trust me! Marinette: I do! Of course I do! Shadow Moth: If she trusted you, then she would tell you the truth! (Upon hearing this, Luka becomes shocked, so he kneels.) Accept my power and you will know everything. And all I ask of you in return is to expose Ladybug and Cat Noir's little secrets. Luka: (succumbing) Run, Marinette! 

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Luka does NOT want to force the truth out of Marinette. He tells her to run! And it's very much implied it triggered a traumatic past when his mother wouldn't tell him who his father was. What if his mom used the exact phrasing of "The truth is the one thing I can't tell you," when things got bad? If there's one thing Miraculous is good at is shocking the audience with traumatic backstories. I have my own theories as to what Luka and Juleka's traumatic backstories are... And are we really going to victim blame Luka for not being able to resist, especially when resisting Gabemoth and breaking akumatization was not actually known to be something that can be done at this point? Onto Wishmaker:

Lots of people are upset that Luka lied to Marinette at the end of Wishmaker with regards to hers and Chat's secret identities. They want Marinette to be angry with him, and for Luka to face consequences. Lying is supposed to be bad, isn't it? And Luka got akumatized into a villain who was dead set on finding the Truth, and he just lied to her about it. Inexcusable! Which is a valid interpretation if you take it at face value.

Now let's fast forward to Migration, and a little theory I've had since the episode aired: Secret identities and masks are a metaphor for being queer. Let me explain the metaphor in more detail: by rewinding back to Wishmaker and the metaphor presented to us then.

In Wishmaker, child Alec was bullied for his big hair, which he was very proud of. So he shaved it all off to fit in with what society wanted him to be. His akumatized form had a bald cap, and in the end Alec decides to "live his truth," (Astruc's words not mine), and essentially wear a big wig and become a drag queen. Iconic.

Oh yeah, and his nightmare in the season 5 finale was his father shaving off his hair.

Gonna have to link this shitpost here, just for an interesting comparison.

(It's interesting to note that both Griffe Noire and alternate Adrien have partially shaved heads, and should be included closer to the bald end of the chart in the shitpost)

Anyway, it's a bit of an unwritten rule that you don't out another person, even if you know they are queer. You have to wait for them to come to you with this reveal. It's sensitive information, and could potentially be extremely dangerous for the person being outed. A similar parallel to being a superhero with a secret identity.

Using this logic, it's not surprising the animators made Chat surprised when Luka detransformed in front of him in Ephemeral even tho he had a front row seat to Luka in Miracle Queen.

Onto the next scene of interest:

Marinette: If I tell you, things will never be the same between us again. (shakes her head) It'll mess up everything, maybe even destroy it. Alya:(voice breaking) Marinette, I'm your very best friend. Marinette: And I… I'm Ladybug.

I was actually shocked with this scene back the first time I watched it. Yes, the reveal, but also how everything in it is presented. To the dialogue, to Marinette's reasonings and how it'll mess up everything between the girls, and how everything will change and be destroyed, to Alya's oddly somber reaction to finding out her favorite superhero is her best friend, and then the subsequent hug.

It's framed as a coming out scene.

So let's circle back to Luka lying to Ladybug back in Wishmaker, and keeping that secret until Migration. His choices there make a whole lot more sense with a queer lens.

Don't believe me? Remember, Migration (the episode where Luka's lies and secrets are brought to light), is the episode that Luka shoves Adrien in a closet and he falls out of the closet as Chat Noir.

Those bedroom eyes at Luka sure do make a whole lot more sense here.

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How do you see Emilie? Do you think she was a good or a bad mother?

That's a hard one. From what I know from spoilers and research, she well and truly loved Adrien, but she was just as responsible for his isolated nature just like Gabriel. Considering the fact that Adrien was their little miracle child with the help of the Peacock Miraculous, it's easy to believe she was overprotective of him. It seems like they both kept him busy and doted on him to the point that he didn't think about going to school until she disappeared.

We don't know if Adrien wanted to go to school before, if he asked, if he begged. We don't know if he even could have, considering the whole sentimonster thing. I don't know if Emilie and Gabriel did it without thinking or purposefully made him more than a little obedient.

They could have done it purposefully in order to make sure they knew he was protected or how most overprotective and overbearing parents do things they think is the best for the children. If it was an accident, it's not good, but it's tolerable. We don't know just how much the rings could control Felix and Adrien, like if a stray comment would count as an order.

Somewhat like Ella from Ella Enchanted. People didn't mean to make her do things (well some) but she still had to do whatever was said.

Like I said, there's a lot we don't know, but I do think she tried her best to be a good mom and did some bad things like a normal mom.

Was it good for her to help isolate her son no matter how much she wanted to keep him safe and protected? No, but considering she grew up like Adrien, the child of rich parents with a lot of expectations, it's possible it's something that was normal to her. But considering we also know she rebelled against that kind of life it's weird to think she would put her son through it.

Usually, if someone rebelled that much, they would try their best not to put themselves and their kids in that lifestyle. Like Anarka! I could see Anarka being from a controlling, maybe even rich family, and hated it. To the point of how we see she lives with her kids. She's all about chaos, rebelling, and messes. We know she loves her kids, and we can clearly see it, but even that could be bad. Yes, she gives her kids all the freedom she can, but imagine if Luka or Juleka actually wanted to clean or be organized. Maybe they would be too insecure talking to her about it because of how against it she is. This doesn't make her bad mother! But the action itself isn't the best.

Emilie is in the same boat. She's not a bad mother, but she's made actions that are not the best. Trying to be your son's mother and best friend to the extent he never thought to go out and find more friends is kind of not healthy. You can't tell me that Adrien didn't think of his mom as his best friend before she disappeared.

She probably just loved being a mom and being relied on. It's not great, but it doesn't make her bad, y'know? Like, yes, she made the mistake of still using Duusuu despite knowing it wasn't safe, but once she realized her condition was inevitable, she accepted it. She tried to make sure Adrien was cared for, though I do think she should have left a message for Adrien. But I know she didn't want him involved with the whole Miraculous business.

But she did want Nathalie to look after him because she thought it was best. Also because she was worried how obsessed Gabriel was being.

Overall, I think she was just a mom trying her best.

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Part 2 of road trip au, post road trip. Also un checked and unedited.

They don't spend the next few days together on purpose.

So, as I said, Chloe offers a ride to Juleka, but once they get to the boat, Juleka asks Chloe if she wants to hang out. She says yes and the first day they just hangout on the boat, talking for hours, watching movies and laughing at Luka's reaction to the jumpscares. By the time they realized how long its been it is midnight and Chloe ends up spending the night. In the morning they get dressed and get ready. They take a detour on the way to the hotel and go shopping till they get hungry, then go eat. They get to the hotel and Chloe asks her if she wants to come up for a bit. They do and they just lay on the bed and talk. "So, you're dad has partial custody?" "Yeah, which sucks cause he lives in America." "Is anything gonna happen since you just up and left?" "Probably not, he's pretty laid back. Maybe even a little too laid back." "I guess it has its perks." "Yep." "You wanna get out of here?" Chloe sat up with a smile. "It'll be fun."

They end up going around Paris, to the park and then up to the observation deck on arc de triomphe in time for the sunset. They're not alone but they kindof get lost in eachother, almost missing golden hour. When golden hour does happen Juleka can't look away. Chloe can't look away from her. Chloe realizes she may or may not have feelings for her. After the sunset they walk around for a few hours then head back to the hotel, laughing about the fact that they've spent the last like 9 nights together and were about to spent 1 more. They couldn't sleep so they went up to the roof, keep in mind it is now the middle of the night. No one is there and there is no event so the lights are all off. Chloe looked around for the power box and flicked on the lights. She dragged Juleka to the railing where she new they'd get the best view.

The city was still so alive with lights everywhere. Again, they just talked. "It's sad." "Hmm?" "That we trade the lights in the sky for the ones on the ground." "Oh." "Sorry, that was probably a little to dreary." "Juleka?" "Yeah?" "We have been trading trama stories for the past week." "I know." "Your cute concern about light pollution is not too dreary." "Oh." "If anything it's kindof endearing." "How?" "Even when you see something this beautiful, you still think about what it costs. Then again you did grow up with Rose." "She might've affected my view of the world a teensy bit." "You two are close?" "Have been for years. Oh, shit. She doesn't even know I'm back."

"Yeah she does." "What?" "She's been asking in the group chat. The others messaged about the details of the road on the plane ride home." "Oh." "What?" "Nothing." "Trouble in paradise?" "No, nothing like that. It just hit me that this has to end eventually." "What does?" "This-" she motioned between the two of them "-I've just really enjoyed hanging out." "It's not ending now, is it?" There was a mini desperation in her tone that only seemed to ring in the seconds of silence. "I don't think so." Filled with relief, Chloe suggested they go back inside and they did after almost falling in the pool and cutting out the lights. They watched another movie and fell asleep. Chloe woke up first to butler guy knocking on her door. He just told her that Andre is glad she got home safe and would like to schedule a dinner sometime this week. She said yeah, sure and went back to bed. She couldn't get back to sleep so she stared at Juleka until she realized she was staring at Juleka. Then she just got up and sat on her balcony with the door open. Juleka woke up and silently joined her. They mumbled their goodmornings and just enjoyed the morning air in silence. 30ish minutes later, another knock on the door as butler dude came to tell Chloe they're about to stop serving breakfast.

He is a little surprised when Juleka is standing behind Chloe but continues to tell them both about the breakfast ending. Chloe asks if Juleka wants to get this or go out. They get hotel breakfast, joking as they ate in the dining area. Butler guy comes to tell Chloe about the dinner scheduled in three days. She nodded and he left. They finished eating and went back up to Chloe's room. They just chilled out in there for a few hours until they got hungry again. They raided the kitchen and then Chloe got a text from Adrien. A: "wana hng ut" C: "with who?" A: "me n alya" C: "can juleka come?" A: "👀" A: "sur" They went to Adrien's and played some video games, watched a movie, and played some bored games. They ended up staying the night there and sleeping on a pallet while. Chloe woke up to Adrien and Alya talking from the bed. When they saw her up they laughed and said goodmorning. "Whats so funny?" "Nothing." "You and Juleka seem close." "We've been hanging out." "For how long?" "Did you even drop her off?" She got flustered at that and glared at Alya. "I was going to! Really, I was, but she asked if I wanted to hang out." "And you just haven't left?" "Did you even want to?" She was silent, her face getting more flushed. "Chloe..." "You're down bad, girl." She looked back to make sure Juleka was still asleep. "...I know." Alya laughed at and teased her and Adrien tried to console her. Eventually Juleka woke up and they ate breakfast. Chloe focused on her food and aladrien kept glancing at everyone. Juleka pretended she didn't notice. Afterwards aladrien say they are gonna go mess around and record at the park. Chloleka just went back to the hotel to get Juleka's stuff that she left because they weren't planning on spending the night at Adrien's. They watched another movie, then another, and another. Juleka said she should probably go home after one more. They start the movie but Chloe kinda just falls asleep.

The movie ends and Juleka is about to leave but she doesn't want to leave without good bye. She lays there for a minute and pulls out her phone to text Luka. J: 'Probably not gonna make it home tonight.' L: 'This is a very long date' J: '>-<' J: 'Its not a date.' L: 'Sure its not' J: 'Shush' L: ':P' J: 'ur gae' L: 'Says the one on week long date' J: 'Its not a date.' L: 'Sure' J: 'I'm going to ignore that and go to sleep.' L: 'Really? Its a little early don't you think?' J: 'Its 10?' L: 'I'm guessing she's already asleep?' J: 'Yep. Gn.' L: 'Lol night ig' She lays there for a while before putting on another movie and getting comfy under the covers.

This is where it ends for now cause I've hit a mental block

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Miraculous: Tales in the Opposite Universe (Inversed Personas AU): Chapter Two part 2

This story is a fanfiction (Not an official script for an episode of the TV show). Some characters result from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (original title: Miraculous: Les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir). It contains some original characters (OC) but they're fanon. All rights reserved to ZagToon.

Part one

The day dawns on Paris: It's a saturday. Marinette and Cerise come to the ship Liberty. By walking, they cross paths with Wayhem… and Adrien ! Adrien: "Marinette ?" Marinette: "Adrien ?!" At this moment, Marinette are Adrien are troubled. They looked lightly amazed at each other. A: "Is it really you ? But… how did you get here ?" M: "Same… Same question for you, A-Adrien ? About "here", is it possible you…" They run towards each other to embrace each other. A: "I'm glad you are fine. I see you again." M: "Me too, Adrien." Wayhem and Cerise simultaneously interpel them: "Do you two know each other ?" M and A: "Yes." The parallel teenagers both tell their lives in their homeworld to their two new friends. They both tell it all by avoiding to reveal their superhero's identities (interesting facts: Marinette doesn't mention the Alley Cat's identity she already knows; Wayhem is already known by the three other people as Rouge Chance since the loss of his earrings). W: "It would seem that Voyager the akuma didn't miss you two. With this Ladybug and this Cat Noir, you must be four." A (ironising): "That's the circumstance, Wayhem." There is a collective sarcastical laughing between the four.

Following the next minutes, they take the road at the ship Liberty, at the Seine river. Once arrived on place, Marinette and Adrien are slightly stupefacted: They see out the ship Liberty from this world is a rusted damaged wreck. M: "What the hell happened to the ship ? It's the Luka's and Juleka's home." C: "It was. But now, the twin siblings and their mom live with Bob Roth a.k.a. 'the greedy record' since five years. The mom is remarried to this guy." M: "Wait ! Have did you say: Bob Roth ?!" W: "Of course, girl. Your homeworld's friends hadn't certainly lived the same life as their counterparts. About the boat, according to TV medias, an accident would caused these destructions five years ago. Happily, there weren't any casualties. Sadly, the Couffaines hadn't any house anymore. Mr Roth had hebergated them with the price of Mrs Couffaine getting remarried with the man." An expression of dismay temporarly appears on Marinette's and Adrien's faces. Later, at the other end of the wreck, they spot a rally of teenagers. Marinette and Adrien recognize their friends among the group: Alya, Nino, Mylène, Ivan, Juleka, Rose, Marc, Nathaniel, Kim, Ondine, Max, Sabrina, Socqueline and… Alix and Luka ! And Chloé (as bonus but not really a friend in their initial world) ! Before coming to them, the two not yet lovers are interupted by Cerise. C: "Do you know these people ?" M: "Yes. They are our friends." C: "In your homeworld, I must admit it's true. But listen to me: You two come from another world. These people you can see are our friends for me and Wayhem. They know you too but they see your counterparts, your other selves. If you introduce yourselves to us all with Marinette's and Adrien's names while the others Marinette and Adrien come at the same place, they would be suspicious. They could believe you're some spies from Fathom or Lycène, you come for a conspiracy." A: "And how are we supposed to interact with them if we can't say our real identities ?" M: "Adrien, we haven't the choice if our friends' counterparts must trust us. We must find some others names for avoid create the confusion." A: "I follow you, Marinette." M : (to Cerise) "It's okay. I will take the identity of 'Germaine'. And Adrien… (to Adrien) What name do you choose ?" A: "My name will be… 'Anathase'." C (sighing): "Too old. (normal tone) Why not… ? 'Nathan'." M: "'Nathan' sounds like cute." A: "I agree with the alias of Nathan." W: "I hope you two will fit in very well with all of us. Good luck." A: "Thanks, you two."

The 'quartet' advances to the group and Cerise and Wayhem move to different ways while Marinette and Adrien watch around them. Suddenly, both Marinette and Adrien are amazed to see their 'friends' wear different clothings each others. Idem about their looks. But the most glaring detail that astound the two: They figured out each counterpart have a different personality compared to each initial friend they knew in their homeworld.

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The weekend Project - Ch 3

Chapter 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | Ch 6 | Ch 7 __________________________________________

Summary: At school, Marinette has no friends in her class other than Alya. With the idea of making students interact more and out of their usual groups of friends, Ms. Bustier assigns her students to a school project that requires spending a weekend with another student of her choice. What Marinette didn’t know was how this project with her partner Juleka was going to change her life.

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When Alya had told her about the boat, she hadn't completely believed her. Now that she was in front of the Liberty, she had to rub her eyes to confirm they weren't deceiving her.

Juleka really lived on a boat! So unexpected!

It was Friday evening and she had no idea of how to ring the bell. Was there even a bell in the boat? Before she could confirm whether there was or not, the gangplank access opened and Juleka's mother welcomed her onboard.

"Hi there! You must be Marinette. Welcome aboard!" She yelled excitedly. "I'm Anarka Couffaine, Juleka's mother, but you can call me Captain"

"O-okay?" Marinette nodded, a little taken aback. "Hello Captain, it's nice to meet you."

"Now get in, I'll call Juleka to take you to her room." Anarka guided Marinette inside and a moment later Juleka stepped out of her room to meet Marinette with a mumble she guessed that meant something like "hello," or "welcome," and "follow me."

Juleka's room was small, very purple and gothic styled. Marinette noticed there was another room with a partition, now opened, with a completely different decorative style. A Jagged Stone poster grabbed her attention. Anarka cured that curiosity of hers before she dared to ask.

"That's Luka's room. Juleka's brother"

"You have a brother?!" Marinette asked Juleka, who shyly nodded. "I had no idea!"

"The partition can be closed whenever you want. You don't have to worry, he's not going to disturb you," Anarka pointed out.

'There will probably be nothing to disturb anyway, if Jukeka doesn't speak a word to me…' Marinette thought.

"Get Marinette's bed ready and we're eating in a moment, okay?" Anarka said, leaving the room after seeing both girls nod.

They prepared a supplementary bed for Marinette next to Juleka's, and she put her bag in one corner of the room. Next, at dinner time, Marinette was surprised there were only three plates on the table.

"Luka is not eating with us tonight or tomorrow night," Anarka explained, filling a bowl of mysterious looking soup for her. Was it edible…? 'No wonder Juleka is so skinny!' she thought. But thankfully…

"I brought bread from my bakery, and some macarons to thank you for having me," Marinette offered.

"Thank you," Anarka said, placing a reassuring hand on her daughter's shoulder, who was panicking and feeling ashamed she didn't bring anything when she visited Marinette's home. Neither Marinette nor her parents had minded it.

Dinner was lively with Anarka's stories, but Marinette had the impression Juleka was dying of secondhand embarrassment. She found it fun, though. Because they were made up stories, right…? No way she could make cars flip because of a loud sound wave coming from big speakers…

…Yeah. It had to be very creative stories...

After washing the dishes with Juleka, Marinette found herself looking around the boat. She couldn't deny she was curious about the lack of family photos, noticing only one which didn't include Juleka's father and she was a bit blurry in it. She supposed it was best not to ask.

And things… didn't go much better than they went at the bakery. At least not at first.

Sure, living on a boat was something else. Marinette asked about everything she could think of, got a bit dizzy with the water swaying when other boats moved close by, and wondered how many tennis table balls may have fallen to the Seine from the back upper part of the ship. Juleka mumbled some answers, but shrugged most of the time instead.

Communication didn't work out. And the baker's girl didn't know what to do anymore.

It was that night, before going to sleep, when she finally exploded.

"If you don't want to talk to me just tell me! I'm trying to be friendly, Juleka, but I can't understand anything you say! We're supposed to work together for this project!"

And she did it… Juleka ran away, crying. And she stood there, like a fool, not knowing what to do.

They went to bed without exchanging a word, Jukeka curled with her back towards Marinette.

Why did she have to be paired with Juleka? This was a total disaster…

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Late at night, unable to sleep, Marinette went outside and climbed to the highest part of the ship to look at the Paris Skyline from over the river. The lights glowing bright during the late night, the moon reflecting on the water and the Notre Dame in sight from a different angle than she was used to… she found herself tearing up.

Suddenly, soft music met her ears. An acoustic guitar, she recognized the sound. She looked downstairs, below her, and she could see a silhouette. A street light illuminated the person and she saw… blue?

The blue hair she had seen in Juleka's family photos… Juleka's brother.

She let herself get lost in the melody. Surprisingly, it seemed like it had healing powers.

"You must be Juleka's project partner, right?" he finally asked, not stopping playing.

Even his voice was calming. "Yes, I'm Marinette."

"I'm Luka, Juleka's brother. Everything okay with Jules?" he asked, as if he could see through her. She shook her head.

"I… I think she hates me…"

"Why do you think so?" He paused his playing.

"I… I yelled at her…" She shrugged. "I've been trying to talk to her, spend time and do activities together, become friends… but she won't speak to me. She mumbles something I can't even understand and stays quiet, distracted, or glued to her phone… I don't know what to do anymore… I didn't want things to be like this…" she confessed. "Ah—sorry! She's your sister and—"

"I know Juleka is not easy, especially with people she doesn't know well. But you know? She was very excited when she told us about this school project. She was looking forward to getting to know you more. But she's very shy and gets easily overwhelmed. I'm sure she didn't mean to make you feel bad."

"Really…?"

He assented. "She said she had fun at your house"

"S-she did…? But—but she didn't talk to me or tell me what she wanted to do! She always had that serious expression on her face, as if she was bored!"

"She told me she felt the warmth of your family. That she felt at home. She isn't a greedy girl. Seeing other people have fun around her brings her joy, even if she's not good at showing it."

"But…"

"She said she was very happy you liked her pajamas. And she really liked how you braided her hair," he assured. "She was very nervous because our house isn't like yours. She was worried you might dislike how humble we are, or mom making you uncomfortable."

"I would never! Your mom is funny and I find it fascinating how you live in a boat! I think it's very cool!"

"Is it?"

"Absolutely!" she exclaimed. "And the view… the view is breathtaking. I really like it. I just… I wish I could be having fun with Juleka instead of having a fight…" she lamented.

"This can be easily fixed, you know?" Luka strummed his guitar once again. "You two want the same thing. If you regret what you said, you just have to apologize and tell her how you feel. I'm certain Jules feels the same way, but she's both shy and stubborn, so it will be hard for her to take the first step. If you apologize first, she'll open up immediately, you'll see."

"I… I think I'll give it a try." Marinette nodded. "But she's asleep by now. It's late…"

"Then you can tell her tomorrow."

Marinette nodded again, letting her mind wander in Luka's music. "Thank you, Luka."

"You're welcome," he hummed, slowly strumming the strings of his guitar.

"Can I come and listen to your guitar a bit longer?"

"Of course."

She descended the stairs as she smiled. Was this what it was like to have a big brother? He seemed very caring and supportive. Juleka was very lucky. She sat down next to him and listened to his music.

"I like this melody. What song is it?" Marinette asked.

"This is how your heart song sounds to me," he said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Do I really sound like this?" She blushed when he assented. The song was beautiful; it warmed her heart. "It's beautiful…"

He hummed again in agreement, and she couldn't help it but blush more and feel a swarm of butterflies in her stomach as she stared at his handsome profile. Only when her heartbeat got louder than his guitar, she stood up in realization.

"I-I should go to sleep. J-juleka—" she stuttered. He stared at her a little confused, but soon offered her  a soft smile that made her melt.

"You're right. Let's go to sleep." He nodded. "Good night, Marinette."

"G-good night, Luka."

She rushed inside, fast, keeping up with the rhythm of her heartbeat, and went directly to bed. That first encounter with Luka had been… wow. Why was she so flustered? And the butterflies… She couldn't be falling in love at first sight, could she?

Her feelings disagreed.

It was when she heard a sound of footsteps close by when she realized: Luka was sleeping next to her! Behind the partition!

She didn't feel like she was going to be able to sleep anymore.

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How would Miraculous play out if Luka was Chat Noire from the beginning and Adrien was a normal teenager who just wants to go to school despite being forced to being the model for his father's fashion brand?

Shenanigans. All of the shenanigans.

Luka can't get Plagg Camembert as much as he would like, sadly, but he tries and he allows a nice variety which happens to include some of the more unique and even a few illegal cheeses because his mother admires his "adventurous spirit" and she's got "connections" like you wouldn't believe.

But they would get along well overall. Luka has a laid-back personality that Plagg rather likes and despite being a bottomless pit, Luka is mostly able to handle Plagg's mischievous side. Plagg would likely encourage Luka to be more selfish and assertive in trying for what he wants, and pushing him to try for things regardless of barriers.

Luka: I want to know who my dad is.

Plagg: You have a birth certificate, don't you?

Luka: Mom keeps it locked away.

Plagg: Steal it.

Luka: I can't just steal it!

Plagg: Your Mom's a pirate! If a pirate can't protect their treasure from being discovered, it's their own fault. Steal it!

Then there's the minor matter that as Luka lives on a house boat with limited room and privacy, his secret is probably going to be found fairly quickly.

Probably because Plagg blows it.

Juleka: (Picking up an empty can of cheese) Geez, he could at least throw these away when he's done.

Plagg: (Floats up to her) Oh sorry, that's me.

Juleka: (SCREAM)

So we'd get some additional sibling bonding/interactions/shared secret.

Luka: You can't tell Mom.

Juleka: Shouldn't she know? I mean, you're a superhero!

Luka: It's Mom. If she knew about the Ring, you KNOW she would take it and cause chaos.

Plagg: Oh, that sounds fun, actually!

Luka: NO, Plagg.

Plagg: (Pouting)

Maybe some love square would come out of it, but there would be more focus spread out along all sides of it since Marinette would like both Luka's gentleness and Chat Noir's grounding while Luka would really look up to Ladybug while having a fondness for Marinette.

But as both would take their duties seriously, they'd make for a good support for each other.

Then there's Adrien. Normal kid Adrien who gets to do more to live a normal life. More time is able to be devoted to him making friends and hanging out with those friends. And he's perfectly normal with a normal family and a normal life.

Until Simon Says attacks and he hides away safely when the akuma and his minions attack. While Simon Says manages to steal his Father away, Adrien is left behind hiding in the office.

With a safe that has been opened.

And a Peacock Brooch left for him to find.

And a new "friend" in a little kwami named Dusuu.

"Yaaaay! We're gonna have so much fun together!"

Yeah. Fun. Okay. Sure. Right after Adrien stopped hyperventilating.

[domxmarvel]

Miraculous Preference-Rain

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Luka Couffaine/Viperion

"That was a great movie" Luka had invited you to go see a movie with him,which you gladly accepted. 

"I'm just glad I finally got to see it with someone" The two of you walked out. Only to be met with pouring rain,and it didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. You pulled out your phone to check as a breeze of cold air hit you making you shiver,he quickly put his jacket over your shoulders.

"Thanks" You looked back down at your phone,it said that there was gonna be somewhat of a storm and it could last all night. "I don't think it's stopping anytime soon" You handed him your phone. 

"That's not good" He thought for a moment before handing back your phone. "I don't live to far from here,maybe you could stay with me until the storm's over" 

"I wouldn't wanna intrude"

"You're not,besides if I leave you here I'll just be worried" He pulled the hood of the jacket over your head. "And I think Juleka would be happy to see you,please" 

"Alright" He took your hand and both of you started running,the rain was just getting worse. But it wasn't long before you reached the boat,but he stopped on the deck. "What's wrong?" You asked,he turned to face you,putting his hand on your cheek. He suddenly leaned in and so did you,until your lips met. A few seconds in you were interrupted by someone yelling.

"What are you two doing! Get downstairs before you catch a cold" You both froze,until you recognized that voice,it was Anarka.

"Sorry,mom," Luka laughed as he led you downstairs. 

"We should do that again sometime,just not in the middle of a storm" 

Marinette dupain cheng/Ladybug

Lila had come back for today,and you could see Marinette getting angrier with every second. Thankfully you made it through the rest of the day without anyone getting akumatized.  When school was over you decided to go check on Marinette,her mother opened the door and let you in.

"She's in her room" You thanked her and headed up. You didn't find her in her room,so you checked the balcony and even though it was pouring rain she was there.

"Marinette?" She quickly turned to face you.

"Y/N what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to check on you,since you were so angry at Lila I was afraid that you'd get akumatized" You confessed,she wrapped her arms around you with no warning.

"Thanks for worrying but I'm fine" You lifted her head to look at you. 

"Then why are you standing here in the rain? Did she do something,if she did than"

"I'm fine Y/N" 

"Marinette you know you can tell me anything"

"She threatened me that if I don't give up on the person I love that she'd turn everyone against me" You hugged her tighter.

"Who,who do you like?" 

"I-I can't tell you,even if I did this isn't how I'd want to do it"

"It's me,isn't it." She flinched,which confirmed your suspicions. "Marinette I promise you she won't dare touch you" There was a moment of silence as the rain hit both of you,suddenly she kissed you. 

"You're right I like you,like like you'

"I like like you too" You laughed before kissing her again 

Adrien Agreste/Chat noir

You were walking back home,it had been raining all day. You looked up at the sky,only to see Chat noir sitting on the roof. He was probably patrolling,but you were surprised that he was alone. You transformed and jumped onto the rooftop,he was still sitting there. You reached the umbrella to cover him,he quickly looked up.

“Hey,kitty”You sat down next to him.

“Hey honey bee”  

“Why are you patrolling by yourself?” He looked disappointed. “Did she forget?” He just nodded before leaning his head on your shoulder. "I'm free,that is if you don't mind having a different bug around" 

"I'm happy you're here" He leaned in to kiss your cheek,but you turned your head and your lips touched. He immediately pulled away from you. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" You quickly pulled him back into another kiss.

"I'm not sorry" both of you laughed "We should probably continue with patrol" You handed the umbrella to him.

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine,besides it goes with your suit" 

Alya Cesaire/Rena rouge

Alya was running after Ladybug yet again,you had just been let out of class and everyone was standing at the entrance,waiting for the rain to stop. You quickly ran after Alya. 

"Alya wait" Surprisingly she stopped and turned to face you.

"Y/N I'm going after Ladybug and you can't stop me"

"I wasn't going to" She looked at you,shocked. You handed her your umbrella. "I was gonna give you this,I know I can't stop you but I don't want you to catch a cold" He gave you a quick kiss as she took the umbrella.

"Thank you"

Chloe bourgeois/Queen bee

"Hey my queen" 

"Y/N,where you?" 

"I'm outside,I have something to show you"

"Are you crazy it's raining!" You could hear her running,followed by the sound of the elevator. She quickly ran out to see you,standing in the rain with a huge bouquet of red roses in your hands. She froze for a second before quickly yelling at you again. “What were you thinking!” She kept yelling at you all the way from the front door to her room. You set the flowers down at the round table in the middle of her room. You turned to say something,only to have a towel thrown in your face. “Dry your hair,I think I might have some extra clothes that I’ll fit you”

“Do you not like them?”She stopped,looking at you confused. “The flowers?”

“You didn’t have to stand in the rain to give me some flowers”She handed you a change of clothes and forced you into the bathroom. When you walked out you saw her looking at the flowers,which had been put into a beautiful vase. She liked them.

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko

“I think that’s enough photos,thank you” Marinette put her camera down as you walked behind the partition to get changed. It was still raining and you knew Kagami was still fencing but you didn’t know how long it lasted. “Are you gonna go pick up Kagami? Her fencing class ends in 10 minutes”She stood up and walked up to you.

“What about you? Aren’t you going to see Adrien?”You teased her,grabbing your umbrella as you walked out. You walked into the school,seeing Kagami immediately thanks to her red uniform. The lesson was over just as you walked in,Kagami waved at you before heading into the locker room. She came out a few minutes later and walked up to you. 

“Hello Y/N” She kissed your cheek,entwining your arms together as you walked out of the school. 

“How how’d it go?”

“Not much of a difference” She was rummaging through her bag as you walked. You stopped to let her find what she was looking for,she pulled out an envelope. “This is for you” You took the envelope as she took the umbrella,so you could open it. Inside were two tickets for a fencing tournament. “I hope you’ll be there”

“Of course I will”  

Zoe lee/Vesperia

“Sorry about our date being ruined,maybe we could pick another day?” You threw more pillows and blankets onto your couch.

“I actually like this better” She flopped down on the couch,laughing. You joined in,wrapping the blanket around her. 

“You may be right about this”She cuddled closer to you,moving her head up to kiss you. “So what should we do?”

“We could watch a movie”

“I’ll get the popcorn”You handed her the remote before heading into the kitchen. You binged watched a bunch of old disney movies,singing along to most of the songs. “You have a beautiful voice” Her face turned completely red.

“Thank you”

[totebagchiqbarista]

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞

Pairing: Luka Couffaine x Fem!Reader

Summary: When on Juleka’s birthday party sleepover, heartbroken Luka and Y/N are paired to be alone in Luka’s cabin for the night. What if they find comfort in one another, just for tonight...?

PART 2

A/N: This is a sneak peak of the story I’m currently working on! I’m not sure if I will ever publish it but I’m currntly trying to get some ideas so If you could give me some feedback on this I would be really grateful :)

“And Y/N you can be in Luka’s cabin with him” said Juleka grinning, as everybody gathered around her for the sleepover. A couple of them will be placed in one cabin, few of them, including Adrien, Marinette, Nino and Alya will be sleeping in the living room of the inside of the boat and only her and Luka have a cabin for themselves. 

She didn’t know what her friend Juleka was trying to do because the purple haired girl very much knew about Luka and Marinette. And her crush on Adrien. Placing them together just, wouldn’t work… A slight feeling of awkwardness travelled between Luka and Y/N as they looked at each other. 

“I don’t know what Juleka is trying to do” she started as she put down her bag with clothes in the corner of his room. Luka’s blue eyes travelled from the corner of his bed to her. He was carelessly sitting down on the mattress, strumming his guitar lightly. 

“You like Adrien?” he asked without thinking. There was no point in masking the truth, so she nodded slightly. “I’m not so sure anymore. But yes, he is kinda cool.”

There was no point in asking Luka about his love life as everybody knew about his crush on the clumsy girl from the bakery. And her desperate obsession over the young blond model.

As night came closer, the tension in the room rose and the two were practically unable to look at each other in the eye. Contradicting the warm day, chilly night took over the town like a dark baby’s blanket. Suddenly, it was significantly colder in the room. Shivering at the slight breeze coming from the open window, Y/N tensed as she walked around the room. Her steps were light and unnoticable, providing a feeling of a fairy in the world. 

“You’re shivering. Here, take my jacket.”Luka rose from his seat and walked over to his closet, pulling out a black jacket that was obvious to be warm. In a split second he handed it over to her. 

“So, sleeping arrangements...” he started, his usually confident posture was now somewhat...scared. “You can take the bed, I’ll be on the floor.” he finished his sentence. That was fine with her. As long as they aren’t required to share the bed, she is fine with it. 

Luka had a mattress on the floor for him, covered with blankets and pillows, It was right next to the bed but she didn’t mind. She found it comforting. Having somebody close to her made her calm. Especially now...

“Luka? Are you awake?” she spoke quietly, careful to keep her voice as low as possible if the boy she was craving was in fact, asleep.

Muffled sound of shifting on his mattress indicated he wasn’t. It was at that moment that she thanked every powerful force out there. “Yeah” he answered with a low voice.

“What are you thinking about?” she asked, crawling to the edge of the bed to look at him.

He was lying on his back, his blue eyes were pointed towards the ceiling. His shoulders twitched for a split second at her question.

“Her” the voice that was saying this now wasn’t the same voice she knew Luka had. He usually sounded confident, flirty, and kind. Somehow mysterious, even. But now, when he spoke it was filled with tears. The melody it made was sad and slow, spreading melancholy. The words no longer flew from his lips to her ears, but they struggled to get through. He was broken.

As if he quickly realized something, his eyes shifted from the ceiling to her.”Why can’t you sleep, darling?”

Without thinking twice, his hand reached up to caress her cheek and she fell into his touch completely taken by the softness of his skin on hers.

“What are you thinking about?” he asked again

She wished she could tell him. She really does want to. Oh, how she just wants to tell him everything. From being Bonita, to everything with Chat Noir, to Adrien who she thought she liked but now was not so sure. She wanted to tell him everything and cry into his chest as he hums her to sleep. But she couldn’t say a word. She was stuck. She had to be the strong one here, now. Luka needed comfort, not her. 

“Thoughts.” she answered as his worried expression looked deep into her eyes. “Just thoughts.”

“Adrien?” he asked carefully and when he saw her stiffen he quickly added “I’m sorry, you don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to” his hand left her cheek as he felt he had crossed a line.

“It’s okay.” the feeling of sadness and disappointment hit her more when the warmth of his hand no longer rested on her cold cheek. She really was cold. Luka shifted his gaze to the ceiling again, unable to look at her again in the eyes. If only he knew he was the one she needed right now.

Maybe it was the juice she had earlier, maybe it was the feeling of lost love that wasn’t exactly a love, but she was confident in what she was saying. She spoke in a blink “Come here” earning a startled and blushed Luka’s face. He looked at her for answers and she just scooted to the back of his bed, removing the sheets so he could climb under them, next to her.

“Are you sure?” he asked, not wanting to make her uncomfortable.

“I’m sure. You need a hug, I need a hug. We both need comfort. If you want to.” she ended the sentence carefully as the confidence from just a moment before slowly faded away. Luka shook his head and carefully climbed to the bed next to her.

The warmth of her body felt comfortable to him. If he had to die now, he knew there was no other place he would rather be than here with her. She scooted over as the blue boy rested head on the pillow.Nobody spoke for a few seconds, nobody dared to move.

“I just want her to be happy.” he spoke, his voice breaking “But it hurts. I may not show it but it does hurt.” he said, turning his gaze to her as she pulled him in a tight hug.His head rested underneath her neck, as she pulled him close and tight. Her hands wrapped around him, afraid of letting him go. It was peaceful. It feels comfortable. 

“It’s okay, baby” she twirled her fingers in his hair as he reassured him. “It’s okay”

Luka didn’t say anything, he just pulled closer to her, taking in her gentle perfume. “Can we stay like this for a bit?” he asked shyly as his mind travelled to other places- Marinette.

“Yeah, yeah we can.” her body shook in approval and her lips dared to travel to his head. giving him a reassuring kiss. Nobody said anything anymore. Silence took over the form of two bodies intertwined so tightly, afraid of losing each other. Suddenly, the room appeared colder and the only source of heat was the person who was with them. 

When Y/N was sure the boy was asleep she placed another kiss upon his head speaking to herself. “Marinette’s a fool for letting you go. It’ll all be okay.” she finished as she herself drifted off to sleep still holding the body of the blue-eyed boy close.

[intercoursefluids]

PTDWHAH Chapter 8

Marinette sighed as she felt the Liberty set sail again.

She was temporarily living on the ship after a few too many “accidental” run-ins with Adrien.

Even now as she was lying in Luka’s bed waiting for him to come back below deck she could tell it was him. As was the case the last 7 times they had to dock somewhere else.

Marinette was getting close to shoving him in the Seine herself if he wouldn’t stop following her.

She honestly shouldn’t have been surprised that he had gone back on his word of leaving her alone if she gave back the ring, he looked far too pleased with himself when he suggested it.

“Marinette! Look what I found at the market!”

A whirlwind of Kagami came into the room, shoving a shimmering necklace in her face.

That was another thing, since Marinette had finally found a proper team, the animalistic habits of all of her team's kwami’s had started manifesting in the holders.

Chloe was constantly working in her garden, taking the saying ‘busy as a bee’ to a whole new level, Kim and Luka had taken to sun bathing, Alix was very easy to startle now and always running all over the place, Nino liked to climb things all of a sudden, also had suspiciously good hearing, and Kagami…

Kagami really liked shiny things.

A shiny screw she saw on the ground? 

It was now in the giant chest Luka got her to keep her things in.

Pretty rock outside?

That was going in the chest too, doesn’t matter what it is, if it sparkles she wants it.

Longg was living his best life with it too, sleeping in the chest at night and bringing Kagami little knick knacks he found to put in with the rest of their treasures.

“Look at it Marinette! It’s so pretty! Look, when you turn it this way it turns purple but if you turn it this way it turns green!”

Marinette smiled up at Kagami from where she was pinned against to bed, it was nice seeing her so excited.

Wait a minute…

“Kagami? How did you get on the boat? I don’t remember you being onboard when we set sail?”

Kagami snaps her gaze away from her new necklace, passing it to Longg to put in the chest.

“I wasn’t, I was on the bridge when Liberty passed under and jumped on.”

The way Kagami simply doesn’t care sometimes scares Marinette.

“I- You know what, nevermind. I need your help with something anyway.”

Leaning over the edge of the bed Marinette grabs the notebook she had stored under there full of lyrics she was trying out.

“I want to try to write a song or two for Ladybug, or well, what it was like for me to be Ladybug. I already know how I want the lyrics but I am having trouble with the tempo and stuff like that.”

Passing the notebook over to Kagami, Marinette lays back down, humming and trying to find a melody that felt right.

Marinette rolls over, burying her face in Luka’s Her pillow as Kagami rustles around behind her.

“Okay, come sing while I try to find a piano melody for this. We start slow and go from there, you lead.”

Marinette sighs, taking a drink from her water bottle before standing next to Kagami to sing.

It sounds shaky at first, Marinette’s hesitance getting the best of her until Kagami frees up one of her hands and pinches her. 

Marinette’s resulting glare does nothing, Chloe (Who also was not on board when they set sail) only snorts when she comes into the room, heading to the drums and slowly edging her way into the music.

Marinette’s voice doesn’t really get louder so much as more confident, when Luka and Juleka join as she nears the end of the lyrics, Anarka standing in the doorway and nodding her head with a proud smile also helps.

She finishes with a smile as the song ends, looking around the room at her friends.

“Please tell me some either got that on recording or was writing down what was being played. I might cry otherwise because that was beautiful and I loved it.”

“I gotcha Mars Bars. I did both.”

Nino raises his phone up from his place he had been banished (Juleka’s bed) when he proved to be completely useless in helping Marinette.

Marinette gives him a thumbs up.

“I told you not to call me that, it sounds like a candy. Good job recording though.”

Anarka snorts, moving over pat Marinette on the shoulder.

“Nice job, lass. Best practice some more so you have it how you want. I’ll call the rest of ya’ up when foods ready.”

Luka clapped, bringing everyone's attention back to him as Anarka leaves the room.

“Alright, let's run it again, everyone do what you did earlier. Nino, you ready with the blank sheet music? I know how fast you are at it and we can keep running this so you get everyone's parts.”

Nino nods, pulling out some more papers with a very dramatic flourish.

“Okay, go.”

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Julerose (JulekaxRose) - Headcanons

A small list with the headcanons related to the universe of my fanfics of the "Adventures of Super Nathan parts"

Relationship state: Married

Naturally or by Registry office: Normal

Godparents: Luka Couffaine and Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

Taken family name: Lavillant (Rose Lavillant, Juleka Lavillant....)

Common child(dren): Eireen Lavillant and Neela Lavillant (Adopted)

Child's nationality: Eireen is originally Danish and Neela is originally Indian/Kenyan.

Jobs of the parents:

Juleka's job: Hairstylist + hair salon owner

Rose's job: Hairstylist + hair salon owner

Jobs of Juleka's parents:

Juleka's dad: Musician

Juleka's mom: Boat woman

Jobs of Rose's parents:

Rose's mom: Office at health insurances

Rose's dad: Office at public transportations

Additional family members:

Luka Couffaine: Salesman

Living-related:

Vehicle: Occasional Older Seat Ibiza model

Capacity of driving: Both

Hobbies:

Rose's: Listening to music, writing poems, writing song lyrics, dancing, handcrafts

Juleka's: Listening to music, playing the guitar, painting

Special Occasions:

Both tend to attend beneficial reunions and paint houses for free along with Nathaniel Kurtzberg, Luka Couffaine, Ivan Bruel and Myléne Hapréle.

Once in a while, they take their daughters to kennels to offer them a hand and guide the dogs for a walk. In the future, they may adopt one, when they have time to take care of them.

[justanotherpersonsuniverse]

Can you tell us about parrot? Hes a chunky boi and deserves many pats

ABSOLUTELY

So he's like, he's just a good boy in general

If he and Minou are both therapy cats, Minou is Juleka's and Parrot is Anarka's but honestly Parrot is just a dad in general and takes care of all of them?

He just this big guy, kinda old, maybe like six years old at the moment?

His original owner was this old lady who had Alzheimer's and kept forgetting she had fed him but she didn't want him to starve so she kept feeding him. Eventually she became too old to take care of him and it wasn't for a while till Parrot was taken away by her grand kid so he took care of her.

The grand kid thought he was doomed and didn't wanna take care of a stinky old cat so they dropped him off at a shelter which Parrot casually just escaped from cause it was a shit shelter.

Parrot has some nicks and scars cause of living on the street? Lots of fights he couldn't win cause he was so fat still

Eventually cause Panthera is a cat magnet he found his way to the boat and he was so determined to get a nice thing of food without going through he fight he'd go to the Liberty every day for the chance

Anarka took him in by the end of the week

He's rlly heavy but Anarka is trying to get him on a healthy diet

And he licks at Juleka and Luka

He's the calm grandpa to the angry gremlin of Minou

[peskygirl13]

Pics or It Didn’t Happen

Mild salt and slight hints of Maribat, but mostly crack. 

I did get some ideas from @unmaskedagain‘s blog. 

Their ml salt and/or crack fics sustain me. 

~~~

Marinette learned pretty quickly that even if you had proof, not everyone will listen. It’s always better to have pictures than words, because more people will believe you that way. 

It was a slow burn, but Lila Rossi had successfully turned Miss Bustier’s class against the girl. It hurt when her once friends called her jealous and a bully. 

Her! Marinette! 

Did they forget that she had been bullied by Chloe for years? Why would she become a bully after being bullied herself?

And jealous? Jealous of what? Marinette’s crush on Adrien had long simmered out into nothing but cinders. The boy was a spineless coward who would rather pretend everything was ok rather than stand up and face the truth.

It hurt that this had happened, but, oddly enough, Marinette got some of her greatest allies through this. 

It started with Chloe. 

One particularly gloomy day, Marinette saw the blonde sitting alone while eating her lunch. Sabrina had long abandoned the blonde for Lila’s fool’s gold and, not for the first time in her life, Chloe felt alone.

Now, despite their long hated history, Marinette wasn’t heartless. The Ladybug in her compelled her to sit next to the blonde and eat. Chloe stared at her, surprised, but said nothing as she continued to eat herself.

That lunch started a truce and led to a friendship. 

Next was Moriah. 

Moriah was an exchange student from America. Marinette was surprised the day she walked into the bakery and saw her parents talking with a shy looking brunette girl with glasses. 

Her parents told her that Moriah was a transfer student from America  that they would be hosting for the next few years if all went well. 

Moriah was very shy around new people, so when they arrived at school the next day, she stayed close to Marinette. Lila saw this and tried to tempt her into her web of lies. 

Moriah was interested in Lila’s tales, but cautious. She looked up any proof of Lila’s stories and found no evidence. She looked up Lila’s name. Nothing. 

When she tried pointing this out to the class, she was shunned. Chloe and Marinette welcomed her with open arms. 

After a month or so, Moriah became much more comfortable. She was witty and funny, and she had no qualms about defending her friends and she always tried to remain to the side of justice. 

This was one of the reasons Marinette decided to give her a miraculous. 

After a week of living together, Moriah found out Marinette was Ladybug. The girls had to share a room and Marinette came back late in the night, still dressed as Ladybug, assuming Moriah was asleep and detransformed in her room. 

Moriah dropped the book she was reading and squeaked behind the Asian girl.

The next few days included Moriah beating herself up about not noticing that her roommate was a superhero.

About a month or two later, was when Marinette began debating whether or not she should give Chloe and Moriah a miraculous. 

Chloe, Marinette knew she wanted to give a miraculous too. The blonde had long ago proved that she was trustworthy and ready to re-wield a miraculous, but she didn’t want to risk anyone knowing that it was Chloe like with Queen Bee.

Moriah was a different story. Marinette was scared about risking something and making a mistake like she did trusting Alya. And the risk was much higher with Moriah since the brunette girl knew Marinette was Ladybug and the Guardian. 

It wasn’t until when Ondine was akumatized again that Marinette made her choice. 

Lila had manipulated Kim and convinced him to dump Ondine, to which she was akumatized into Syren again. 

Ladybug had to fight this one almost alone because recently, Chat Noir had been showing less and less. He blamed it on his other life, but Ladybug couldn’t help but get the feeling that it was because she kept rejecting him. 

It was a long hard battle and by the time it was through, Ladybug knew she needed help. If Chat Noir was going to be a little bitch, fine. But this wasn’t going to happen again. 

That day, Marinette decided to give Chloe the Fox Miraculous and Moriah the Bee Miraculous. They became the heroes; Vixen and Yellow Jacket.

(“This is why I’m a dog person.” Yellow Jacket commented, pointing at Chat Noir as he arrived late to their first fight with disdain.)

Miss Bustier’s class were both excited and confused about the new heroes. What happened to Rena Rouge? 

Alya threw her phone when she saw Ladybug announce that Vixen and Yellow Jacket would be the new, permanent holders of the miraculouses. 

Many mocked Chloe for being replaced, assuming that the girl would throw a tantrum, but she ignored them. 

What Moriah couldn’t understand is how nobody noticed how similar Vixen and Queen Bee looked. 

The next ally was Luka, who turned out to be the most helpful. 

He never knew about the tall-tales that the class had been told until one day when the girls came by to his house boat and was met with a disgruntled Moriah whose hair was cut.

Moriah had pretty magenta peek-a-boo highlights that were hardly noticeable, but Lila decided to complain that Moriah’s colored hair was distracting her. Mr Damocles ordered her to get rid of the colors from her hair or she’d be expelled. 

Moriah, while normally always respectful, especially to adults, looked stunned. She pointed to Alix and Juleka, yelling; “What about Alix and Juleka?! Their hair is more obvious than mine! Why shouldn’t they change their hair?”

She was not allowed back on campus until the color had been removed from her hair. Moriah was furious and called her parents, telling them what had happened, and told Tom and Sabine the same thing with Chloe and Marinette.

Both parties were furious, but there was nothing Moriah’s parents could do since they were in America and Tom and Sabine tried talking to Mr Damocles about the issue, stating that there was nothing in the school rules against dyed hair and why it shouldn’t be more important than the education, but the man refused to budge. 

Eventually, after three days of failing to get Mr Damocles to see reason and missed school, Tom and Sabine emailed the school board about the issue and, with no choice until they responded, Moriah was forced to get rid of her highlights.

She flat out refused to dye her hair because to get all the highlights out, they’d have to dye her whole head, so Moriah was forced to cut her locks short to remove the color. 

Needless to say, she was pissed. 

As was Luka.

The boy had grown to be good friends with the girl and liked her highlights. Seeing the rockin’ pink cut out sucked. When he asked what had happened, the girls told him everything, including Lila’s tabloid tales.

Luka was quick to pull Juleka aside and open her eyes to reason. When the girl found out the truth, the first thing she did was tell Rose. 

The blonde girl’s eyes were opened too, and were quick to fill with tears. Everything was a lie. How could they have been so stupid? Then they remembered that Marinette had tried to warn them and were overcome with guilt. How could they make it up to her?

Marinette, Chloe, and Moriah were watching Heathers (Moriah’s suggestion) in Marinette’s room with their kwamis when Rose and Juleka entered. (Tikki, Pollen, and Trixx hid before the girls could see them)

The movie was paused and the girls stared at each other, waiting for something to happen. There was a beat of silence before Rose burst into tears.

“Marinette, we’re so sorry! We should’ve listened to you!” 

Rose and Juleka told them that Luka had opened their eyes and that they never should have believed Lila’s stories and how they had tried to prove it to Ivan and Mylene too, but they wouldn’t listen. 

They ended their apology by saying; “We know we don’t deserve your forgiveness, but we are sorry and we want to make it up to you. Starting with this.”

Both girls handed Marinette two hundred dollars each. Marinette looked between the girls and the money in shock. 

“It’s payment for everything you’ve done for us. Every dress, outfit, accessory, baked good, everything. We know it isn’t enough, but it’s all we can afford right now. We promise to give you more once we have it.”

There were a few minutes of silence after that. Marinette blinked at the girls before tearing up and smiling.

“No. You don’t have to give me anymore. This will do.” She reassured. 

Rose and Juleka awkwardly nodded, but Marinette could tell they were somewhat relieved. There was an awkward silence before Moriah spoke up. 

“I know you’re lesbians, but do you want to drool over JD with us?”

Rose and Juleka blushed, but nodded their heads happily, rushing over to join the group.

It wasn’t just the girls though. Nathaniel never believed the stories, but was scared about what would happen if he spoke up. Seeing Rose and Juleka of all people step up made him join too. Marinette also had allies in students in other classes too, like Marc, Calude, and Aurore as well as in other schools, like Kagami and Felix. For the first time in a long time, Marinette felt much better. 

She should have known it wouldn’t last. 

That night she and Moriah returned to their room after patrol, she should have noticed that her sketchbook wasn’t where she left it on her desk. 

She should have noticed when she and Moriah got up in the morning, but they were so exhausted from the night before to think of anything more than food and getting ready. 

The girls met up with Chloe at the school gates and they had just walked into the classroom when they saw Alya talking with Miss Bustier, Lila and her sheep herded on one side of the room and the rest on the other side, looking murderous. Marinette almost instantly got a gut feeling that something was wrong.

Boy was she right.

When the girls were noticed, Lila’s sheep gave them smug looks while the girl herself gave them a faux innocent look. 

She did something.

Miss Bustier cleared her throat before turning to face the girls. 

“Girls, because of your behavioral issues, the class decided that it would be best if you three didn’t go on the class trip.”

Oh yeah, the class trip. 

During the third and final year, the seniors of the school were allowed a class trip. It was to be organized by the class, mostly the president, and the entire class had to do fundraisers to pay for it. 

To be completely honest, the last thing the three girls wanted to do was go on a trip with their class. Nathaniel and Marc had gotten an internship at DC Comics (courtesy of MDC) and that was taking place exactly during the class trip and Luka and Juleka’s mom decided that they were going to sail around the world this summer and Rose got permission to tag along. 

It would only be the three girls together with a class who hated them, but Marinette was the class president and had to organize it, and if she had to organize the whole thing then she was going to enjoy the fruits of her labor. And Chole and Moriah weren’t going to let her suffer alone. 

The bluenette had already begun planning the trip. Places to go and fundraising to do. She even decided to go ahead and book reservations. It was unfair!

Marinette opened her mouth to argue when her eye caught something in the trash that made her heart stop. 

Praying she was wrong, she slowly walked to the trash can and pulled out it’s contents. 

There was her sketchbook, tattered and torn.

She couldn’t believe it. Marinette started hyperventilating, looking at the scraps of her work.

Marinette had several sketchbooks, she filled them out rather fast, but that specific sketchbook was one filled with the design ideas she had for Jagged Stone’s tour that was happening this summer. 

Marinette felt the world around her spiralling. She felt dizzy. Distantly she could hear people calling her name, but couldn’t comprehend it. 

She felt sick. 

She was going to be sick! 

That was the last thing she remembered before running home, people calling her name as she left the school.

~~~

Always make friends with people who are loyal. 

A good friend will make you feel better after someone hurt you. 

But a best friend will skip beside you with an old, rusty bat singing “Someone’s gonna get it~”

After Marinette ran out, Chloe, Moriah, Juleka, Rose, and Nathaniel all screamed at their classmates and teacher, telling them how incompetent they were. Moriah, too angry to remember how to speak french, called them scum sucking creeps of the earth that Satan wouldn’t even want in hell. 

It probably would’ve gone farther, but the three competent classmates gave Chloe and Moriah a look and told them to go after Marinette. 

The girls listened with no hesitation. 

They ran all the way to the Dupan-Cheng bakery. They walked in and Tom and Sabine looked at them before glancing upstairs with sad looks. Both girls knew immediately what they meant. They went upstairs to see Marinette doing breathing exercises, trying to keep from crying or even being sad at all. Tikki was patting her wielder's leg. 

Moriah instantly ran over to Marinette while Chloe was quick to close any windows, doors, and cover any cracks and creases that an akuma could get through before joining them

Fuck Hawkmoth! There was no way the girls were going to let Marinette try and keep this bottled up so that she wouldn’t get akumatized. 

Chloe decided that the best thing for them to do was go to her father’s hotel and have a girls night, which is precisely what they did. What Marinette didn’t know was that there was a double meaning behind it.

The girls and their kwamis spent the night eating junk food and watching chick-flicks like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls. Rose, Juleka, and Nathaniel told the others what had happened, and Chloe and Moriah were met with numerous texts, asking if they needed to come over, but the girls reassured everyone that they had it covered.

Finally, Marinette had passed out. It was after midnight and Chloe and Moriah exchanged looks before getting to work. 

Tip-toeing out of the room, closing the door behind them, Moriah unlocked Marinette’s phone and opened her contacts. 

Scrolling down the list, taking note of a few names she wanted to ask the bluenette about later, she found the contact they were looking for. 

Jagged Stone. 

Hitting the face-time button, the girls waited for Jagged to answer. The rock star was currently in America, and should only be mid afternoon over there. Even if it wasn’t, he’d stop in the middle of a live concert if Marinette was calling him.

Sure enough, after two beeps, the screen changed to Jagged’s face.

“Marinette, love! So good to hear from you-” He stopped short when he saw the two girls, neither of which being his honorary niece.

“Moriah? Chloe? What’re you doing calling me on Marinette’s phone?”

That was all it took before the girls told him everything. Lila’s stories, all worthy of a lawsuit, what happened to Marinette’s sketchbook, they even emailed him pictures of the texts that the class had sent to Marinette, most of which encuriged the girl to comitte suicide, and a link to the LadyBlog to prove that everything was true.

About midway during their confession, Penny had appeared on the screen, reading the emails that the girls had sent her. By the time Chloe and Moriah were finished, the pair looked like they wanted to commit murder.

Jagged yelled in fury, wanted to take legal action immediately, but Moriah cut in before he could.

“I agree with you Jagged, but what Marinette needs is a break. She needs a vacation from her class and Paris in general.” 

Chloe nodded in agreement.

Jagged brought a hand to his chin in thought. The girls had a point, but what to do? 

~~~

It was Penny’s idea. 

The first thing the girls did in the morning was burn all the plans that Marinette had made for the trip. They cancelled the reservations and when they got to school, Marinette walked up to Miss Buster’s desk and said; “I’m resigning as class president. If the class doesn’t want Chloe, Moriah, and I to join them on the class trip, then I won’t plan it.”

And that was it. 

Lila had been chosen as the new class president.

To her credit, she did do a decent job. She had decent fundraising ideas, but she started late in the school year, so the class only raised enough money to go to Disneyland Paris.

Chloe snorted.

The class attended the trip in June. Their social media and camera rolls filled with pictures. Most of the captions read that they were glad to get away from the bullies at school.

It wasn’t till after the trip that they found out what happened with the girls. 

It was Alix who found out first. In the class group chat, save the three ‘bullies,’ Alix texted: “OMG, look at this!”

Underneath was a picture of the three girls at the airport with Jagged Stone, Penny, and Fang. The three were posing like Charlie’s Angels, wearing huge grins, with the caption: “Touring with Jagged Stone All Summer!!”

Penny was a genius. 

Lila looked at her phone in horror. This couldn’t be happening.

Oh, my dear liar, but it is!

The first stop was Gotham. Jagged was performing at a Gala hosted by Bruce Wayne, which the girls would be attending. But first, they got a tour of Wayne industries. 

The first picture in Gotham was taken by Moriah at Wayne industries. She was looking at the phone camera like she was on the Office while very clearly behind her you could see Marinette talking with Damian Wayne, the youngest Wayne son, and Chloe talking with a boy named Jonathan ‘Jon’ Kent, son of famous reporters Lois Lane-Kent and Clark Kent. Alya nearly snapped her phone in half when she recognized the boy. The pairs were obviously flirting. The picture’s captain read: ”First Day in Gotham and I’m already a fifth wheel.”

The next two pictures taken were a surprise to everyone. 

They were taken by Chloe in the late night streets of Gotham. The first one was a picture of Marinette sitting on the driver's seat of the batmobile looking like all her dreams had come true while Batman stood beside her, arms crossed, looking rather stern.

The second picture was Moriah holding two pistols with starry eyes with Red Hood standing beside her, explaining to her how to shoot them, with an alarmed Marinette and Nightwing running towards them in the background. 

The girls did take a selfie with the entire Batfam, but they decided not to post that one.

The next few days were mainly pictures of the girls sightseeing (with the occasional sneaky picture Moriah took of her friends with Damian and Jon). However, at one point the girls were adopted (kidnapped) by Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Chloe and Marinette both agree that the weirdest thing that happened in Gotham was Moriah bonding with a talking plant named Frank.

Eventually, it was the night of the Wayne Gala. None of the girls took pictures of the gala, but the entrance was on tv, which Miss Bustier’s class made a movie night out of. 

Sure enough, walking down the red carpet were the girls. Marinette had made new outfits for all of them, just for the gala, and they were stunning.

Marinette wore a long scarlet dress. It was fashioned like a traditional chinese dress, but more Marinette-y. There were intricate designs stitched in black around the bottom of the dress with a silk sash tied around her waist. Her hair was pulled up into a bun with a fancy stain glass rose pin in it. 

Chloe wore a glamorous gold mermaid dress. It shimmered with every step she took with glittering blue details on the top that matched her makeup. And if you looked down, you could see her wearing gold, literal gold, heels. Her hair was down in beach wave curls with blue strands woven into it.

Lila and Alya screamed when they saw both girls being escorted in by Damian Wayne and Jon Kent respectively. 

Jagged and Penny were linked together. Penny wore a v-neck, sleeveless shimmering silver dress, also made by Marinette, while Jagged wore a dark purple suit. It looked pretty monotone for the man at first, but when lights hit the suit, you could see that there had been music notes embroidered into the suit that turned it into a rainbow of color.

Moriah’s dress came as a bit of a surprise. Marinette knew Moriah was more comfortable in pants than a dress, but she still wanted the girl to wear a dress, so they compromised. Moriah wore a dress that was also crossed with a suit. Kind of like Garnet’s wedding dress from Steven Universe.

She wore a tuxedo jacket over a white, sleeveless dress that draped down longer in the back, shorter in the front. She had a red sash wrapped around her waist and black tights with red shoes to match. Around her neck was a shirt collar and bow-tie that she wore like a choker. Her hair was half up and half down in curls. Moriah wasn’t one to wear make up, but since it was a special occasion, she wore some mascara and a little lipstick.

The biggest surprise was her escort. 

Walking beside her was Fang, dressed in his own original Marinette tux that matched Jagged’s.

For the rest of the night, nobody knew what happened to the girls at the gala. It wasn't until the next morning that they found out.

Chloe and Marinette spent most of the night hanging out with Jon and Damian, but whenever they weren’t doing that, they talked with the other guests, most of whom asked for the designer of their outfits, which really boosted traffic on Marinette’s website. 

Moriah hung out around the dessert table most of the night, snacking on a bit of everything, while talking with the other Wayne sons. At some point, totally unclear on the how and why, Moriah and the oldest Wayne son, Dick Grayson, got into a dance fight. The gala ended before the fight did, so they had to call a draw.

Their next destination was New York, but they made a slight detour to Metropolis per Jon and Chloe’s request. They got a VIP tour of the Daily Planet and met Jon’s parents: Lois Lane-Kent and Clark Kent. 

Moriah recorded Lois tearing into the LadyBlog with a grin on her face, having no remorse in posting it online.

Alya couldn’t understand it as she watched her idol tearing into her life’s work.

Then the girls’ mentioned BugOut, the blog Aurore ran, and Lois was a lot more pleasant. 

Alya threw her phone when she got a text from Nino that Marinette got Aurore an internship at the Daily Planet for winter and spring break, and possibly summer if she did well.

The next picture posted was the first one Marinette took. It was of her two friends hanging off Superman’s massive muscles as he flexed. Chloe denies ever drooling.

After that, they left for New York. Specifically, the Avengers’ Tower. It was the anniversary of when the Avengers first became a team, and Tony Stark, an old friend of Jagged’s, highered the man to play at the party. 

Before then, they toured the Avengers tower. At one point, they walked in to see Captain America, Bucky Barns, and Thor working out. Shirtless. Moriah let out a quiet but passionate “Hell yes” when they saw them. 

After the three men, regretfully, put on their shirts, they showed off their equipment. Chloe couldn’t help but squeal when Captain America handed her his shield. Marinette grinned as she hung off Bucky’s metal arm as he flexed it. Moriah was once again handed guns, this time by Black Widow, which were once again promptly taken from her.

After all that excitement came the big guns. Per the girls’ request, Penny recorded them trying to lift Thor’s hammer. It was all fun and games until Marinette easily picked it up. It was dead quiet before Thor’s voice thundered across the room.

“She is worthy! I must take her to Asgard with me!” 

Tony took a step forward. “Thor, you can’t take a child.” He stressed.

Thor tilted his head at the millionaire like a puppy. Moriah winced, grabbing her heart. That face was too cute for a grown-ass space god.

“Then what is the spider-kid?”

Tony faceplamed. “He’s my intern and protege. I’m his mentor!”

“Then I shall be this child’s mentor!”

“No!”

“Miss Potts can be Chloe’s mentor, for they are both fit to rule!” Chloe preened at this. 

“Thor, no!”

Moriah raised her hand. “Can the kick-ass, Russian spy be my mentor?”

Natasha raised an eyebrow at the girl before smirking.

“Yes! Black Widow will become Moriah’s mentor! It all works out! Now, I must take my new protege to Asgard to meet the All-Father.”

“Thor, no!” 

“Don’t you take my niece!” Jagged ran into the phone’s picture, looking ready to fuck-up a god. 

The video ended with Penny dropping the phone and running towards Jagged who was now riding on Thor’s back, pulling his hair.

The video went viral in an hour. 

Lila’s hands trembled as she watched the video, feeling herself paleing. She had become enemies with someone who could lift Thor’s hammer.

This wasn’t posted, but shortly after Penny got Jagged off Thor, Loki appeared. He tried explaining that he felt powerful magic coming from the tower, but was cut short when Moriah tackled him to the ground in an aggressive hug.

While we’re on the subject of proteges, at some point, Peter came over. He heard that Jagged Stone was at the tower and wanted to meet him. He, Ned, and MJ were huge fans and he really needed an autograph. 

Friday told him that Jagged was with the other Avengers in the training room. Promptly saying thanks to the A.I, the spider boy practically ran to the room. What he didn’t expect was to open the door to see a short, brunette girl German suplex the Winter Soldier while wearing heels. (A trick Natasha had taught her. The Black Widow took being a mentor very seriously.)

Tony turned to see who was at the door and was met with a red faced, dazed Peter Parker who was clutching the area over his heart like it was about to beat out of his chest.

“Natasha, your kid broke my minion!”

(Now Marinette and Chloe got their fill of taking sneaky pictures of Moriah and Peter.)

The girls did normal sightseeing stuff around New York. They went to a town called Riverdale and Moriah met a guy named Jughead. They bonded over having friends with love issues that attracted endless people while they just wanted to eat burgers.

At some point they were in another dangerous situation, but this time they met some guy named Deadpool who would make this One-Shot Rated-R if I actually put anything he said in it.

While in New York, they went to two Broadway Musicals. The first one was Phantom of the Opera. (Jagged didn’t really want to see this one, but he was outnumbered one to four. (Five including Fang. The crocodile had a weird love for Opera music.)) They also had a backstage pass where pictures of Marinette conversing with the person in charge of costumes, Chloe complementing the actress who played Christine, and Moriah hugging the actor who played the Phantom were taken.

After that, Jagged took them to see Hamilton. What the girls’ didn’t know, however, was that this was a special show with the original cast. Moriah screamed when she saw Lin Manuel-Miranda on the stage as Alexander Hamilton and when they went backstage, Moriah started crying when the cast greeted her.

Mylene, who admired the man herself, felt her heart break when she saw the picture of a joy-crying Moriah hugging Lin.

After that, they went to Florida for Jagged’s next concert at Universal Studios. They didn’t meet anyone famous there, but the class were still envious of the pictures. 

Moriah was a huge Potter Head, so this was a dream come true. She hissed at Marinette and Chloe when they playfully mocked her Hufflepuff shirt while they sported matching Slytherin shirts. 

They also went to Disney World, which was also a dream come true. The funniest thing that happened there was while Jagged and Moriah were off trying to waste hundreds of dollars on ice cream and other junk food with Penny trying to stop them, one of the park’s managers thought that Chloe and Marinette were supposed to fill-in for two of the disney princesses. Jagged, Penny, and Moriah came back to find Chloe dressed like Elsa and Marinette dressed like Mulan. Moriah laughed hysterically at the two girls until the same park manager pulled her away and she came out dressed like Belle.

Originally, Florida was supposed to be the final place, but there was a last minute change. Turns out that Jagged Stone has a sister who lives in Japan with a daughter named Kyoko Jirou.

While they were on tour, Jirou and her classmates had done a performance for their school’s festival.

Jagged, of course, was inspired and requested Penny to schedule one last performance in Japan where he’d have Jirou and her band open for him. It would be a nonprofit concert since Jagged wanted it within the next two weeks, but that didn’t bother him. 

The girls had to check in with their parents, but they were allowed to go with Jagged to Japan. 

Since it would take every waking moment to plan the concert and write a new song for it, Jagged had the girls join Jirou’s class for the time being despite being a little older.

The first picture taken was Moriah performing the German suplex Natasha taught her on a hot, ash-blonde guy named Katsuki Bakugou who said that the girls looked weak. 

The next thing that was posted was a selfie of the three girls wearing the UA gym uniforms with the caption: “Training at the USJ.” With them in the picture were Momo and Hagakure, both of which were adorning new hero costumes.

Marinette took one look at their old costumes and went on a rampage. In the time span of two days, she managed to make both girls new suits (with the help of the support course). 

Momo kept her red and white color scheme, but it became a two piece outfit that was pretty similar to a female wrestler’s costume, but with knee and elbow pads. To avoid showing too much skin, they used strands of Momos hair as a way to let her creations move past the more intimate areas of her body. Momo kept her heeled boots because if Black Widow and Wonder Woman can kick ass in heels then so could she, but Moriah gave the suggestion of being able to snap the heels off and use them like throwing darts.

Hagakure’s suit was made out of reflective lenses that could turn her completely invisible without having to be naked, but also amplify any light she admitted. She got a chest plate tank top and pants with built in kneepads. Her boots were sound absorbent for stealth and she also got a pair of rocking goggles to keep her from blinding herself.

Needless to say, both girls were satisfied with their new looks.

For the next couple of days, they took pictures of Class 1-A. Marinette was the only one who could get a picture with the Class 1-A homeroom teacher, Mr. Aizawa. Probably because she made him a new sleeping bag as an apology for their intrusion.

Funny story: When he saw Jagged Stone, he paled, before muttering “Oh dear god, there’s two of them” under his breath repeatedly. The girls didn’t understand this until they met Present Mic.

Moriah and Katsuki somewhat got along after the german suplex incident and she hung out with the Baku-Squad. Chloe took a bit of an interest in a duel-haired boy named Todoroki who hung out with a boy named Izuku Midoryia and the Deku-Squad. Izuku and Marinette got along swimmingly, just don’t look directly at them. It’s harmful to look at the sun, let alone two.

At one point, they met Endeavor. All three girls called him out and chastised him for being a horrible father and human being. Chloe took the lead on this. (Todoroki started looking at her in a new light.)

The next big news that Miss Buister’s class got wasn’t from stalking the girls’ social media. It was the Japanese news. The class couldn’t believe it when they saw that Ladybug, Vixen, and Yellow Jacket were in Japan. 

Originally the girls were only planning on going shopping, but when they saw the villain attack, their hero instincts took over and they transformed and apprehended the perp. To avoid suspicion, Vixen cast an illusion to make it look like Marinette, Chloe, and Moriah were in the background in the crowd.

The girls were interviewed by the press. Well… Ladybug and Vixen conversed with the press while Yellow Jacket was giddily talking in the background with the pro hero Hawks, who the girls had aided, with a vibrant blush on her face.

Non Surprisingly, Izuku was there. Ladybug gave him the most attention out of all the interviewer's. (Block your eyes from the sunshine rays!)

The next day, things got even crazier. All three girls were kidnapped by the League of Villains. U.A, Jagged, and Penny were in a panic until Moriah posted a selfie, looking so done with the world, with a black haired, scared man with piercings beside her staring at the phone camera like he was on the Office. 

\In the background, Marinette was chastising the villains about how rude it was to kidnap people while Chloe insulted their base’s decor. The caption read: “These idiots didn’t even take our phones.”

They were found two days later by a group of pro-heroes, led by current No. 1 hero, Endeavor, but when the heroes burst in, they stopped short at the sight in front of them.

The heroes found a very smug Marinette demolishing a very pissed Shigaraki at a video game while Chloe, Toga, Magne, and Twice were doing each other’s nails in the corner while gossiping. In another corner of the room, Dabi had decided to give Moriah new, vibrant blue highlights that matched his eyes. 

The entire base was refurbished.

The heroes were stunned long enough for the LoV to escape.

The girls had to use the horse miraculous to return to Paris several times to deal with akumas, but it was worth it. 

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Jagged’s trip was soon over and the girls returned to Paris. 

The moment they walked into the classroom they were met with glares ranging from weak to pure shade. 

While they were on the trip, Jagged had told every important person they came across every tabloid lie Lila had spun and she was met with a tsunami of lawsuits. As was the LadyBlog. Alya’s eyes were red and puffy, but she still gave a heated glare towards Marinette. 

The rest of the class wasn’t off the hook, either. With all the evidence Moriah and Chloe had shown Jagged, the entire class were sued for harassment. 

After finally getting to the email Tom and Sabine sent, the school board had found out about everything. Mr Damocles and Miss Bustier had been told to hit the road, and were promptly replaced with new, competent teachers. 

The girls gave a bright smile before sitting in the back of the class, high-fiving Nathaniel, Rose, and Juleka on the way.

Best. Vacation. Ever.

[imthepunchlord]

so I recently read through your "Always a hero"-works. And now I am hooked on LfM. And while Adrien Seems so much different from canon, he really isn't? Marinette not being in his "friends-folder" means he sees no reason believing her over Chloe. (I cannot recall situations like that in canon but when does canon explore sidecharas much other than to akumatize them)

It essentially is canon Adrien, though been focusing on his worst aspects as we’re going into 4 seasons, and those issues have yet to be addressed and I’m a tad salty and LfM is a salt fic response fic. And Adrien for a while will have that salty focus. Largely because

And yeah, canon won’t put focus on side characters (or even truly focus on our lead herself) as those characters have to circle around the love square, their akumas, or 

Actually the most we got is Chloe. 

She got focus outside Adrien and the love square. Unfortunately, all her focus was a big waste of our time and essentially another tease of “is she going to be redeemed or not”. Ultimately not and its like, why even bother spending two seasons focusing on will she won’t she be better. That could’ve been shortened down to one. Now she’s a very irritating character and canon wise, I don’t want to see her with another miraculous ever again. 

Which is a shame as I was one of many up to see Chloe redeemed, especially since I’m fed up with the idea that 14 yos girls are irredeemable but Gabriel will probably be redeemed. It shouldn’t be like that for Chloe or Lila. But they want to push that these girls are absolutely evil, more so than the active terrorist who is a neglectful father and by Chat Blanc abusive so... 

It’s also a big shame cause there was so much potential in the side characters outside love square and Adrien. 

Putting this under cut cause I just go off and it gets lenthy. 

Alya could’ve had an amazing arc if she was a full time hero. Could’ve had a struggle of balancing her hero and civilian lives, as one she is essentially living her dream. Another option is learning, hey, being a hero isn’t all glory and glamour. And depending on the miraculous, there was more to learn, especially since I myself am not big on her having Fox anymore and there are better alternatives, both in matching her but also teaching her things she needs to learn. She could learn to be more of a team player and to be more conscious of her friends as when she gets going in her goals, she can be quite inconsiderate. She can also learn to be more self conscious of her own security as she can rival Adrien in reckless behavior around akumas. And in truth, any miraculous can teach her the importance of secrecy, not Fox exclusively. 

Honestly, Alya and Nino should’ve had their miraculous swapped (most characters actually don’t have a miraculous that suits them in terms of kwami,  powers, or/and symbolism).  Alya at the core is meant to be a supportive friend that is supposed to have her friends’ back, but also prefers to be on the front lines. Turtle would allow this, and teach her to be more aware of the danger she and her friends are in. It won’t essentially stop her reactive behavior, but she can learn to be more smart about it. 

And with Nino, it was always weird to me how popular it was for him to get Turtle. And then it happened in canon and I’m just put off by the assignment. Nino at the core isn’t a character that wants to be on the front lines, but Turtle is a miraculous that is meant to be on the front lines as a protector. Nino is a support role, but not in that sense. Fox would’ve been better as its more designed to help from the shadows. It won’t be as aesthetically pleasing still as Nino is so color coded for Peafowl, but would fit better as it allows Nino to be a background support. It would also help him learn to be more observant and aware of others, and wanting to be a director, you need to learn to put on a good show that draws your audience in. Mirage can give him a chance to truly practice this. Mindful, Fox still isn’t my top pick for Nino (I think Fox would be more fitting with Marinette or Felix), Peafowl still is as that’s what he is coded for, and even canon wise, it would be a more fitting miraculous for him than Turtle. But of what Fu has, Fox would’ve been the better pick for Nino. 

And speaking of Nino, it’s revealed from a tweet from Thomas that Nino had lost an older brother and that his hat belonged to him. That actually gives Nino an emotional tie in to the plot as, while he wants his brother back, he wouldn’t go to the extent that Gabriel is. 

Classmate wise, there’s potential too. 

Origins shows that everyone was afraid of Ivan and assumed the worst of him, he could’ve had an arc of changing those views. Go from being feared to being seen as a hero to trust. A source of protection and security. 

Juleka wants to shine out more. But she struggles in that spotlight and to even be heard. She could have an arc about being heard, and building her confidence. 

Rose is a girl ruled by her heart and is full of love and trust for others. It could be interesting seeing her have a miraculous and struggling with the factor that fighting is involved, but she herself is a pacifist (at least I get that impression). And that can be an interesting thing to explore, as she’s not wrong, but sometimes fighting is the only way. She can also learn to be more conscious that there are those who will take advantage of her and will have active malicious intents to her and others. 

Kim actually states that he wants to be a hero. Not only could him as a hero be fun, it could help him mature as a character and be more serious, as akumas demand focus and be treated as serious. Copycat shows that he can be an observant character, I’d be intrigue to see ML’s residential himbo be surprisingly observant and offer up advise to his friends. 

And of alternative love interests... 

Well, this is more Kagami than Luka, at least in terms of character potential and an arc to see. Though, as of now, if all the predictions are correct SPOILER ALERT, Lies will break up Adrien and Kagami, to me its going to make them another Chloe. More specifically, why did we spend two seasons building up and teasing these alternative love interests only to immediately break them up at the start of s4. 

To me, that sets them up as pointless inclusions who ultimately didn’t bring anything to the narrative. 

Either way, this is about character potentials and I see more potential to explore with Kagami than Luka, and that’s more on the writers and how they handle Luka as most Luka episodes wound up more about Adrien than him. So he is largely a character I just don’t know what to do with. 

Kagami though, she’s an aggressive character that could learn to cool it, she wants to branch out/rebel from her mother, she wants to make friends but struggles with it, and can learn to be more conscious of others and step up into the hero role, of helping others. 

Honestly, working solely off Riptose, she would’ve been a better rival for Adrien than Marinette. Not just as a love rival, which he truly has yet to have, but a rival in general. While she wants to branch out from her mother’s influence, fencing is still her passion and her goal, something Adrien himself lacks. Outside being romantically involved with LB, he has no passion or goal for himself. Kagami can challenge this, why is he here when he doesn’t truly care about fencing? 

And as a romantic rival, she’s one of the few who doesn’t need a miraculous to join fights, she can vigilante to assist LB and pay her back for her helping in cleansing her, but could end showing that she’s a better partner to LB as she takes things more seriously and is more battle smart in fights. Which ultimately would force Adrien to step up his game, take things more seriously, and wise up for throwing a tantrum will only take you so far. Especially when there’s a 3rd party member that’s judging you for your immaturity and shows LB she doesn’t have to bow to his whims just because he’s having a tantrum. 

...You know, maybe Luka then would’ve been better as Marinette’s rival. Not a love rival, Marinette has enough between Chloe, Lila, and Adrien’s fanclub. But more of a rival for Ladybug. Though, it won’t so much be an arc for Luka himself but one for Marinette. If Kagami and Luka are supposed to help Adrien and Marinette grow, then this at least keeps in that theme. 

With the show taking a turn that Marinette is feeling overwhelmed and stressed with her role as a hero and now Guardian, and slightly playing off Origins and her doubts of whether she’s a good hero; Luka could’ve been an interesting character for her to come across and consider. Ultimately, he is set up to be a very solid hero: he is calm, mature, shown to be a planner, and considerate and aware of others. Only thing he has against him is that he’s a removed character and is mostly seen sitting on that boat. 

Romance between them I’d leave as optional, but it could be intriguing to see Marinette considering the possibility of retiring as Ladybug and passing it on to Luka so she can fully embrace her Guardian duties and not be so overwhelmed. And in general, it is a big wonder, who would take over as the Ladybug if Marinette has to leave and not come back, or that she can’t balance between being a hero and being the Guardian (and in truth, Tikki is no longer a good kwami for Marinette to have as she’s developing an Atlas complex through her and she hasn’t been helpful as a guide and adviser in a long time). 

Now the show writers would butcher this, but it could’ve been interesting to see. Maybe Luka could’ve been a means to help her learn to manage things better if she has to stay LB and Guardian. 

But yeah, it’s a shame that this show won’t delve past the LS which has long since gotten stale and quite toxic. There’s a lot of potential, but they won’t touch it. Won’t care to. 

[anon-rebel-writes]

Meddling at the Liberty

This is for @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers Sprint Challenge! This time was definitely more challenging than the first (Because I decided to set a goal for myself of how many words I should write, probably will try to keep the goal low for next time XD)

I hope you all enjoy this! The prompt I choose (but kind of messed up, but it’s okay I think lol) was “If we both want to fit, we’ll have to cuddle.”

The story begins under the cut. Thank you all for reading! Ao3 Link

All Luka wanted was a lazy day on the boat. After having a crazy week of work, he didn’t think it was wrong to want a moment of peace. But he should’ve known that nothing “peaceful” can last on the Liberty.

Especially when his sister found a new hobby of meddling with his love life. Luka tried not to get her involved after she found out of his crush on a certain raven-haired girl, but Juleka was a hopeless romantic, which meant his love life became their love life.

Juleka and him sat across from each other in their shared room. Luka strummed some songs on his guitar, keeping his eyes closed to try and relax. “...So the gang is coming over today,” Juleka mumbled. “Why do I feel like this is gonna be a bad thing?” She let out a reserved chuckle and began playing with the ends of her hair. “It’s just gonna be Rose, Ivan, Mylene… Marinette.” His eyes widened. Luka didn’t really mind that his sister was involved in his romantic life, but he was pretty sure that if her plans continued, Marinette might not be comfortable around him anymore.

He let out a strained sigh and gently put his guitar down. “Jules-” The sound of shouting pulled them out of the conversation. Juleka shot up and began moving out their room, “Right on time, I’ll let them in.” She ran out before he could argue.

Luka wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. On one hand, he really liked seeing Marinette, but on the other hand, she was still confused about her feelings. The last thing he wanted was to cause her any more stress. He was debating if he should just sneak out his porthole before they came in, but a flash of pink entered his vision and tackled him back onto his bed.

“Luka! Your favorite Rose is here!”

He let out a labored chuckle and tried to pry her off of him. “As much as your ‘my favorite Rose’, I can’t breathe.” She jumped off of him to stare intensely at him. “I think today’s gonna be the day!” Before he could warn against her prying, she yanked him out of the room. “Come on! Everyone’s waiting for you!”

Luka took a deep breath as he looked at the living room. He saw Ivan and Juleka rearranging some instruments while Mylene and Marinette talked. He tried to look away from Marinette, but he found himself unable to look anywhere else.

She hardly looked different than the last time he saw her, a little more relaxed, but still Marinette. Perhaps he was the one who was freaking out over nothing, she didn’t seem to mind being here. She always seemed comfortable at the Liberty.

Then their eyes met and it felt like the world stopped spinning. Her eyes were full of life and excitement, something in his gut told him that something had changed. She gave him a loving smile and walked towards him. “Hi Luka,” she said. His stomach was filled with butterflies that he only ever got when she said his name.

“Hey, Melody.”

“So, I came because I wanted to tell you something. Well not something- I came because Juleka invited me. But I also had something to tell you, not having to do with Juleka. Even though she invited me- Oh gosh, I’m messing this up.”

Luka reached out and held her shoulder. “It’s all good Mari, you don’t have to be afraid to tell me anything.” She stared up at him and her face slowly turned a bright pink.

After a few moments of looking at each other, soft laughs pulled them out of their exchange. They both turned and saw everyone staring at them. Marinette backed away with her face slightly red and Luka found himself feeling a little more warm as well.

“Come on, we’re going to the deck,” Juleka shuffled towards the stairs. Marinette let out a squeak and quickly followed her. As soon as everyone made their way to the deck, they were hit with a cold breeze. “Wow, it’s freezing,” Luka pulled down the sleeves of his hoodie to try and find some warmth. He looked over at everyone else and saw they put on different warm layers of clothes.

His eyes met Juleka’s as she gave him a sly smirk. “Oh, did I forget to tell you it was cold today?” He rolled his eyes at her and returned her smirk. “Yeah, you did.”

Rose ran over to him and gave him a fluffy blanket. “Maybe you should use this!” Rose gave him a devilish smile. Luka scanned Rose seeing as her innocent demeanor quickly came back and she scurried back over to Juleka’s side. He wrapped himself in the blanket and looked over to Mylene and Ivan. They both discreetly gestured to Marinette, who was rubbing her arms trying to keep herself warm.

At least the plan this time was innocent enough. Luka smiled and without thinking, he made his way over to her and lifted one side of his blanket. “Do you wanna share?” She stared at the blanket for a second, then moved her gaze to him. Luka realized that he was probably making her uncomfortable, so he looked past her to try and give her some space. “Sorry, I just wanted-”

He stopped his words when a soft, warm body melted into his own. He looked down and saw the top of her head snuggled into him. Luka was definitely red. He was also sure that his mouth couldn’t have been wider if he tried.

Marinette managed to look up at him, he saw her cheeks and nose were red. He wasn’t sure if it was because of the weather or situation.“The blanket was a little small, if we both wanted to fit, we had to cuddle.”

Luka softly laughed at her reasoning and wrapped her into a hug, engulfing her with the blanket. “Yeah, that’s smart.” His eyes wandered back over to his sister and her nefarious girlfriend. They were both hugging each other tightly as they watched Marinette snuggle herself into Luka more. Ivan and Mylene also stared at them, Ivan gently bounced as Mylene tried to hold him together.

“Luka, about what I was trying to say earlier…”

He looked down at her, waiting for her to continue. “I think, well I mean- if you still want to. I started thinking about what I wanted. I think that I may want...you?”

While this might not have been the day he thought he’d have, he couldn’t have been happier with the way things turned out. Even if this revelation meant more meddling from his sister, he found himself overwhelmingly warm at Marinette’s confession.

“I think that sounds perfect.”

[crescent-woods]

sprint fic - unconventional

[ hello hello i am not dead i still write. i think. this might actually be incomprehensible and stupid, but i’m still going to post it and edit it later or else i’ll forget i ever wrote it. this was written for the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers sprint prompt  people don’t always say, “i love you.” sometimes it sounds like, “be safe.” “did you eat?” “call me when you get home.” “i made you this.” anyways, here u go please ignore the typos and mess-ups i  k n o w are probably in here :) ]

Marinette and Luka didn’t have the most conventional relationship, even before they were together.

Once Marinette started working at a small fashion studio across town, Luka made her call him when she left and when she got home, just to make sure she was safe. He knew her parents were asleep by the late hours she left the studio, and he didn’t want something bad happening to her. He offered to be one of her ICE contacts as well, just in case something happens or you’re in a dangerous situation and need someone there.

When Luka has breakthroughs in his writing, Marinette makes sure to stop by to bring him warm sandwiches. I mean, there were extras at the bakery! Your apartment is on my way home anyways, so why not bring you a sandwich? And I knew you were probably hungry since you’ve been so busy with your new album. Even though his apartment was definitely not anywhere close to her route, and he knew that the bakery neither had leftovers yet, nor did they make that kind of sandwich. But he didn’t let her know that he knew.

Luka always had a hairband on his wrist for when Marinette lost or broke one. Juleka always forgot hers so it was a habit he had picked up along the way. Just like the bobby pins stuck to his jacket pocket or the mini hairspray in the outer part of his school bag. Sure, it was a habit at this point, but if Luka could do anything to help the women in his life, he would do it.

Marinette had a designated Luka box in her bedroom. She had blue hair dye and all the tools necessary for dyeing, a small bracelet she hadn’t given him yet, guitar strings and a tuner, and a notebook of staff-lined paper. Who knows when he’ll be inspired! I want to make sure that he has whatever he might need if he gets something in his head. 

Luka had a matching Marinette box. Little spools of thread, needles, anything she would need to sketch out a design, and her favorite snacks. In the same way that Marinette understood Luka’s creative muses, Luka understood hers.

Little gifts randomly started appearing around their apartments, but nobody would own up to it. Luka found several items of clothing that he knew had been ripped and ragged, but were now fixed. Sometimes he could spot a small MDC sewn in. Marinette would find new spools of thread in her thread boxes, coupons and gift cards for shops in her wallet, and fancy spices in her cabinets. Things that she knew she hadn’t bought because she rarely had time to shop. Luka was too shocked that Marinette cared enough to fix his clothes to ever comment on it (he didn’t want to embarrass her into stopping). Marinette was so flustered by Luka’s attention to the brands she liked to use that she never asked him why he did it, either.

Both Luka and Marinette had alarms on their phones to check on each other. Reminders to send good morning texts, checking that the other had eaten or gotten up from their work, or to just text and see what was going on. It didn’t feel like an obligation to get that alarm, or like they were going to annoy each other. At some point they had alarms set a few minutes before they knew the other one would call, so they could beat the question and exercise, eat, or drink something before making each other worried. Despite the dangers it posed to her work, she even had a permanent drawer in her desk for snacks and water so she always had the necessities next to her if Luka called outside of their routine phone calls. 

Luka, after living on a boat for so long, knew all sorts of odd skills. Odd skills that he never let Marinette know about until he needed to use them. Like when Marinette complained about the terrible squeak of her work table a few times, until she suddenly came into work after a few days off and the table was as sturdy as if it had been bolted into the floor. No amount of falling, throwing, sliding, or dropping on that table could move it. What did Luka have to say about it? Well, Ma made sure Jules and I knew how to repair things, and it wasn’t that hard of a fix if you know what you’re looking for. As if he hadn’t just solved the biggest problem in her life.

Luka always knew when Marinette was reaching her limit, often before she did herself. He had gotten so good at recognizing her panic-state that he could use his guitar to calm her down. By matching her breathing with his own and playing speedy guitar riffs, before gradually slowing down until they were both breathing deeply and he was strumming slowly. It was a trick he learned when Jules was little; who knew it worked on Marinette, too?

Sure, neither of them had very conventional ways of saying I love you, but it still got the message across, so did it matter?