#ml gods au

[sidsinning]

Random God AU doodle

The water god found the small human quite endearing.

[anna-scribbles]

if the agrestes weren't rich i think that gabriel would be the normal one. like gabe's problem is that he stopped running into natural limits due to absurd wealth and his obsessive nature led him to develop some kind of god complex where he won't accept that anything is out of his control. I think that if gabe was broke again and just simply couldn't afford to go on an international goose chase for ancient magic artifacts of untold power, if he had to work a 9-5 to live and couldn't just disappear into his basement lair to commit domestic terrorism and say evil monologues to himself, then he would be way more normal. he'd just be some guy. he might even let himself have a mowhawk again. but I think that emilie would be way LESS normal if they weren't rich. like emilie needs so many people to be obsessed with her so much all the time in order for her to function. and gabe would still have his toxic codependent obsession with her, sure, but that wouldn't be nearly enough. emilie has to be at the center of the world's spotlight at all times because she doesn't know how to exist if she's not performing. anyway all this to say I am so certain that if the agrestes were not disgustingly wealthy, emilie agreste would one million percent be running a massive family vlogger youtube channel

[chikorra]

I tried my best with my shaking hand and 1 pencil in the office (and lame editing crying)

The coffee really brings out my hyperfixation problem lmao

Chocoau Ladybug - Designs and AU by @chocostrwberry, you created such a cute and unique world, love the lore so far! <3

[lucydoodlessometimes]

soooooo. shes addicting

concept credit still goes to @pisoprano @blur0se and @asukiess, i just yap onto a page

[mlb-a-rewrite]

Miraculous Make No Sense

so I changed how they work.

I love me a well-thought-out and deliberate magic system. I love seeing the different rules and properties of how magic works and I love seeing how the author expands and works around those rules. Limitations are placed, followed, and then explored.

Miraculous Ladybug doesn't do this.

The powers are unbalanced and unrestrained. Miraculous can do whatever the writers want them to whenever they need it to happen. There are no limitations to the powers and the powers don't balance one another out.

This was the first issue I tackled in my rewrite.

Miraculous Overview

I decided that there are two "categories" for miraculous. They are either first or second-ring miraculous. (This is taking inspiration from the miracle box featured in the show and how the miraculous are organized into different rings).

What ring a miraculous belongs to determines how "powerful" it is. All miraculous, regardless of what ring or miracle box they belong to, have the following features:

It is a piece of jewelry

It is connected to and contain imagery of an animal

When a miraculous is worn by a person, the person will be granted, regardless of what ring or miracle box the miraculous belongs to, the following items:

They will now be able to see all Kwamis (regardless of miracle box or ring affiliation)

A unique phrase that will allow them to transform between civilian attire and hero attire

If a person is transformed, they will:

Get a magic girl costume and a magical girl transformation! The costume combines elements of the wearer's personal tastes and the animal associated with the miraculous

Have general enhancements (i.e. they are faster, stronger, have quicker reflexes, etc. but mental capabilities remain unchanged; if they’re dumb as fuck they stay dumb as fuck)

Have a magic weapon/object unique to the miraculous that serves at the housing unit of their special ability

One power unique to their miraculous

All miraculous have the attributes featured above, however, a first-ring miraculous grants the wearer 2 additional special abilities that a second-ring miraculous doesn't.

Special Abilities

In the rewrite, the special ability unique to the miraculous is how I am classifying the powers of each character. Cataclysm, Lucky Charm, Mirage, Venom, etc. are all the special abilities of each miraculous.

Second-ring miraculous have temporary special abilities. If the fox miraculous wearer casts Mirage and then detransforms, Mirage deactivates the illusion dissipates. However, first-ring special abilities are permanent (with one exception, more on that later). So when a ladybug wearer uses Restoration ("Restoration" being the new name for the "Miraculous Ladybug" power seen in the show) and then detransforms, all the damage they just repaired stays repaired.

Powers are also draining to the wearer. The bigger or more precise the use of the power is, the more physically draining it is. It takes a lot of strength, both physically and mentally, as well as a deep connection with the miraculous/kwami to use it for a wider range of uses. It is pretty easy for a black cat wearer to activate cataclysm and let it do whatever it wants, but it is more difficult to control that damage to a certain area or to destroy tougher materials. This adds more restrictions to the powers and gives the characters something to work on.

First-Ring vs. Second-Ring

For second-ring miraculous, there is only one special ability, hence why the fox miraculous only has mirage, but first-ring miraculous have multiple (why the ladybug miraculous has lucky charm and miraculous ladybug and de-evilize/deakumatization and-). This is because first-ring miraculous are more powerful.

I think of each miraculous wearer as having spell slots. For second-ring wearers, they only have 1 spell slot and 1 spell in that slot they can use. For first-ring wearers, they have 3 spell slots with 2 spells that are permanently stuck there.

To use an example from the show:

Any wearer of the ladybug miraculous, regardless of any differentiating factors, will always be able to use "Lucky Charm" and "Restoration". However, that third spell slot can be switched out to fit the situation. This third slot is there to be able to counteract and balance out other miraculous. So if a wearer of the ladybug miraculous thinks the wearer of the butterfly miraculous is using akumatization for nefarious reasons, that third "slot" would acquire a "spell" that directly combats akumatization, which is where the de-evilize ability in the show comes in.

This third ability only exists to combat other miraculous. If, for instance, a ladybug wearer is fighting in a war, the third ability won't make them bullet proof or something because guns are not a product or feature of a miraculous. The third ability only develops to counteract other miraculous.

In addition to that, this third ability only develops as a result of intense emotion. If a ladybug wearer just dislikes another wearer, the third ability isn't going to manifest, but if the ladybug wearer truly believes with every fiber of their being that another miraculous is being used for evil, then the ability will form.

So in the show, Marinette doesn't gain the ability to de-evilize right away. Only when she gets deeply and emotionally invested in the battle does that third ability form.

The final bit about the third power is that you can only use one third power at at a time. Going back to the spell slot analogy, you can have multiple spells you know how to use, but because there is only one slot available, you can only "equip" one spell at a time. When a spell is replaced with another, its effects disappear. Since two of the spell slots are permanently taken up, there is only one "customizable" spell slot.

Final Notes

Miraculous are all about balance. All miracle boxes have 2 rings, and the first ring only ever have 2 miraculous. These miraculous are always opposites and balance each other.

Which is why it makes no sense that Ladybug has so many fancy ass powers and Chat Noir only has cataclysm. Like what??????? So I ended up severely limiting Ladybug's powers and adding more restrictions and clarification. I also wrote in a new power for Chat Noir but this is already long enough so I'll save those details for a different post. :)

[carpetbug]

i’ve never been super happy with how i color mari, decided to do a little test to shake off some art block

i like the ‘fixed’ coloring more as it’s just. pleasing on the eyes i guess?? and i like having small color differences for my au designs so im happy with mariblanc and feline blue designs :)

she is just a cutie at the end of the day really

[official-vampire-business]

okay heres my monarch i guess😰🫶 i wanted her to be a fucked up little freak yk.. her and gabe kwami swapped so he gets the peacock. his design is done and im actually really happy with it but i cant think of a name. im super open to suggestions :D

[jennrypan]

..ima be real with yall.

Plagg will NOT like Marinette in my rogue chat au--

Cuz not only did she keep sidelining Chat for days without even apologizing, she decided to trust the father thats been neglecting him ultimately fumbling the ONE(1) miraculous she needed to get, cuz she wanted to give a terrorist a change..but she'd never do the same to..Chloe or Lila, and mow after that she's planning to lie to Adrien about everything? Planning to let Paris think Gabriel was a HERO??

No.

Adrien is his holder and HIS kid, there's no way he's just letting this slide cuz Marinett has some big feelings. Like he thinks she's a fine lady bug and an alright kid but..he hates her decisions and refuses to keep his mouth shut about them.

[luckyowl21]

No but seriously I am so glad the new Butterfly is Lila/Violette/Insert-Identity-Number-20000000485759474934793, who else would match Maribug’s freak in terms of being a proper villain?

The fact they had multiple contingency plans in case they get caught in the time-travel portion and they were meticulous enough to look through every single possible angle to achieve their goals???

I’m gonna be FEASTING when season 6 drops I swear

[verfound]

FIC: "Who Weaves Fate's Fate?" (MLB; Lukanette; LBSC Lukanette Month 2024)

@lovebugs-and-snakecharmers is doing a Lukanette Month for September 2024, and we all just kinda tossed some prompts in the disco to compile a list?  We ended up with 71 prompts, so I decided I’d roll some dice to pick a prompt, do a twenty minute (ish, bc we all know sometimes they run away from me) sprint, and try to get some short fics out this month?

Read on Ao3

01 September 2024

Prompt 49: Fate

“What are you working on today?”

She looked up at his voice, her eyes lighting up at the sight of the god of song.  She beckoned him closer, her smile as warm and welcoming as ever, before turning back to her tapestry.

“Come,” she said.  “See.”

His smile softened as he approached, but it left him in a rush as his mouth dropped open.  The tapestry was beautiful, as beautiful as its weaver, but then again weren’t all her works divine?  His grip tightened where his hands were clasped behind his back, fighting the urge to reach out and touch.

The slightest touch could change things irrevocably, in this state.  Before she fastened off the ends and declared her work complete.  He would never jeopardize her work like that.

She cared too much for her charges for him to ever do so.

“It’s amazing, Marinette,” he said, his voice reverent.  Her smile turned shy, a faint pink dusting her cheeks as she bent her head.  You’re amazing.

“Thank you, Luka,” she said, pushing her needle through the thick cloth.

“You never said what it was, though,” he said, smiling as the pink grew darker.  There was a curl that had fallen loose from her headdress, dangling just behind her eye.  He longed to reach out and tuck it back behind her ear, to let his fingertips brush along her cheek…he kept his hands firmly behind his back.

She was not his to touch, much as he wished otherwise.

“It’s a love story,” she finally said, pausing to brush her fingers along the couple she was so painstakingly stitching.  That much had been obvious, from the embrace they were locked in, but he loved to hear her say it.  To tell of the fates she poured so much of herself into.  “Aren’t they always love stories?”

“They are your favorite kind,” he chuckled.  She hummed in agreement.

“I’ll leave the darker ilks for my cousin,” she said, picking her needle back up.  “Kagami prefers them, anyway.”

“How do they meet?” he asked, looking back to her tapestry.  She shrugged.

“The usual,” she said.  “Boy meets girl.”

“Boy falls hard for girl?” he asked, grinning.

“Girl makes him work harder than he probably should have to,” she giggled, glancing up at him.  The giggle cut off abruptly as her eyes found his, and he wondered what she saw there to make the pink of her cheeks darken to red.  If he was as obvious as he sometimes feared, though he had never intentionally kept the heart on his sleeve a secret.  She swallowed, her smile wavering as she held his gaze.  “I…should maybe be kinder to them.  Sometimes.”

“You say that as if you aren’t always kind,” he said softly.  As if she wasn’t the kindest of all of them.  She shrugged, and whatever spell had been lingering between them seemed to break as she turned away.

“…I like stories,” she finally said, reaching for her needle again.  “What good is any story without a few twists?  I can’t make things too easy for them, can I?  The work makes it worth it.”

“And what of you, Marinette?” he asked, his eyes still on her dark curls.  They weren’t natural, he knew – he had seen her hair spilling over her shoulders in dark rivers.  Had heard Rose tell his sister of the time it took for some of her updos.  That didn’t make them any less lovely – or any less tempting.  “What is your story?”

“…pardon?” she asked.  She paused again and looked back at him.  “What do you mean, what is my story?  I am Fate.  My story is to tell their stories.”

His smile softened as he chuckled, shaking his head.

“I envy them sometimes,” he said, tipping his head back with a smile.  “How easy they have it.  To have someone like you weaving their tales, watching over them all their days.  But it does make me wonder.  Sometimes.”

“…Luka?” she asked, her voice too quiet in the stillness of the room.  There was a sprawling design on her ceiling, a mural she had painted eons ago of cherry blossoms just in bloom.  Sometimes, if he stared at it long enough, he would swear the blossoms were dancing in some unseen breeze.

“Who weaves Fate’s fate, Marinette?” he asked softly, finally looking back to her.  “How does her story go?  Is it a love story,  as well?”

She swallowed, her eyes locked on his for the longest moment.  A century passed in that moment, he thought, lost in the swirling infinity of her eyes.

“…they are her favorite,” she finally said, as if her very words would break the spell that had seemed to settle over them.  “Would it be anything less?”

He hummed as she turned back to her tapestry.  He wondered, sometimes.  If it truly could be.

. : .

She was working on a new tapestry the next time he came to visit.

“And what of this one?” he asked, smiling once she had invited him in.  He was always welcome, he knew, but they both knew he would always wait for her permission to approach.  The choice was always hers, in the end.

She was silent a long moment, and he let his eyes trail over the embroidery.  There was something…familiar about it, though it was obvious the tapestry was still in its early stages.  And yet…there was something about it that spoke of years, lifetimes, of love and care.  Of careful thought, maybe even some hesitation.  Of hope.

He could see the faint outline of another couple sketched onto the cloth, the man holding the woman close as she bent her head back towards him.  The moment before the fall, he couldn’t help but think, just before the first kiss that would change everything forever.  Before he could take in any more details, she was standing, holding a few spindles of blue thread up to his face.  He blinked at her, startled.

“…Marinette?” he asked, his brow furrowing at the way her eyes darted between his and the thread.

“This will never work,” she huffed, shaking her head.  “I’ll need new blue.  None of these are right, and it won’t work if it’s not right.”

His eyes widened as he glanced back at the early tapestry, suddenly realizing why it had all felt so familiar.  He reached up, finally allowing himself to catch her wrist, and swallowed as he looked at her.

“Marinette?” he asked again, his voice breathless.  “What…what are you working on today?”

She bit her lip, the spools tumbling from her fingers as she broke his grasp – just to thread her fingers through his instead.

“Isn’t it obvious?” she asked, smiling shyly as she stepped closer.  He felt himself leaning in, his eyes drawn to the perfect bow of her lips.  An eternity passed between one breath and the next as he held back, waiting for her permission.

…he would always wait for her permission.  The choice was always hers.  In the end.

“…it’s a love story.”

[sidsinning]

Random God AU drawing again

Her first impression of her new husband is very different from her imagination

God AU origins

[msweebyness]

MiracOlympus- Formal Introduction

Howdy, ya'll! Here's the formal introduction to the characters from my new AU! The background is pretty simple, the Miraculous characters are the Gods from Ancient Greece! Enjoy! @imsparky2002 @artzychic27

Adrien:

(Zeus)

God of the sky, king of Olympus

A much fairer and more compassionate ruler than Zeus

Still a sunshine boi

Doesn't sleep with a bunch of women, actually loyal to his queen

Team Dad

Kim:

(Poseidon)

God of the seas

Crazy-ass Middle Child

Constantly losing his trident

Protective of the ocean and its creatures

Likes challenging the other gods for fun

Nathaniel:

(Hades)

God of the dead, lord of the Underworld

Oldest child, protective of his two younger brothers

Chose the Underworld because he likes peace and quiet

Not the bad guy mortals make him out to be

Very respectful of Marc, i.e. never kidnapped him

Marinette:

(Hera)

Queen of the Gods, goddess of marriage and family

ROCKS that peacock aesthetic

Acts more like a team mom than a queen

Doesn't try to murder any other girl who's interested in Adrien

Likes to ship people with Rose

Mylene:

(Demeter)

Goddess of the Harvest

Loving and nurturing, makes sure mortals are taken care of

Protective of Marc, her younger brother

VERY passionate about the environment

Mediates conflicts on Olympus

Sabrina:

(Hestia)

Goddess of the home and hearth

Gentlest and humblest of the Gods

Gave up her throne for Nino, since she never really wanted it

Has a hard time saying no

Amazing cook

Kagami:

(Ares)

Goddess of war

Believes in honor and fighting for a worthy cause

Has never lost a battle

Rides a kickass motorcycle

Always armed, just in case

Rose:

(Aphrodite)

Goddess of love and beauty

Supportive of all sexual identities, ACE PEOPLE ARE VALID

World's biggest shipper

Very humble about her looks

Adores Juleka beyond all sense of reason

Juleka:

(Artemis)

Goddess of the hunt and the forest

Shy, prefers to spend time with animals

Always has her bow and a quiver of arrows

Gets pissed if you insult her mom or Rose

VERY against abusive relationships

Luka:

(Apollo)

God of music and prophecy

HE CAN SEE THE FU-TURE

Never seen without his lyre

Most beautiful voice in the history of all time

Juleka's wingman

Ivan:

(Hephaestus)

God of fire and blacksmithing

In his forge 70% of the time, Mylene drags him out to take a break and get some sun

Buffest of the gods, but super humble about it

Olympus' repair man

Still a soft, gentle boi

Alix:

(Hermes)

Goddess of travelers, thieves and messengers

Carries messages between all the realms

Has a winged pair of rollerblades

The ultimate prankster

Fastest of all the gods

Max:

(Athena)

God of Wisdom & Innovation

Always accompanied by his owl, Markov

Gets exasperated with the foolish choices of his peers

Actually still good friends with Kim

Always working on something new

Nino:

(Dionysus)

God of Wine & Festivity

Ironically, drinks in moderation

Has so much energy

Plans all parties on Olympus

Shares a passion for theater with Jean

Alya:

(Themis)

Goddess of truth and justice

Oversees all trials conducted on Olympus

WILL call you out if you're acting unfairly

Only Nino can get her to cut loose a little

DESPISES Lila

Chloe:

(Helios)

Goddess of the sun

Has an ego the size of, well, the sun

Nothing can shine as bright as her

Knows EVERYONE'S business, because the sun sees all

Has a soft spot for her sister, the moon goddess

Ondine:

(Amphitrite)

Goddess of sea creatures, queen of the oceans

Rules over the sea with Kim, makes sure he doesn't do anything too reckless

Has tea meet-ups with fellow Goddess Queen, Marinette

Unceasingly bubbly and optimistic

Lila:

(Eris)

Goddess of strife and discord

Thrives on conflict between the other gods

Lies to get her way constantly

Starting wars is a hobby

The others only put up with her because they have to

Keep an eye out for more of this AU! Leave thoughts in the comments and reblogs!

[pyrusinc]

You've heard of a Twitter Au before? Well this is that, but worse in every conceivable way. Explanation and close-ups below :)

Basically, uh. What if Claudrien from The Warm Embrace Of Shadow were just... terrible, the most awful people you knew? Then you'd get to watch them writhe around snapping at each other like two feral dogs with their tails tied together while accidentally falling more in love with each wound! The fun from this (abhorrent, foul, despicable) AU comes from watching these utter trainrecks of slur-flinging lair-dwellers collide with each other in a spectacularly violent display not dissimilar to a head-on railroad collision, if the engines of each aggressor happened to launch themselves at each others mouths the instant they left the tracks.

Predictably you can comfortably pin partial blame on @wisteriasymphony for this perversion of a beloved children's show. Only from their mind could such a delightfully grotesque ML AU spring <3

[princess-of-the-corner]

Lila: I am also a surviving Airbender!

Chloé *loud, frustrated groan*

Okay so /technically/

I don't think I ever decided on that AU if like. It takes place post-atla/lok or if it happens in its own separate continuity? It's funky because the way I envision it has the tech and such be a mix of the original series, but there's reference to more Canon lore bits.

But either

1.) It /does/ take place in the world, but it's post LoK so Airbenders are properly repopulated

or

2.) It takes place in a 'within the worldbuilding of atla/lok but those plots aren't heavily referenced', in which case the Air Nomad Genocide is just kinda nonexistent to them.

[carpetbug]

I just got to read both chapters of your AU, and I am really intrigued. I assume Master Fu's death happened before school started, right?

I wonder how seeing a brutal crime scene is going to affect a 13 yo girl.

You mentioned that Adrien would get the Ladybug Miraculous, but not due to Marinette's choice. So does she know Adrien is the holder? Or did she lose/the Kawami took action and Adrien got the earrings without Marinette's approval?

Also, without Fu here, there is no rule that the "Black Cate and Ladybug must not know each other"

Are there any other "dark elements" that you are adding to this AU, other than Hawkmoth being a Murderer? (On that note, I feel Gabriel being Hawkmoth might be a red herring, since we never saw Hawkmoth)

Is Marinette going to have a "different core friend group"? Since she is more reclused in this AU (as seeing a brutal dead body would do to a kid) I assume she will be part of the class, but never be as proactive or "hyped" as she was in canon, like a mix of Julleka and Kagami personalities, with a pinch of Marinette on it.

I wonder if Bunnyx will make an appearance due to this timeline being "so deviated"?

Also, I can't wait to see what makes Marinette choose Plagg instead of Tikki as her Miraculous

first of all thank you so much for reading and for all the questions I love love love it <3

Master Fus death happens the summer (really only a few weeks) before freshman year! But Im having fbau!Marinette be 14 when she becomes guardian, so she turns 15 during the school year (befana) (same goes for Adrien, only he turns 15 in bubbler before Mari). Either way, she’s still a brand new teenager and she definitely definitely struggles having seen the murder scene, and just not having the support of Master Fu.

Marinette does not know Adrien is the ladybug holder! I don’t want to give much away, but the main idea is Marinette has someone else in mind and Tikki decides takes matters into her own hands. Since Beetle wasn’t the chosen holder by Feline, she takes some anger and her own guilt from disappointing Tikki out on him before coming to terms with him as a partner, and eventually getting close with him

Not entirely decided, but probably! More mental health/illness stuff cause what’s an AU without a little trauma, probably a bit more violent akumas/mature themes but just gotta wait and see

She has mostly the same friends, but she is much more recluse! She tries to stay out of class drama so bye bye being class president, and now she has bigger problems than high school bullies so she doesn’t stand up for herself as much against chloe/lila (but alya has no problem doing so for her), and she shies away from group events/having people over. This is a big reason why Adrien really wants to befriend her and help her open up :)

I don’t currently have any plans for Bunnix to show up since Luka uses the rabbit miraculous in this au, but it would be a fun cameo!! I’ll definitely think about it + I love Alix so i’m sure i’ll find a place to have her pop in. For now let’s say she leaves the brunt of the work to Tempore Lapin

A lot of different factors go into Marinette picking the black cat rather than the ladybug, but i’d say the biggest one is probably the difference between Tikkis support and Plaggs support! Tikki tries to remain optimistic a lot, looking at the positives and trying to comfort her holder when they’re not okay. Plagg aims more for a coping with humor technique, but can pull it together when really necessary. His support is based much more around wanting what’s best for Marinette, even if that puts him and the other kwamis in peril (not having a guardian/holders). He values her honesty and genuine struggles with caring for the miraculous while Tikki aims to reassure that Adrien he has what it takes and can do it! [TLDR: Tikki says “You can do this! I believe in you! You’re a hero!” Plagg says “I’m here for you! This is your decision! It’s not all on your shoulders!”]

Thank you for the ask, it’s greatly appreciated <3 Feel free to send more!

[mlb-a-rewrite]

The Umbrella Scene (Rewrite)

It was the last day of the second week of school. Marinette had gone to the library after school. She didn’t have tutoring with Fu that day but decided she would get ahead on her work. Miss. Bustier had informed the class that they were nearing the end of their current math unit which meant a test would be coming up. With Marinette’s luck, the test would fall on the same week her piece for Fine Arts was due and while she would much rather be working on her painting, Mr. Monlataing was busy after school today, leaving her painting securely locked in the art studio.

This meant Marinette’s only option was to study for math, which she did in the shelter of the library.

She was only there for two hours, surprised and pleased that she was able to pretty quickly decipher her mistakes on past homework assignments and quizzes. She worked through them diligently and deliberately, keeping her work clear so she could reference it later if she needed to. The repetition of schoolwork was calming to her, an easy rhythm her pencil learned to dance to when she first started taking school seriously. She stumbled at times, her moves not perfectly fluid or confident, but through repetition and dedication, Marinette knew she could learn the steps to any dance.

When her stomach growled Marinette decided it was time to return home. The side of her hand was smudged with dark lead that she absently rubbed at as she left the library. Her departure was cut short when she opened the door to the library to hear the tell-tale sound of rainfall. Marinette stopped under the awning, just out of the rain’s reach, and stared out at the city.

Marinette didn’t care for the rain, particularly when she didn’t have anything waterproof. It was cold and inconvenient and she’d much rather spend time with the sun burning her skin than water chilling her bones. Her house wasn’t far though and if she hurried the rain wouldn’t be too unbearable.

Pulling her backpack off her shoulders and holding it in front of her, Marinette opened it and searched through, finally pulling out 6 euros from her buried coin purse. The library had a vending machine and her meager change might be enough for a bag of chips if she wanted to try and wait out the rain. She was lost in her mental math, the sound of rain and cars driving through puddles effectively concealing the approaching footsteps from beside her.

It was only when a familiar voice called out, “Hey” that Marinette realized she had company.

Beside her beneath the awning stood Adrien, a long black umbrella in his hand. He smiled softly at her, a timid look that made guilt and anger swirl in Marinette’s stomach. Reminders of her rude behavior from the past 2 weeks resurfaced in her head when they made eye contact so Marinette turned her attention back to her bag, fiddling with the zippers as she closed it. Her decision had been made; she would stay at the library, at least until Adrien was gone.

As she tugged her bag close, Adrien sighed from behind her. From the corner of her eye, Marinette saw him turn away from her, head pointed at the street. When her backpack was shut, Marinette swung it onto her back and watched Adrien open his umbrella and enter the rain. The nylon surface protected him from the rain, droplets beading together and falling off the edges in even larger drops.

Instead of leaving though, he hesitated and looked back at Marinette who had successfully returned her bag to her back and had been watching his departure.

“I—” his voice was unsure but he continued to speak regardless, “am not sure what I did to make you dislike me. I’ve never been to school before,” he confessed, looking away from Marinette when he spoke. “I’ve never had friends. It's all sort of new to me.”

A brief pause and then he was looking at Marinette who had frozen in place, her hands clutching the straps of her bag. Something seeped into Adrien’s expression then; not confidence but something else, something assured. He extended the umbrella to Marinette still securely beneath the awning.

Rain hit his perfectly kept hair, running through it. In those few moments before the rain overwhelmed him when just a few drops had landed on his shirt and run through his hair, he looked different. Not like the perfect images of him in teen magazines and perfume ads, but not a completely different person either. Parts of his hair were soaked from the rain, dark and brown, while others still stood in carefully set swoops. His smile was still hesitant but with a subtle eagerness pushing at his eyes and lips.

Marinette took the umbrella from him, body suddenly tense and awkward. For a few moments after the exchange happened, they just looked at each other, but then the umbrella closed on her sending water droplets flying through the air.

As Marinette grabbed at the edge of the umbrella, trying to get it open, she heard laughter. Genuine, happy sounds from an unjudging person. It was so real she couldn’t help the smile that grew on her lips, any embarrassment she may have felt washing off her as if she was the one in the rain.

When Marinette emerged from her nylon cage, she saw Adrien, smile bright and face red despite the thorough soak from the rain he was receiving. Once they had both settled down Adrien turned his back and started to make his way down the stairs.

As he descended he turned back to wave at Marinette, saying, “See you tomorrow”. If she wasn’t so dumbstruck by the whole situation, she might have realized her face was red or that she stammered a reply to him as he got into his car and left, but instead, she was left standing with an open umbrella under a dry awning, watching a silver car drive off in the rain.

Oh boy that was the first scene I've written and posted. What do you think? I haven't shared any, like, traditional story-telling writing on here let. If you like it let me know and maybe I'll prioritize writing more scenes like this :).

This one was a slight, teeny tiny, rewrite of the umbrella scene from Origins Part 2. The scenes I'm planning on posting are either completely new or modified key scenes from the show that are in the rewrite. I plan on posting them around the same general time that I post the episode they are featured in.

Also, let me know if you are interested in seeing art for these scenes. I've already started art for a scene that doesn't happen for a while and it's been taking time because I'm rusty and decided it was smart to render the entire thing from scratch, but if there is demand I might try to make art of all the written n scenes I post who knows :)