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perditaalottachocolate-blog · 7 years ago

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“Marigolds”, ML Reveal Week - Day 1: Fluff

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(AO3 / FFnet)

Marinette was almost sure the two most important boys in her life were simultaneously and independently trying to kill her.

For example, there was her former crush and dear friend, Adrien Agreste, probably possessed by some supernatural powers. He was acting very strange lately, especially in her presence. His sudden fascination with black clothes and silver accessories wasn’t maybe that surprising – everybody has a right to a Goth phase, and Marinette would be the first to admit that he absolutely rocked motorcycle boots and leather jackets. But his facial expressions were getting odder by the day.

First came the winking. It took Marinette two days to gather the courage and ask if he had conjunctivitis and if it wasn’t high time to see a doctor. Adrien mumbled something about new contacts and at that the winking stopped.

But then he started with the grins. Whenever it was adequate or not he would shot Marinette with one of a wide selection of grins, smirks and smiles, all hitherto unseen on his handsome face. There were half-grins, lopsided grins, grins so wide that if it wasn’t for his ears the top of his head would be in serious risk of falling off. Toothy grins. Beamy grins. Marinette was surprised his cheeks could stand all that smiling. To her (and everybody else’s) relief the grinning phase ended abruptly with a painful case of lockjaw.

But Adrien apparently worked his way down, because with the winking and the grinning out of the way the flexing begun. On every possible occasion he would flex his muscles and show off his posture. His shirts suddenly became extremely skin-tight and significantly shorter so it wasn’t uncommon for any lucky bystander to catch a glimpse of his toned abs every time he decided to yawn and stretch ostensibly. And all the poses he was striking weren’t doing Marinette and a legion of the teen model’s fans any good.

Nino stopped staring after the first few days. He stopped frowning after a few more. Now whenever in Adrien’s presence he was wearing a mildly puzzled look of a person determined to wait out whatever this was. He apparently still believed Adrien would finally come to his senses.

Alya uncharacteristically restrained from comment. She just observed the new development with curiosity and amusement.

This left Marinette as the only one actually concerned with well being of one of her closest friends, although it might have had something to do with the fact that she was on the receiving end of most of this odd behavior.

She tried to raise the subject with Nino and Alya, but they just shrugged and stated that in their opinion this was just a phase, and that he was as sane as the next guy.

Unfortunately for Marinette the next guy was Chat Noir.

Chat Noir, Marinette’s boyfriend of the past few months, who also seem to have some very strange ideas lately.

‘I’m going to tell you who I am, Princess,’ a few days ago he declared with his cockish smirk so wide it was threatening to rip his face in half. ‘I’ve had enough of this secret dating. I want to kiss you in public. I want to take you out on a real date. I want everybody to know what a lucky man I am to have you.’

He had to pause there to let Marinette squeal, squeak and splutter incoherently with a very unflattering expression on her otherwise lovely face. He could only assume all that babble was her disagreement.

‘Then I’m going to let you figure it out,’ he replied when she finally stopped her frantic waving. He raised his hand to silence the second portion of spluttering just as she was about to release it.

‘I am, Princess,’ he stated firmly, ‘and there’s nothing you can do to stop me.’

Hence Marinette was slowly developing a mild paranoia, watching for shadows over the rooftops, and preparing for assaults of unknown nature that might indicate a message from her dear reckless Kitty. Add the constant string of akumas and Adrien’s odd behavior to the mix and it was getting really crowded on her plate.

Every morning following Chat’s declaration she would find a single marigold on her skylight – it was the first thing she saw after waking up. Then a second flower would await her in her locker, and a third on her desk in class.

She was already close to self combust by that point but reality wouldn’t just leave her alone, because the latest idea of Oddrien was to treat her to lunch every day. He would bring her lunchboxes filled with exquisite snacks prepared, she assumed, by his personal chef. But he always added something from the bakery. Just a little treat, but it seemed that he had similar taste in sweets to Chat as he usually picked something her boyfriend would choose himself. Which made Marinette even more anxious because it reminded her of Chat’s declaration and fuelled her everyday paranoia.

She was also desperately trying to make some sense out of Adrien’s behavior, not wanting to hurt him by rejecting his friendly gestures but at the same time not giving an impression she was being wooed in case Chat was watching. She didn’t want her boyfriend to jump to false conclusions.

On the day of her birthday there was a whole vase of marigolds on her skylight. There was a bouquet of them in her locker accompanied by a small black envelope with a green paw-print seal. Her knees wobbled when she read the card inside.

“Happy birthday, my Princess. Your present is on the way”

Marinette felt her insides churn with anticipation, her hands shook slightly when she closed the locker and headed for class. She was nearing the stairs, when someone stepped from shadows to stand behind her. She caught a glimpse of black before that someone cover her eyes with his hands. A familiar scent of cologne with cheese overtones surrounded her and a husky voice murmured into her ear.

‘Surprise!’

Marinette stiffened, still processing all the available data to determine what was happening. But having her eyes covered made her other senses come up with additional information and soon her whole body vibrated with excitement already knowing who stood behind her.

‘Chat…’ she whispered tenderly, melting under his touch.

‘So did you finally figure it out?’ came a reply. ‘I’m starting to worry I might have to tattoo it on my forehead,’ there was a hint of mischief in this voice that prompted her stomach to do a little somersault. There was no doubt now that this was her boyfriend and that as soon as she turns around she’ll know the face under the mask.

Marinette slowly caught the hands covering her eyes and pulled them away. Then with a pounding heart she turned to face her Kitty. If someone asked her what did she expect, she would honestly say she thought she would see Chat Noir. Only because she had absolutely no idea what to imagine so her mind filled the blanks with familiar picture.

What she absolutely didn’t expect was Adrien Agreste, a vision in tight black, except for a single marigold pinned to his jacket, watching her with vibrant smile and eager gleam in his impossibly green eyes. Marinette could only stare getting lost in the emerald, as her brain filled up with revelations of the past few weeks. Finally the reality started to make sense. Finally the world clicked and simplified. Finally she could mpghff…

She closed her eyes in a bliss when soft lips captured her own in a delicate kiss. Strong arms snaked their way around her waist just in time to sustain her weight as she swooned overwhelmed with all the sensations running through her head.

She must have been dreaming. She probably forgot to wake up today or she tripped on her way to school and banged her head that one time too many. It wasn’t uncommon to hallucinate while suffering from concussion, right?

But the heat that was coming from the body pressing into her seemed more than real. The gentle touch on her lips was too familiar to be just a figment of her imagination. And as far as she was concerned dreams certainly didn’t contain so many whistles, hoots, applause and not so subtle “It’s-about-time”s.

Marinette opened her eyes only to confirm that indeed she was in Adrien’s arms and he was pressing his forehead to hers while his lips were stretched in the most dopey smile she’d ever seen. Their whole class was surrounding them and cheering loudly. And Alya had the audacity to actually film the whole scene.

Well, Marinette decided, she might as well roll with it. She looked into her Kitty’s eyes determined to show him that despite her initial stupefaction she was more than happy to finally know him like this.

‘Princess? My Lady? Is this okay?’ he whispered bashfully, carefully watching her reaction. She raised her brow at the double nickname and the last of the load dropped off her heart.

‘It’s purrrrrfect,’ she purred pulling him close for another kiss.

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just-a-normal-regretter · 8 months ago

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Can. Can I ask to hear more of the it was only Tuesday AU? It sounds really neat (plus powers in the real world is my JAM).

Thanks for the ask anon! o7

And yeah, I'd be happy to talk about one of my many crossover fics (seriously I have a ton lmfaooo).

Recapping "For Me, It Was Only Today": CL/MLB AU with combining lores, Lyoko powers sprouting irl, and some Odd/Adrien rarepair shipping

Okay I'll admit straight off that I didn't realize how much content I made in the trio AUs for a CL/MLB crossover. I thought it was just Cherrybird with all the stuff I wrote up but I'm looking at this one and Strays and it's hitting me my notes are so deep haha

They were so thought out that I got stuck for a moment thinking about how I'd explain this but here I'll try my best:

I mentioned this above but this fic of the trio I do plan to mix the lores together without going uh, too crazy. I don't want to reveal my hand given it's supposed to be a big plot point properly unveiled in this version's take on the episode Franz Hopper (I had to specify episode but it's also fun adjusting Hopper the character in this lore shift).

If this got posted this would likely be a fusion type of crossover I think.

This fic in particular is limited to Ulrich's POV given I want to have the story be about the Warriors seeing Odd's shifting relationship with Chat Noir. The wacky lore is just stuff that goes on in day-to-day. Also sorta open ended to leave room for additional content given the lore of this particular fic is pretty big + the cast leaves ample other stories to tell from their perspectives.

But I digress, we're talking about the Ulrich POV for this fic in particular.

I'll first start off by focusing on the format of this fic in particular. There should be about 12 chapter to match up with the Subdigitals album because I'm a bit corny and wanted to pair that up haha

Each chapter takes the premise of a episode (whether it be CL or MLB) and meshes it together with the crossover/lore shift.

An example I can throw out is the first chapter, which would just be Ulrich and Odd chatting while watching some of the events of Prime Queen happen from their phones (given Nadia did host her segment etc etc).

The CL powers though I agree I'm also a big "powers in the real world" enjoyer haha. Sometimes I just think about this AU in a bubble without the crossover and ponder the shenanigans that can crop up if you just play the power exposure as comedy instead of the angsty potential it is.

Love this AU because the kids are not alright. They have to adjust to shifting into things very much not human, despite having some of the basic human traits.

Odd gets the worst of it given he's a literal cat-boy in Lyoko. The Digitization process is subtle at first but then it becomes extremely difficult to hide that he's growing purple fur, he's nursing intense migraines whenever a Future Flash decides to crop up, his vision nearly landed him some glasses, etc.

Yumi and Ulrich don't have it as bad, but the pains that settle in once Telekinesis and Super Sprint respectively show up for each of them is exhausting. Their clothing tends to get shifted by their exposure, so there's a bit of a running gag of swapping shoes out so they don't constantly lose them (at one point Ulrich has more sandals than shoes lmao)

I also toss in some new abilities because as they grow older aka as the chapters progress in the fic. Odd deals with camouflage that glitches whenever his emotions get out of control (it changes the color of his purple fur like it's a mood ring), Ulrich has to keep a certain mask on him (the one on the back of his S1-S3 outfit) just to make sure he's not phasing through the earth every few minutes, and Yumi has to be very cautious when it comes to stepping in shadows in fear of getting stuck in them.

Digitization (i.e. the term Jeremie coins to explain the shifts the four are going through) is not completely defined all at once. It takes time and as they grow older, their forms will only grow stronger and more defined.

The process isn't immediate for anyone. It shows up with frequent scanner usage, though it isn't until the events of Frontier that it truly settles in that Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi are not exactly humans anymore.

Will also mention that I abuse the concept of TransWatches that Evolution introduced and rehash them to be a temporary solution to let the kids blend in as proper humans. It doesn't prevent some of their glitches from leaking out though, just hides away their outfit changes or their cosmetic changes (i.e. Odd's fur or Yumi's makeup).

Aelita does not immediately experience Digitization given she only used the scanners once then stayed on Lyoko for a long time. Throughout S2 she'll deal with her own changes and will catch up in time with her creativity ability being very uh, destructive when it comes to her nightmares making the power flare. This fic in particular glosses over it given it's not her perspective focus but I feel like I should mention Aelita since I don't give her a lot of love in these recaps ;-;

I also feel extremely bad for Jeremie since he always has the weight of the world on his shoulders all because of his decision. He's the leader of the group and sometimes his plans don't pan out which result in him being extremely cautious to give them another shot unless he's forced to.

One of these plans was trying to enlist Ladybug and Chat Noir for help at the very beginning of this mess. A RTTP stopped the duo from trying to get rid of the machine to prevent XANA from ever harming the real world again. So it's obvious why he wouldn't be the biggest fan of Odd turning around and trying to court Chat Noir.

I'll talk about the Chat Noir in the room. Why him? Why not Ladybug? Well besides my own shipping agenda, I do have a bit of a fic logic haha

The fic in particular starts in the midst of MLB S2. Ladybug and Chat Noir have been established in Paris enough. The whole reason Adrien gets involved is due to Fluff.

She's the one able to sense all this time phenomenons and wants to know more. Fu is already busy with training Marinette to be the Guardian atp, so he decides to give this investigation mission to Chat Noir to satisfy Fluff's curiosity.

Hence Adrien gets his own time companion and has to keep this secret from Ladybug (Fu doesn't want it to leak out to anyone that Chat currently possesses another Miraculous, that and he worries Ladybug would become distracted if she found out that Chat is working on other things not involving her).

MLB S2 is working around the same time as CL S1. So thanks to Fluff's Miraculous, Adrien can feel the time shifts too. He just can't completely remember things.

This is how Adrien gets to remember some of his interactions with the Warriors, and how he and Odd start to bond a bit. A Great Day is when Fluff can finally fulfill her satisfaction and Burrows herself, Adrien, and Plagg into these Time Phenomenons.

After that the shenanigans can properly ensue where Adrien can remember everything after a RTTP has been done. He also has to give Fluff back as she's perfectly fine with these phenomenons now that she can properly access them in her Burrow.

Adrien couldn't leave well enough alone though, way too curious about why these things were happening in the first place. It's why he continues his investigation to the other plot points that happen generally in the fic.

I'm sorry if this one seems pretty jumbled haha. I have been having some issues with sleep so my brain was just all over the place trying to convey this recap without like giving up everything plotted out.

Once again thank you for the ask anon, and thanks to anyone who reads this o7

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