#vrdant

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Omggg I just finished binge reading ondlb and I am IN LOVE!! Its so good am amazed at your writing!! Literally the best enemies fic in the fandom and one of my all time favs!!

ahh thank you! 🥺🙏🏼💗 sometimes i shake my head at myself for going so hard on a fanfic, but honestly i'm really proud of how it's turning out! i'm so so glad you're enjoying it 💕

if you like odnlb, i have more enemies au recs for you by some very talented authors who are truly skilled and whose abilities give me this exact feeling!

citrus and lavender by @heartfulselkie - this is like one of THE fics that inspired odnlb! the way selkie writes is just delicious, and the story is incredibly and lovingly crafted. they are exceptionally good at grabbing you by the heartstrings and making you feel the characters' emotions in your own body. c&l is one of my favorites and has a really special place in my heart <3

as time goes by by @redundant-lava - based on casablanca - 1942. it's amazingly written, clever, and emotionally gutting. this was MADE to be an mlb enemies au and lava did such a good job with it. i will never stop rec-ing it!

once more, with feeling by @zimtlein - this one is rated e, just a heads up. it's so so good! the way the relationship develops between marinette and adrien had me reeling from the first chapter. it's kind of dark but sooo romantic. if it's your speed, it's a good one to binge!

et donc, ils dansent by dame_de_la_chance - amazing, awe-inspiring! the feelings i felt while reading this! the way the enemies dynamic is portrayed is just so juicy, and there's so much pining. i go back and read it every so often to soak in the masterfulness.

heroes don't love villains by vrdant - gosh this one is so good. i have read it so many dozens of times and it's still not enough. this author is such a good writer and captures feelings so well. this one will be burned into your soul for sure.

marionette strings by @rosekasa (maketea on ao3) - absolutely stunning. omg. i reread it again while writing these recs and it shook me to my soul. alizeh is a master of the craft and a master of enemies ladynoir. this fic changed me and it will change you too.

(can i rec my own fic as well? matter of luck is just a fun romp. i haven't abandoned it, just had all my time sucked in by odnlb :) but as soon as that's done, back i go to matter of luck!)

all of these fics have inspired and influenced me in some way. i cannot rec each one enough, especially because enemies ladynoir is currently my favorite flavor of fic >:))

[rosekasa]

VRDANT POSTED A NEW FIC YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[vrdants]

> healing via metaphors; side a

i. healing is the peroxide in the long festering wounds with the white-hot burning consuming everything and driving you almost to the edge just to find something to make it stop because peroxide is supposed to help but how could it be helping if it felt like it was tearing you apart

ii. healing is the reminder of the burning in the coming months, the way it took up residence in every crack and crevice and snaked its tendrils deep into every part of you with a vice grip you thought you would never escape even as the wounds started scabbing over painfully slowly and the pain reduced to an ever-present ache

iii. healing is looking down one day and realising the wounds have scarred and faded and the peroxide and the hurt that came with it and the days of aching that felt never-ending and all-consuming are nothing but a memory that no longer carries tiny shards of that hurt with it but new growth instead like the phoenix who dies only to be reborn from the ashes it left behind

iv. healing is reaching for that peroxide all that time ago because the hurt is worth the end result, a freedom just as all-consuming as the former pain

v. healing is healing

- vrdants / corsac. 07 / 01 / 18.

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Claustrophobic

claustrophobic by vrdant

chat noir knew he was claustrophobic. he didnt, however, know that one day it would kick in whilst fighting an akuma.

Words: 2108, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir

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

Additional Tags: Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Ladynoir July, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug, Claustrophobia, Panic Attacks, Angst, Fluff, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Uses the Space Power Up | CosmoBug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Uses the Space Power Up | AstroChat, Outer Space, Phobias

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37905637

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Silk Pajama Fridays

silk pajama fridays by vrdant

it wasn't the way the moonlight outlined his lean figure that made her bite her lip in excitement. it wasn't the way his hair fell over his half-lidded eyes either, and it wasn't the way he slowly crept into bed with her, body warm and soft and huggable from their long bath. no, it was the silk pajamas chat noir debuted.

Words: 766, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 8 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Established Relationship, Hotels, Fluff

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43698085

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Heroes Dont Love Villains

heroes dont love villains by vrdant

“For the record, I don't like working against you, Ladybug,” he admitted, the hand on her shoulder moving to her waist. Not trusting her voice, she offered a sympathetic smile. “And don't feel sorry for me,” he said when he'd caught her eyes. He tightened his hold on her and pressed his lips against her head, close to her ear, as he whispered, “If my father had been a kinder or better person, I might have turned out good, and everyone knows how boring it is to be good.”

Words: 1837, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of enemies, but not really

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, but not really enemies because they love each other, Mutual Pining, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Fluff, One Shot, Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Flirting, forbidden kinda love thing, i don't even know??

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36162175

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The Worse for Wear

the worse for wear by vrdant

The moon stood high and full in the sky, a nightingale warbled it's lonely melody, and Ladybug and Chat Noir were entangled under silk sheets of Le Grande Paris. pre-reveal ladynoir <3

Words: 677, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Underage Drinking, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Post-Reveal Pre-Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Hotels, Short & Sweet, One Shot

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33939739

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Play Date

play date by vrdant

As time wore on, secretive visits there had happened more and more often, and soon enough, it became their nightly regime.

aka ladynoir really likes the swings at the old playground

Words: 780, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: One Shot, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Fluff, so much dialogue im so sorry, didnt proof read oops

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34073026

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Piano Lessons

piano lessons by vrdant

She loved how alive Adrien looked when he played. Loved how he moved and breathed with the music. Loved the passionate yet careful way he touched the keys. She could fall asleep right there, with her head on Adriens shoulder and his sonata vibrating in her veins.

Words: 1057, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of post reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff, Fictober, Married Life, Idiots in Love, Post-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34482190

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Palmiers (and Why Mille-feuille are Better)

palmiers (and why mille-feuille are better) by vrdant

“You don't really think I like Viperion better than you, right?” Chat Noir pursed his lips, shrugging. “I don't know. It doesn't matter anyway, he's cool, so I get it,” he finished quietly, taking in the last of his macaron. — aka kitty thinks ladybug likes someone else better & she wont have any of it

Words: 1153, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Fluff, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-Doubt, Snake Luka Couffaine | Viperion, Chat Noir Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Lady Noir, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug, Not Beta Read, sorry i wrote this at 1 am, so probably many mistakes, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, this is rushed, perhaps the fastest ive ever wrote

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37400359

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Hypophrenia

hypophrenia by vrdant

“How much Benadryl is too much?” Chat sighed, leaning his head on hers. She chuckled softly. “That bad? Lay it on me.”

Words: 925, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: Sad, Fictober 2021, Ladynoir | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng as Ladybug, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Established Relationship

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34238284

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Asinine

asinine by vrdant

ladybug doesn't understand why chat noir always takes hits for her.

Words: 1413, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

Additional Tags: One Shot, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, ladybug needs a hug, Pre-Reveal Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Established Relationship, Hotels, Hurt Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Hurt Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35243833

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Hands

hands by vrdant

Hands were such amazing things, especially the hand Ladybug was looking at drowsily. The duality of this hand fascinated her.

Words: 202, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of pre-reveal ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

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

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

Additional Tags: One Shot, extremely short, like super short sorry, hands??, Fictober 2021

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34238452