summary: Marinette has ninety-nine problems, and the superhero trio of Paris counts for a hundred.
[AU where Marinette follows through on giving up her earrings after Stoneheart, but becomes the Guardian to protect her replacement.]
finished, 10/10 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, word count: 41,285
summary: Marinette never really wanted to be a superhero, for the record, but the choice wasn’t hers. And when she sees a car headed for Alya the day Stoneheart appears, that’s not a choice either—that’s a death sentence for a girl with no powers, just a phone and too much curiosity for her own good.
Marinette becomes Ladybug, and she moves.
In hindsight, Marinette supposes the car crushes her skull, her lungs—something like that. She thinks she remembers hitting the ground, but that could be wishful thinking, the desire for a sense of certainty that will always be out of reach. It doesn’t really matter, as much as she’d like to think so.
The bottom line is that on her first day on the job, Ladybug dies. And then she gets back up.
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Or, in an effort to keep her newest wielder calm, Tikki might’ve skipped over some things in her initial explanation.
finished, 1/1 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, word count: 9,880
summary: Marinette struggles with the need to come out about her sexuality and relationship status with her boyfriend and girlfriend as they try to learn how to live honestly, slowly intertwining their lives.
Leveraging the "deal" she struck with Adrien to reinstate Marinette at school when they were teens, Lila plots behind the scenes to undo everything that Marinette, Kagami, and their boyfriend are building for themselves.
Adrien withers.
finished, 7/7 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng/kagami tsurugi, word count: 17,585
summary: Alya and Nino really need to do something about this terrible spying habit they’re picking up. Alya's given up on trying to rationalize it. As far as she can tell, Ladybug loves Chat Noir but also Adrien, who loves Ladybug but also Marinette, who loves Adrien but also Chat, who loves Marinette but also Ladybug.
Alya’s going to have to make a flow chart.
(Or: In which from Alya and Nino's point of view, their best friends are cheating on each other with Paris's superheroes - and Adrien and Marinette should really check their surroundings before flirting with each other's alter egos.)
unfinished, 3/6 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, alya césaire/nino lahiffe, word count: 6,272
summary: "You wanted to talk, kitty?" Ladybug asks, coming over with intent to sit next to Chatonne Noire, maybe offer a hug.
Chatonne half shrugs. "I did. I should." She's gazing downriver; a low vessel is sailing under the Pont des Arts. She sounds pretty down. "Jumping off the lock bridge would be a nice dramatic death, don't you think?"
Ladybug doesn't actually realize she's planning to haul her partner away from all that down and hug her fit to suffocate until Chatonne's several paces from the roof's edge, prying Ladybug's arms off her and hauling in a deep breath.
"I think that came out wrong," Chatonne says, more rueful amusement than anything. "Sorry for scaring you."
"Don't leave me," Ladybug bites out. She grabs her partner by the shoulders and shakes her. "Don't leave me alone!"
"That is the opposite of the plan, Bug."
finished, 1/1 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, word count: 3,049
summary: “Ms. Bustier,” Marinette says a little desperately. “I have been fighting akumas nonstop for the past twenty four hours, I’m running on seven expresso shots right now and I can barely read the words on the board. Can we please reschedule the test?”
Adrien doesn’t look up from where his head is buried in his arms but he waves a hand and says, “Agreed.”
Or: the world knows their identities, but life goes on.
finished, 1/1 chapters, no major ship, word count: 3,080
summary: What worries Alya the most: with Marinette and Adrien, things never fall into place easily.
Until they suddenly do.
finished, 1/1 chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, luka couffaine/marinette dupain-cheng, adrien agreste/kagami tsurugi, word count: 9,354
summary: --> Lila has arrived. Party's over
mariposa
update: I love discord
underagreste
lmao
unfinished, 18/? chapters, adrien agreste/marinette dupain-cheng, word count: 28,616