“I didn’t understand that maybe you don’t need me to protect you. Maybe you need me to hang out with you, laugh with you.”
When Chat Noir stops showing up to patrol and doesn’t smile at her the same, Marinette realizes an awful thing: she misses him horribly. her growing pains are severe, and a peach probably can’t defeat Papillon, but through it all she finds that bringing Chat Noir into her heart is about keeping her elbows up, her shoulders loose, and letting go.
(in which I try to treat these two beautiful kids with the respect and care that the show doesn't give them.)
Words: 1297, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: General Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: Gen, Other
- Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir
- Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
- Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, genderqueer adrien, they love each other and are figuring themselves out, Angst, Fluff, Exhaustion, LadyNoir - Freeform, Marichat, a fix-it at heart, some angst but everything is ok, Food as a Metaphor for Love, very much inspired by kung-fu panda, Implied/Referenced Abuse, they have emotionally honest conversations so that i can heal, Self-Reflection, marinette loves cat noir so much okay?, featuring: there is no secret ingredient. it’s just you., interpreted in too many ways but whatever i just wanna love my friends and have fun