by katrinette
When the sky is fully dark, Marinette transforms and leaps off her balcony, swinging over to the Notre Dame; she climbs the central spire by hand and sits at the top, her chin propped on her knees, and tries to remember how this felt the very first day, when she was young enough to be excited. Before the pressure crushed her beneath the weight of the expectations of an entire city she's sworn to protect.
Marinette is alone now. Master Fu is long gone, along with his memories. It's just Ladybug.
And she's not enough.
—
or, what if Adrien was interrupted before he got the chance to put on his ring?
Words: 8855, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: F/M
- Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir
- Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
- Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Post-Episode: s03 Caméléon | Chameleon, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Never Went to Public School, fallout from Chameleon in a universe where Adrien isn't there, Depression, Self-Doubt, this isn't salt, Inspired by The Lost Boys, OC villain - Freeform, Marinette remembering that she's kind of a badass, Happy Ending, Day 2: colorless