It is our choices which make us who we are. But when our choices are at the behest of someone else? It might say far more about them than it does about us.
Marinette's life is a sinking void, with parents who couldn't care less and a (former?) bully who's trying to act like everything she did to her can be forgiven and forgotten with nothing more than a few measly words, sometimes... she just wants out.
Adrien's life has changed forever since his Mom died, with a Father who is much too agreeable and accepting to the point of apathy, he wants to tear everything down and dance in the ashes.
Two broken teenagers devoid of hope? They are the perfect candidates.
They can have what they are so desperately searching for, of course they can! All they must do in return... is find and retrieve the Butterfly Miraculous from that goody-two-shoes who soon takes to calling himself a Hero-maker.
Words: 2666, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English
Series: Part 1 of Yet Another Shadybug & Claw Noir AU
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Categories: F/M, Gen
- Characters: Alternate Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Shadybug, Alternate Adrien Agreste | Claw Noir, Alternate Gabriel Agreste | Betterfly, The Supreme (Miraculous Ladybug), Alternate Chloé Bourgeois, Alternate Alya Césaire, Alternate Nino Lahiffe, Alternate Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Shadybug's Parents, Alternate Sabine Cheng, Alternate Tom Dupain, Ivan Bruel, Mylène Haprèle, Nooroo (Miraculous Ladybug), Wayzz (Miraculous Ladybug), Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Plagg (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Relationships: Alternate Adrien Agreste | Claw Noir/Alternate Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Shadybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alternate Adrien Agreste | Claw Noir & Alternate Gabriel Agreste | Betterfly, Chloé Bourgeois & Alya Césaire & Nino Lahiffe, Chloé Bourgeois & Sabrina Raincomprix, Ivan Bruel/Mylène Haprèle, Alternate Gabriel Agreste | Betterfly & Nooroo, Emilie Agreste/Alternate Gabriel Agreste | Betterfly, Alternate Gabriel Agreste | Betterfly & Ivan Bruel, Alternate Adrien Agreste | Claw Noir & Emilie Agreste
- Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Reverse Miraculous Ladybug Love Square, Reverse Crush (Miraculous Ladybug), Alternate Universe - Dark, Villain Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Villain Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Good Person Gabriel Agreste, Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Master Fu Bashing (Miraculous Ladybug), Because he's The Supreme and there's no getting around it, Bad Parent Sabine Cheng, Bad Parent Tom Dupain, Temporary Character Death, Marinette Dupain-Cheng Has a Crush on Claw Noir, Adrien Agreste | Claw Noir Has a Crush on Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Episode: s01 Origines | Origins Parts 1-2, Good Chloé Bourgeois, Chloé Bourgeois Redemption, Kamikotized Ivan Bruel, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Swearing, Other Additional Tags to Be Added