She thought, maybe, magic powers and heroic feats would be enough. But they weren't. And not only because she totally flubbed her first hero outing, causing an issue just to fix it and look good.
Maybe that would've been fine if she hadn't lost her head after being passed by again. For Kagami Tsurugi, who also revealed her identity. How is that fair? But she did. She lost her head and made a reckless, anger fueled decision, and worked with- with Hawkmoth. Shadowmoth. Monarch. Whatever he's going by now. It doesn't matter.
She worked with him.
Chloé Bourgeois, Queen Bee, hero of Paris, worked with a supervillain. A terrorist. After all her talk of supporting Ladybug, trying to do better, being nicer for Adrien's sake—she threw it all away because, what? She was feeling petty? Abandoned? How ridiculous.
She keeps quiet after that whole fiasco and thinks. Just thinks.
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Or, the one where Chloé made a mistake, struggles with some hard truths, and forms a truce to deal with a liar.
Title from "Alien Blues" by Vundabar
Words: 9265, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Series: Part 4 of Arson's Best Works
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: F/F
- Characters: Chloé Bourgeois, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Sabrina Raincomprix, Lila Rossi, Alya Césaire, Zoé Lee (Miraculous Ladybug), Nathalie Sancoeur, Le Gorille | Adrien Agreste's Bodyguard, Caline Bustier, Caline Bustier's Class
- Relationships: Chloé Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Chloé Bourgeois, Chloé Bourgeois & Sabrina Raincomprix, Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Chloé Bourgeois & Zoé Lee, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Chloé Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
- Additional Tags: Chloé Bourgeois Redemption, Lesbian Chloé Bourgeois, Chloé Bourgeois Needs a Hug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Chloé Bourgeois Friendship, Chloé Bourgeois-centric, POV Chloé Bourgeois, Chloé Bourgeois and Zoé Lee Are Siblings, Lila Rossi's Lies Are Exposed, Manipulative Lila Rossi, Oblivious Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Protective Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Clumsy Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Is Sunshine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug Is So Done, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Is a Bad Liar, Chloé Bourgeois Being Chloé Bourgeois, Protective Chloé Bourgeois, Miraculous Holder Chloé Bourgeois, Identity Reveal, Chloé Bourgeois is Trying Her Best, no salt, Sabrina Raincomprix is a Good Friend, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir is a good friend, Figuring out the end game ship as I go, all I know is it will definitely include chlonette, Rated teen and up for swearing mostly