Marinette never thought she could be a hero. Heroes were brave and powerful; she was shy and clumsy. Heroes stood up for others; she couldn't even stand up for herself. She had accepted that she was meant to play the side character in others' stories. She wasn’t good enough to be a hero; she just had to leave the saving to other people.
Adrien always wanted to be a hero; he grew up reading about heroes. He wanted to be the kind of person that put others first, he wanted to be the kind of hero that existed in his books. The charming, funny courageous heroes that he had looked up to so much as a kid. But his life was falling apart. His mother was dead, his father had changed, and his best friend wasn’t the person he thought she was. With all his struggles, when push came to shove he wasn’t able to do what was right. He wasn’t cut out for heroism.
But just because you think you can’t do something doesn’t mean you really can’t. Sometimes the things you think you aren't meant to be become what you are designed for.
Words: 7311, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English
- Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: F/M, Multi
- Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Gabriel Agreste, Emilie Agreste, Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Chloé Bourgeois, Juleka Couffaine, Rose Lavillant
- Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Emilie Agreste/Gabriel Agreste, Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe, Juleka Couffaine/Rose Lavillant, Plagg/Tikki (Miraculous Ladybug), Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Tikki, Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Plagg, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Chloé Bourgeois, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Nino Lahiffe, Chloé Bourgeois & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Nino Lahiffe, Adrien Agreste & Chloé Bourgeois & Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Nino Lahiffe
- Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Chloé Bourgeois Redemption, Alya Césaire Is The Best, Protective Alya Césaire, Good Friend Alya Césaire, Good Friend Nino Lahiffe, Awesome Nino Lahiffe, Protective Nino Lahiffe, Gabriel Agreste Redemption, Hurt Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Canon Rewrite, Miraculous Ladybug Rewrite, Hurt Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Cute Kids, Childhood Friends