Nino salt prompt: What if Rocketear had consequences
Basically, everything that happens in Rocketear happens the exact same way (Nino assuming the worst of Alya, Nino assuming Chat Noir is Ariana Grande, Nino breaking Ladybug's AND Alya's trust at the same time by revealing his/Alya's identity to Adrien, Nino slut shaming Adrien to his face on accident) except the very end of the episode, where Alya tells Nino she is now Rena Furtive.
Instead, Alya tries to reassure Nino that she will always love him no matter what, while lightly asking him "hey, you followed me to my house without permission and took a video of me without my knowledge, wtf?!"
Nino then proceeds to show his ass like usual ("I needed to protect you from that homewreaker!" "I'm your boyfriend so it's perfectly okay for me to stalk you!!").
Alya really dosen't like this side of Nino, so she asks if their relationship can go on break for a bit (and Nino tries to manipulate her more with his "you don't love me!!!" Shtick)
The next day at school, Adrien pulls Alya aside and jokingly asks her "hey, are you Rena Rouge haha lol".
Alya is horrified.
Adrien then gives Alya the full story: Nino wanted to convince Adrien that Chat Nior had seduced Alya and revealed their identities as proof that Alya was only now kerping secrets. Adrien wanted to forget he heard anything, but he decided to ask Alya anyway because he knew what Nino had done wasn't right.
Alya is now infuriated. She can't believe Nino had the gall to be upset about her secrets only for him to go behind her back and violate her privacy this way. Especially since what Nino just did puts his identity at risk!
Alya thanks Adrien for being honest with her. After school, she marches straight to Marinette's house and tells her everything. Alya thought her best friend would be even angrier than she had been.
Marinette is heartbroken when she hears the scoop. How could someone she trusts do that, especially after what happened with Chloe. Marinette decides that Nino news a new secret identity since Carapace has been compromised, but Alya orders her to cut him loose. Nino can't be trusted.
When Ladybug pulls Nino aside and tells him he can't be Carapace anymore because he revealed his identity, the only thing he feels is surpise. The boy really didn't think this was a possibility.
The realization eventually sets in and he gets akumatized. He becomes Shell Shocker and goes after Adrien for "ruining his relationships!" Adrien tries to encourage Nino to give up the akuma, but then Nino reveals he willingly accepted Hawkmoths deal... this is who he really is.
Ladybug, whith some assistance from Rena Furtive, takes him down. Nino tries to play it off, "oh uh, i was akumatized??? Thanks for saving me Ladybug!" But Adrien shuts him down right quick, "He's lying! He willingly accepted the akuma just to get back at his girlfriend!" Adrien calling him out like that takes Nino by surpise, but it's the least of his worries.
Alya secretly recorded the whole fight and posted it onto the Ladyblog. Everybody in Paris now knows who Nino truly is. All of his friendships are destroyed; Marinette and Adrien cut him off for good; and Alya finnaly dumps him. His family decides to leave Paris for his own good.
At the airport, Nino has a chance encounter with Chloe. "Well well well, if it isn't the loser who got exposed for working with Hawkmoth! Even when I did that fashion victim a favor, I made sure that nobody in Paris could see I made a deal with him. You're ridiculous, Lahiffe, utterly ridiculous!"
"Sh-shut up Chloe!" Nino stutters out.
"Waaa, shut up! God, even your insults are basic, bitch. Well, before you go, I have a new scoop for you Nino... News flash! Alya dosen't love you anymore, and it's all your fault!!! It's hilarious, utterly hilarious!"
When Nino finnaly gets to his new bedroom, he cries himself to sleep realizing that he ruined his own life because didn't think there would be consequences...
Edit: optional shipping: Nino x Lila, Alya x Marinette, Alya x Adrien, Marinette x Alya x Adrien
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Free to Be You and Me: chapter 34
Chapter 33
Disclaimer: I don’t own ML.
Thank you so much to everyone who’s followed this story from the start! :)
It’s almost midnight by the time Adrien makes it home – or rather, Ladybug takes him home. After all, she’d reasoned, his father is probably waiting desperately to know he’s safe, and this could be the final nail in the Ladrien coffin that they need. If Adrien’s own father thinks the relationship is over, it could help them sell it just that little bit better.
Adrien disagrees. Gabriel Agreste has never done anything desperately in his life. Ladybug had been decidedly unamused when he’d voiced that part.
It’s a good thing that he hadn’t returned home as Chat Noir, because his father is waiting in his room. Gabriel’s eyes flick to the window the moment Ladybug taps on the glass.
“Ladybug,” he says in his usual monotone after opening the window. “Thank you for bringing my son home.”
“Sorry I kept him out so late, Mr Agreste,” Ladybug says, depositing Adrien gently on his feet. “We just…had a lot to talk about.”
“Ladybug, please,” Adrien says immediately. “We can make this work! Please don’t break up with me, please –”
“We talked about this. It was a bad idea from the start, Adrien. And now that Hawkmoth knows…”
“I appreciate that, Ladybug,” Gabriel says while Adrien’s shoulders slump. “I was going to ask you myself to stay away from my son for his own safety.”
“No need.” Ladybug looks down. “I’m really sorry, Mr Agreste. I never meant to put Adrien in danger just for my own selfish desires.”
“It wasn’t selfish,” Adrien insists because he knows his lady too well and this isn’t just some act she’s putting on for his father’s benefit. “And I was in it just as much as you were.”
“Well, it’s over now.” Ladybug takes a step away from him. “I won’t endanger you ever again.”
“Please –”
“No. Goodbye, Adrien.” Ladybug sways oddly, like she’s about to hug or kiss him, but then she shakes her head and bolts for the window. She doesn’t look back once as she swings away. Damn, she’s good at this.
“I’m sorry, son,” Gabriel says after a few moments of silence. “It must be…devastating to lose the one you love.”
“I’ll be fine, Father,” Adrien says automatically. Then his brain catches up and he remembers that he’s supposed to be selling this act and he’s not, in fact, still with his lady. “It’s for the best. Ladybug absolutely refused to put me in danger again, even though I pointed out that Hawkmoth wouldn’t care if we were together or not if he wanted to hurt me and her.”
“Smart girl.” Gabriel sits down on the couch. After a moment, Adrien follows suit. “Hawkmoth might realise that it’s not worth it to try that again now that you two are separated and he lost the Peacock. His masterstroke failed. And I…I couldn’t live with myself if you were put in danger again.”
Adrien shoots his father an odd look. What do Gabriel’s feelings have to do with Hawkmoth’s rationale? Before he can think too deeply about that, Gabriel’s turning towards him and placing a hand on his shoulder and, well, that’s the most affection his father’s shown in months, so he’ll take it.
“I’m sorry, Adrien,” Gabriel says. “I managed to get myself free and escape with Nathalie but I should have tried to save you too.”
“You couldn’t have. Hawkmoth had my –” Adrien narrows his eyes at Gabriel. “My amok. Mind explaining that, Father?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Your wedding ring? The one you kept playing with whenever you were giving me orders and making me do what you said?”
“It was for your own good!” Gabriel bursts out. Then he closes his eyes and visibly calms himself. “I’m sorry. Yes, Adrien, you’re a sentimonster.”
“But…why?” Adrien’s voice cracks. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“What could I have said?” Gabriel says, which is honestly a fair point. How do you explain to someone that their entire existence is a lie?
“But Father…how? How am I a s-sentimonster?” Adrien’s tongue trips over the word. Man, he’s done so much compartmentalising today that he’s almost afraid to be left alone with his thoughts tonight. “Hawkmoth had the Peacock. I know he didn’t create me. And it was damaged! You saw how Mayura was whenever she was out in public!”
For a long while, Gabriel says nothing. Adrien looks down and fidgets with his ring, wondering if he’ll get any answers out of his father or if, as usual, Gabriel will shut things down and refuse to tell him anything.
“Your mother had a miscarriage,” he finally says. Adrien almost falls off the couch. “She wanted to try again but I didn’t want to put her in danger. That miscarriage almost killed her. She knew I possessed the Peacock Miraculous from one of my trips to Tibet, and she knew it was damaged – a lesson I learned the hard way when I attempted to use it – but she didn’t care. She wanted a child.”
“She –” Adrien’s voice cracks. “She hurt herself? For me?”
“She was fine at first,” Gabriel says. “The side-effects didn’t go away, but we thought she would be fine. She’d only used it a few times, after all. We…hadn’t counted on the effects growing worse over time, even with only a few uses. That’s why she would have bouts of illness when you were a child. And then…eventually…”
“It killed her,” Adrien breathes. He buries his face in his hands. “Mother’s dead because of me. I shouldn’t exist –”
“Don’t say that!” Gabriel snaps. Adrien’s head shoots up in shock. “Don’t say that, Adrien. Never doubt your existence. I might…struggle sometimes, knowing that Emilie would be here if she hadn’t used the Peacock, but I’ve never blamed you. I’ve never hated you. You’re her son. Our son. The Peacock’s power uses emotion, and Emilie used every bit of love in her massive heart to create you. Maybe too well…you’re so infuriatingly similar to her sometimes.”
Adrien lets out a choked sob. Gabriel awkwardly pats his back, and Adrien throws his arms around his father, squeezing as tight as he can, trying to convey every bit of love in the heart created by his mother.
“But…how did Hawkmoth have the Peacock, then?” Adrien says when he finally pulls back. “You can’t be Hawkmoth. You’ve been akumatised twice. And you were there with him. In the studio.”
An odd smile spreads across Gabriel’s face. Adrien doesn’t even attempt to understand it. No one can understand his father these days. Or ever, really.
“I locked it away after it took your mother,” Gabriel says. “The first time I saw it since then was when Mayura became active. My guess is that Hawkmoth found out about the Peacock through our mind link when I was akumatised the first time. Not that I can remember to confirm. I assume he stole it at some point and gave it to Mayura.”
Adrien sags against his father. There. Definitive proof that his father can’t be Hawkmoth. They’re still back to square one but…at least he’s not the son of a supervillain.
“Where’s your ring?” Gabriel says. Adrien leans back and frowns at him. “Your amok. You know that keeping it safe is of the utmost importance.”
“I…left it with a friend,” Adrien says after a moment. “A friend I’d trust with my existence. I’m not going to tell you who, though. No one apart from me and them know.”
“That’s probably wise. Hawkmoth has already broken in once. If he knew that you had your ring and he had a ready-made akuma fully under his control…”
Adrien shivers at the thought. Gabriel must notice because he again awkwardly pats Adrien on the back.
“I’m sorry, my son,” he says. “I’m sorry I never told you. I just…didn’t want to devastate you with the truth of your existence. Or devalue your mother’s sacrifice. She loved you so, so much, and so do I. I’m just sorry that I’ve ever made you doubt that.”
Adrien shudders, his eyes stinging, then he lets out a choked sob and hugs Gabriel again. This time, Gabriel hugs him back, and Adrien snuggles into his father’s warmth and finally lets himself break.
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SIX MONTHS LATER
“Dude,” Nino says as he and Adrien meet outside the school gates, their umbrellas crashing against each other in the pouring rain. “You really need to do something about them.”
“Adrien, I’m here!” cries the hundredth fan in just a week. “Pick me! I’ll be your next girlfriend!”
“I love you, Adrien!” squeals another one.
“Marry me!”
“I’ll always wait for you!”
“Marinette said she’s got something up her sleeve,” Adrien says. Thunder booms overhead. “That’s why we’re waiting here. I don’t know what but…” He bounces on the spot, his stomach fluttering. “Her plans are always good.”
“You’re disgusting.” Nino shakes his head. “I thought Alya and I were the sickeningly sweet couple but nope, you guys take the cake.”
“We’re not a couple, though! Not fully! Not yet!”
Nino gives him a Look. “Dude. You and Ladybug were swapping spit for a solid half hour on patrol. Ryūjin had to Thunder Dragon you two apart. And Alya’s still taking her salt out on me because she didn’t get to kiss Ladybug at all last night thanks to you hogging her. If that’s not a couple, I’ll eat my cap.”
Adrien grins at the memory of Kagami as her new, permanent superhero identity constantly zapping both him and Ladybug until they’d gotten the hint and stopped making out. He’s rewarded with a slap around the head.
“Hey!” he complains.
“You’re so lucky we love you, dude,” Nino says. “No one else would put up with this.”
“You’re just saying that because you get to keep your Miraculous,” Adrien grumbles. “Which was totally a bribe, by the way, so you didn’t complain every single time Alya and I kissed Marinette.”
“Yeah, and what’s my reward? I have to see more of it. Chat Noir and Ladybug and Foxglove are the ones together and I have to see it every time I’m with you.”
“You know you love me,” Adrien grins. Nino rolls his eyes but he’s smiling, so Adrien counts it as a win.
“Adrien!” calls the one voice he doesn’t mind shouting his name. Adrien turns, a grin spreading across his face, as Marinette bolts past the multitudes of people clamouring for Adrien’s attention, her loose, damp hair streaming behind her in a black wave. She slips on the wet pavement, yelps and windmills her arms, then manages to recover once Alya catches up with their shared umbrella and steadies her.
“Marinette!” he waves as she starts running to him again. What he’s not expecting is for Marinette to dive on him, throwing her arms around him, burying her face in the crook of his neck. Adrien spontaneously combusts on the spot and drops his umbrella. “W-What –?”
“I’m tired of pretending,” Marinette murmurs against his skin. “It’s been long enough.” Then she’s pulling back and kissing him, her strawberry chapstick lips and cool, wet skin encompassing him with warmth and love, and all Adrien can do is gasp and kiss her back, his hands falling to her waist. People are dimly crying and shrieking around them but, well…Adrien couldn’t care less. Not when he’s got his lady, his princess, his Marinette.
“Can we go, Alya?” Nino complains once they finally pull apart. “I need to be…anywhere that’s not here.”
“I’m so getting extra kissing rights for this,” Alya says grumpily. “Since I’m only with Ladybug but you get her both ways.”
Marinette beams up at Adrien, her cheeks flushed. Adrien probably doesn’t look much better. The people around him fade into white noise as he brushes her wet hair back from her face and tucks it behind her ear, her black earrings gleaming in a flash of lightning. With a sigh, Nino holds his umbrella over Adrien, while Alya plasters herself to Marinette’s side to cover both of them with hers.
“I love you,” Adrien says. “I always have. I always will. You’re it for me.”
Marinette grins, her cheeks darkening. “I love you too,” she says, reaching up to cup his face. The ring on her finger, unassumingly wrapped in soft pink fabric, burns a path of life across his skin. “I couldn’t pretend any longer.”
“You know we were “swapping spit” just last night, right?”
“Shut up,” Marinette huffs, pulling away. “You killed the moment. It’s gone. I hope you’re happy now. I’m gonna go kiss Alya instead. She won’t make fun of me.”
“Wanna bet?” Alya mutters.
“Noooo.” Adrien reels Marinette back in and kisses her on the forehead. “I’m sorry, ma choupinette. Forgive your silly kitty?”
“Hmm.” Marinette pretends to think. “I might. If I was given a good enough incentive.”
“Incentive, huh? Would a kiss from your humble prince do?”
“I think it might.”
Adrien laughs and wraps his arms around her so that he can properly kiss his beautiful lady, just as he plans to do for the rest of his life. Now that they’re finally free to be together, there’s no one or nothing that could ever take this away from him. Never.
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Thank you so much @ladyofthenoodle for tagging me! I love being part of things 🥺 <3
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
On my main account there are 37 publicly posted
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
Main account has 207,377, but if I included the other account and my unpublished stuff it's 280,000+
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Mostly Miraculous Ladybug, but I have dabbled in others!
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
honestly it was embarrassing to list these out :'):'):')
Out of the Closet
Dropping All Pretenses
On Open Secret
electrify me, i'm dying to burn
knowing you
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Most of the time I do! I dont tend to respond to rude comments anymore and sometimes I dont know what to say, but I try to respond to most comments!! I feel so lucky to receive any of them, I just want the commenter to know how much I appreciate them <3<3 There has been at least one time when I was so overwhelmed with a lovely comment that I never responded because I just liked looking at it so much 🙈 but that person was also a friend of mine so I did express to them privately how much their comment meant to me
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
For published fic, definitely whistle stop. I have written a lot of other angsty stuff though that will never see the light of day </3
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I feel like after a certain point, they're all kind of equally happy in their endings, but I guess live chat? I dont know though, I really dont tend to reread my fics
8. Do you get hate on fics?
ajskdljkl yes I have gotten hate on fics before
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Nope!
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
I dont think I've written anything that would classify as a crossover
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Nope!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes! I don't think the translation is up anymore but it was like my second or third fic and I was over the moon that someone liked it enough to put in the time to translate it!
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Not seriously. I've been part of a few projects where we were going to cowrite a fic together that never ended up getting finished and I've set up a document to cowrite a fic with a friend that we never did anything with :/ I'd love to co-write a fic though, I think it's so cool when people collaborate like that!
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
Lovesquare and original ot4 of Alyadrininette <3
15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
As far as published works from my main account there are a lot :') but the one that hurts the most is probably Where the Devils Are rip
16. What are your writing strengths?
I don't really have an answer for this!
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
asjdjkl if I dwell on this too long I will never write another sentence so I'm also going to skip this one!
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
I think it's really cool when other people who are multilingual do it! I've dropped a word or two in when it felt right, but otherwise I personally stay away from writing it because I lack the knowledge to do it justice. I do sometimes make up languages for magic purposes, though!
19. First fandom you wrote for?
First fandom I published fanfic for was Miraculous Ladybug!
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
asjdklf ahhhh I have no response to this because I dont reread my writing. I think probably the closest thing I have to a favorite at any point in time is whichever one I wrote the most recently
tagging: @rosekasa @marimbles @picayunearts @emsylcatac @anna-scribbles @talkstoself (no pressure to anyone tagged if you dont want to do it of course, I'd just always love to see more stuff about your writing!) and anyone else who'd like to participate! I know it can be kind of sad if no one tags you in one of these things and you wanted to do it so just let me know and I will add you <3
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