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A Small but Stubborn Fire, ch10: Weather Stripping

It's the end of spring break. I'm happy I was able to get this chapter ready. This is ch10 of my Sabinefic for the @mlbigbang. The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

If you haven't started reading yet, now's a good time. We're turned the corner on vibes and are now hurtling toward events.

Synopsis

Sabine drags Marinette to therapy.

Extract

“Okay, okay! I’m just saying to be careful around that cat boy.” She knew she’d gone too far when Marinette’s expression clouded.

“See, that’s what I’m talking about. You were rude to him last night—”

“He shouldn’t have been visiting that late—”

“And then you acted like you understood and were sorry. You even apologized! And then today, you have me cornered on this bus, and you keep picking at the scab. You’re my mother; you’re supposed to believe me—”

“Marinette, I’m supposed to support you.”

“How is that any different?”

“People aren’t objective about themselves. That’s why our loved ones have to check our worst impulses. Sometimes I’m even mad at Alya for pushing your wild confession schemes. She shouldn’t be encouraging that craziness.”

“You know about those?” Marinette’s face had gone red.

At least it’s from embarrassment, not anger. “Mothers see everything. We have hundreds of eyes.”

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To my friends @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult, once again you honor me with your help. I cannot imagine how terrible this fic would be without your help and support. And to my friends @hamsteriffic and @wehadabondingmoment, thank you so much for your help getting some crucial, sensitive things right with this chapter!

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanfic #miraculous fanfiction #marinette dupain cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #sabine cheng #tom dupain #therapy #intergenerational trauma #ASBSF #author:KPG #ladybug #chat noir #family drama #ml fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #hawkmoth

[king-scourge]

"...Yes rings and vows are normally part of it..Are you seriously offering me a ring for this- don't you think that will make others get the idea that we-"

#ebonyedge #i just- #ASBSF #???? #HELP

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TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere”

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TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere”

TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere”

TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere” Lente Locale

R. & P.

In  sintonia con le linee programmatiche dettate dal C.d.A. del Consorzio Termale Antonimina Locri, Giorno 24 e 25 ottobre si terrà presso la sede dello lo Stabilimento Termale  una 2 giorni all’insegna della cultura del benessere delle acque termali, incorniciate dal cibo e dalla buona musica. La 2 giorni si aprirà giovedì 24 ottobre ore 20.30 all’insegna della cucina SLOW FOOD, il tutto accompagnato dalla coreografia musicale di Cicciosax (Ciccio’band), all’evento sarà presente anche Mimmo Cavallaro. Non mancherà l’occasione di degustare un buon calice di vino delle Aziende Barone Gr Macri e Mariolina Baceliere. Si continua giorno 25 alle ore 16:00 con il seminario formativo, a cura dell’associazione scientifica, Biologi senza Frontiere dalla tematica “Le integrazioni professionali al fine della rigenerazione urbana dei borghi del benessere: lo sviluppo delle terme di Calabria”. Diversi i relatori che si succederanno negli interventi da Giovanni Misasi Presidente ASBSF a Marisa Gigliotti presidente Slow Food Soverato. 

Vi atteniamo numerosi.

Il Consorzio Termale Antonimina Locri 

TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere” Lente Locale

TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere” Lente Locale

R. & P. In  sintonia con le linee programmatiche dettate dal C.d.A. del Consorzio Termale Antonimina Locri, Giorno 24 e 25 ottobre si terrà presso la sede dello lo Stabilimento Termale  una 2 giorni all’insegna della cultura del benessere delle acque termali, incorniciate dal cibo e dalla buona musica. La 2 giorni si aprirà giovedì 24 ottobre […]

TERME DI ANTONIMINA-LOCRI Giovedì e venerdì la manifestazione “I borghi del benessere” Lente Locale

Gianluca Albanese

#Dalla Locride

[cardiac-agreste]

Chapter 13: The Knitting Fairy

This is my story about Sabine & Marinette for the @mlbigbang. The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

Thanks also to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult. These two absolute legends get me through the gauntlet chapter in and chapter out.

Synopsis

Sabine trains Ladybug in martial arts. She needs a little miraculous help to keep up. And then an old friend she'd once had for dinner shows up.

Extract

Sabine still wasn’t sure how she felt about sharing her home with a god. She seemed nice enough, but didn’t gods usually come with words like Ragnarok, Armageddon, and...Cataclysm?

At least she didn’t live with whatever god gave Chat Noir that ability. What would it be like to break bread with something that could end reality?

What if her partner ever went crazy and touched Marinette with that power? Could the Goddess of Creation hold off the Goddess of…Destruction?

Sabine felt the blood drain from her face, recalling what she’d read in Marinette’s diary. She had been so high on adrenaline and fear that her memories were a threadbare quilt, unraveling even as it was stitched together. There was something about Chat Noir, and…

Her skin froze, and she felt like someone had curled their fingers under her rib cage and pressed up into her organs. Our love did this to the world.

#miraculous ladybug #marinette-dupain cheng #chat noir #ladybug #adrien agreste #sabine cheng #kung fu #rope dart #meteor hammer #BADASS Sabine Cheng #SERIOUSLY SO BADASS #intergenerational trauma #author:KPG #ASBSF #mullo #wang fu #fu wang #qilin #troublemaker #ml fanfiction

[cardiac-agreste]

Chapter 12: The Armory

This is my story about Sabine & Marinette for the @mlbigbang. The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

This chapter has wonderful art by @izanogi! Check out their Tumblr!

Thanks also to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult. These two absolute legends get me through the gauntlet chapter in and chapter out.

Synopsis

Sabine confronts Marinette with what she's learned, and then she makes a decision.

Extract

Old memories resurfaced…Hawkmoth’s clammy, psychic fingers slithering over her body, hot breaths whispering “Verity Queen” into her ear as he took control…the urge to just lie back and let it happen.

She shivered, remembering the self-disgust she’d felt afterward. It was like she’d let another man into her bed, the Day of Scarlet Moth.

She thought she’d be able to handle talking about this with Marinette, but instead she felt like she was a mouse caught in a flood, being sucked into a storm grate.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanfic #miraculous fanfiction #marinette dupain-cheng #sabine cheng #marinette dupain cheng #tom dupain #chat noir #ladybug #fluff #time travel #tikki #kung fu #badass sabine cheng #rope dart #meteor hammer #Author:KPG #intergenerational trauma #ASBSF #family drama #ml fanfiction #mlb fafiction #ml fanfic

[cardiac-agreste]

A sketch I did based on the upcoming ch3 of my Sabinefic, A Small but Stubborn Fire. Look for it Monday!

Yay I can't draw backgrounds, and I found a way to avoid attempting 75% of the hands in this picture! Just pretend they're outside on the sidewalk and the silhouette is on the other side of the street.

I really need better software. This was just Freeform, the first app I found on my daughter's new iPad (for studying!) that I could draw in.

#fanart #miraculous fanart #ml fanart #marinette dupain cheng #alya cesaire #sabine cheng #dark cupid #a small but stubborn fire #ASBSF #miraculous ladybug #problem exists between keyboard and chair

[cardiac-agreste]

Chapter 11: Fossil

This is my story about Sabine & Marinette for the @mlbigbang. The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

Synopsis

Marinette's family discusses removing her from Paris.

Extract

Rolland wasn’t having any of it, though. “Spying on your kids is not the way it’s done! The first word in our national slogan is liberté! You should give them as much freedom as you can stand, because it’s good for them!”

Meilin shouted back, “Children need to learn obedience. She’s skipping class!”

“Meilin, she is class represen—”

“—paranoid, and I can’t help but be afraid—”

“Mi scusi,” Gina said.

“—trust her, she’s always been so responsible—”

”—Please everyone—“

“—showed me that rice flour is more resilient to high temperatures—”

“Mi scusi.” Gina had raised her voice.

“—Roland—”

“—Tom—”

“YOU WANT HER OUT OF PARIS, JUST SEND MARINETTA WITH ME!”

The room went silent, all eyes on Gina.

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I bow deeply to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult for their labors alongside me to bring this to life. We will have art next week from @izanogi, too! Thank you to @giuliafc for linguistic help with this chapter.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanfic #miraculous fanfictin #marinette dupain cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #sabine cheng #tom dupain #gina dupain #rolland dupain #Author:KPG #ladybug #intergenerational trauma #ASBSF #chat noir #chat blanc #family drama #ml fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic

[cardiac-agreste]

A Small but Stubborn Fire, ch9: Matou et Souris

I took a couple days longer to get ch9 ready to go, but it's finally here, the latest installation of my Sabinefic as part of the @mlbigbang! The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

Synopsis

Sabine talks to Alya and Marinette, and then she catches a boy in her duaghter's bed.

Extract

Sabine nodded and took a shuddering breath as Marinette sat down beside her. “I know that. Intellectually, I know that. But the day you were born, my life was turned upside down. It’s impossible for you to understand until you have a child of your own, but the day you’ve been looking forward to for nine months…it arrives faster than you expect. You’re in the hospital. You’re exhausted from labor, overjoyed that the pain has subsided, and suddenly the nurses are handing you this brand new person and telling you that you are responsible for her health and happiness. And this magic just…overwhelms you, and you know you’ll stop at nothing to protect them.

“But then you go home, and every time the baby cries, there’s a voice that needles you, telling you that you’re unfathomably out of your depth. So much is just guesses and prayers. And it’s terrifying. So many days when you were little, I’d hear you fall down a couple steps and start screaming, or I’d catch you trying to plug a fork into an outlet I’d taken the cover off of for just a second, and I’d think, ‘I’m a terrible mother.’”

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To my friends @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult, once again you honor me with your help. Hat tip to the folks at @loveybugzine for some help in a pinch. It would behoove EVERYONE WHO LIKES GOOD THINGS to mosey on over to the zine's Tumblr page and read about it. It's gonna be amazing, everyone! Illustrious writers and artists galore!

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #ml fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #sabine cheng #nathalie sancoeur #marinette dupain-cheng #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #tom dupain #intergenerational trauma #family drama #secrets #asbsf #ml big bang 2023 #parenting #alya césaire

[cardiac-agreste]

Hey all, here comes chapter SIX of my Sabinefic written as part of the @mlbigbang this year. It explores what it would be like to be the mother of a teenage superhero, but not know what the cause of their trauma is. What it's like to struggle to help someone who will not ask for help.

Synopsis

Sabine and Marinette take a trip to the spa for some rest, relaxation, and honest conversation.

Extract

Marinette's gaze had once again drifted back to the man in the Metro uniform. Sabine let her gaze linger on him, on his thin brown eyebrows and aquiline nose. At the way he stared at a black family talking happily with each other. Then she recognized him, and she realized what was going on.

Qilin. She's thinking about Qilin.

Shortly after her akumatization, this man had disappeared from their bus route. She figured he’d been transferred, but it appeared he’d found a new, better job. It was so typical, guys like this fucking up and falling up the ladder. The irony of him working so close to the Mandarin Oriental was not lost on her.

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Thank you again to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult for their many labors helping this fic become a fic.

A hat tip as well to @mysticraven20 for the inspiration for this chapter. Sabine and Marinette would probably be having a boring talk over some silly coffee were it not for her.

Also, Happy Lunar New Year (a bit late; I was too busy celebrating it to post!)

Title card background image credit to Dhivakaran S on Pexels.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #ml fanfiction #sabine cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #marinette dupain cheng #intergenerational trauma #family drama #secrets #lies #asbsf #ml big bang 2023 #a small but stubborn fire #seriously though the loss of a family language due to trauma suuuuuuuuucks

[cardiac-agreste]

Hey all, here comes chapter FOUR of my Sabinefic written as part of the @mlbigbang this year.

Synopsis

Sabine and Marinette have a heart-to-heart talk, and we get to see some of the role Rolland Dupain has played in both of their lives.

Extract

Sabine sighed. “Your father cut off contact with his father for me. And after years of marriage, I could tell how hard the separation had been on him. Your grand-père taught him everything—”

“Not everything.” Marinette pointed at her. “He fell in love with you. He married you.”

Sabine smiled. Their love had overcome so much, and this love was a precious part of her life.“Yes, he did. And I married him knowing what his family was like. I took away so many years between them by allowing your father to put me first. When you came home with Rolland after he’d been akumatized, I didn’t want to do that to you, too. You’d only just found him. And people can change, so I kept quiet.”

Once again, I owe such a debt to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult for guiding my authorial hand, well, not to greatness, but perhaps to greaterness. I also would like to thank @hamsteriffic for being a sensitivity reader for this chapter.

There's some tough discussions in this chapter, and it was so important to me to get it right. If I didn't, it's not the fault of anyone I mentioned here. Just me.

Finally, I want to acknowledge @wrench-wench, who wrote the terrific Red for Fortune, which one might consider a spiritual ancestor of this chapter.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #sabine cheng #rolland dupain #marinette dupain cheng #tom dupain #racism #family drama #intergenerational trauma #sometimes we overlook the faults in our family for the sake of others #a small but stubborn fire #asbsf #ml big bang 2023

[cardiac-agreste]

Hey all, here comes chapter FIVE of my Sabinefic written as part of the @mlbigbang this year. It asks the question "What if you were the parent of a teenage superhero but didn't know they were one?"

Synopsis

Sabine and Tom reflect on the newest events, Adrien pays the bakery a visit, Sabine gets counsel from her sister, and we finally meet Sabine's mother.

Extract

Sabine felt the low rumble of Tom’s bedroom voice as he grumbled about connards and enfoirés. She had felt so alone these past few days. Tom was an amazing father, but he was also soft in the ways that only people who’ve never had to move across the globe were. They’d both struggled to get the love they needed growing up, but uprooting your entire life and fleeing to another country gave you a covetous desperation for predictability and buffers. She knew he was worried about Marinette, but she felt more worried. Maybe it was all in her head. But seeing him like this, expressing this protective instinct…she needed that closeness from him right now.

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Thanks once again to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult for all their hard work lugging my unconscious body across the finish line for this chapter.

Title card photo credit to Dhivakaran S on Pexels.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #ml fanfiction #sabine cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #adrien agreste #tom dupain #intergenerational trauma #family drama #emotional abuse #asbsf #ml big bang 2023 #a small but stubborn fire

[cardiac-agreste]

A Small but Stubborn Fire, ch8: Calligraphy and Coffee

I'm back with chapter eight of my lil' Sabinefic written as part of the @mlbigbang! The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

Synopsis

Sabine roots around in Marinette's room and then her work relationships.

Extract

The waiter brought a bottle of wine and two glasses, then served each of them. Nathalie thanked the waiter and looked again at Sabine. “You said you had something you wanted to discuss regarding our intern.”

Sabine began curling her toes inside her shoes, trying not to blurt out her concerns. “Yes. Um, I’m not sure how to approach this, but…is Marinette with you the entire time at her internship?”

“Yes, her primary duty is to shadow me, to perform tasks that I deem an inefficient use of my time. Plus, of course, she’s a preternatural talent, and we want to cultivate a positive relationship with her. So she will get a little more exposure to the creative side than if she were a typical assistant’s assistant.”

“Wow. Thank you for that. I can’t tell you how much Tom and I appreciate you.” Sabine swirled the wine in her glass, watching the red dance in the light as it clung to the inside of the glass, black bits of sediment tumbling before sinking back down. “And when she does these tasks for you, you don’t stay with her…right?”

“That is correct.”

“And…do you know if she’d ever be put in contact with an adult...unsupervised?”

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To my friends @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult, thank you so much for your help. Hat tip to @bohemianrhapsody711 for a last-minute vibe check.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #ml fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #sabine cheng #nathalie sancoeur #marinette dupain-cheng #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #tom dupain #intergenerational trauma #family drama #secrets #asbsf #ml big bang 2023 #okay we're in agreement sabine is hella hot right #the impressive skill of knowing which wine your dining partner will like and ordering it before they even arrive #parenting

[cardiac-agreste]

I'm back with chapter seven of my lil' Sabinefic written as part of the @mlbigbang! The story is from Sabine's POV as she tries to figure out what has been traumatizing her little girl (who, by the way, will not tell her anything).

Synopsis

Marinette runs away during an akuma attack, Sabine worries she and Marinette are on a path to destruction, and memories of a family dinner with Uncle and her own mother.

Extract

“Akumas aren’t the only dangerous thing out there!” Sabine began enumerating with her fingers. “First you disappear, then you never text, you sneak back into the house to avoid a scolding, then your school calls to tell me you’ve been playing hooky! What has gotten into you? Are you trying to ruin your life? Do you want to get hurt? I’m sick of this, Marinette! You’re grounded until further notice!”

Her daughter gaped at her. They had never grounded Marinette for anything before. She was a model child, obedient in all the important ways, but without the cloying pantomime of obsequiousness that marked children as annoying. She was going to do great things one day.

But today, she was going to be shuffled back under Sabine’s wing and chained there until something changed.

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Thank you so much to @uptoolateart and @raspberrycatapult for all your help.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb fanfiction #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #ml fanfiction #sabine cheng #marinette dupain-cheng #marinette dupain cheng #tom dupain #meifen huang #uncle wang #intergenerational trauma #family drama #secrets #lowkey rothschild family reference #lies #asbsf #ml big bang 2023

[cardiac-agreste]

Hi there! I saw you started following me and I just wanted to say "Wow! That is super cool!" and hope you have a good day.

And yes, I may sound either like somebody's grandmother or a sweet little kid in kindergarten, but the sentiment still stands!

You know what's even cooler? Getting an ask from someone whose work you've enjoyed for a long time (and then having them think it's cool that you follow them). Behold, an excerpt from my Ao3 history! (I particularly loved A Princess in Red. I don't know if you've heard of my ongoing Sabinefic, but I adore Marinette's Chinese heritage being relevant to stories.)

Have a good day yourself!

(PS Through the Looking Glass was a recent read for me, and I adored it. Marinette is an absolute legend.)

#fanboying #miraculous ladybug #ml fanfiction #mlb fanfiction #asbsf #author:kpg #author:jheqia

[cardiac-agreste]

This is how I like to write (plus angst minus jokes), but I thought I was a bad writer for doing it. My ongoing Sabinefic started with a few scenes I was so excited to see, and then I built a structure around it. They emerged hand in hand as the novel making it's way into AO3 week by week.

I was excited by this little bit of indirect encouragement, these words by such a laudable creator.

#phoebe waller bridge #writing #how to write #asbsf