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flightfoot · 2 months

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Marinette Completed Angst Fic Reclist

I know some people really like this genre, so I figured I'd make a list for it! These will obviously all be completed, and none of them will be bashing fics, and PLEASE don't rec any fics on this post that are bashing fics, I don't want to see them.

Some of these will have my own commentary about the fic attached to it, for if I've put them on a previous reclist where I had that commentary written out. But a lot of the older fics won't.

For a fic to count for this, the angst Marinette goes through can't just be her being upset about what someone else is going through, though the angst of the fic doesn't only need to be hers, so long as she has her own angst which is a decently prominent part of the fic.

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one does not love breathing by @wackus-bonkus-maximus

All of Paris watched as Hawkmoth murdered Chat Noir, taking the Black Cat Miraculous for himself. Ladybug swears revenge, but her enemy—and every miraculous in his possession—disappear without a trace.

Six years later, a new team of villains launches an attack for the last remaining Miraculous: Volpina, armed with new powers; Queen Bee, with questionable loyalty; Argos, the new holder of the Peacock Miraculous; and Cat Walker, who Ladybug hates the most.

Takes place after S4 - Strike Back.

This is a simply phenomenal fic. You get to explore a lot of different perspectives, like Felix, Kagami, Marinette, and Adrien’s, just to name a few, and see their different thought processes and plans and priorities, and how it can cause their plans to collide with each other, even when they all ultimately are aiming for a good outcome for everyone. The characters are pretty complex and can mess up at times, even when they’re doing things (or not doing things, looking at you Luka) with the best of intentions. It was a joy to read and a real nail-biter the whole time, I actually wrote a fic for it halfway through just to resolve some of the tension for myself, One Does Not Love Shadows.

It also features the version of Luka I’ve connected best with to date, as he feels like Luka, but also is a lot more fleshed out, and can make some major errors while simply trying to avoid missteps. It’s helped me get a better handle on a character who I’ve generally had a lot of problems with really understanding.

It is an M-rated fic, though I think Wackus is being overly cautious on that front. There’s no sexual content and I wouldn’t put the violence or gore above a T-rating, so I wouldn’t let the rating scare you off.

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you don’t even know me at all (but I was made for loving you) by @ladyofthenoodle

They didn’t remember each other. The hospital told them there’d been an accident—brain damage—but Alya had told them the truth, later. Who’d they’d been to each other. What they’d given up, and why. But even with their memories of each other gone, Adrien and Marinette are still inextricably tied together—by law, by their social circles, and by their hearts. And in the apartment they share, there’s only one bed.

Yep, it’s the “there was only one bed” trope XD! I especially love how it was used here, how Adrien and Marinette are strangers now but they had a whole life together, and they pine for each other even without remembering, and how Marinette just can’t believe how in love with her Adrien is even though he doesn’t remember her. I loved the emotional turmoil the two of them went through together in the fic, and the resolution, it’s great!

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fine line by @bbutterflies

“Catwalker?” Loveybug asks. “Hmm?” “Do you remember… what happened before us?” “What do you mean?” “Before we were heroes. Was there someone else?” Catwalker goes quiet for a moment. “I don’t know,” he finally says.

This is a surprisingly angsty take on the Loveybug AU. Here, since the Loveybug and Cat Walker transformations are so unnatural, they’re having negative side effects on Marinette and Adrien, causing them to be constantly exhausted and even to get amnesia the longer they continue using them.

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do you think I have forgotten about you? by @roseinaugust

Based on the song ‘About You’ by The 1975. Memory Loss. Told in alternating time lines, one leading up to and one dealing with the aftermath of Marinette relinquishing the Miracle Box and the guardianship. Marinette struggles with her life after losing her memory, though there is a persistent voice that calls to her that always seems just out of reach in her memory.

Beautiful memory loss fic here, with seeing Ladybug’s and Chat Noir’s relationship before she gave up the Miracle box, juxtaposed with the present day, when Adrien is only a stranger to her. I could really feel how Marinette was struggling with navigating these new circumstances, with her friends seeming to expect her to remember, to be who she was to them, to Adrien especially, before, and her just… not knowing whether she can do that. It’s got a happy ending though, for those who are concerned about that.

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Our Tales Are Endless (That’s Why I Tell Them) by @joonapeach

Marinette lives a simple life - one surrounded by pretty dresses, fresh macaroons, and the calming view of Paris. It’s a life she thinks she has always fit in. And yet sometimes, when a certain boy comes by her shop with a flower and a new adventurous story, she can’t help but wonder if there’s something else she’s missing.

This was a truly gorgeous story. It’s the classic “Marinette gives up the Miracle Box and loses her memories” storyline, exploring her life two years later. Even though she’s had time to heal and recover, she still feels like she’s missing something, something big. At least Adrien’s stopping by regularly to tell her stories about Ladybug and Chat Noir, even if she doesn’t understand why they resonate with her so well.

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I (Wish I) Knew You by @buggachat

University has been hard on Marinette. Making new friends and maintaining her grades is a lot easier said than done when she has to disappear at odd times to fight akumas. She's struggling, and with Alya away with family and Adrien painfully out of reach, she's never felt lonelier.

If only she could talk to someone who really understood her struggles... but it's not like Chat Noir would know anything about loneliness. Right?

Nice aged-up Ladynoir fic here! Marinette’s struggling with losing friends and lovers because of her flakiness due to her superhero activities, until at last she breaks down. Thankfully, Chat Noir’s there at least - and it soon turns out he’s got problems of his own that he’s been hiding.

There’s some fluff and angst, it’s mostly just the two of them navigating life, dealing with their feelings and talking things out.

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If I Let Myself Love You by @uptoolateart

It’s hard to be a normal girl with a normal life when your mother has terminal cancer. And when fashion model Adrien Agreste moves back to Paris and wants to be Marinette’s friend – or maybe even more – her life is turned upside down again.

How can she risk opening her heart to love when her whole world is falling apart? Especially when Adrien is hiding a dark secret of his own….

- COMPLETE FIC – updates on Sundays

*** No kwamis AU - 100% Adrinette. About half of it is fluffy and half heavy. Please read tags for trigger warnings. ***

This fic can be rough, definitely pay attention to the tags. There’s no villains in this story, it mostly centers around themes of dealing with illness - both being sick and having a loved one who’s terminally ill - and death, grieving someone who’s lost, and how difficult that can be. It can get pretty gut-wrenching at times, especially as you slowly discover more layers of what’s really going on, what both Adrien and Marinette are hiding, both from others and from themselves in order to help cope with their circumstances. But they still move forwards together, regardless.

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Between the Heavens and the Embers by @readersmoon

Everyone in Paris remembers the fateful night of January 16, when the city was attacked by the most powerful and destructive akuma ever created. The assault, which lasted for hours, resulted in the death of 439 people.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng was among the casualties.

Years later, Adrien hasn't been able to move on, haunted by the memories of her broken body. So, when the opportunity to leave Paris for a while presents itself, he doesn't hesitate. But this trip might end up giving him more than he ever dreamt of.

This is a fantastic fic, though a serious and a dark one - make sure to mind the tags, and it’s M-rated for a reason. Vee - or rather, Marinette - is going through a horror story here. Imagine finding out that your life is a lie, that everyone you thought you could trust was manipulating you, that you were just being continually gaslit for years.

As for Adrien, Alya, and Nino... well, none of them took Marinette’s “death” all that well, especially Adrien. Finding out that she’s been alive all this time, in these horrible circumstances, and they had no clue... it’s hard on them as well.

I love how this fic goes into how much trauma everyone has even after the immediate danger’s dealt with, you don’t just walk off this kind of experience, especially with how many years this lasted.

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in case you don’t know me tomorrow by @thelibraryloser:

“We live in a crazy world where pieces of our lives can be erased like they never even happened. I just wanted to memorize this moment so… so I could keep it, if that makes sense.”

Adrien’s heart gave a little flutter. She wanted to keep this moment, meeting him. She wanted to keep… him.

“I understand exactly what you mean.“

In a world that has created a way to selectively delete memories, no moment is truly safe. So how do you hold on to something when the memory of it is gone? And how do you keep fighting for someone when you’re the only one who remembers?

This is a SEVERELY underrated fic. It’s got some shades of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” in the world, though the plot is very different - the memory erasure ain’t willing.

Basically, the first few chapters are establishing Adrien’s and Marinette’s romance, and then the rest of the fic is dealing with Gabriel being an absolute DICK and using any means at his disposal to break them apart. It’s fantastic and I highly recommend reading it!

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hella enchanted by @xiueryn:

Years ago, Marinette’s father died and she was left with her awful stepmother. With magic forcing her to obey every command, she lived as a servant and gave up hope. When a man appears, searching for the very fairy that blessed her, Marinette decides to give life one more try. AU.

(a different ella enchanted au.)

Even though it’s a one-shot this one is pretty long, clocking in at over 30k words. Absolutely worth a shot, though. The first third is basically Marinette dealing with being pushed around because of her “blessing”, and the other two-thirds is just some adorable fluff of her and Adrien touring the country together.

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Echoes of You by kittinoir

In the day time, she's Marinette - a normal girl, with a normal life. A normal girl, with a normal life. A normal girl, with... Not Season 4 Compliant; please, no spoilers

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balancing act by fictionalinfinity

“Besides, being Ladybug always came first. It came before school, friends, and sometimes even family. Now it had to come before her health. Marinette had a duty to Paris. She wouldn’t let them down.” Or, being both Ladybug and the Guardian starts to take its toll on Marinette. - the epilepsy au literally no one asked for

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Some Days by @merrygreenie

Some days are worse, and others are a little better, little by little and day by day. Marinette Dupain-Chen is learning how to live her new normal after living in confinement and being tortured by Hawkmoth. She is thankful to have her friends and family to support her. And a very special Chat who loves her very much. *This story contains scenes of violence and torture this is a whump fic*

This fic has some great angst, but be warned, it's not kidding about the violence and torture. Honestly, it should probably be rated M instead of Teen, given that while the fic mostly takes place after Marinette escapes and while she's recovering, we do get a detailed flashback to her torture.

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanfic rec #marinette dupain cheng #angst

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trainsinanime · 3 months

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16 and 18

From the choose violence ask game

16: you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

The obvious answer is almost too obvious (Luka), and the ask game is about violence, so I’m going to choose something that I have way weaker opinions about, but that is going to be much more controversial:

I am struggling a lot with Loveybug. I love the fanart, I love some of the fanfic, and yet in my mind it never quite fully clicks. Why would Loveybug go so quickly towards loving Cat Walker, unless we assume only the shallowest kind of love here? Attractionbug doesn’t quite have the same ring. And why would Cat Walker let her and accept her? He doesn’t know her, for all he knows she’s just another over-enthusiastic fan like Chloé or Lila. It feels like realistically, both of them would be deeply unhappy about being together like that, and it would be a very angsty, not lovey AU. Which is fair, I guess, I’m just not the biggest angst guy. I think there are ways that can be resolved, for example if Adrien knows (without her knowing) that Loveybug is actually Marinette, and Marinette knows that Chat Walker is actually… hang on a second, I gotta write this down…

18: it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

Lila. The fandom isn’t sleeping on her, but they’re mostly using her in ways that aren’t very interesting. All the stories where Lila‘s lies get exposed, yeah, sure, fine. And the few Lilanette stories were Lila is secretly nice, or it’s an AU where she’s always been nice, okay, sure. But consider this: We have a character who is incredibly passionate, very driven, smart, good at disguises, with no moral compass whatsoever. You can do so much with her!

Have her steal expensive jewelry. Have her make a plan to steal water rights for Los Angeles County. Let her start a pyramid scheme in school. Make her the Femme Fatale in a grimy detective story. Implicate her in a global espionage scandal.

And in particular, how about stories where she and Marinette have to work together somehow, while still hating each other and trying to betray each other? There’s so much you can do here! But the fandom just does the same as Marinette and goes for straight outrage, instead of asking, what can we do with her?

#miraculous ladybug

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blur0se · 2 months

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WIP Reblog Game

(Thank you for the tag @kasienda)

If you're like me and you have a million WIPs and are anxious about updating them, play this game!

List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)

An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing

Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!

Then tag 10 writer friends!

My top 5 priorities are (only one of these has an actual title lol):

(The only reason crossed stars isnt on this list is because I'm trying to avoid drawing to rest my arm so I'd like to focus on other writing projects while I do this)

Eyes Shut tight

Toxigriffe one shot follow up

Loveylady

bone hurting juice

awkward first times

What I'm excited about:

chapter 2 has a scene with the core four coming up! Alya will get an interview with THE catwalker for the Ladyblog. Nino will talk about how cool it is that 3 of them are superheroes and Marinette is being 100% normal and not overthinking things at all.

I'm really excited to show how toxinelle's new crush is going for her after the first one shot.

these last ones are mostly in the brainstorming phase still but on this one I really want it to be marinette centric and explore how I see loveybug being part of her

angst and blood transfusions...................................

this one is supposed to be about lovesquare and djwifi having their own insecurities and hang ups surrounding sex and relationships! I really want to show alya and nino not as the ones who just dispense relationship advice but as peers that have their own problems that they might need the support of their friends for!

no pressure tags:

@mostmagical @bittersweetresilience @monpetitchattriste

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bbutterflies · 8 months

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all my fics! 💕

my ao3

organized by ship and then chronologically with most recent works on top. I tag everything related to my fics with their title! if you search my blog for the fic name any updates/art/etc I've posted should come up 💕

(there's so many I thought maybe it's time to put these under a cut so my page isn't overwhelmed with this post, you can see them all with brief summaries below!)

Adrino - multichapter

Everything I've wanted (wip) 13k/4 of 12 chapters After Nino kisses a stranger in a bar who turns out to be Adrien Agreste, he gets swept up in the media storm and agrees to fake date him until things calm down. Except neither of them plan on developing real feelings. Fake dating, idiots (affectionate) to lovers, lots of mutual pining.

If I hold you too close (wip) 48k/14 of 21 chapters Adrien gave up his Miraculous in the chaos of the end of season 5, leaving him in London for years and Nino taking his place with the ring. Lots of angst and comfort as Adrien tries to come home again and reconnect with everyone he'd left behind.

Chemistry with him 52k/30 chapters Written for Ninovember 2023! Super fluffy Adrino meet cute in chemistry class, learning to love each other along the way.

The moment I knew (I'd no choice but to love you) 36k/12 chapters It's totally possible to pretend to date your best friend and not fall in love, right? Fake dating with plenty of fluff and mutual pining.

promise me forever 62k/23 chapters Adrino-focused, mostly fluff, they're in love and domestic and happy, college-aged au

I'll give myself a name (something stupid and pretentious) 31k/7 chapters Adrino-focused, post Hawkmoth defeat with a hefty dose of angst/comfort, mutual pining, and identity reveal

Adrino - oneshots

love you in the dark 5k words Friends with benefits except it's tragic. Emotional hurt (a lot of it)/comfort.

Love you snow much 1k words Ice skating date and some fluffy winter fun.

Not much of a cat person 3.2k words Adrien is trying to catch a stray cat outside his apartment, and gets his (really cute) neighbor's help.

The memories we (don't) make 3.4k words Adrino except they're drunk and they make out (a lot) and that's, like, totally normal. For sure. Definitely.

ways to say I love you 600 words Adrino where Adrien purrs. That's it <3

Falling into place 2.6k words You know when you're queer and a teenager and in love with your best friend? That but it's Adrino

Lovesquare

fine line 5k words What happens if you try to be someone you're not on a superhero scale? Loveybug/Catwalker angst

Meant to be and Intertwined 45k/14 chapters and 21k/9 chapters Lovesquare college au with different heroes, where Marinette and Adrien still find each other; and a few post-story drabbles

I'd fall in love with you a thousand times 52k/13 chapters Lovesquare memory loss au post Hawkmoth defeat, falling in love again

Out of Step 41k/8 chapters Lovesquare kwami swap au with some angst/comfort thrown in

#miraculous ladybug #my writing #ml fic

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ao3feed-ladynoir · 1 month

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#AO3 Link #FanFiction #AO3 Adrienette #❤️#💖#💚#Adrienette #♥#R:T #A:Sagansjagger #Angst

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ladysunamireads · 3 months

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#AO3 Link #FanFiction #AO3 Adrienette #♥#Adrienette #Loveybug #MLB #⚤#🐞🐱#R:G #Angst #A:Sagansjagger

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hueynomure · 2 months

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WIP Reblog Game

Thank you @coffeebanana for the tag! I'm not one for very long fics and/or starting posting plotty stuff if I don't already have most of the fic written out (too high of a chance of having to correct/retcon shit) so I'm adding fics that only live in my WIP folder lol

List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)

An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you’re looking forward to writing

Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!

Then tag 10 writer friends!

WIP TITLES

Are Hexagon Square Dances a Thing?: Born as a LoveyWeek entry, I got stuck on the very last chapter fml

Uncovering, Unraveling (working title): Imagine Marinette had accidentally outed her Loveybug identity (as in Woven In) to Cat Walker in the (Un)Suited plotline... basically Farewell Gifts but make it smut lol

The Merits of Bagging a Hero (working title): Adrien and Marinette are invited at Alya's and Nino's place for their usual wine&dine night. Everything is going fine, Mari being flustered and Adrien being oblivious as usual - until Alya brings out the topic of hero-specific free passes and the two become inexplicably passionate about who would be the best hero lay between Ladybug and Chat Noir...

Poker Face: Loveybug AU, Cat Walker angst

Heart(s) on Her Sleeve: Companion piece for Poker Face, Loveybug's side of the angst

UPCOMING

Tbqh the biggest motivation for getting this done is getting it over with, which is probably why I've been having so much trouble tackling it lol. I'll just say that I initially intended it to end with platonic Mariwalker buuuuut there may be some smooching hehe

Turns out I'm a SUCKER for scenarios where Cat Walker learns Marinette is Loveybug lol I will have a lot of fun writing the surprise conversation (won't go too much into details bc spoilers) they'll have about his feelings... with Adrien still inside Marinette, both of them deliberately avoiding addressing the fact or doing anything at all abt it lol

This will be 200% crack and I will have SO MUCH FUN writing the most batshit stuff I can come up with. Alya, ever the shit-stirrer, figures out Adrien is Chat Noir halfway through the conversation and spends the rest of the fic basically eating popcorn and fanning that trashfire of a debate lol

Chat Noir is a necessary outlet for Adrien. When Cat Walker has to pick up Loveybug's slack, his energies and enthusiasm are slowly but surely drain until the only reason he dons his mask, the only reason he gets out of bed, is Loveybug's unrestrained and unconditional affection. This can't last - and yet, it's his duty to carry the weight and not let anything show. I'm gonna enjoy writing the pressure building >:3c

There's one phrase to describe Loveybug!Marinette: bracing for punishment. She's too raw with all the Loveybug intensity, she just CAN'T turn into Ladybug, so she just keeps pouring her heart out knowing that at some point, somehow, she will be horrifically punished for it. Just like with Kim. Just like every time she tried to confess to Adrien. But as a hero, the consequences of her mistakes could be... she doesn't want to think about it. She keeps her head low and prepares for the worst, dreading and longing the moment when she'll be forced to wear Loveybug's lovestruck smile again.

Anyone I would have thought to tag Kayla has already tagged, with the excellent exception of @asukiess, so I won't be tagging anybody else! Feel free to join in the fun and consider this a soft tag if you (yes YOU reading this rn) want to tho :3

#wip reblog game

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hueynomure · 3 months

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Heart(s) on Her Sleeve, maybe for the ask game?? I love that title omg

Thank you! I'm pretty fond of it myself :3

Heart(s) on Her Sleeve is of course a Loveybug fic, meant to be a companion piece to Poker Face to explore Loveywalker angst. Where Undercover and the Mittens mini-series is the timeline where everything goes right, or at least as well as it can go, these two fics show the strain in their dynamic. Specifically, HoHS follows Marinette as she turns into Loveybug and is at first both terrified and exhilarated let out so much of her mushy, saccharine self, of course. Then Chat Noir vanishes and she keeps committing more and more to the "bit", slowly starting to spiral as her new hero persona leaves her raw after hours of venting her most carefully guarded feelings. Kim and Chloe taught her she can't be vulnerable or she WILL be punished for it, she WILL crash and burn while people laugh at her - and her Lovey suit was meant to put a layer between her and her feelings but how is that ever going to work? Those feelings being part of her is why the suit change works in the first place! Surely Cat Walker is just humoring her because he's too dignified to call her out, she's weirding him out she's just a freak why is she still doing this shit WHERE IS CHAT but feeding Cat Walker under the moonlight feels so good just another patrol just another week just another month it's fine she's fine this is just harmless fun there are no strings attached OMYGOD WHY ARE THERE SO MANY STRINGS ATTACHED

(hearts also reference the playing suite: Poker Face - Cat Walker's side - is meant to have a chapter for every other suite to offset it and imply the imaginary hand he's been dealt is not a real poker, it's good but far from a surefire winning hand like "vanilla" Ladynoir is, not until he accepts her new partner in full... and even then, he'll always be the one to bear most of the weight in the relationship)

I have no snippet to share, as I want to finish Poker Face to have the scenes to then mirror to Loveybug's side, but I can talk a bit about the summary I plan to use for it:

My heart is nuclear Love is all that I fear Ready to be let down And now I’m heading for a meltdown -Marina and the Diamonds, Radioactive

This is such a good Loveybug song! Both the 10s angsty teen feel of it all and some eerie lines ("But baby I'm the one who left you/You're not the one who left me" ma'am are you talking about Chat???) in addition to radioactivity sounding such a good metaphor for thrumming with a burning energy you KNOW it's ruining everything you're close to as you inexorably break down... I just love it ok?

Thank you for the ask! 💜💜💜

#im still in the plotting stage of this one #so im more than happy if people want to scream abt it with me and help me figure out stuff lol #loveybug au #wip ask game

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