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the compromise of truth (1476 words) by AlexSeanchai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Nino Lahiffe
Characters: Nino Lahiffe, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Nino Lahiffe, Minor Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Minor Adrien Agreste/Lila Rossi, Minor Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe, Context Clues, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Misses Emilie Agreste, Protective Nino Lahiffe, Cat Owner Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Podfic Welcome
Series: Part 7 of nine lives, snake's eyes
Summary:

"She would have turned forty-two yesterday," Adrien murmurs, and huffs, as though something's amusing. "Father still does not know where his towel is, and I don't think he wants to."

"It only sort of makes sense even with context," Marinette mumbles, which doesn't help Nino's confusion.

Adrien snorts. "Got that right. Want to hear how I conned him into generously permitting me to adopt a cat?"

sunday six

from "j'ai rêvé (so I don't have to dream alone)":

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds, they have an audience, but that's background. The pose that's more obviously tango, her left leg has to cross between both their right legs—she can't step on him, her ass—when her right foot can just move sideways when they move forward, before her left foot joins it. Slow, slow, quick quick slow, quick quick slow. Back, back, quick stop check, cross side close. And they're dancing the tango to 'Monster Mash', and Alya will never ever let her live this down.

Igor and the mad scientist and the drum set fade out; a sultry slide down the xylophone takes up the cheerful new melody.