twenty-five months later, it is complete!

where the firelight fades (107812 words) by AlexSeanchai

Chapters: 17/17

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Paris, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth

Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alya Césaire, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Miraculous Ladybug Ensemble

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Akumatized Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Identity Reveal, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Romantic Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Character Death, Temporary Character Death, Suicidal Ideation, Fire, Lies, Truth Spells, Unreliable Narrator, Queer Het, Queer Themes, Puns & Word Play, Autistic Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, ADHD Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Demigirl Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Stressed Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Stubborn Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Autistic Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Demiboy Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Has Issues, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir Needs a Hug, Nonbinary Alya Césaire | Rena Rouge, Angry Alya Césaire, Good Friend Nino Lahiffe, Badass Alix Kubdel, Chloé Bourgeois Redemption, Protective Kagami Tsurugi, Minor Chloé Bourgeois/Kagami Tsurugi, Minor Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe, Minor Juleka Couffaine/Rose Lavillant, Gabriel Agreste | Hawk Moth is an Asshole, Emilie Agreste Lives, Master Fu Is Doing His Best, Lila Rossi's Lies Are Exposed, Implied Future Lila Rossi Redemption, Everyday Heroes of Miraculous Paris, Miraculous History, Inspired by Fanart, Podfic Welcome, Fanart Welcome

Series: Part 1 of where the firelight fades

Summary:


Some say the world will end in fire,
   Some say in ice.

—excerpted from "Fire and Ice", Robert Frost


Ladybug's smirk isn't even vicious. Wouldn't even look vicious without the nightmarish argon glow outlining a butterfly mask.

"What's wrong, Chat?"