of course it's November, when else would it be?

fine as coarse salt (1489 words) by AlexSeanchai
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Angst with a Happy Ending, Romantic Fluff, Canonical Character Death, Loss of Parent(s), Depressed Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Autistic Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Podfic Welcome
Summary:

The biggest lie Adrien Agreste ever told was, "I'm fine." Five times he told it and one time he didn't need to.

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second half of this I posted in September, having written it all the previous September and never managed to get further on the first scene; silveradept wrote the first half for poetry_fiction and also my birthday


Eclosion (3904 words) by AlexSeanchai, silveradept
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
Characters: Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alya Césaire | Lady WiFi
Additional Tags: Identity Reveal, The A+ Hiring Practices of Gabriel Agreste, Not Season/Series 04 Compliant, Marichat | Adrien Agreste as Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Designer Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Butterfly Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Community: poetry_fiction
Summary:

(that is: the emergence of an insect from its pupa case.)

Adrien, it's Marin—Mariposa— (Madly clumsy, he remembers her stammering.) —I need backup until Chat Noir gets here. Chat Noir and Ladybug. I don't know where Mayura is or if Hawkmoth has any other tricks or— You're home, right?

Do not underestimate the cleverness of your enemies.