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From the Liar's Mouth (4472 words) by angelofthequeers
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, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Kagami Tsurugi, Lila Rossi, Classmates (Miraculous Ladybug)
Additional Tags: Romance, Identity Reveal, Polyamory, Petty Nette, But in the sweetest way possible, Kagami is awesome, Oblivious Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Poor dense boy, Bisexual Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Bisexual Kagami Tsurugi, Adrigaminette, Lila Rossi's Lies Are Exposed, Hot Mess Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Season/Series 03, Ladybug (episode)
Series: Part 4 of ML oneshots
Summary:

“If you want to take down Lila, you have to play the long game,” Kagami says. “That means winning over your classmates. You’ve tried the direct approach and where has that gotten you?”

Who would've thought that Kagami's advice would not only let Marinette tolerate Lila's existence, but also land her both a boyfriend and a girlfriend?

Marrow (4174 words) by Socchan, GoLBPodfics, Podfic-Chicklet
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Emilie Agreste/Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Original Kwami Character(s), Emilie Agreste
Additional Tags: Temporary Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, Pre-Relationship, Identity Reveal, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic Length: 30-45 Minutes
Summary:

When Hawkmoth finally gets his hands on the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses, the cost of his wish is Adrien's life. Marinette has to take a page from Greek mythology to get her partner back.

Birth By Sleep (12857 words) by silveradept
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug, Kingdom Hearts
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Nino Lahiffe | Carapace, Emilie Agreste | Paravani, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alya Césaire | Rena Rouge, Queen Bee - Character, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Xion (Kingdom Hearts), Naminé (Kingdom Hearts), Master Fu (Miraculous Ladybug), Plagg (Miraculous Ladybug), Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth
Additional Tags: Self-Sacrificing Bad Ideas, Chat Noir Needs Better Fanart, Chat Noir Suicidally Ideates, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Chat Noir Identity Reveal, Ladybug is not having it
Series: Part 2 of The Heart of the Miraculous
Summary:

Ladybug dives into Chat Noir's heart to rescue him from the last akuma. Outside, Rena, Carapace, and a potential new hero fight Lila, who has embraced the role of villain in Hawk Moth's absence.

Rigging Random Chance (1987 words) by silveradept
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Caline Bustier, Caline Bustier's class
Additional Tags: Compliments Exercise, Messing With Probability, Mme. Bustier Knows More Than She Lets On, Creative Methods of Probability Manipulation
Summary:

Everybody knows that the compliments exercise in Mme. Bustier's class is not random. Except, perhaps, Mme. Bustier.

It's not a thing anyone should take a wager on, though.

People Say Run, Don't Walk Away (1605 words) by Chanter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrian Agreste | Chat Noir & Aurore Beauréal
Characters: Adrian Agreste | Chat Noir, Aurore Beauréal, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug (mentioned), Nino Lahiffe | Carapace (mentioned)
Additional Tags: perceptive Chat Noir, post-Stormy Weather 2, episode-related, akumatization aftermath, personal philosophy, internal redemption, original kwami character, meteorological references everywhere, Chloé's A+ interpersonal skills, wise Ladybug is wise, ox!Aurore Beauréal
Summary:

"There are subtle differences between villains and fierce heroes. Take it from one who knows what to look for."

Chat Noir gets wielder-tapping duty, and with good reason.

Bi the Pricking of my Thumbs (1806 words) by Freedom_Shamrock
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: ladybug & chat noir
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Tikki, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marc Anciel, OC Teacher
Additional Tags: Pride, GLBTQ+ Support, Aged-Up Character(s), Paris Pride, bi marinette, Bi Adrien, biphobic Gabriel, Discussion on Self Harm (without any actual self harm)
Summary:

Ladybug is super supportive of Chat Noir's plan to come out in his civilian life this year, using the schedule that worked for her last year. But there's one tiny problem. His father's a bigot and a jerk.

Stand-In Journalist (3313 words) by Miraculous_Max
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Alya Césaire & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire
Additional Tags: Dissociation, Anxiety, Chat Noir Is a Little Shit, Social Media, Twitter, Chat Noir Being Chat Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng Is a Mess, Marinette Dupain-Cheng Is So Done, Fluff, Anxious Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Chat Noir is a Good Boy, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Alya decides to cash in on Marinette’s many IOUs of the past when she ends up unable to make it to an interview she had scheduled with Chat Noir.

Nothing could have prepared her for the results.

Scarlet Lady AU comic by zoe_oneesama. In this first strip, Chloé steals the Ladybug Miraculous out of an oblivious Marinette's bag. "Origins" 1 & 2 and "Stormy Weather" are complete and "The Bubbler" is in progress.

The same AU divergence gives rise to this fic series:

Honey Bubble Tea (15288 words) by ZiriO
Chapters: 5/5
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, Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Pollen (Miraculous Ladybug), Chloé Bourgeois
Additional Tags: Kwami Swap, Reverse Miraculous Ladybug Love Square, Alya Césaire Ships It, Nino Lahiffe Ships It, Miel Noir, Marinette Dupain-Cheng Is Not Ladybug, Chloé Bourgeois as Scarlet Lady, Marigold - Freeform, Chloé Bourgeois Being Chloé Bourgeois, Akuma Possession, Akumatized Main Character(s), Original Akuma, Akumatized Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste Knows
Series: Part 1 of The Miraculous Adventures of Cutie Bee and Chat Noir
Summary:

Somehow something went wrong when Master Fu tried to gift Marinette with the Ladybug Miraculous. Instead of the earnest and warm-hearted defender of Paris, they were given a narcissistic glory-hound that spends her time chatting up the press and taking all the credit, and a very beleaguered Chat Noir besides. Luckily for Paris, a soft-spoken honeybee hero was soon to appear, and things seem to be taking a turn for the better. Yet as winter approaches and the holidays creep closer, Marinette hopes her luck turns for the better and gives her a miraculous Christmas, along with the courage to confess to her favorite hero. Will things end sweetly for the designer, or will Scarlet Lady manage to sour things for her both in and out of the mask?

Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright (68030 words) by dfcfanfics
Chapters: 9/9
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Characters: Alya Césaire, Master Fu (Miraculous Ladybug), Caline Bustier, Papillon | Hawk Moth, Wayzz (Miraculous Ladybug), Sabine Cheng
Additional Tags: Adventure, Romance, Humor, Together again for the first time, That's A New Look For You..., Ancient Chinese Secret, cat got your tongue?, Good Grooming Habits, Arguing With Your Purse, You won't like me when I'm angry, Don't Take It Personally If I Lick You, The Power of Cayenne Lipgloss, Adrinette, Marichat, Tigrien?, Tigrinoir?, Weak Knees For Everyone, That Was New..., Perhaps A Large Psychic Badger?, very minor dubcon?, FTL Girl Talk, Beware My Power - Pink Lantern's Light, So That's What My Fetish Is, Tiny Kwami Screaming Noises, The Kiss Count Was Actually More Like 293, Just Put Your Lips Together And... Blow, Fifty-Fifty Chance, Does That Count As A Goal?, Scratch One Koi, Giggles in the Bushes, Plagg Is On Plagg's Side, Wayzz Needs Antiperspirant, Even Sabrina Can Appreciate Good Advice Sometimes, The Importance of the Butt-Wiggle, Happily Ever After... Now And Then
Summary:

A new villain's attack has unexpected side effects for Ladybug; Tikki is out cold and in need of Master Fu's healing. When Fu lets Chat Noir pick a Miraculous and a new temporary partner, Rena Rouge-style, he goes straight to the most trustworthy person he knows -- Marinette Dupain-Cheng. His choice of Miraculous, however... is less predictable.

How will Marinette handle this strange and unfamiliar source of power... and does Chat know just what he's unleashing?

[Reccer's note: SO SWEET]

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Someone To Watch Over Me (127079 words) by dfcfanfics
Chapters: 15/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Characters: Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Lê Chiến Kim, Alix Kubdel, Mylène Haprèle, Juleka Couffaine, Rose Lavillant, Nathalie Sancoeur, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Tom Dupain, Sabine Cheng
Additional Tags: Romance, Drama, ladrien, Fluff, Angst, Comfort, Gratuitous Boys' Locker Room Antics, Things More Important Than Words, Plagg Has His Moments, Father of the Year, Blessed Are The Peacemakers, You've Got Mail!, He Really Doesn't Care Much For Quinoa, Your Turn To Play Psychiatrist, This Is Sometimes A Pants-Optional Environment, Sabine's Frequent Customer Club Has Great Benefits, Melting on the Bathroom Floor, Just Draw A Mask On The Cup, The World's Oldest Toilet Paper, A Line Is Crossed, The First Annual Grin-Off Competition, Deeper Than Pink Clouds, om nom nom nom, A Seven on the Bull-O-Meter, Advanced Communication Techniques, We'll Just Have To Teach Each Other, An Ordinary Girl with Ordinary Pajamas, The Tom Dupain School of Martial Arts, The Gabriel Agreste School of Courtship, Thirty Minutes Or It's Free, Would You Like Some Pepper On Your Diabolical Plot?, There Were No Alternatives, The Atomic Dude Drops, Adrien Swears He's Not Narcoleptic, Betty Looks In The Mirror And Sees Veronica, A Culinary Reprieve, Nino Accepts His Fate, What Do _You_ Really Want?, A Dream Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, Setting Cafeteria Records, Chloe the Living Statue, The Edge of an Identity Cliff, Dish is Wormdeful, More Than Five Pictures Counts As Obsession, Resistance Is Useless, adrienette - Freeform, ladrienette, It's Official!, Get These Bugs OFF Of Me, Click - Drag - And Faint., 101 Uses for a Plastic Plagg, So Not Out Of Our System Yet, Passing The Baton
Summary:

Adrien is putting on a brave face, but he's struggling... and his friends are noticing. Marinette is determined to help, any way that she can -- with and without her mask. But when Akumas fly towards Adrien and secrets emerge, Ladybug's roles in Adrien's life will change in many ways...

[Reccer's note: If you're following alexseanchai? That's this.]

The Ladyblog Comment Section (27629 words) by DragonsandInk
Chapters: 10/10
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Chat Noir/Ladybug, Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Characters: Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug), Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug), Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, assorted classmates
Additional Tags: ladychat - Freeform, Adrinette, Fluff, all fluff, They find the Ladyblog comment section, Alya's not amused, Everyone else is, Chat's name is MrWhiskers, LB is Bugaboo, Hilarity Ensues, Slice of Life, Humor, Chat doesn't know what a shift key is, but spells out words like obscurity in normal comments, LB uses too many !'s, she's a spam commenter, They have no filter once they get going, Forgot I put a no reveal tag on here, Just gonna fix that real quick, I was told in high school I could never be a comedy writer, Showed them, tag abuse
Summary:

Alya, bless her fangirl heart, doesn't always get everything right. It's the job of the two superheroes she adores to set her informational blog straight and keep a little entertainment going in the comment section. The real issue here is that they don't know how to hold back.