Me Thinking That Things Were Finally Working Out For Adrienette In Chat Blanc

Me thinking that things were finally working out for Adrienette in Chat Blanc

Bold of you to assume I can actually write

Took a year of French, understood like 5 words

me rn in anticipation for chat blanc and felix:

All the Time We’ve Got-- Intro + Chapter 1

Mari and Damian are soulmates— Counter on wrist, number goes up every minute soulmates spend together

Both are attending Gotham University; Mari doesn’t have the Miraculous, Damian is on a temporary break from being Robin while in school

Counter hits one before either of them notice-- Mari runs through a crowd with Damien in it when late for class

Look for each other later, don’t find each other

Keep conveniently missing each other for a decent amount of time, probably

Cue shenanigans!

CHAPTER ONE

The counter still read ‘Zero’ after all these years. Marinette was forever searching for whoever she was destined to be with; she knew it wasn’t anyone at her school, or in her neighborhood. Maybe not anyone in Paris. She had been disappointed that Adrien wasn’t her soulmate, of course-- his counter also read ‘Zero’ last time they spoke, but given how often they were around each other their counters would’ve had numbers in the millions.

Alya and Nino had a count of at least 2 million. They were attached at the hip since the first day Alya walked into Ms. Bustier’s classroom five years earlier and her and Nino’s counters beeped. They both looked down at their wrists, at the new numbers, and then at each other. Big smiles covered their faces as Nino stood up and walked over to his soulmate. That was the beginning of one of the cutest romances the school had ever seen. Even after Alya took Lila’s side, Marinette was happy for her friend.

College and lycee passed with the blink of an eye. Between the drama and the homework and working at the bakery and saving Paris as Ladybug, Marinette had more than enough on her plate to keep her occupied. It was finally time for University, and after the defeat of Hawkmoth a year before, Marinette finally had a chance to leave the city for more than a few hours without intense fear paralyzing her. She still woke up in a cold sweat sometimes, dreaming about the battle and the revelations that came with Hawkmoth’s demise. She and Chat Noir-- sorry, Adrien-- had grown apart since then, and she didn’t blame him for it. Losing both of his parents in such a traumatic way made a huge impact on his mental state, and ever since he’d been a bit… different. Less talkative, even more secluded than before, pouring himself into his schoolwork. He wanted to be a social worker after University, he told Marinette. She was happy for him, and she was glad he’d found a calling that could help him deal with his trauma as much as it would help others.

Chat Noir and Ladybug no longer patrolled the streets, no longer fought akumas or other villains who appeared in Paris. They left the police to do their jobs, and retired the Miraculous. It was a hard decision, but one that needed to be done. Master Fu was more than capable of watching the ring and the earrings, along with the rest of the items in the Miracle Box, and he agreed that in time Marinette would take over his job in conjunction with her fashion career. She already had a whole Miraculous-themed clothing line, but she hadn’t mentioned that to anyone yet. It was her little secret, her passion project that distracted her from the mundanity of her current life.

Everything changed the day she got the acceptance letter from Gotham University. She texted Adrien right away, and he responded with a picture of his acceptance letter for the University of London. She finally had a chance to escape the streets that constantly reminded her of everything that went wrong in her youth, all the pain and suffering and neglect. Sure, there were some good moments, like the sleepover she and Adrien had in the park last summer before it started to rain, or the snowball fights she had with her parents when she was younger, or working in the bakery with her family (Adrien included, of course). But still, she needed distance. She would return one day, but first she needed to fix herself, far away from France.

It was late August when she packed her belongings into two large suitcases. Even though she wasn’t taking everything she owned, her room still looked bare when she finished. She looked around the room and sighed. Au revoir, Paris, she thought before climbing down the trap door for the last time in the foreseeable future.

Off to Gotham.

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Hi! This is my first time posting an actual wip on here, so I’d love to know what you think! I have more chapters in various stages of being written, so if people want me to, I’ll post them sooner or later! :)

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All the Time We’ve Got-- Chapter Three “A Decision Must be Made”

Damian had never liked the idea of soulmates. His mother called them impractical and a liability, and his siblings were so sappy with theirs that he never wanted to be associated with a relationship like that.

Still, curiosity did hit him at times. What would it be like to have a soulmate, to have someone who would love you despite your past, even during the hard times?

He hadn’t thought about soulmates in a while, but when Jon called him from London to tell him his counter had a ‘1’ last week, he started considering the possibility again. He was just starting at Gotham University, business major of course (because what else would he end up doing, being the Wayne he is?). Jon was in London, the Titans were in Jump City, and his siblings and father were scattered across Gotham. He was on his own in a dorm room, for the most part.

Or he would be, if Dick didn’t insist on visiting him on campus, just after his second class of the day.

“I forgot how busy this area is,” Dick said as he and Damian walked through the quad. “Everyone looks so lost. I remember when I was like that; an idiot freshman, just like you! So naive, thinking college would be fun, time to relax. It’s a miracle my roommate didn’t figure out I was… well, you know,” he trailed off, realizing that even though everyone around them was conversing and doing their own thing, he shouldn’t say anything about his alter ego in public.

“And that is why I requested a single room,” Damian replied, looking down at his phone. Jon had texted him again, this time with a picture of the counter on his wrist and the number ‘4’. Good for him.

“Hey, what’s up with your counter?” Dick asked, grabbing Damian’s arm. Before Damian could protest, Dick dropped it. “Wow, Demon Spawn! I never thought I’d see the day that your counter changed!”

Damian blinked a few times, then looked down at his wrist. Just as Dick had said, his counter no longer had a ‘Zero’, but a blinking ‘1’ in the center.

“Oh.”

“Really? That’s all you have to say? Your soulmate is somewhere around here! We have to find them!” Dick started scanning the area they’d just come from, but couldn’t tell if anyone was looking for Damian. (Unbeknownst to them, Marinette was on the other side of the crowd doing exactly that.) “Come on, help me out. They’re your soulmate, after all!”

Damian didn’t know what he wanted to do. All the potential scenarios he’d considered, his personal debates on the matter as he sat in the dark at 3 a.m., all the talks with his brothers and father and Jon did absolutely nothing to help him now. The real thing was too different than what he’d considered, and he wasn’t sure he was ready to meet his soulmate quite yet. One day, probably, but not today.

“Drop it, Grayson. If you want to go to lunch, we have to go now. I have class in an hour. My soulmate isn’t important.”

“Isn’t important?” Dick spluttered.

“Isn’t important right now,” Damian clarified.

The brothers shared a look, and Dick nodded. “Okay. Fine. That doesn’t mean I’m never going to bring it up again, though.” “How could I ever think you’d let me off so easily?” Damian drawled before looking at his phone again. “Fifty-eight minutes now.”

“Fine, fine. Let’s go. By the way, Alfred and Tim have already sent their congratulations.”

Damian frowned. “What? When did you even have time to tell them?”

“You know you zoned out for like a whole minute, right?”

Damian did not know that.

“Oh, Jason says good job and send pics.”

“Tell him to screw off.”

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Damian has finally made an official appearance!

Also, I happened to have the first few chapters already done before posting, but from now on I’ll probably update once or twice a week. But don’t worry-- I have some other stuff in the works that I’ll be posting in the meantime!

Chapters 1-3 are now up on tumblr and Ao3!

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Animated movies that were good but died after their initial release:

Bolt

Megamind

Wreck It Ralph (look i know it has a sequel but compared to stuff like Frozen and Moana people stopped talking about it pretty quick)

Open Season

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Paranorman

Kubo and the Two Strings?

Basically any Laika movie other than Coraline

Megamind

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Puss in Boots

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