Lukanette: A Silencer AU

This wasn’t her first plan for taking down Silencer. Not by a long shot. But…

She wasn’t complaining.

Marinette hadn’t been able to find a good place to transform since some of the staff had grabbed her and pulled her into a back room to wait for Ladybug and Chat Noir to appear. In the meantime, Silencer had dragged a full confession out of Bob Roth and was now waiting for Paris’ superheroes to turn up so he could fulfill his end of Hawkmoth’s bargain. Marinette needed to get out, and fast.

One of the cameramen had pulled out his cell and was streaming the live news report of Chat Noir. Everyone was wondering where Ladybug was. Her Chaton was holding off Silencer (for now) but she didn’t want to know what would happen if he got his voice taken away and couldn’t escape.

A thought struck her. “Hey, why don’t we all go help Chat Noir? It’ll give Ladybug more time to get here.”

“Are you insane, kid?”

“What’s the worst he can do? Take away our voices? All we need to do is distract him long enough for Ladybug to arrive.”

“The kid’s got a point…”

It took a few more minutes of convincing, but eventually she got them all riled up and ready to fight. The entire crew stampeded out of the closet and grabbed camera stands, chairs, a whole assortment of improvised weapons to defend their city. None of them cared about Bob Roth, he’d always been horrible, but they’d be damned if Silencer hurt either of their heroes.

Marinette held back a little while, hoping they’d leave her in the commotion. Just as the last member of the film crew left, who crashed through the side of the building but Silencer and Chat Noir.

There was a moment of silence as all three took in the situation.

I need to get out of here and transform.

I need to protect Marinette from Silencer.

I need to protect Marinette from Chat Noir.

Marinette moved a fraction of a second before the other two, turning towards the door to the roof.

“Marinette!”

“Oh, so now you want to protect her?” Silencer tackled Chat Noir to the ground and launched himself after Marinette. “Where were you when she needed you, huh? I’m the only protector she needs now!”

“Run Marinette!”

And she watched as Chat Noir’s voice turned into a little jellyfish and vanished inside Silencer’s helmet.

Her feet were pounding down linoleum tiles, twisting and turning through the massive building as she tried to find somewhere to hide.

“Marinette, you’re safe now! I’m not going to hurt you! Stop running!” Silencer yelled behind her with XY’s voice.

He was gaining on her fast. Too fast. She had maybe two seconds to get around a corner and hope he didn’t see her. She turned.

Dead end.

Her heart was pounding as she slid down the wall. This was it. This was how she died. She’d lose her voice, not be able to transform, and Luka would be stuck as Silencer forever. Paris would be doomed to an eternity of quiet.

Unless…

Silencer turned the corner and she tackled him in a hug. He cradled her against his chest.

“It’s ok. You’re safe now.”

She looked up at him. This was her one and only shot at getting rid of the akuma right now, and she had no clue if it would work.

“You saved me.”

“Of course, Marinette. I won’t let anything hurt you. Ever.”

“Lu– Silencer. Can you… take off your helmet for a second? I… I want to give you something.”

Hawkmoth’s mask appeared over Silencer’s face for a moment and she worried it wouldn’t work.

“Marinette would never hurt me. I trust her.”

Silencer took the helmet off slowly and blinked at her. Without the helmet, he couldn’t speak either.

She reached up and cupped his face in her hands.

Now or never. I’m sorry, Luka.

She pulled his face down for a gentle kiss.

Somewhere, in the back of Luka’s mind, a pinprick of warmth appeared. It grew stronger and stronger until everything was burning, burning away the purple fog that clouded his thoughts and told him to act out on his unhealthy desires. The akuma… I was akumatized. Did I hurt anyone? Did I hurt–

“Marinette!”

Luka broke away from the kiss with a shout, looking around in bewilderment. In front of him was a very red Marinette. She was holding his face, looking just as surprised as he did.

“Did I… Did I hurt you?”

It worked. It actually worked. Just like when she kissed Chat Noir to break Dark Cupid’s hold on him, she was able to dispel Luka’s akuma. She stared over his shoulder where the akuma was fluttering about until she finally snapped back into Ladybug mode.

“You didn’t hurt me, but we need to get out of here. You go find Chat Noir, I’ll try to contact Ladybug. We’ll talk after, ok?”

She smiled the smile she normally reserved for Adrien Agreste and Luka could feel his heart melt.

“Y-yeah… ok. Be safe, Marinette.”

“You too.”

They both took off in opposite directions. Once Marinette couldn’t hear Luka’s footsteps anymore, she doubled back and transformed. With the akuma purified, she went to go find her partner. He was waiting on the roof with Luka.

“Where’s Marinette?” Both boys yelled.She really did feel wanted in that moment.

“She’s fine. I told her to get somewhere safe until I purified the akuma. Are you two alright? That looked pretty rough.”

“All good here, milady.” Chat Noir gave her a cheeky smile. “I held my own against him.”

She laughed. “Of course you did. What about you, Luka?”

He looked a little more contrite than her partner. “I don’t really remember what happened, but I’m ok now. You’re sure Marinette’s ok?” He looked up at her with fear in his eyes.

“She’s fine, I promise.” Ladybug reassured him before going in for a ‘pound it!’ with Chat Noir.

“Thanks for covering for me today kitty. Bug out!” She swung off over the Paris sky, just far enough to drop into an alley and run back into the building to find Luka.

“Over here! Luka!” She jumped and waved her hands, trying to be seen through the crowd of people returning inside. He caught sight of her and ran over, crushing her in a hug.

She laughed and hugged him back. “I’m so so so so so sorry Marinette, I didn’t mean to get akumatized, I promi–”

“Shush, you did it to protect me from Bob Roth. And you got a live confession from him, so that’s pretty great!”

“I did?”

“Yeah!” She pulled out her phone as the rest of Kitty Section caught up to them. Everyone agreed it was damning evidence and that neither of those two would be working in the music industry for a long time. Almost every company that had partnered with XY was blowing up Kitty Section’s social media asking for a collaboration. They’d have to talk about it as a band much later, but for now they were just happy to be back in one piece.

~A few days later~

Marinette still hadn’t talked to Luka about their kiss. She wasn’t even sure he remembered it, the way he jolted back as the detransformation washed over him. She would’ve been offended if he didn’t immediately check that she was ok. Tikki told her that she’d have to talk with him about it someday, and soon. It wasn’t right to keep it a secret from him.

So she’d decided to tell him today. She’d asked if he wouldn’t mind her coming over early before Kitty Section’s practice, and he’d said it was fine. Rose and Juleka were going to be out on a double date with Mylene and Ivan, so they’d probably have an hour or two to talk about whatever was on her mind.

Marinette wished her classmates a good rest of their day and started walking to the Liberty.

Adrien watched her go with an almost pained expression. He shouldn’t have felt that way. She’d clearly kissed him to get rid of the akuma, right? She never even saw Chat Noir round the corner. He’d jumped back almost immediately, watching the akuma leave Silencer’s helmet seemingly of its own volition. Why did it hurt so much to see her kissing someone else? They weren’t dating. She was just a friend. Sure, he’d thought that that valentine may have been hers, but there was no way! This was confirmation of it.

“Adrikins, wanna walk me home today?”

“Oh, uh… sure Chloe.” He glanced up at her and tried to smile. She was too absorbed in talking about herself to notice it was fake.

Luka held out a hand for Marinette as she stepped onto the Liberty. “What did you want to talk about?”

Please don’t let it be Adrien, please don’t let it-

“Silencer.”

Oh. Oh… “What, uh… what about Silencer?” His memories of that day were still fuzzy. Hopefully he didn’t say anything rude to her.

“You might wanna sit down for this.”

That was never good.

“Is everything okay Marinette? Did I say something while I was akumatized?”

“No! No, nothing like that. It was actually something I did.” Her face was bright red and she wouldn’t look him in the eye. When Luka didn’t say anything, she continued. “I don’t know how much you remember, but I feel bad keeping this to myself either way. I didn’t mean to, I just didn’t know what else to do, you see? I knew you wouldn’t hurt me, but Chat Noir was in danger and Ladybug still hadn’t shown up and–”

“Marinette, breathe.” He put his hands on her shoulders and squeezed gently. “Whatever it was, I’m sure you did what you had to.”

“So you don’t remember?” She looked up at him. He could feel her starting to shake under his hands.

“No, I don’t remember anything. When I came back, I was standing in front of you.” He’d thought a lot about that memory, actually. He’d pulled back, opened his eyes, and she was standing in front of him with her hands on his face. He had a guess as to what happened, but he couldn’t remember for sure. To be honest, he was afraid he’d forced a kiss on her and she was going to tell him she didn’t feel that way about him. That’s why he didn’t expect what she said next.

“I… I kissed you. Just to break your akumatization!” Marinette could feel Tikki glaring at her from inside her purse. “I would never kiss you without your permission, I mean!” She bit her tongue before she could say anything else.

“Oh thank god, I thought I kissed you while I was akumatized. Like, forced you to kiss me.” Luka’s cheeks were a soft pink. “Thank you, Marinette. You saved me. I see why everyone calls you their everyday Ladybug.” He teased, bumping shoulders with her.

“You’re… you’re not mad?” She glanced up at him.

“Of course not. You saved me from hurting anyone else. Why would I be mad?” He hadn’t missed that little bit about kissing him without permission, but he was waiting to see if she’d caught it.

“Well, I just thought, maybe…” She looked down at her shoes. “…nevermind.”

Luka stood up as he heard footsteps on the boat. Everyone must’ve gotten done with their date early. He had one last thing he needed to say. “Just so you know, Marinette…” He leaned down to whisper in her ear.

“You always have my permission.”

I would just like to add…

Luka expresses his feelings towards Marinette to let her know how he felt towards her and what she means to him. Even if she ended up with Adrien, he needed to let her know that she was someone important in his life and that whatever she decides, he’ll always be there.

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oakdbjeidiskanqbba

6 years ago

I want ;-;

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oakdbjeidiskanqbba

5 years ago

*Ladybug saves Luka from akumatized villian*

M: Are you alright?

L: Ah, y-yeah.. *staring at her*

M: Alright. Now find a safe place and wait till we get rid of the akuma. *smiled at Luka and was going to leave*

L: Okay. Thank you, Marinett.

M: Sure, it’s m…

M: *shock*

M: w-whAT? M-m a aaa i’m not Marinete? Whtcha talkin’ aboutHAAhahhah

L: Oh, i’m so sorry, Mari, your identity is a secret, right. I shouldn’t have say it out loud. *akwardly scratching his head* I mean, i’ll definetly keep it a sec-

M: *suprisingly stares at him* B-but how..

L: Well.. It was obvious for me, though, i had no proofs of that.. Its just like.. for me - there is only one real heroin in Paris..

M: *blushes and dies and so does the author of this story, cuz he needs lukanette a lot and much and yolo*

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oakdbjeidiskanqbba

5 years ago

ML fic: Almost Perfect

(I have had this idea in my mind all day, and I think I won’t be able to sleep until I wrote it.)

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A blond man in his mid twenties wearing a Gabriel brand black suit sat at his desk, he put his hand through his golden hair as he was looking through the recent sales reports of the Gabriel fashion line. He was relieved to see that the sales had once again surpassed expectation. His sharp green eyes look through the large document that also addressed expense reports.

It was tough having clothes made in factories with humane working conditions and benefits for employees, the young Agreste had to argue for months with the board of directors to get approval. The old fat cats claimed it would bankrupt the company, that it would be an even worse hit to their finance since the arrest of Gabriel Agreste. But the son of the fashion mogul was not one to simply accept how things were, not after the last time he did that. The Gabriel brand was stronger then ever with the business genius and strong will of Adrien Agreste.

It was a rough couple of years at first, inheriting the company at 18, while still managing his college degree. But compared to fighting Hawkmoth, it was a cake walk.

He smirked contently at the document, the next board meeting will be very interesting. His mental congratulations were put on hold when he got a call from his secretary.

“Natasha? Yes. Excellent, send her in.” The businessman answered with a light yet firm voice.

He was meeting with the head of another fashion brand. One that had been growing in the last few years. Miraculous had hit Paris and most of Europe like a category five hurricane. Second only to the Gabriel line and very quickly closing the gap.

The office door opened to reveal a stunningly beautiful woman with eyes as blue as the sea and bluish black hair that looked finer then silk. She was dressed with a designer suit that was tailored to her made her look even more dazzling.

“Good Afternoon Mr. Agreste.” The woman spoke with a polite yet friendly greeting.

“Good afternoon Ms.Dupain-Cheng. Or is it Mrs. Dupain-Couffaine now.” The blond man returned her greeting with a joke, which was met with an eye roll.

“Dupain-Cheng is fine. Luka has yet to get back from his band tour. He says he will propose when he gets back. If he doesn’t get booked on another tour. But you know how it goes.” The Fashion designer answered.

Luka Couffaine and his band, Kitty Section, have taken the world by storm. They hit their big break about three years ago where they signed the deal of a lifetime. Right now he had been touring for the last four mouths in the United States. Marinette had her own Fashion brand to manage and design for, so she couldn’t go with him. Luka achieved his dream of being a rockstar with music that was all his own. Adrien couldn’t help but be happy for the guitarist, He had everything he wanted.

“So should I be calling you Mr.Agreste-Tsurugi”

Adrien snapped back to reality after hearing the comment.

“Very funny. I plan on proposing after she gets her gold medal in the olympics in six months.” The blond businessman answered.

Kagami Tsuragi was training for the Olympics. She basically ate, drank, and slept fencing for the last year. She stops by to see him once a month to have dinner and rest. Kagami’s skills in fencing had far exceeded anything Adrien deemed possible without super powers. He loved and respected how dedicated she was, though it does get lonely when she isn’t visiting.

“If she gets her gold medal.” Marinette joked, knowing that it was pretty much guaranteed to the fencing prodigy.

“Well if she doesn’t get her gold medal, I am gonna have to wait a while before I can propose, if ever.” Adrien answered as he rubbed his neck nervously.

“That is Kagami for you. I would expect nothing less.”

The two looked at each other and laughed.

“Its good seeing you again Marinette.”

“It is good seeing you too Adrien.”

The two talked business for a good amount of time. The Gabriel and Miraculous brands were planing on a collab for next spring. If everything goes right they could rake in a very large sum of cash. Natasha had brought the two some coffee and tea cookies as they continued to talk.

After talking shop, they started reminiscing about the old days.

“So do you still make awful puns kitty?” Marinette asked with a smirk that was very much reminiscent of his partner Ladybug.

“I believe you mean Clawful Bugaboo.” He responded with a Cheshire grin that could be no other then chat noir.

They both laughed. They had both given up their miraculous after everything regarding Hawkmoth and Mayura was settled. Master Fu went to Tibet with Marianne and decided to try and restart the order of the guardians. The old turtle had said that if it doesn’t go well he will be handing the title of guardian to her, which Marinette said she would accept should the circumstance rise.

“How is Fu by the way?” Adrien inquired. “Does he still need favors that only you can do?”

“Oh Kwami no. Please don’t mention that!” Marinette said with her cheeks red from the light teasing.

“Its funny in hindsight. You got that mixed up with your letter. I spent three days in London looking for that.” Adrien laughed.

“Laugh it up Agreste. I am not the only one who did embarrassing things. May I remind you about Reflekta? I am impressed you could even run in those heels.”

“What can I say, I am a model.” Adrien posed.

“Then there was that time you were scared of anyone driving over 10 miles an hour?” Marinette pointed out.

“And you needed help standing up. That one was not a good day for anyone.” Adrien answered.

“Being a superhero was never easy.”

“It would have been easier if we knew each other’s identities…” Adrien let slip out.

Marinette looked at Adrien with a stern look.

“You know why we couldn’t do that. Especially after we found out who Hawkmoth was.”

“Geez, sorry I even said anything. It wasn’t anything against you or Fu. It was just a comment.”

Marinette eased herself.

“Sorry about that… the reveal wasn’t exactly as I thought it would be.” Marinette explained.

“I guess it was too early… or too late.” Adrien answered.

There was a moment of silence where they both looked away, which allowed the designer to notice the hamster tank in the corner.

“You got a hamster?!” Marinette exclaimed with child like glee. She got up and rushed over to the chubby brown rodent.

“Yea, with Kagami out, I needed someone to keep me company.” Adrien answered, thankful for the change in topic.

“Oh man. I am so envious. Luka is allergic to rodents. So getting a hamster has been a no go.” Marinette confessed.

“So Mr.Perfect does have a flaw. I will have to write that down.” Adrien joked.

“What did you name him?”

“Mr. Nibbles”

“Get out of my head. Thats what I would have named him!” Marinette answered as she pet the lovable fur ball. The hamster nuzzled her hand. “Aww, he likes me.”

“Kagami isn’t thrilled about him, but she says as long as I take care of him, she doesn’t mind.” Adrien explained.

“Well if you need anyone to petsit, let me know.” Marinette answered.

“I will be sure to let you know.” Adrien agreed.

Marinette pet the cute creature for another minute before letting him be.

“So I am guessing you are eager to go to Nino’s Bachelor party?” Marinette questioned with a knowing grin, changing the subject.

“I have a case of water bottles when Kim drinks to much.” Adrien assures. “And I assume you are looking forward to Alya’s Bachelorette party?”

“Considering that I planned it.” Marinette answered with a confident smile.

Marinette’s phone began vibrating.

“Oh shoot, Its 8 already? I need to hurry home. I have a video call with Luka in Half an hour.”

Marinette rushes back to her things and packs up.

“Don’t rush too much. I think Luka would prefer his girlfriend late and alive.”

“Thank you Kitty for that lovely reminder.” She smiled with an eyeroll.

“Have a good night Marinette.” Adrien waved.

“You too.” She reciprocated the feeling before the door closed.

Adrien smile faded a bit. He wondered if Kagami would have energy for a phone call. He needed a reminder of how great his life is. How perfect it will be.

“Well, almost perfect.” He spoke softly.

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oakdbjeidiskanqbba

5 years ago

…THAT CHEEK KISS WAS CUTE…

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oakdbjeidiskanqbba

5 years ago

YOU CAN’T SHOW ME THIS AND EXPECT ME TO NOT SHIP IT

Likeee

Ok. So this is just something I noticed in the ep. Earlier, we get this adorable scene where Luka and Marinette just click and seem to get the same idea with no other communication whatsoever. Like, they already know what each other is thinking and they know the other knows too. Initially, I thought was a Ladynoir parallel because they usually do the same thing during their own trysts.

But then, later on in the episode, Chat Noir and Ladybug look like they’re at a total dissonance. Maybe it’s a post-Oblivio effect or Chat’s more dense than usual, but the point is Ladynoir somehow doesn’t have that same level of communication as before. Like Ladybug gives up pretty quickly and just ends up texting him everything…and even then, Chat Noir kinda takes a while to get it, and makes a lot of jokes along the way. (Like why was he so happy about the fact that Ladybug might be her superhero persona permanently? Like, he even joked about it being a good thing? Weird flex, but ok)

Like, no salt…but that’s weird, right? Like why are these two situations being presented to us in the audience, when clearly, in previous episodes Ladynoir have no trouble communicating their plans without words and even get back to that rhythm later on?

Like, is it to show us that, hopefully, maybe, finally, there’ll be some change in the dynamics? Because season 1 Mari would have never been so taken with another dude (e.g. Nino, Nath, Chat Noir), but now Adrien doesn’t even cross her mind. Like, color me impressed, that’s development I didn’t expect. (And I’m kinda hoping it sticks).

Like, these are only my unorganized thoughts, feel free to disagree with me. But did anyone else notice the difference in atmosphere with the Ladynoir confession scenes and the Lukanette confession scenes we’ve had so far?

Anyways, I still ship Love Square but I also ship Lukanette and rn, I think deviance from the love square would be good for them, because Oblivio showed that without all the complicated factors of the love square with idealization and stuff, Adrienette is adorable. Meanwhile, Lukanette is a mutually supportive relationship where Marinette and Luka can both benefit from, and even if it doesn’t work out in the long run, they look like they’d be pretty happy together for the short time they would have.

(P.S. Rose looking confused is a MOOD)

Edit: So, I re-watched the ep, and apparently the whole Chat Noir thing being too nonchalant about Ladybug’s situation was an oversight on my part. Sorry about that. He looks pretty distressed before making a joke about it. Unfortunately Ladybug doesn’t take it too well. But even with that thought, Chat was pretty wholesome this ep so I didn’t mind tbh.

Also, this ep is apparently before Oblivio? Thanks to @karokitten-chan for pointing that out. Now, I’m curious about the in-between episodes but that’s another post.

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4 years ago