Cartoon lover

“Please…”

Chat Noir: I promise.

Marinette: So there’s this guy, Luka-

adrien having marinette’s back regarding the l*la situation, 

This boy gave her his umbrella even though he barely knew her, and she didn't even like him.

He was 100% down to kiss her for a silly class film project.

He compliments her every single opportunity he gets.

He was a shy little bean about coming to hang out with her at her house for the first time.

Homie is a whole ass famous model, and he felt less than in her presence.

He dropped everything to go serve as a translator for her.

He will 100% tackle her out of danger and cradle her head while doing so.

He likes to hold/touch her hands.

And wink at her.

Gives her all the soft looks.

Gets real up in her space which he doesn't do with anyone else.

He carries around the lucky charm she gave him and treasures it.

He was totes cool with intimately slow dancing with her even though no one else in the room was dancing that way.

He wanted to try her macarons out of everyone's

He worked really hard making her gift for her birthday even to the extent of asking his father, the king of fashion, if it was good enough because he wanted it to be perfect.

He values her friendship so much.

Out of all the couples in their class, he went to her for love advice because he feels comfortable with her.

He ditched his date because she fell down.

He was really awkward and shy around her while playing her love interest in a music video.

He was so excited to get to come to her picnic and disappointed when he thought there wouldn't be enough for him.

He gave a whole ass speech about how amazing she is and how much she reminds him of the girl he loves.

He was so scared to break her heart when he thought she was in love with Chat.

When he had no memory of who he was, he saw a badass, cute girl and was like yep, I'm totally in love with her.

He spent a whole weekend searching a foreign country to get her medicine he thought she needed.

He was 10000% down to snuggle up and take a nap with her on a train ride.

He was so scared when he thought she didn't like him.

He is immediately excited at the idea of Marinette being Ladybug aka the girl he loves

He begged her to escape with him and Kagami.

He full stopped when he saw her with her hair down for the first time and gushed about how pretty she is.

I want Marinette and Luka dating for a little while, but I want Marinette pretty quickly realizing that Luka isn’t the right person for her. Sometimes two people can just not fit, and that’s the case here. They agree to remain friends.

I want Adrien trying to date Kagami. I want Kagami becoming increasingly frustrated because Adrien is paying so much attention to Marinette. I want Kagami making the decision to end things, because she wants someone who looks at her the way Adrien looks at Marinette.

(I want Kagami and Marinette maintaining and bettering their friendship because not everything is about boys.)

I want Ladybug realizing that Chat is the only person who she has always been able to depend on. I want her realizing that she has feelings for Chat, but believing that she can’t be with him because she thinks that, in a terrible alternate future, their love got Chat akumatized.

I want Chat believing that he should move on from Ladybug because she’s told him that she’s happily dating someone, and Adrien showing more interest in Marinette as a result. Everyone (Plagg, Nino, now Kagami!) thinks he’s into Marinette. Is there something to that?

Yup, I want the reverse lovesquare. I want Ladybug secretly pining over Chat and Adrien realizing that maybe he does like Marinette.

Except I want Adrien asking Marinette out because why not? They’re friends and everyone is telling him to go for it! So he does.

And Marinette is in love with Chat but she still likes Adrien. I want her conflicted because she also believes that in the alternate timeline, Adrien told someone about her identity. I want her deciding that that’s a different timeline and that she can’t hold something against Adrien that technically never happened. So long as Adrien doesn’t find out who she is, it’s okay.

So… why not? I want Marinette saying yes, but the burn of her crush has subsided into comfortable warmth and she can actually get two words out around Adrien. So I want them dating. Happily dating. And that garbage piece of trash Adrien calls a father is too preoccupied with healing the Peacock miraculous to pull the same stunt as he did in Chat Blanc.

So now I want Ladybug to be torn because she loves Adrien but goddamn Chat looks so happy when he talks about his girlfriend and it’s killing her but she wants to be happy for him and she will be happy for him no matter how much it hurts.

I want Chat focused on his friendship with Ladybug; he loves Marinette but Ladybug needs all the friendship and support he can muster. He’s dedicated to being there for her no matter what. And I want Ladybug leaning on him more than ever as the pressures of being the Guardian mount.

(I want Ladybug telling Chat to get help during a battle and trusting him to find someone. I want Chat grabbing the Mouse miraculous but being unable to find Marinette, and then freaking out to Ladybug that he can’t find Marinette while she awkwardly reassures him. Seriously. I think that would be hilarious.

Simultaneously, I want Adrien feeling guilty he can’t be there for Ladybug as Aspik because he was such a shitty Snake miraculous user. Never mind Plagg repeatedly pointing out that Adrien can’t be there because he’s Chat Noir for god’s sake)

Then I want the reveal. I want tears. I want realizations.

I want Ladybug telling Chat about that alternate future. I want Adrien telling Marinette that she makes him so happy he could never be akumatized over her or their love. But that if he was, he’s not afraid. Because he believes in her. She’s already saved him.

I want Ladybug realizing that Chat would never have told someone about her identity. I want them coming to the logical conclusion that someone must have seen them, and realizing that they have to be twice as careful.

But I want them being careful together. I want the lovesquare. I want Ladybug sharing some guardian secrets with Chat because the burden is too great for one girl. I want to see more Mister Bug and Lady Noire, but with awareness and cute flirting and a kiss! I want Mister Bug and Marinette interaction, and Lady Noire and Adrien interaction. I want these sweet kids to have some support for once; I want them to be able to lean on each other.

Because I’m sick of pointless drama and the near-reveals or reveals that get magically erased. And if I were one of the ML writers, this is how I’d make it happen. Maybe at some point I’ll make all this rambling into a fic, but in the meantime -