#bringo

Rating: Teen & Up

Characters/Pairings: Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Dingo King (OC); Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Dingo King & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Dingo King/Brielle Girard

Summary: Marinette was hoping to dance with Luka at the spring dance.  The only problem?  She…doesn’t actually know how to dance.  Good thing Dingo’s always willing to help out a friend in need.

Author’s Notes/Warnings: I had this mental image of Marinette in pajamas & heels, and the next thing I knew…Idk the past few weeks have been super stressful & I needed something short, sweet, and silly.  😂

“Dance with Me”

“You want me to what now?”

Her face was burning.  It had to be – she could feel the heat flushing her cheeks.  She pressed her lips together and looked away.  Her hands clenched at her sides, clenching and unclenching to dispel some of her nervous energy.  Dingo was still staring at her through those tacky orange shades he had worn that day, his eyes wide and eyebrows high on his forehead.  She blinked quickly – once, twice – when she felt tears pricking at the corners of her eyes.

She hated this.

Asking anyone for help, but especially asking Dingo for help.

She was Ladybug, for Pete’s sake!  She should be able to do anything on her own, and yet…

“Teach me to dance,” she huffed, because that was the one thing she couldn’t learn on her own.  Two weeks of bruises and failed YouTube lessons (and a Miracle Box full of kwamis snickering every time she tripped over her rug or bumped into her desk or decapitated her mannequin) had proven that.  He blinked and lifted his shades to squint at her.

Characters/Pairings: Brielle Girard (OC), Dingo King (OC), Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng; Brielle Girard & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Dingo King/Brielle Girard

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: That time Bri kidnapped Marinette for some Girl Bonding and took her to a Wreck Room because she looked stressed.  Or: “You better not break up again, Couffaine, because she’s totally getting me in the divorce.”  Or: Art Kids Stick Together.

Author’s Notes/Warnings: Andrea Nelson on Insta has some great, easy, fun art ideas, but you know what I don’t think she does have?  An overactive brain that doesn’t shut up when you tell it to and overthinks the simplest tasks to the point of paralyzation.  I think it might be called “executive dysfunction”.

“It’s Called Bonding”

“Luka.”

He glanced up from his phone at Brielle’s sharp voice, his finger pausing on where he’d begun tapping out a message to Marinette.  Her eyes were narrowed, an icy glint to them that reminded him of his ma on “Cleaning Day”.

“Stop.  Moving,” she said through gritted teeth, her lips pursing as she looked back at her easel.  She clearly wasn’t happy with what she saw, though he wasn’t sure if that was more because of him or her own artistic frustrations.  She’d been a bit blocked lately, and she was struggling with her current assignment.  He’d offered to help, because he was a good friend and usually a better model than, say, Dingo, but progress was slow-going at best.  His phone pinged again, and he glanced back to see another message from Marinette.  His lips quirked with a smile, and his finger crept back towards the screen.  “Couffaine!”

…ok, on this particular day he actually wasn’t a better model than Dingo, but it wasn’t entirely his fault.  Marinette had been overly stressed lately with her own block and projects – not to mention more than a few sleepless nights thanks to Shadowmoth – and they’d been texting most of the morning.  Brielle was usually pretty good with her life model drawings, anyway – she didn’t need him to stay perfectly still, and it was just his finger.  He could text and pose at the same time.

I was hoping to get this up today, but I'm still tweaking stuff & that might not happen? Idek what this shitpost!fic is anymore. 😂

“I wasn’t expecting you home, either, Perry," [Sheila said,] "with…your friends…”

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously at said ‘friends’, and she found herself questioning her son’s sexuality all over again.  She knew he was sleeping with Luka, but both he and Luka claimed Luka was with Marinette, and Perry also claimed he was dating the Gir…Brielle.  And they had all apparently thought they’d have the flat to themselves for the afternoon.  Perry had been looking for a movie, but…

Prompt: Flowers

Character/Pairing: Dingo King (OC), Marinette Dupain-Cheng; background Lukanette & Bringo

Rating: T / PG-13 / Teen

Notes: Paper flowers are nothing new, and Bestie (former music major) was actually looking at the sheet music roses for a wedding bouquet once.  I have no idea if you could actually do this with photo negatives, but wouldn’t it be neat?

Dingo doesn’t believe in flowers.  Not like, say, Rose or Marinette do.  He’s pretty sure Bri doesn’t, either, but Bri’s still a girl and girls are supposed to like flowers.

Prompt: Beloved

Character/Pairing: Dingo King (OC)/Brielle Girard (OC), background Lukanette

Rating: T / PG-13 / Teen

Notes: I was very under the weather yesterday, so double update today.  Whoooo let’s do this!  (I feel like this is a little…not rushed, but like I was trying to fit too much into the allotted time?  Idk.)

Dingo is the kind of person who loves fully.  Completely.  Recklessly.

He knows Luka’s not the same way.  Luka’s always been more guarded, more careful with his heart – though when he does give it, he gives it just as completely.  It’s how Dingo knew Marinette was going to be around for a long, long time, back when Luka first came to school after the music festival humming unfinished tunes.

Prompt: Glow

Character/Pairing: Dingo King (OC), Luka Couffaine, Harmony Couffaine (OC), Brielle Girard (OC); Bringo, Lukanette

Rating: T / PG-13 / Teen

Notes: I had the idea of Bri telling Dingo she was pregnant (“baby glow”), but then Toddler Harmony kinda just took over.  Oops. xD  (I usually play Harmony as more mellow & Melody as the little ball of Chaos, but I’m thinking Harmony was pretty chaotic as a kid and mellowed out as she grew up (and had to Big Sister to four other Couffaines).  HEY THIS WAS A DINGO CHALLENGE WHAT’S THE HOUSE BAND DOING HERE?!

“…Bri’s acting weird,” Dingo whispers into his phone.  There’s an amused sound on the other end, one that neither agrees nor disagrees with him.

“What did you do this time?” Luka asks.  There’s a giggle, followed by a muffled curse.  “No, no, no – Harm, we need pants today!  Maman’s taking you to see Ma S, remember?  Pants!”

Dingo smiles a little as he hears Harmony’s toddler voice scream a very vocal NO at her papa, but the smile disappears when he hears movement beyond the bedroom.  He leans back against the door and gulps.

“I did nothing,” he pouts.  “Why d’you always assume I did something?”

Prompt: Fruit

Character/Pairing: Dingo King (OC), Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng; Lukanette.

Rating: T / PG-13 / Teen

Notes: This ties into my fic “Of Punky Bois & Punky Colors”, where Luka and Mari get together over hair dye.  One of the things in that fic is Marinette starts using berry-flavored lip gloss bc Luka/’s hair dye smells like berries, so there’s kinda this running gag of berry-flavored kisses.  (Also Quick totally came up with the Officer Roger line, and I stole it like the dirty pirate I am.  xD)

Dingo’s grin is stretching so wide it hurts, but he can’t really help it.  Marinette had shown up to school that morning with Luka.  And pink hair.  And they were holding hands.

…and when Juleka and Rose went to tug her away so they weren’t late to their first class, they had kissed goodbye.