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I am Wander (or Magi). A simple alien who enjoys writing, learning, and is in general a very excitable dog in a trench coat.

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I apologize if you came here for my writing and found a lot of shit posts and yelling about food crimes. I use the following tags for;

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Food related: #food talk

I have several feral cats (mutuals) that I interact with a lot that have their own tags. I did absolutely steal the alliteration thing from Cheeto. No regrets. :D

hotcheetowastaken - #cheeky cheeto

somer-writes - #sassy somer

evablueblanket - #effervescent eva

estelian-01 - #effortless este

marcusdoodlesalot - #marvelous marcus

needfantasticstories - #super skip

There a probably a couple I’m missing but I’ll update this as we go.

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As I said before, I do write! I have an AO3 account under the same name -> wanderlustmagician

My current word count there is: 31,020

My goal word count for the end of Feb 2024: 45,000 (69% achieved)

Writing tags:

#wandering pen / #theres an au for that

I currently mostly write and post for Linked Universe (Legend of Zelda). Though I have written for HxH (some works still up under an old user), Tokyo Ghoul, D. Greyman, DC Comics/Batman/Young Justice, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn. Some are posted under a different user, some have been taken down due to personal reasons, and some will never see the light of day.

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Hmm... I'll pick Lukadrinette for this one and I'll admit that this started as one thing and ended up somewhere totally different than planned (but I hope you still like it)! CW: near death experience, angst

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Marinette had been Ladybug for five years when one of the most fearsome akumas attacked. At the onset, she wasn’t worried: she and Chat Noir had faced hundreds if not thousands of foes before and the situation always ended the same-

Their victory.

Even as minutes of fighting stretched into a half hour and then into hours, Marinette had been so sure that they would find a way eventually There were times when Plan A didn’t work and neither did Plan B, but they were still able to come out on top. 

So much of it was thanks to Chat. After she forced herself to let go of what she thought to see what was, Ladybug couldn’t have found a better partner than Chat. He was smart, logical, caring, and always willing to help. He was also able to reassure her and their teammates whenever they were called to help…

Which honestly? The rest of the team was needed today.

Sure, it wasn’t rare nowadays to call upon the rest of Team Miraculous for an assist, so needing to do so now didn’t worry Marinette. She knew that they’d have an extra step up in the battle that had dragged on for so long that Marinette was sure this was the longest fight they’d ever fought. Seeing Viperion touch down on the other side of the raging beast as Rena Rouge and Carapace snuck up from behind made Marinette feel even more supported.

As always. 

Especially with Viperion around.

Worry began to leak in as she heard Viperion call for his second chance not too long after arriving. He normally watched, waited, and planned and it was practically unheard of him to use his special so early in a battle. But Viperion always had his reasons and Marinette trusted him fully so she didn’t question it. 

Never did. 

Never would.

Marinette wasn’t sure how many loops he went through or any of their results, but she knew they had to be bad because the loop she did remember, the loop Viperion chose to be reality, ended with Chat run through on the large sword of the akuma- pushing her out of the way in his haste to protect her from the akuma- and Viperion himself on the end of a cataclysm as he also sheltered her from Chat’s flailing hand filled with destruction. 

“NO!” 

The scream was quickly followed by a series of events that Marinette would not be able to recall later as her need to check on her bleeding partner and dusted teammate garnered all of her attention. She only came back to herself when the burst of ladybugs left a shuddering but fully intact Viperion lying next to a flawless Chat.

Collapsing to her knees next to them, Ladybug sobbed into her hands as the rest of the team surrounded them, none having witnessed the undid demise of their two friends. 

“It’s okay,” Marinette barely heard Chat assure them over the panic and relief rushing through her body. “She just needs a minute. Go home.”

“But our-”

“She’ll collect them from you later.” Chat said, sounding every bit of the second in command he’d become over the years. “Just give us some space.”

Marinette wasn’t sure when the last of them left, all she recognized was the feeling of arms wrapping around her and holding her while she worked through the tsunami of emotions crashing inside of her. 

“It’s okay,” She heard Viperion whisper against her hair. “It’s okay.”

Anger swelled within her because it wasn’t okay! 

Pushing both of them away, Marinette glared at them. She was positive her eyes were as red as her suit. “It’s not okay! You both… Chat, you almost died protecting me!” Her eyes cut to Viperion. “You did die! That’s not okay!”

Chat’s brows furrowed. “But we were protecting you!” 

“You can’t protect me by risking yourself!” She shrieked. “You can’t! You just can’t! Neither of you! I’m not worth both of your lives! Think about the rest of the team! Think about your civilian families! Think about Paris!”

Chat’s mouth pursed into a firm line in an expression Marinette wasn’t used to getting from him. “Try and guilt us all you’d like, Milady, but it won’t work: I will never apologize for saving your life, even if it costs me my own.”

Heart racing, Marinette groaned. “Chat-”

“I agree with him, Ladybug.” Viperion interrupted. “It may be selfish of me, but I would give my life to protect you as well.” 

Exasperated Ladybug turned away, crossing her arms over her chest. “You two are insane.”

There was a beat of silence before Marinette felt gentle fingers wrapped in smooth leather touch her chin, turning her so that she was looking into her partner’s emerald green eyes. “Insane about you, Bugaboo.”

The look in his eyes made her dizzy. “Chat-”

But then another pair of gentle fingers were turning her head the other way, bringing her to stare into the molten golden eyes of the snake. “Because without you, none of this is worth it.”

Tears stung her eyes. “Vi-”

“None of it.” Both men spoke together as if they’d practiced the speech dozens of times.

Marinette’s eyes squeezed closed and she shook her head, pushing away the happy feelings that sprouted at the joint confessions. 

They didn't understand.

But... maybe she could get them to.

“I feel the same way.” She admitted and felt both of their bodies tense in shock. “There is nothing here for me without either of you. So imagine how it felt to see you both down like that: to think that you both were taken away from me so quickly…” As she sucked in a deep breath, silence answered her but, glancing at their faces, she knew they understood her point. “So please don’t do it again. We’ll always find a way to defeat the bad guys without sacrificing ourselves, okay?”

Both men nodded. “Sorry.”

There were a few more beats of silence as they stood on that rooftop above parent before Marinette felt a hand slip into hers.

“To make it up to you,” Chat spoke up and his flirty demeanor ramped back up to its normal level and Marinette felt relieved that he was truly okay. “Why don’t you let us take you out for ice cream? My treat, of course.”

Feeling a bit empty and hungry after such an emotional evening, Marinette found herself nodding. “Sure.”

That seemed to startle the cat - though she wasn’t surprised as she’d been turning his mini dates down for the better part of five years- but the snake picked up where he left off. “Awesome, I know this place that serves the best cone this side of the Seine.”

Marinette smiled. “Then lead the way.”

The fate of the world was in his hands. Literally, in his hands. With the power to reshape reality, vengeance was finally at his fingertips.

Everything he had worked for led him to this point. So then why, was he suddenly overcome with doubt?