#zaphirite

Functionally Immortal by @miranda-gilastorm

You are Functionally Immortal, however, your life force is connected to a cat that can die to anything but old age. You must protect the cat to stay alive. Having lived alongside the cat for centuries, one day it disappears.

Hell yeah! Literal actual cat (cursed) Adrien! Guardian/witch Marinette! I wish there was more of this fic

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Paws Fur Coffee by Zaphirite

He was so sure that Ladybug would already push him off a rooftop if she knew his civilian identity worked at a café called “Paws Fur Coffee” of all names (the owner is a dog person, but he’ll take it), but his flub on the chalkboard menu just topped it all off.

His neat handwriting read back to him: “Chai Noir”.

(In which Adrien Agreste has some really cool ideas about the special drink of the week and gets to know a regular customer.)

I'm going to be traveling soon and need more things to listen to. Ideally on AO3 because its the platform I'm the most familiar with.

To give an idea, I'm going to list off a few of my favorite tropes and favorite stories. Any suggestions are really appreciated, but I probably won't read crossovers or smut. Polyamory isn't my cup of tea, but I'm not going to judge a fic just for that.

Marichat is my favorite side of the love square. I'm also partial to Adrien and Chat both 'competing' for Marinette's attention. Tangentially, I'm a huge fan of Adrien acting like Chat and fics where Marinette identifies Adrien as just Chat's civilian form. Caught in the Chat by Boogum is my favorite Civilian Chat Noir fic.

I'm also a big fan of Marinette (as a civilian) being a badass and/or defending Chat Noir (physically in an akuma fight or verbally if someone talks badly about him). Specifically, I absolutely LOVE Hero by Karmic14.

Post-reveal, pre-relationship is also delightful. If At First You Don't Succeed by Leisey is a favorite of mine, meaning I read it at least once a day for over a week straight when I first found it.

Fics where they meet each other later in life are amazing. Paws Fur Coffee by Zaphirite was one of the first fics I bookmarked and I fall back on it whenever I need a pick-me-up. I also adore Can I Steal You For A Second? by AsAlwaysMir, but I find myself not having enough time to get through it.

As are fics where they re-connect later in life Chasing The C/h/atwalk by Inkkerfuffle. Another fic that I find myself regularly coming back to for this situation is Kitty, It's Cold Outside by overworkedunderwhelmed.

I also really like crack fics, especially ones that (while totally wild) actually tell a story. A Bun in the Oven??? by madbug is one I come back to fairly often. However, my favorite cracky series is Unconventional Scenarios by Ramasa, followed by the series Miraculous Coffee by CoffeeBanana.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may or may not decide to offer.