“Aaaaah, there it is. I know that smile!” Cadence said, with a slight smirk of triumph. “Act all about being the Queen of Cool that you want. Never giving an inch. I can tell what you really feel.”

“What I… I really feel?” Marinette mumbled.

“I’m the literal Princess of Love, don’t try to lie to me about this kind of thing,” Cadence went on. In the background, Marinette’s laptop was open to a picture of whom she assumed was her partner. “Trust me, it never works. You may not have worked it out just yet, but I can tell there’s something there. Which is good for me really!”

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Or not knowing why her relationship with Cat is on the rocks, Marinette enacts a desperate Lucky Charm. She has regrets, so many regrets.

Crossposted from Archive Of Our Own, and I don't own Ladybug. Just playing in the ZAG sandbox.

(Featured on July 27th and the 28th)