a large miraculous fic rec list
i’ve been meaning to do this for a while but i’ve finally got a huge fic rec list. like. there’s a lot
fics with little stars next to them are my personal favorites!
feel free to add on to the list! i’m always looking for more fics to read
Check Plus One by volti
Rated T
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Marinette is finally going to do it. She’s finally going to ask Adrien on a date. Of course, this poses a bit of a problem when he asks her first.
The Two Of Us by AnabielVriskaMars 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 12/?
Summary: Marinette watched Adrien with poorly concealed desperation. She couldn’t pay for college, or an apartment, or even her meals. Not like this. All she wanted was his advice, little good though it will make. Adrien held her gaze. “What if I marry you?”
Truthful Scars by frostedpuffs (another one of mine.. shh)
Rated T
Chapters: 21/21
Summary: Adrien Agreste has never been an expert in controlling his emotions. When feelings for his classmate in pigtails begin to arise, he can’t stop himself from seeing her any chance he gets—even when wearing a pair of cat ears and a black tail. Although his affections are strong and true, he doesn’t exactly know how to deal with them, especially under the watchful eye of his father. After all, what’s a boy to do when he accidentally finds out that the girl he’s got a crush on returns his feelings?
We Need To Talk by frostedpuffs (don’t mind me… just putting one of my own on here….)
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Adrien and Marinette have been together for nearly five months now. When an akuma attack hits the school and Marinette can’t get away to transform quick enough, Chat Noir comes to her rescue, but does something Marinette would have never, ever expected.
first day of my life by belligerent 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Gamer AU, Ladybug and Chat Noir fight akumas through online gaming rather than in real life.
Telltale by Zizzani
Rated T
Chapters: 12/12
Summary: It all starts with a simple injury, but slowly Ladybug begins to really see who Chat Noir is, and Adrien begins to see Marinette…
Keep It In Your Plants by Reyxa
Rated T
Chapters: 7/?
Summary: Flower Shop/University AU! Adrien and Marinette meet after Mari accidentally trips over one of Adrien’s flower displays and their friendship blossoms from there. Lots of fluff.
Lucky Us by PrincessKitty1 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 8/?
Summary: Marinette Dupain-Cheng’s life isn’t going as planned: twenty-six, recently dumped, and running her parents’ bakery. The highlights of her day are the emails sent by her mysterious pen pal, Chat Noir. That is, until handsome model Adrien Agreste starts swinging by the bakery after hours. But how is he to know the Ladybug he loves is standing right in front of him?
Tikki’s New Friend by panda013 (Amiria_Raven)
Rated G
Chapters: 10/10
Summary: The dog was easily the height of his chest, and the young woman walking it could have only come up to his shoulder. But she was just cheerfully walking along beside the dog, chatting and laughing happily with a redheaded young woman. The dog was a big black beast—he didn’t know the breed then, nor did he particularly care, but it whined pitifully when its equally dark-haired owner paused to read a street sign. She just giggled and reached out a hand to ruffle its fur, and the giant’s tail wagged happily.
One Thing After Another by SKayLanphear
Rated G
Chapters: 15/15
Summary: Marinette notices that, sometimes, Adrien acts a little out of the ordinary–like the time he stood in a cardboard box for no reason, or when he actually hissed at Nino. It’s only when she starts to notice the similarities between Adrien and a certain feline that she begins to get suspicious.Basically, Adrien acts like a cat when he probably shouldn’t.
inking indigo by matchaball
Rated G
Chapters: 4/?
Summary: Marinette is used to the fantastic and the impossible; she inks them on people’s skin everyday and watches them spark to life as soulmates come to find each other.An inevitable fate, one might call it. As if there isn’t a choice. Such circumstance is more a stubborn inconvenience to someone who believes otherwise. Marinette makes it a habit of defying the impossible as often as she can, even in the face of the new boy at the flowershop who quietly enters her orbit and offers her uncharted gardens of stargazers and cosmos to discover and claim.
Pick-Up and Chase by SKayLanphear 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 7/?
Summary: A story in which Adrien is flustered, Marinette is smooth as glass at dropping lines, and Chat Noir gets the romance he was always asking for–even if he doesn’t quite know how to handle it.
my compass may be broke (but you follow where I go) by HearJessRoar
Rated T
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: “No wonder you didn’t care that Adrien was getting all chummy with Ladybug, you’ve been sneaking around with Chat Noir! Does Adrien know about this?” Adrien, who was well aware that his girlfriend quite liked kissing Chat Noir, said nothing from his perch on the chaise.
Paws Fur Coffee by Zaphirite
Rated G
Chapters: 6/6
Summary: 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”.
Intense [Like Camping] by kali_asleep
Rated T
Chapters: 2/? (Hasn’t updated in a while, unsure if being continued)
Summary: It was supposed to be the perfect graduation trip: four days, just the four of them, camping in the forest. But things just don’t work out that way for Adrien and Marinette. As it turns out, the only thing worse than an accidental reveal is an accidental reveal in the middle of nowhere.
Sleepy Cuddles by quicksilversquared
Rated G
Chapters: 3/3
Summary: Both Adrien and Marinette have the tendency to cuddle up to others in their sleep, as both Nino and Alya have experienced. So when the opportunities arise, they toss their friends together and let the snuggles commence.
Snuggle Bug by imthepunchlord
Rated G
Chapters: 5/5
Summary: In the winter time, ladybugs slow down to hibernate, and have been known to stowaway inside homes for warmth. Marinette is no different. As a true, sleepy and cold Ladybug, she’ll latch onto anything that moves. And is warm.
did you get my message? by mazberrypie
Rated G
Chapters: 2/2
Summary: After a long night of working on some designs, Marinette doesn’t do a very good job of checking who she is texting.
Freckles, Dots, and Ladybug Spots by caibi
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: He traced the spots on her skin like they were parts of a constellation; little stars that would light the way. He didn’t know he’d follow the trail to the one he’d been meant to find.
Black Cats And Curtain Calls by BullySquadess 🌟
Rated G
Chapters: 4/4
Summary: The actor spoke out with a friendly smile, his voice carrying through the theater to fill each corner with a rich tone. Marinette could practically feel half the audience fall in love… herself included.
((THEATRE!AU))
Chasing the C/h/atwalk. by Inkkerfuffle 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 13/13
Summary: Paris. The city of lights, love and fashion. Follow the progress of Marinette Dupain Cheng as she enters the extremely competitive world of Reality television for a chance to be the winner of Project Runway: France.
Quiet Ice, Silent Nights by Thelastpilot
Rated G
Chapters: 8/8
Summary: Cat Noir is on a late night patrol when he catches sight of an elegant lone figure skater, and is surprised to discover it is his classmate Marinette.
The Date by Magical_Awesome_Kid
Rated G
Chapters: 6/6
Summary: They had a simple deal: one date. Chat had one date to sweep Ladybug off her feet. If she still didn’t like him in that way at the end of the day, he’d give up his attempts altogether. Ladybug took the deal, knowing that her heart belonged to another. But we know them too well.
to you, i thee wed by megamegaturtle (Added 9/2/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 3/?
Summary: Married at First Sight AU. They didn’t know they were marrying each other until the bride got to the altar. And then panic ensued.
spin cycle by tonguetiedcat (Added 9/2/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 4/?
Summary: Adrien Agreste is on his own. Twenty years old and recently moved out of his childhood home, he has to learn the basics of adulthood: cooking, cleaning, laundry. It’s all new to him, but he finds that it isn’t so bad when he keeps seeing a certain blue-eyed, pig-tailed woman at the laundromat. He can’t believe it to be a coincidence that they always meet. It has to be destiny.
In Sickness and In Health by kali_asleep (Added 9/2/16) 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 4/4
Summary: It’s not everyday you see a girl passed out on a roof in the middle of the night. But when that girl is a certain Marinette Dupain-Cheng, well, there’s not much else Chat Noir can do but help her, right?
Blind Spots by laundromatic, qookyquiche (Added 9/2/16)
Rated G
Chapters: 1/?
Summary: Cooped up for too long, a blind Adrien decides to take matters into his own hands by entering public school…without his father’s consent. What’s the worst that could happen, right?
Purr by frostedpuffs (Added 9/2/16)
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: One of Marinette’s most favorite things is the way Adrien can purr. Sometimes she just can’t help but reach out to pet his hair, even while they’re in the middle of class.
Talk To Me by 1004_Angel (Added 9/2/16)
Rated G
Chapters: 14/?
Summary: Character A couldn’t sleep and decided to call Character B. But instead miss-dialed the number by two, and ends up talking to Character C, a complete stranger. But Character A doesn’t know this until an hour into the conversation when they call them by Character B’s name. And Character C finally speaks up to say Character A has the wrong number. Character A becomes embarrassed and hangs up the phone. But not before saving Character C’s number. Because you never know when you need to talk to a stranger again.
Soon Today Will Be Tomorrow by Reyxa (Added 9/2/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Marinette plopped down in her seat, groaning. “Today has been just peachy.”
“Sorry Princess, I didn’t mean to burst in like that.” Chat gave a small smile as he passed her a bandage. “I guess… I was distracted.”
“Yeah I can tell something’s on your mind. You’ve spoken like ten sentences and not one of them had a cat pun.” she joked lightly.
He shoved a hand through his hair. “I’m proposing tomorrow.” he whispered.
Step Inside My Heart by Reyxa (Added 9/2/16)
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Marinette held the the marker to her face, and Sabine watched on with fear. “Marinette, no!” But she was too late. Marinette had drawn a full, curling mustache on her lovely face.
She giggled, pigtails bouncing. “Mama, I look like Papa now!”
“Mama?” Marinette tugged gently on a lock of Sabine’s hair.
“Yes, cherie?”
“Why does he have Papa’s mustache too?” Marinette pointed at Adrien whose face was pressed against the glass protecting the pastries, green eyes wide.
Sabine had to do a double take but sure enough, Adrien was sporting a marker-drawn mustache identical to her own daughter’s.
“Well, Madame,” Adrien’s mother laughed. “Seems like our children are meant for each other.”
tangled ribbons by demistories (Added 10/1/16)
Rated G
Chapters: 12/?
Summary: Marinette is a small studio dancer who wins a scholarship to a summer long ballet intensive. Adrien is a famous ballet dancer who would rather be at home than at said intensive. The end of the summer will bring about a showcase that could make Marinette’s career, if she can ignore Chloé and focus on something other than Adrien. Sore muscles, coffee breaks, and video chats ensue. And there is an awful lot of fondue.
combining these two categories since I don’t read too many of them
Sealed Away by ashesandhoney
Rated T
Chapters: 29/? (Hasn’t updated in a few months—unsure if discontinued, but still worth the read!)
Summary: Set five years after Ladybug left Paris and Chat Noir is still trying to hold it all together without her.
cold floors by demistories
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Chloe/Adrien friendship. Adrien feels sorry for being a bad friend.
Serendipitous Fate by SKayLanphear 🌟 (who ISN’T reading this fic it’s so good)
Rated M
Chapters: 19/32
Summary: Adrien is excited to reveal his true identity, while Marinette is terrified. But Master Fu says they can’t afford to be distant any longer. Chat Noir and Ladybug are meant to work in tandem both in and out of uniform, their strength stemming from the bond created between them. Yet, teenagers are sometimes better at dancing blind than running with wide open eyes, even with the steps laid out before them. Steps in the path of an expanding world. Apart, they’ll flounder. But together, they might just stand a chance.
My Last Thoughts are of You by SKayLanphear
Rated T
Chapters: 3/3
Summary: When a freak accident sends Marinette into critical condition, the only thing she can think about is Chat Noir. She wasn’t going to make it and someone had to tell him. Otherwise, he’d never know what had happened to her–why his lady had never returned. And, as it just so happens, Adrien is there with her near the end, so she decides that he can take the message to Chat just as well as anyone. No character death, I promise. (This fic will make you cry.)
The Tendencies series by KryallaOrchid
Rated T
Three fics, all complete
Summary: Miraculous have side effects. From pats becoming a necessity to eating flowers, follow Adrien and Marinette as they come to terms with their new tendencies, and each other. Hawk Moth is coming.
bye-bye, little butterfly by theprimrosepath
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Adrien has to relearn a world without Marinette in it.
pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere by myillusionsgone
Rated G
Chapters: 12/12
Summary: there were too many secrets in this city, and sooner or later, someone would choke on them. — marinette, adrien. Nearly three years after they first started to be Ladybug and Chat Noir, Marinette and Adrien find themselves with their backs to the wall. Or so it seems.
Without You by Inkkerfuffle
Rated T
Chapters: 3/3
Summary: The apartment is far too quiet now, far too lonely and cold now that Adrien had moved out. It’d been one week since he had finally taken all his stuff and moved away, and it’d been six days since Marinette had finally gathered the courage to set foot back inside the home they once shared. It just wasn’t supposed to end like this. In fact, it wasn’t supposed to end at all.
I Do? by SKayLanphear
Rated T
Chapters: 4/4
Summary: Marinette and Adrien are getting married! Unfortunately, Adrien is bothered by the fact that he didn’t invite Ladybug, while Marinette gets cold feet every time Chat Noir flits through her head. A story of mixed up love, rash mistakes, and two oblivious superheroes who should have figured things out a long time ago.
Impostor Syndrome by highspeedearth (Added 9/2/16) 🌟
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Impostor Syndrome: when you believe it is only a matter of time before they find out you don’t know what you are doing.
Marinette had a bad day, and this time transforming into Ladybug doesn’t help.
Chat Noir plucks her off the Eiffel Tower for a pep talk.
Breaking News by SKayLanphear (Added 10/1/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 2/2
Summary: A nasty reporter hunts down Ladybug and Chat Noir until he finds out their identities, before promptly releasing the information to all of Paris. As a result, Marinette and Adrien not only have to deal with knowing one another’s identities, but the rest of the world knowing as well.
You’re definitely sinning reading these
Satisfaction Brought It Back by siderealSandman 🌟
Rated E
Chapters: 19/?
Summary: Most people rekindled friendships with people from high school over Facebook or Twitter. Most people met for coffee, shared pictures of their bratty children, and sent old friends Christmas letters once a year. Marinette was clearly not most people as she had somehow hooked up with her former high school crush on a bondage dating website and didn’t know it until he was standing in front of her with an identical look of bemused embarrassment plastered all over his pretty face.
Sugar, Sugar. by BullySquadess 🌟
Unrated
Chapters: 2/?
Summary: Sugar daddy AU. She needs money, he has money. He needs companionship, she’s his companion. In which two people find the thing they need the most in each other….
Sunshine by okapifeathers (giratinas)
Rated E
Chapters: 8/?
Summary: Adrien feels a little warmer than usual when he looks at Marinette today. It’s probably just the summer heat, nothing to worry about. Right?
You’d Be Oh So Nice To Come Home To by Operamatic
Rated E
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: Adrien and Marinette are busy. Between their jobs, moving, and attempting to be actual adults, they’ve barely seen each other. So what happens when she comes home with a haircut and he’s sporting a new set of glasses? They break in the kitchen table, of course.
Le Chat Noir by ParadiseAvenger 🌟
Rated E
Chapters: 10/10
Summary: Le Chat Noir was the most popular strip club in Paris. Marinette could explain how she wound up there the first time, but she couldn’t explain how she kept coming back.
Too Real by PearLynn
Rated E
Chapters: 5/5
Summary: She knows that her hormones will be the end of her, sooner or later. And with the way Chat is looking at her now, she knows it will be sooner.
Summer in the City by kali_asleep
Rated M
Chapters: 3/3
Summary: In which Adrien discovers that peaches aren’t the only thing in season.
Clear as Day by orphan_account
Rated E
Chapters: 5/5
Summary: Adrien blames his insomnia on Ladybug. He copes through the only way he knows how.
The Consequences of Midnight Makeouts by Faequeen40
Rated T
Chapters: 3/3
Summary: Marinette has a very distinctive hickey and it seems like the universe is out to get her.
Porte-Boner by abadmeanman (Added 9/2/16)
Rated M
Chapters: 22/?
Summary: Under the watchful eye of Alya, Marinette and Adrien discover that alcohol is a powerful social lubricant. One very informative game of truth or dare later, two drunk teens have to sneak out of bed and go save Paris. Sure hope that doesn’t become a theme.
Strictly Business by KawaiiKekeChan (Added 9/2/16)
Rated E
Chapters: 8/?
Summary: It has been ten years since she had last seen him in the flesh. Ten years since their one-night-stand, and suddenly those mortifying memories were swimming before her. Judging by the way Adrien’s face has turned ashen, he too was facing a similar replay.
Smoulder by midnightstarlightwrites (Added 10/1/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 19/?
Summary: In which Adrien loses a bet and becomes an underwear model, Marinette loses her mind, and the whole fiasco starts a fire which might lead to the pair discovering their identities.
some fics i haven’t read all the way through to know its category or just some i cant shove into a specific category (but still love)
Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too) by LooseScrewsLefty, takethembystorm
Rated G
Chapters: 12/?
Summary: Of all things Marinette expected to find when she answered the knocking on the bakery’s front door at four in the morning, her superhero partner was pretty low on the list.
The Space Between Us by chassecroise (rhapsodyinpink)
Rated T
Chapters: 13/?
Summary: What’s a ladybug to do when her kitten becomes a cat?
The Night Patrol by chassecroise (rhapsodyinpink)
Rated T
Chapters: 9/10
Summary: Ladybug and Chat Noir independently discover each others’ civilian identities, and start doing their own night patrols to secretly learn more about one another. In the process, they find themselves falling even harder for each other—but when they fight together, both feel compelled to pretend that they don’t know the truth.
A Werecat in London by ThornQueen 🌟
Rated M
Chapters: 25/?
Summary: After an unfortunate encounter with an akuma while in London on a business trip, Chat Noir is forced to deal with the unexpected consequences. Can Ladybug help him return to his normal self, or will he be stuck for the rest of his life getting in touch with his wild side?
B is for Bourgeois by Zizzani
Rated T
Chapters: 7/?
Summary: How will Chloe discovering Ladybug’s identity affect the way she views her idol? And the way she views Marinette.
Bare Necessities by Reyxa 🌟
Rated M
Chapters: 17/17
Summary: Art School AU where Adrien is the nude model in Marinette’s human figure class. Major sin warning but it’s more awkward than sexy. Definitely not for little ears… or eyes I guess…
Pas de Chance by InsanitySilver
Rated G
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: A July night finds Paris tossed into chaos and two heroes scrambling for shelter. Ladybug takes Chat Noir to the only safe place she knows: home.
xxx by hchano, littleblackchat
Rated G
Chapters: 5/?
Summary: He knows. The two words reverberated in an unwelcome mantra that haunted Marinette’s every thought and action. Brushing her teeth in the morning, each stroke echoed the rhythm. Every chewing knash of her teeth, every step on her way to school, every tap-tap, tap-tap of her pencil against paper rang in her ears, ‘he knows, he knows, he knows’. He knows I’m Ladybug.
boom, clap (the sound of my heart) by chassecroise (rhapsodyinpink)
Rated T
Chapters: 1/1
Summary: You can learn a lot of things about someone during a thunderstorm. Sometimes even more than you bargained for. (A post-Jackady Ladrien/Adrinette one-shot)
How to Fail at Dating a Superhero by emerald_moons (Added 9/2/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 15/15
Summary: It all started when Adrien Agreste bid on Ladybug at an auction and won a date with her. At least, that’s how it was supposed to go.
Sting by KryallaOrchid (Added 9/2/16) 🌟
Rated T
Chapters: 20/?
Summary: When Chat Noir inexplicably disappears, leaving Ladybug beehind to face Papillon on her own, a new wielder is chosen to keep the akuma from swarming. Ladybug is adamant she doesn’t want another partner buzzing around and why is this newbee flirting with her? Meanwhile, Adrien just wishes Ladybug would stop bugging out and listen to him because his bee puns are fuzz-tastic.
wanna chat? by demistories (Added 10/1/16)
Rated T
Chapters: 8/?
Summary: A hilarious group chat fic that had me laughing during class.
im sure there’s tons more i haven’t read so feel free to add on!
annaxmalina
origamiaround
izzy806
discoholicmusic
blakekathryn
