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From @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers: Secret Admirer Exchange 2025 (I'll be getting the compilation post up this weekend but for now check out the works in the tag!)
From @airi-p4: From Above the Stars Ch 13 | Miraculous Escape Ch 7
From @alwaysawkwardd: Broken Melody Ch 38 (COMPLETE!! YAY AWKWARD)
From @haphira: Miraculous Ladybug and the Valiant Annuler Ch 40 | Ch 41
From @verfound: Buttercream Bangers
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Sorry I missed last week, between end of quarter school stuff and an unexpected plague (not one of the serious ones) it was just too much. Two weeks of goodness today!
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From @verfound: "Maman, It's Ok"
From @sassyduckqueen: Rise of Anatis Ch 77
From @mystic-myrtille: The Soulmate Train Ch. 4 | Ch 5
From @rierse: In Your Dreams Ch 21
From @misted-glass-writing: Harmonia's Rise
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LBSC Lukanette Month Fics (for the sake of my sanity, I will just be blogging the tag in the roundup until the month is over, and then I will reblog the summary post with all the individual fics listed; there is also a collection on AO3)
From @mystic-myrtille: The Soulmate Train Ch 4
From @omnoramayday: Hymn for the Missing Ch 7 (COMPLETE - Way to go!!)
From @rierse: In Luck Be a Lady Ch 7 (COMPLETE - You did it congrats!!)
From @smileytrinity: Our Song
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FIC: "Of Found Things and Mme. Stones" (MLB; Lukanette; LBSC Lukanette Month 2024)
@lovebugs-and-snakecharmers is doing a Lukanette Month for September 2024, and we all just kinda tossed some prompts in the disco to compile a list? We ended up with 71 prompts, so I decided I’d roll some dice to pick a prompt, do a twenty minute (ish, bc we all know sometimes they run away from me) sprint, and try to get some short fics out this month?
...who gave these fics the right to be a series? (They probably would have worked fine as chapters, but too late now. 😂)
Read on Ao3
Prompt 07: Street/Craft Fair
The Ring
Marinette gently, quietly closed the door behind her, turning back for one last look at Luka before she went. She doubted the sound of the door closing would wake him: he had fallen asleep before they’d even made it up the stairs to their flat, and she’d had to hoist him over her shoulder and haul his lanky ass up four flights before reaching their front door. That would have been fine, except Carlos – their older neighbor who lived across the hall, who still hadn’t fully warmed up to Luka thanks to his dyed hair and tattoos – had been leaving his own flat, and he had barked out a laugh at the sight. Marinette had offered him a sheepish smile and tried to explain that it had been a really long couple of days, but Carlos just shook his head, patted Luka’s ass, and chuckled “Bienvenidos, mijo” on his way past.
Her idiot boy…fiancé had slept through the whole thing, which was a shame: it was the closest to approval he’d probably ever get from the old man.
(Carlos did adore him – about as much as his wife Manuela – but he still loved to give Luka grief about his appearance and being a rock star. She supposed it was fine: Luka loved to give him grief about the amount of pizza he loved to eat.)
She had maneuvered Luka to their room as soon as she’d had their door open, and she’d dropped him on the mattress as gently as she could. Still, he had groaned and mumbled something incoherent before reaching for her, and she had almost slipped into the bed with him – except she did still have some work that needed done, and he needed his rest.
Neither would get accomplished if she crawled in after him, she thought as she closed the door. He was sprawled out in the center of their bed, her pillow hugged to his chest with his face buried in the damn thing, and that was exactly where he was going to stay until he actually slept.
…she could always wear him out again later.
. : .
Of course, as she would later learn, it had been a really long forty-eight hours leading up to the nine-hour flight from hell, and it was well into the next day before Luka actually stirred.
He had wandered his way out towards dinner time, but that had really only been to shuffle into the bathroom. He’d found her before heading back to bed – just long enough to bend her back over the (thankfully off) stove with a deep kiss – but that hardly counted. She still wasn’t sure he had actually been awake, no matter how thoroughly he’d kissed her.
He’d mumbled something incoherent when she’d climbed into bed that night, and she had barely had time to crawl under the covers before he’d wrapped himself around her. He hadn’t woken, though, and he still wasn’t awake when she slipped back out of bed the next morning.
If she hadn’t been dealing with Couffaine sleeping habits for almost ten years now (first at sleepovers with Juleka and later with him), she might have worried. But as long as he was still breathing, she figured he was fine and let him sleep.
Penny showed up at their front door early the next morning. Marinette was still wearing her dressing gown when she knocked, her first cup of coffee still in hand.
“Guess what wasn’t actually in Barcelona,” Penny said by way of greeting when Marinette opened the door. Her eyes widened as Penny patted the suitcase beside her. “It was mislabeled and about to head to Hong Kong, but you’d be surprised how effective a crocodile can be in tracking down misplaced luggage.”
“Liar,” Marinette laughed, pulling her into a hug. “More like how effective Jagged Stone’s irate wife can be in getting anything done.”
“Well, that, too,” Penny laughed, patting her back. “But years of dealing with Fang doesn’t hurt. Has he calmed down yet?”
“He’s still sleeping,” Marinette said, and Penny’s eyebrows lifted. Marinette waved her in and wheeled the suitcase over to the dining area. She lifted it onto the table and opened it, rooting through the front pockets until she found…she grinned when her fingers brushed against a small box. “He was already exhausted, and losing this didn’t help.”
“Shouldn’t you let him find it first?” Penny asked, an eyebrow lifting as Marinette pulled the ring out and slipped it onto her finger. She held her hand up, her smile growing as she finally saw it. The pink opal burned just as brightly as it did in her memory. “I’m fairly certain he’s supposed to ask you before you start wearing it.
“Oh, he’s not getting this off my finger any time soon,” Marinette laughed, grinning at her. “If he wanted to surprise me, he shouldn’t have told me he lost it in the first place.”
“He was exhausted, Marinette,” Penny said, frowning. “He didn’t know what he was saying. You should give him this. Let him do this properly.”
She gave her a pointed look, and Marinette sighed as she looked back at her hand. She knew Penny was right, but…she really didn’t want to take it off. She liked how it looked – how it felt – there. Like it belonged.
…like she was always supposed to be Marinette Couffaine.
“Just for a little bit?” she asked, looking back at Penny. “I’ll put it back before he wakes up.”
Penny shook her head, but she was smiling as she laid an arm across Marinette’s shoulders and puled her into a half hug. She looked back at her hand, her smile warming as she studied the ring.
“It’s a lovely ring, Marinette,” she said. “Very…you.”
“Lay off,” Marinette giggled, nudging her side. She glanced down at Penny’s own hand, which sported a stone in the shape of a heart and the color of Penny’s hair. It was ringed by black stones on a gunmetal band – not at all traditional, but very rock-n-roll and very ‘Rolling-Stone’, if Jagged did say so himself. “Your ring is so much worse, and this is a family heirloom.”
“Really?” Penny asked, surprised. “I knew Gina gave it to him – she met us in Rome – but he didn’t tell me the story. I figured she had found it at some street fair or something. Some…sorry, but it really does look like cheap costume jewelry.”
“I’m not offended, but only because your ring does, too,” Marinette giggled, sticking her tongue out at her. She looked back at her nonna’s old ring, her smile softening. “I promise you it’s one hundred percent genuine. It was Nonna’s mother’s. Nonna was just a baby when the war started – barely a year old – and her family had to flee Italy before things got really bad. They didn’t make it back until Nonna was almost ten. This ring was the only thing of value her mother was able to bring with them.”
“It’s a beautiful ring, Marinette,” Penny said softly, and Marinette nodded. It was. A round, pink opal sat in the center of the ring, ringed by tiny diamonds and flanked on either side by flowers made of pink quartz. They were generic looking enough, but she had always liked to imagine they were cherry blossoms. The whole thing sat on a gold band, and it had captivated Marinette since she was a little girl.
“Nonna always called me her Little Fairy, but I always thought she was the fairy,” she confessed. “I didn’t understand how opals worked back then – I always thought it was fairy magic that made the stone burn like that, not opal fire. She never bothered correcting me, either.”
Penny laughed, shaking her head.
“It’s very you,” she said. “Luka was really excited when Gina offered. He went through all the trouble of getting Tom and Sabine’s blessing – Jagged was pouting for weeks after that, by the way. He couldn’t understand why Luka didn’t ask for his blessing, too.”
Marinette laughed at that, not surprised at all.
“Of course he was,” she said. “What, do I need to ask him for Luka’s hand first, too?”
“It probably wouldn’t hurt,” Penny snickered. “But you know how Luka is. He’s not a planner. I think part of him honestly didn’t think Tom would even say yes.”
“Dummy,” Marinette said, shaking her head. “Like Papa would ever say no to him.”
“That boy is crazy for you, Marinette,” Penny said, squeezing her shoulders. “He’s not above being completely irrational when it comes to you. I’ve seen him put up with a lot on the road, between his father and the rest of the band, and sometimes I honestly think the only thing that truly scares him is the thought of losing you. Even if he knows it will never happen…I don’t know. It’s like…I don’t know if he saw something. During an akuma attack, back in the day. Maybe that breakup you two had when you were younger. But he says things sometimes, like he’s all too aware of how things could be. How fragile life really is. I think it makes him hold on a bit tighter to how they are.”
Marinette bit her lip. She wondered if Penny realized just how right she actually was.
“I gave him up once, Penny,” she said, brushing her thumb over the opal. “I have no intention of doing so again. He’s stuck with me.” She looked back up at her, her grin coming back. “And he’s going to have to pry this ring off my cold, dead finger.”
Penny laughed and leaned in to smack a kiss against her temple.
“And don’t you let him forget it,” she said. She winked at her. “After you let him get the proposal out, all right? You know he had something big and romantic planned.”
“Luka? Plan?” Marinette gasped, her eyes wide. “How dare you accuse him of such a thing! That’s my future husband you’re slandering, Mme. Stone!”
“Only because I have entirely too much experience wrangling his family, Mme. Stone,” Penny said with a roll of her eyes, but Marinette was too busy grinning at being called Mme. Stone to pick up on her tone. Penny just smiled and shook her head, waving her off. She told her to tell Luka to call her – she wanted him to rest up, but they still had work to do in the studio – and headed towards the door. When Marinette was alone again, she turned back to her ring with a soft smile.
…street fair costume jewelry. Tch.
(…she wasn’t going to think about it. If not for the fact that Tom had known her great-grandmother and could confirm the truth…she wouldn’t put it past Gina Dupain to embellish a tale about smuggled wartime jewels just to entertain her little fairy.)
Welcome to LBSC Lukanette Month 2024! If you're in a hurry, skip on down to the prompt list below, but be sure to check out the rest of the post for information about where and how to post for maximum visibility. Just to be clear, even though we call it LBSC Lukanette month, ANYONE can participate. There's no membership card and you don't have to join the discord or follow the blog.
You will notice we have many more than 30 prompts here - because there's no such thing as too many prompts. This way you can pick and choose which ones speak to you. As with all of our events, the rules are quite laid back (although we do have some hard and fast rules at the bottom of the post regarding the type of content). You may fill as many or as few prompts as you like, as often as you like, in whatever order you like, in whatever format you like (sprint, minific, 30 chapter epic, whatever makes you happy). Our official event dates are September 1 through September 30, but if you post outside of those dates, we'll still reblog. If you're inspired to write something that you wouldn't otherwise have written, our goals are met, so don't fret about the rules - unless rules inspire you, in which case, take the first 30 or the last 30 prompts and write one prompt every day.
If you are having trouble finding a prompt that speaks to you, you can also check out the LBSC Smooch Roulette generator or take a look at our past sprint prompts.
Please make sure to tag @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers in the body of your post so that we can be sure to reblog your work and include it in our final summary post!
If you post to AO3 please tag LBSC Lukanette Month 2024 and add your work to our collection here.
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Blue
Pink
Blackout
Locked In
Getaway/Vacation/Road Trip
Out of Town
Street/Craft Fair
Laundry Snuggles
New Pet
A: says something stupid
B: laughing "Shut up. I love you."
Broken chair
Big Changes/Little Changes
City Walks
Streetlamp
Music
Shipwrecked
Memory loss
Bonfire
Thief
Headphone
Escape
Dorm
Myth
Planetarium
Change
Voice
Opposite
Improvise
Complications
Fancy Dress
Silly Costumes
Stars
Scales
Compass
Rhythm
Lightning/Spark
Mischief
Notebook
Melody
Secrets/Surprises
"Do you trust me?"
"I can't believe our first date ended in the emergency room."
"Why do I feel like you enjoy getting yourself into danger?"
"Are you okay?"
"That was really attractive."
"You're a terrible liar."
"I don't know what you mean."
"You're smiling."
"I missed my chance once. I won't miss it again."
Rooftop
Free fall
Fate
Concert
Bridge
Piercing
"It‘s not what it looks like!"
"I already take care of 18 little guys so what‘s one more?"
"Is that my hoodie?"
Ink
Fortune
Famous
Panda
"Love is a choice, and I've made mine."
"Look, I know I don't deserve a second chance. But I'm hoping you'll let me have one anyway."
Unexpected
Stage fright
Nail polish
First tattoo/piercing
Secrets
Promises
Learning to drive/ride a bike
Airport
Luggage
Regret
The Rest of the Rules:
NSFW responses are permitted but characters must be 18 or older and the fic should be tagged accordingly. This is a Lukanette blog and a Lukanette event, so while Lukanette does not need to be the main ship, it needs to at least be included or referenced and considered endgame (in other words, they don’t have to be together by the end of your work, but the intent is that they’re headed in that direction, and if they're not, it's a tragedy, not The Best Thing For Everybody). The decision about what qualifies for reblog rests solely with the LBSC moderators. If a piece hasn’t been reblogged within a couple of days, either the mods felt the piece didn’t meet the criteria or it was simply missed; you are welcome to reach out in the asks to inquire which.
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