Welcome to Marigami July! This month-long event was created to promote fanworks featuring the pairing of Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Kagami Tsurugi. Fanfiction, fanart, or any other creative projects are welcome!
RULES:
1) Character/ship bashing, salt, and any kind of hate is not allowed.
2) You are not obligated to create content for all of the prompts! You are free to pick whichever prompt you’d like to do.
3) Prompts can be interpreted as you see fit! They’re meant to help with inspiration, there’s no right or wrong way to use them!
4) NSFW content will NOT be reblogged.
5) Tag @marigamijuly and/or tag your posts with #marigami july so your content can be reblogged!
PROMPT LIST:
Day 1 (July 1st): Juice Date
Day 2 (July 3rd): Flowers
Day 3 (July 5th): Confusion
Day 4 (July 7th): Spy
Day 5 (July 9th): Adrenaline
Day 6 (July 11th): Scars
Day 7 (July 13th): Suits
Day 8 (July 15th): Lipstick
Day 9 (July 17th): Diary
Day 10 (July 19th): Confession
Day 11 (July 21st): Fracture
Day 12 (July 23rd): Heartbeat
Day 13 (July 25th): Dream
Day 14 (July 27th): Promise
Day 15 (July 29th): Memories
Day 16 (July 31st): Sunset
Any questions can be left in the ask box of this blog or directed to @bocadelicate or @coffeebanana! Event graphic designed by @dpandascorner.
Day 12 of @marigamijuly (since I forgot to post this here yesterday).
Read "Wanna Hear Your Beating Heart Tonight" on Ao3 (or under the cut since this one is kind of short).
Ba-dum. Ba-dum. Ba-dum.
Marinette lay with her ear pressed to Kagami’s chest, their legs tangled together a the other end of their bed while Kagami fiddled with Marinette’s hair. Maybe twenty minutes ago, Kagami had made some comment about wanting to go start dinner, but Marinette had just squeezed her in a vice grip until she sighed and lay her head back against the pillow.
Marinette couldn’t tear herself away from Kagami’s heartbeat.
Not after the Akuma a couple hours prior that made it stop. And no, it wasn’t the first time she’d seen Kagami fall temporary victim to an Akuma—hell, it wasn’t even the most violent way she’d seen it happen—but for whatever reason…this one had hit too close to home.
Maybe because Marinette had been working on her wedding dress when the Akuma hit. Maybe because of the fearful look she’d seen in Ryuuko’s eyes when she shoved Ladybug out of the Akuma’s path. Maybe because that morning, during breakfast, they’d bickered good-naturedly about which extracurriculars their future kid might partake in.
Regardless of the reason, Marinette had lost track of how long she’d spent curled up in Kagami’s embrace. Certainly long enough that the sound had stopped making sense, like a word repeated so many times it no longer held meaning. But not long enough that she was ready to let go.
Unfortunately, the choice didn’t seem to be up to her.
“Marinette?” This time when Kagami spoke, Marinette managed to avoid squeezing her fiancee half to death, if only barely.
“Yeah?”
“I need to go to the bathroom.”
Marinette shook her head. The movement dragged her ear away from the steady beat tethering her to sanity, and a jolt of panic seized her until she managed to settle her head down again. She inhaled slowly, but it didn’t do much to calm her.
“Fine,” she said. “Take me with you, then.”
Kagami laughed. “As excited as I am to share my life with you, there are some things I’d prefer to keep private.”
“Rude,” Marinette mumbled. “It’s like you don’t even trust me.”
“It’s really not like that at all. And you’re lying on my bladder. I can’t have this conversation now.” Kagami’s hands slid up and down Marinette’s arms, then squeezed gently.
Marinette took another deep breath, tried to settle her anxieties, and forced herself to roll over so Kagami could slip away. Now that she could only hear her own heartbeat, she was aware of it racing as Kagmai sat up. But it calmed a little when Kagami bent down for a quick kiss.
Kagami pulled away, giving Marinette’s hand a quick squeeze. “I’ll be right back, alright?”
“Okay.”
After she left, Marinette lay back against the mattress, trying to talk herself out of panicking again. It only lasted a handful of seconds before she got up and started pacing. She knew Kagami was fine. She could hear the expected sounds coming from the washroom and everything. Her damn brain just refused to internalize that.
It didn’t take long for Kagami to come back, and by that point it was all Marinette could do not to immediately jump back into her arms. She settled for taking Kagami’s outstretched hand and being led back to sit on the edge of the mattress.
Kagami reached out and tucked a lock of hair behind Marinette’s ear, then settled her hand on Marinette’s cheek.
“Marinette, what’s going on? I know the Akuma earlier was rather intense, but you don’t normally…Me getting hit” —Marinette flinched— “doesn’t normally affect you this much. I suppose I’m just wondering…what’s different about this time?”
“I don’t know. There isn’t anything different. And I know it’s stupid, but—”
“I did not say it was stupid.” Kagami’s thumb brushed tenderly along Marinette’s cheekbone. “I’m just trying to understand.”
Marinette stared at the mattress. “I guess I just…got used to being happy?”
Kagami took a few moments to answer. “I don’t understand.”
Neither did Marinette, but she closed her eyes and forced herself to weave her tangled thoughts into words.
“It’s like, I dunno, the Akumas don’t show up all that often anymore. And then there’s us. We’re planning a future, and I feel like everything’s falling into place. But suddenly it wasn’t.” Her voice shook as she continued. “Suddenly you were just gone, and I couldn’t help but remember how quickly everything could go wrong. How nothing’s guaranteed, not even you, and I just cant…I can’t lose you, I—”
She broke off as Kagami pulled her into a tight hug, dragging in a slow breath as a hand moved firmly up and down her back. She couldn’t hear Kagami’s heartbeat anymore, but steady breaths warmed her cheek and whispered in her ear.
“I’m not worried about that,” Kagami said. “Not for a second.”
“Right,” Marinette bit out. “Because I’m supposed to just magically fix everything?”
“Well, yes. Partially. But also because you’re you. There’s nobody I trust more to bring me back safely, and…if something does ever happen, then—”
“No.” Marinette pulled away, shaking slightly. “Don’t even say that. Don’t…just don’t.”
Kagami cupped her face between both hands, her eyes boring into Marinette’s as she continued. “If,something should happen, then I know you’ll be okay. You’re strong. You’re resilient. You have so many people who love you.” She hesitated, her lips parted but seemingly stuck on her next words. “It’s me who would be lost without you. And that…I used to believe it was weakness to care so much until you taught me differently.”
Kagami inhaled sharply and pressed her forehead to Marinette’s. Her hands slid down from Marinette’s cheeks to her shoulders, to her arms, to her trembling fingers. Marinette tried her best not to cry, timing her breaths to Kagami’s and pretending the heart she heard pounding in her ears wasn’t just her own.
“Nothing bad is going to happen,” Marinette said in a small voice. “Right?”
Kagami squeezed her hands. “Not if either of us have anything to say about it.”
Marinette exhaled and pulled Kagami in for another hug.
“What can I do?” Kagami asked some time later, combing her fingers through Marinette’s hair.
Read “Zero Chance of (Not) Falling” on ao3 now! Written for day 10 of @marigamijuly and for my friend @xcatmo’s bday!!
Summary:
What if, when Kagami told Marinette to practice her confession to Adrien on someone who wouldn’t fall in love with her, Marinette chose Kagami.
What if Marinette and Kagami weren’t as immune to each other’s charms as they believed?
(Glaciator 2.0 Alternate Ending)
I'm participating in @marigamijuly! Like my previous prompt months, I'm choosing to fill all the prompts this month in exactly 100 words.
Four days late? Nah, that doesn't sound like me. 🙃 Sorry, my life got turned upside down there for a minute. Everything's fine now.
I've decided to combine these two prompts. I don't think anyone will mind the result. 😂
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When Kagami turns around, her heart stops at the sight in the doorway.
She has seen Marinette in dresses many, many times. As a fashion designer, she has swept down red carpets in gorgeous creations of her own making, surrounded by cameras eager to catch a glimpse of the industry's newest rising star. Kagami could only glare from the sidelines at the drooling men, wishing she was armed (with both her blade and a license to kill).
But tonight's different. Sure, it's still Marinette's own creations—they're wearing matching sets—but Kagami realizes she's never seen her in a suit before.
Suddenly, the soft Marinette that she knew, who makes her tea and croissants every morning with a smile, was gone. In her place, Ladybug stood, all power and poise, only missing the mask and the spots.
Suddenly, Kagami's own suit feels tight, restrictive.
Hot.
Her wife smirks, ruby lips glistening. "You clean up nice," Marinette purrs, giving her a slow, careful once-over. Kagami's cheeks flush at the attention. "Missing a touch of something, though."
On the red carpet, cameras flash as they approach. The ruby lipstick kiss on Kagami's neck is plainly visible for the entire world to see.
Posting day 6 of @marigamijuly a little bit late, but hey! I think it was worth the wait. If you like Fantasy AUs, Hurt/Comfort, and Friends to Enemies to Lovers, then…this is the fic!
Read “Hope is a Dangerous Thing” on ao3!!
Commission for @sweetmeatdale ! Combining the Marigami July prompts of “spies,” “suits,” and “lipstick” for a powerful wombo combo. Thank you so much for commissioning me!! I loved drawing the best girls <3
Check out “I Wouldn’t Say Never…” on Ao3 now! Written for day 7 of @marigamijuly!!!
Summary:
Kagami can think of a hundred things she’d rather do than go shopping. But if trying on a bunch of ridiculous outfits can make Marinette blush and earn Kagami a few kisses…maybe it’s not so bad after all.
I'm participating in @marigamijuly! Like my previous prompt months, I'm choosing to fill all the prompts this month in exactly 100 words.
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The scream shocks her awake.
Kagami's eyes dart across the dark bedroom before she hears the sobs. Turning over, she spots pale hands yanking at dark hair, another wail muffled by a pink pillow.
"Hime…" When Kagami runs her hand down Marinette's pajama-covered back, she's suddenly enveloped by clinging arms and legs, her wife's hands frantically searching her abdomen, looking for the wound that's no longer there, long since healed.
Kagami rests her hand over Marinette's, holding it over the scar. "We're safe," Kagami whispers, holding her close. "It's over. We won."
Piece by piece, they put themselves back together.
Read “Slip of the Tongue” on Ao3 now! Written for day 5 of @marigamijuly!!!
Summary:
An Akuma interrupting Kagami’s time with Marinette? Not exactly unheard of. Ladybug showing up to whisk Kagami away from danger? No real cause for concern. But the way Ladybug acts after Kagami lets slip she was planning on asking Marinette out? Definitely strange.
I'm participating in @marigamijuly! Like my previous prompt months, I'm choosing to fill all the prompts this month in exactly 100 words.
Can't be sunshine and roses every prompt.
Rotten apples spoil the entire bunch.
cw: police brutality, racism, racist language (slur)
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The hand against her arm makes her heart pound.
"ID and residency permit."
Despite the plan, Kagami's fingers tremble as she reaches into her purse. She can feel the officer's eyes on her as she feigns not being able to find her wallet.
"Fucking bridée." She gasps when the man painfully yanks her aside. "You're-"
