Miraculous Ladybug - Miraculous Menaces AU: Connecting the Dots
Miraculous Menaces AU
Chapter Summary:
Ladybug clashes with Heartbreaker, Chloe gets some advice, Volpina and Alya connect, and Hawkmoth becomes a mood.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/58557754/chapters/167689525
An AU where Chat becomes Hawkmoth's partner in crime. At first, Adrien thought that the day he found out that his father was the supervillain terrorizing the people of Paris was the worst day of his life, but in retrospect, it might have been the one change needed to save his family. Because it was also the day that both of them realized that, when they don't need to be Adrien and Gabriel Agreste, they're both fucking goobers. Follow the adventures of Hawkmoth, Chat Noir, and their reluctant assistant who doesn't get paid enough, Nathalie, as they try to navigate life as a supervillain family. And pray for Ladybug's sanity as she suffers their antics.
Preview:
“It was an accident the first time.”
Another strum, this time two strings. Ladybug felt concentrated air tease at her hair.
“I was just using my power to make him look stupid, thought that was enough for my fill.” Heartless tipped to head down, pushing the butt of the guitar up to her chin, perfectly framing her hanging tongue. “Then that damn song came over the radio, filled me with the nostalgic vibes and- And…”
A full chord was enough to dig an invisible fist in Ladybug’s gut, sending her stumbling back. “Oh, the inspiration just hit me! Wrote a whole new chorus in under a minute, and he took that beat to heart.”
The chord transition to a simple sequence, gently sending waves of coaxing vibes in Ladybug’s direction. This time, Ladybug moved around the roof, making ample use of chimneys and doorways to act as cover.
“You know how it is. Once you get that catchy little ear worm in your head, you just can’t stop hearing it.”
Ladybug rolled over the edge, sliding down a section of sloped roof whilst the seductive serenade carved cracks into the brickwork behind her.
“Is that all?” She called back. “You went on a ritualistic killing spree because it’s like pringles and you can’t stop?”
A loud plop pulled Ladybug back up to the edge, throwing her head back to watch an upside-down perspective of Heartbreaker hopping on the edge and aiming her guitar right down the slope. “What can I say? When you find your calling, you need to answer it.”
“And your calling is, what? The magical equivalent of drugging your dates?” Ladybug fell forward into a summersault, flipping over the next wave of musical assault. “Are you just that much of a bore in real life?”
“My, my, you have quite the mouth on you.” Gritted teeth added roughness to Heartbreaker’s voice. “I don’t know if I’ll enjoy making it sing for me or ripping it out.”
As Ladybug landed, she found Heartless dropping down to persue, heels digging into the slope as she rode it down the way, positioned to face Ladybug side ways as she moved so she could continue blasting her soundtrack at her foe. Ladybug jumped up high, easily circumventing the attack and finally taking the chance to go for her yoyo.
“I don’t know about singing, my family say I have the scream of a duck with lung cancer.”
She casted the line, or more like punched in her line, sending the yoyo careening towards it’s target at immense speed. Heartless only barely managed to bring her guitar up to bat away the attack, left stumbling back over herself in the aftermath.
