FIC: LBSC SFC: “’Til Death, or Whatever” (MLB/Lukanette (DLM AU))
Rating: T / PG-13 / Teen
Characters/Pairings: Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng; Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Summary: Marinette has to get a nice dress for her next reap, which will be at a wedding. She’s never actually been to a wedding before. Luka’s been to too many. (DLM AU)
Author’s Notes/Warnings: I know it’s still WIPvember, but I needed a palate cleanser and I was dying to use this prompt. xD Pulling the Wildcard option for this week’s @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers SFC to use the previous prompt: “I know we said ‘Til death do we part’ but we never covered undeath” (from 10/28’s challenge). Jumping back into my DLM AU (from the Murder May collection) for this one. Luka and Marinette are grim reapers, Marinette’s still adjusting to the whole being dead thing, and that’s about all you need to know for this one, I think?
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“’Til Death, or Whatever”
“What about this one?” Luka asked, pulling a dress off the rack and turning towards her. He held it up to his frame like he was the one who was going to be wearing it, and Marinette felt her lips twitch in a smile. She stepped over to him and lifted the skirt away from his legs, inspecting it.
It wasn’t something Marinette would have worn, back when she was alive, but she supposed it could be something Emma wore. It was a cream color with a lilac lace overlay, and it hung in a straight line without any flare. It was…nice enough, she supposed, but otherwise boring. She took the dress from Luka and turned towards the mirror, holding it up to her body and frowning. It was too long for her: she would trip and kill herself again before they made it to the ceremony.
“Do you like it?” she asked, glancing at him in the mirror to gauge his reaction. He looked impassive as ever.