Please tell me about Wayhem and Luka!
Oh my goodness thank you very much for asking! 🤩
So I’m pretty sure this all started with wanting some excuse for Lukadrien(ette) angst lmao. Likely unrequited love on Luka’s part, where Luka is trying to give distance so his two crushes can be together. In a fanfiction world where polyamory has for some reason not been considered, Luka tries to move on. Wayhem meets Luka when he becomes a bit of a Kitty Section groupie, coming to their shows in an attempt to be around Adrien. Since Wayhem tries to imitate Adrien, Luka is sort of drawn to him, perhaps a bit unhealthily looking for a (wannabe) replacement. OR he just sees someone trying to mimic someone else’s song when their melody is already rock and roll as is.
There’s a bunch of different directions this ship could go. Perhaps a slow fluffy friendship/Luka playing therapist (well we sure know that’s in character haha) that builds to something new. Perhaps something more toxic where they’re both feeding unhealthy feelings of unrequited love and for Wayhem the desire to be someone else (he wants to be Adrien so being desired for his likeness to Adrien is almost like sick validation). Could even go an even darker twist where Wayhem is trying to fully take over Adrien’s life and that includes trying to steal his (ex)boyfriend/crush.
There’s also some small Wayka crumbs in Optigami where Luka tries to guide and protect him and I’m very into that gay shit, yes please.
If you ever want to read the deliciously angsty/toxic side of Wayka/Luhem, you should read Easier by the lovely @writer-rider-dirty-thirties 😍
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