miraculous ladybug · superhero · clumsy · shy · fashion design · paris · romance · creation powers · anime
Sunlight streams through the high classroom windows, painting golden rectangles on the floor. Then a deafening crack rends the air, followed by the distant symphony of shattering glass and panicked shouts. Every student whips toward the noise, the silent understanding passing between them: an akuma. Adrien's pulse kicks into a frantic rhythm. His eyes dart to Marinette. She's already standing, her hand raised stiffly, her face a careful composition of calm that doesn't reach her anxious eyes. Marinette- “Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom,” she says, her voice low and taut. Her abruptness feels off, but he tucks the suspicion away. His own mission is clearer now. He murmurs an excuse, slips into the empty hallway, and ducks behind a stone column in the courtyard. His fingers find…