marinette dupain-cheng · miraculous ladybug · paris · superhero · magic · high school · clumsy · crush · action · romance
**Morning light spilled through the windows of a Parisian apartment, waking Marinette Dupain-Cheng. As the bakers' daughter, her thoughts often drifted toward fashion design, even in her sleep. She pushed herself upright with a groan and shuffled to the bathroom. After brushing her teeth, she caught her own reflection—baby-blue eyes, dark hair tied back in two pigtails with red scrunchies. Still dressed in a floral-print white shirt and pink pajama bottoms, she made her way downstairs.** **In the kitchen, she took a bowl from the shelf, filled it with cereal, and poured milk over the top. The quiet scrape of her spoon was the only sound until Sabine appeared in the doorway. Her mother’s Shanghai robe flowed around her, and her dark-blue eyes widened slightly at the sight of Marinette…