fic rec: Miraculous Ladybug AU

[alexseanchai]

what worse luck (90392 words) by GuardianKarenTerrier
Chapters: 16/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe, Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Adrien Agreste, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Plagg
Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Plagg (Miraculous Ladybug), Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe
Additional Tags: Magic AU, Cursed Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Cat Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Witch Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Illusionist Alya, Nonbinary Character, Nonbinary Alya Cesaire, Found Family, marinettes parents found all the family, leaving plagg in charge results in Hey You Wanted Another Kid Right, Past Child Abuse, Past Animal Abuse, I mean, at this point its both, adopted Nino Lahiffe, no seriously marinettes parents found All The Family, ALL OF IT, OH LOOK ADRIEN RUNS AWAY AGAIN, I WONDER WHY THAT WOULD KEEP BEING A THEME, (bc gabriel is terrible thats why), Protective Plagg, Protective Ladybug, Team as Family, Protective Nino, Slow Burn Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

He doesn't know what happens. One minute he's struggling against the leash spell, the next he's tripping on his own momentum as the magic suddenly snaps, as he tastes freedom for the first time in- in ever, probably.

Adrien doesn't stop long enough to think about where he's going or why. He just bolts.

(Marinette's spell goes wildly off-target, but it's a stroke of luck for everyone involved that it does).