Fic: Enough
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soc_puppetFandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Summary: Will Adrien ever be enough for anyone?
AO3 link: Here we are!
Wordcount: 285
Ships: Ladrien
Notes: It's been percolating for a while, but this post by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
lnc2 was what finally got me to write it.
Fic: Enough
Adrien Agreste is not enough for his father. He can never do enough, is not worth enough, will never be enough for Gabriel Agreste, but he keeps trying all the same, because he wants so, so desperately to be wrong.
He tries to be enough for Chloe, and to a point, he succeeds; they’re both less lonely together, but neither one can replace the other’s parents, can be enough as their only friend, and his heart doesn’t want hers the way she (thinks she) wants his.
As Cat Noir, he finally has another chance. For Ladybug, he tries to be funny enough, charming enough, suave enough, clever enough, brave enough. As her partner, he manages to be competent enough for the most part, to keep up with her and protect her and help her, though as much as he tries, he’s still sure he can never do enough for her. He wants to be, prays, believes he can be enough for her heart... but her heart disagrees.
Then one day Ladybug finds him, just him, as just plain Adrien Agreste, never enough for his father, not quite enough for Chloe, somehow still not enough for Ladybug’s heart as the superhero who saves her life and the city with her on a regular basis... And yet also somehow, as just plain Adrien Agreste, he finds that all he is—every broken piece and sharp edge and tender, healing place, everything that makes him who he is and which was never enough for anyone before—just plain Adrien Agreste is somehow, miraculously, enough for her.
And for the first time in a long time, Adrien starts to believe that he can be enough for himself, too.
—fin—
Boy has plenty of reasons to love being a superhero, but could stand to be shown that he's worth just as much as a civilian, and I will stand by that.
I also need to write more about Nino, which is directly related to the first problem but slightly harder to rectify, because Canon also desperately needs more of the same.
Summary: Will Adrien ever be enough for anyone?
AO3 link: Here we are!
Wordcount: 285
Ships: Ladrien
Notes: It's been percolating for a while, but this post by
Fic: Enough
Adrien Agreste is not enough for his father. He can never do enough, is not worth enough, will never be enough for Gabriel Agreste, but he keeps trying all the same, because he wants so, so desperately to be wrong.
He tries to be enough for Chloe, and to a point, he succeeds; they’re both less lonely together, but neither one can replace the other’s parents, can be enough as their only friend, and his heart doesn’t want hers the way she (thinks she) wants his.
As Cat Noir, he finally has another chance. For Ladybug, he tries to be funny enough, charming enough, suave enough, clever enough, brave enough. As her partner, he manages to be competent enough for the most part, to keep up with her and protect her and help her, though as much as he tries, he’s still sure he can never do enough for her. He wants to be, prays, believes he can be enough for her heart... but her heart disagrees.
Then one day Ladybug finds him, just him, as just plain Adrien Agreste, never enough for his father, not quite enough for Chloe, somehow still not enough for Ladybug’s heart as the superhero who saves her life and the city with her on a regular basis... And yet also somehow, as just plain Adrien Agreste, he finds that all he is—every broken piece and sharp edge and tender, healing place, everything that makes him who he is and which was never enough for anyone before—just plain Adrien Agreste is somehow, miraculously, enough for her.
And for the first time in a long time, Adrien starts to believe that he can be enough for himself, too.
—fin—
Boy has plenty of reasons to love being a superhero, but could stand to be shown that he's worth just as much as a civilian, and I will stand by that.
I also need to write more about Nino, which is directly related to the first problem but slightly harder to rectify, because Canon also desperately needs more of the same.
