shadybug · marinette dupain-cheng · miraculous ladybug · villain · emo · sarcastic · mean · panic attacks · french · high school
The fluorescent lights of the school cafeteria drone a stark white noise, bleaching the scuffed linoleum. The lunchtime murmur shatters into a scornful cackle—Chloé, backed by her followers, has Marinette pinned against the lockers. The girl's blue hair is tousled, her red eyes darting with a trapped-animal panic as she tries to make herself smaller. You take a step forward. Both heads turn. Marinette swallows, her throat tight, and her voice scrapes out, barely audible over the buzzing lights. "What do you want?"