He stopped in his tracks, completely entranced by the centuries old ink painting. He stepped closer to the painting; he felt more than saw Sass peek out from his pocket.
The placket beside the painting said the painting was from sometime during the Han Dynasty. But it had little other information; the artist was unknown, as was the subject.
His eyes darted back to the painting. The subject was unknown, but there was something so achingly familiar about the man in the painting. He could feel something at the edges of his mind, like the remnants of a dream or memory that he couldn’t quite reach. All he could do was drink in the image.
Even thousands of years old, the ink was still bold and vibrant. And the pigments almost seemed to shimmer. There was something almost... almost magic about it. The lines were done with such grace and precision, he could almost see the man's teal and green robes swirling around him. The painter had even captured the designs embroidered into the man’s robes with excruciating detail…
He squinted.
There… there were what looked like serpents and scales embroidered onto the man’s robes. And there was a symbol too. One that was so familiar. One he knew he had seen before…
“He was one of mine,” a soft voice whispered.
“Sass?” He didn’t dare look down. He didn’t dare speak above a whisper. He didn’t want anyone to notice Sass, not that the museum was very busy on a Monday morning…
“Many, many centuries ago… he was not my first. But he was among my earliest wielders.”
Was that why he had been so drawn to the painting? To the art museum?
He dared a glance down at Sass, who looked up at him from his pocket, nodding silently in response to his unspoken question.
He needed to show… “Marinette?” He turned, but there was no sight of her in the room. She had been right behind him, looking at a statue… He hurried into the next room and the room after that.
Finally, he found her.
She was staring at a painting, not unlike the one he had been looking at just moments before. It even had the same man in teal robes in it. But he wasn’t alone…
“Do you think,” Marinette asked, slipping her hand into his, her gaze never wavering from the woman in the painting, dressed in grey and pink robes, “it’s possible to remember memories that aren’t yours?”
I AM SO TORN BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH MORE SENSE IF VIPERION WAS INTO BREATHPLAY (HES A SNAKE) THAN A TIGER!LUKA BUT ALSO I THINK IT WOULD BE KINDA NICE WITH THE CLAWS AND ALL
would that be... knife... play...? also? because claws?
the correct solution is both. but also. i would be just repeating myself if i did that and i don't want to do the same thing twice (i just really want kitty and luka get into a Whose A Better Cat fight that leads to choking, sorry, but also, vipermouse....... breathplay.......)
“We can stay like this just for a little longer,” the voice continues. “But if I try waking you up again, you'll get up, right?”
It's coming from Marinette's phone, actually. He can barely see over her head towards the nightstand on her side, but he knows it's there, because he remembers her squirming out of his grasp to put it there while he kissed her neck last night. It's within arm's reach for her, which means that it's definitely in arm's reach for him— all he has to do is just shimmy close enough to smother her and reach out for it.
What the hell is happening? Who is this person talking on her phone?
Words: 3178, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of out of the closet
Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/M
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Luka Couffaine
Relationships: Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Additional Tags: Short One Shot, Short & Sweet, Fluff and Humor, squeaky marinette, Mouse Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Multimouse, Snake Luka Couffaine | Viperion, Vipermouse, Established Relationship, but like only two days in, still testing the waters, potty-mouth luka couffaine, sailor-swearing luka couffaine, brief mentions of cosplay
Some Vipermouse to start what will soon be the Year of the Rat.
A gift for the person I know appreciates tiny Marinette the most~
@mc-lukanette, thanks for everything, luv!
Check my Miraculous Ladybug tag for more Lukanette and redesigns.
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