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Title: Eclosion
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Author: silveradept, (first part) AlexSeanchai (second part, some brackets and details present in original fragment filled in by silveradept)
Rating: R for the presence of more than one unbleeped F-word, if we're going by the MPAA standard
Pairing (if there is one): Marinette Dupain-Cheng / Chat Noir
Summary: Eclosion, that is: the emergence of an insect from its pupa case.

Do not underestimate the cleverness of your enemies.
Content Notice: No content warnings needed
Author's Note: Not Season 04 compliant, also, the entire back half is the text of Eclosion, the fragment that inspired this entire idea.
Word Count: ~3900
Prompt Fragment:
Really, Gorgo,

my disposition
is not at all
spiteful: I have
a childlike heart

by Sappho

Eclosion, at the Archive of Our Own.