COMPLETED From the moment you're born, there's a timer on your wrist counting down the days until you meet your soulmate. ~~ Marinette DuPain-Cheng was never all that enthralled by her soulmate timer like most of her friends were. She mainly preferred to focus on her schoolwork and other activities. But one day, during Summer break, she noticed her time is almost up. Crossposted on AO3 (I do not own the cover art, that belongs to the rightful owner)

It seemed to be a regular day for Marinette until Bunnyx shows up with a baby, asking Marinette to babysit because future ladybug needs her to. Baby Hugo only seems to know her and... Adrien? In this story, Marinette and Adrien will quickly realize that Akuma battles are much easier compared to taking care of a baby. They may also realize some other things too like..... are they really just friends?

Adrien was twenty years old when he first became Chat Noir and met Ladybug. Four years later, amidst the toughest time of his college career, he meets Marinette Dupain-Cheng. A College/Reverse Crush AU exploring what would happen if Marinette was four years younger than Adrien, how that would change the nature of their superhero partnership, and how one chance meeting can spark an affair that causes a long-dormant battle of duty vs desire to reignite. An Illustrated fanfic collaboration between myself (writer) and Edendaphne (art). https://www.wattpad.com/user/edendaphne

If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad you are very likely to be at risk of malware attack. If you wish to read the original please go to my account on Wattpad EDIT: please stop commenting that "this happened in this episode of season 2 or 3" I wrote this BEFORE those seasons were even confirmed. Thank you A Marichat fanfic may have ladynoir or adrianette later :) Cover done by the awesome Mathy_writer