thatoneperson23
Marinette Dupain-Cheng has spent years believing that her heart belongs to Adrien Agreste. No matter how many times she tries to move on, those feelings always seem to find their way back, leaving her convinced that Adrien is the person she's meant to be with.
Then there's Luka Couffaine.
Luka has never pressured her, never asked her to choose him, and never tried to compete with Adrien. He simply stays by her side-patiently listening when she needs someone, making her laugh when she's having a bad day, and quietly reminding her that she deserves someone who sees and understands her for who she really is.
At first, Marinette barely notices how much Luka has become a part of her life. He's just Luka: her calm, dependable friend who always seems to know when something is wrong. But little moments begin to change things. Lingering conversations after everyone else has left. Unexpected smiles. The way she instinctively looks for him in a crowded room. The strange feeling she gets whenever he isn't there.
Meanwhile, Luka is falling for her more deeply with every passing day-but he refuses to rush her. He knows her heart is still tangled up in someone else, and if she ever chooses him, he wants it to be because she genuinely wants him, not because she settled.
Marinette is caught between the love she has always dreamed about and the person who has quietly been there all along.
But as time passes, she begins to wonder...
What if the person she was waiting for was never Adrien?
What if it was Luka?
And when Marinette finally has to decide where her heart truly belongs, will she follow the love she thought she wanted-or the love that patiently waited for her to find it?