The Butterflies You Gave Me

Marinette held her breath, feeling her heart pounding as she worked up the courage to hand over the envelope to Adrien, who was now looking at her, clueless and confused, wondering what she was thinking about.

"It's okay if you're not ready to tell me, Marinette."

Finally, she managed to spit something out. "I...have something for you."

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Two teenagers have found themselves in very same situation, as unusual as it might be; they've been chosen by the universe to wield the miraculous that they need to fight various supervillains who are trying to destroy their town, all while trying to survive overwhelming guilt, crushes, cringy firsts, frenemies, rivals, tests, overbearing parents, exceedingly rising academic expectations...

I think you get the point. They're barely scraping by even before they were given the responsibility of millions of lives.

What happens when enough is enough and their weaknesses outweigh their strengths?

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