When a careless mistake threatens to expose Adrien as Chat Noir, he blurts out the first excuse he can think of: that he and Chat are dating! Now he must navigate the consequences of his hasty claim as he is beset upon by jealous fans, a conniving liar, and a furious partner, all while pretending to be madly in love with himself.
The Unintended Consequences of Being a Superhero's Boyfriend
is a Miraculous Ladybug fanfic by Miss_Nihilist. It is officially complete.
The Unintended Consequences of Being a Superhero's Boyfriend contains examples of:
- Adaptational Nice Girl: In canon, Chloe's friendship with Adrien ultimately proves to be as shallow and superficial as everything else about her. Here, she genuinely cares about him enough to support what she believes to be a "bad relationship" that is doomed to fail, simply because it would provide Adrien with some much needed life experience. In chapter 2, she helps get Adrien away from Lila when she picks up the liar is blackmailing him, and tells Chat about Lila's threat in hopes of getting her childhood friend out of the situation.
- Crazy Jealous Girl: Marinette subverts this, being more than willing to respect Adrien's decision in who he dates, no matter how heartbroken or unhappy it makes her. Played very straight with the akuma Mrs Noir, however, who proclaims herself to have been a superfan of Chat Noir since his debut, and is determined to murder Adrien for "stealing" him.
- Freudian Excuse: A good amount of Tikki's overprotectiveness, especially in not wanting Ladybug or Chat Noir to know each other's secret identities, is because she has seen countless users die before her.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: While Marinette is extremely unhappy that the boy of her dreams is dating her superhero partner (unaware that they are one and the same), she is more than willing to accept their relationship if it makes Adrien happy
- If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Him: Amusingly, Marinette, Nino and Alya all give Chat Noir this speech in regards to himself as Adrien. Even better, when Chat tells the latter two that Marinette got to him first, they admit that they could never be as intimidating as her.
- Loony Fans: It would seem that Chat Noir has as many of these as he does as Adrien. One in particular is Victoria, whose obsession with him could give Marinette's for Adrien a run for its money. This gets her akumatized into Mrs Noir after Adrien lies about dating Chat Noir.
- Pretend to Be Brainwashed: After finding out that Mrs. Noir's Brainwashing only works by direct skin contact, Ladybug and Chat Noir set up a ploy where Chat gets hit at the back of his suit and acts that he's fallen for Mrs. Noir, getting close enough to grab her wing and destroy the akuma.
- "The Reason I Suck" Speech: In chapter five, breaking down from guilt that his lie about his civilian and hero self dating has lead to various disasters (Marinette's weakened self-esteem, Lila piecing together his secret identity, and Victoria getting akumatized) and tired from constantly lying and hiding about his true feelings, Chat lets out a vicious third-person rant about how Adrien Agreste couldn't finish an akuma fight properly, come up with a real excuse for why Chat Noir entered his home, or lacks the courage to stand up to his father. This leads Ladybug to pierce down his Secret Identity.
