Hello, tumblr user charme-miraculeux here. I wrote this little poetic drabble based on a fanart of human!tikki+plagg and it turned into this. I have no regrets. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Miraculous Ladybug.
What came before his existence? He wasn't too sure. All he knew was that he was suddenly brought forth into being, into life. Probably from darkness. He was the black plague of destruction after all, was he not? Though from time to time, he vaguely remembered having fingers, having a human body, having another name…
He lived in Arabia for a time—or was it India? He was never sure anymore. His memories, albeit fluid, never seemed to flow backwards. He'd seen the course of sand dunes shifting over time but his own past was lost within it, deeply buried beneath the ocean. What came before him? Only stories he could no longer tell as his own.
But what about her? What came before she existed? Sometimes, in sleep, he'd dream of distant lands and faded memories, of dark curled tresses and a tinkering laugh, of a sly, knowing smile and of brilliant blue eyes. And then, he would feel it: a tender swelling in his chest he no longer recognized during his waking hours but nonetheless consumed his entire being with warmth.
Even if he couldn't remember the details, his subconscious mind often recalled the sight of her twirling around to face him, her black hair fanning out behind her and falling down in cascading curls. He'd catch a faint impression of her melodic voice echoing his name, her bright smile radiating joy, his heart pounding against his will…
And then, before he could hold on to that vision, he'd wake up, and the feelings would vanish, trickling away like sand falling through his open hands. Try as he might, he could never remember what she used to look like in wakeful consciousness, and all that he'd be left with was an accepted resignation that the past hardly belonged to them anymore.
What came before her? For the life of him, he couldn't remember. But despite the elusiveness of memories prior to their current life, there was one thing he would always be sure of: regardless of past, present, or future, Tikki possessed a beauty that surpassed anything in their entire existence.
Super short but... it was fun playing around with theories of what they might have been like in the past! And how they see the past now. (*whispers* let me know what you guys think, *wink wink*)