Epilogue

Epilogue

"And here they come, exquisitely dressed as always, and you can hear the crowd." The female announcers voice was warm. "They are such fan favorites, John, I think that no matter what they come away with today we can safely say this will be the most talked about performance at the Grand Prix this year."

"I have to agree with you there, Kelly, but let's not forget that they are favored to win gold, just to top off the most remarkable comeback in skating history, not to mention on top of their other accomplishments. I mean, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste have just brought a whole new meaning to the term 'power couple.'"

"That's true John, it's almost like they have super powers or something! They are just beautiful together, and no matter what happens here tonight, the best day of their lives was just last week when they got married in downtown Paris."

Two figures in matching purple costumes breezed around the rink, waving and smiling to the crowd. The camera panned in on their faces as they came together for their starting pose.

A little girl with her black hair in pigtails leaned closer to the screen as the music started.

"And they're off, Kelly, can you believe that synchronicity. Excellent technique, of course, but the emotion is what people are really here to see with these two, the way they move together. Ok here we go…" The crowd cheered. "And you can hear the response to that lift, so smooth and beautiful."

"And coming up, their signature move, watch how close she gets to the ice on this one, John. They are the ones to beat with this move, doing more rotations in the death spiral than anyone else, the power and grace here is just unrivaled."

A tall man looked into the darkened room. "Emma, sweetie, what are you doing? It's dinner time!" He came over and knelt down, kissing the girl's head.

"Just let me finish, please Daddy?!"

He chuckled and gave her a squeeze, taking a deep sniff of her soft hair. "Ok, but as soon as we win you have to turn that off and wash your hands ok?"

"Ok, Daddy." She was totally absorbed.

Adrien walked back to the kitchen, smiling. He kissed the chubby baby in the high chair, who was waving a wooden spoon around in delight.

"She's watching our old skating videos again," he said, wrapping his arms around his wife, who was washing dishes in the sink.

Marinette smiled as he nuzzled into her neck, arms soapy. "Which one?"

"The Grand Prix. Appropriate, since I think she came into existence that very night..." Adrien nibbled her ear suggestively. Marinette squealed and bumped him with her butt.

"You're probably right about that. I mean, we were practicing a lot." She turned around and leaned back against the sink, smirking a little bit. The baby gurgled happily as they kissed, Adrien wrapping her up in his arms.

"Ewwww!" Emma ran over to them and pushed herself between their legs, determined to be part of the hug. They laughed and Adrien scooped her up.

"So, munchkin, did we win at the end?"

"Of course, Daddy! You and Mommy were so pretty!"

"Were?! I'm still pretty, don't you think, bugaboo?" He leaned in, rubbing his scratchy face on hers to make her squeal. Marinette smiled at the nickname transferal. She fingered the sapphire studs Adrien had given her after a new Ladybug was chosen. She shook aside the memory and flipped her daughter's pigtails.

"Go wash up, Emmy, and I'll let you feed Hugo." The little girl scampered off and they leaned against each other, warm and happy.

"We're pretty good, aren't we, kitty?" She snuggled his shoulder.

He lifted her chin. After all these years, it still killed him when she looked up at him like that.

"I think you mean pretty miraculous, My Lady."

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thank you thank you thank you all for reading this story! i had a lot of fun writing it and still can't rly believe the response.

shout out to the reviewers who were so dedicated (im looking at you, FictionGirl11, KaliAnn, lumigoakvo9504, SakuraKoi, Rose Tiger, obsidiandragon182005, sweet XD melody, JayFan 67 (u are hilarious!), and the list goes on, wow)

to all of you who asked if im a figure skater bc of how i wrote about it, thanks so much for the compliment. the truth is…i used to play hockey and if i tried to put on figure skates i would break my face! but im a big fan, especially of Yuna Kim, Evgenia Medvedeva, and Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir.

if you liked this one i hope u read my other stories and tell me what u think!

xo moonbaby

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