Vulnerable

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When Marinette has a professional model for a fiancé, and Adrien has fallen in love with a fashion designer, the ideas about engagement and a real wedding freaked them out at first. But using their resources made the whole event easy if they weren't the ones paying for everything.

As if following tradition, Tom and Sabine took it among themselves to not only to cater the reception, but to help pay for the ceremony once the couple decided on a location. Alya suggested everything to be DIY or buy the necessities in bulk. Since Marinette wasn't going to have bridesmaids, in secret Alya was her maid of honor. Same for Adrien, who was going to have Nino staying close to hand out the tissues.

For the dresses, Marinette was only designing her mother's gown, Alya's maid of honor gown, and then her own wedding gown which will be French but Chinese inspired. After watching show after show after show of women wedding gown shopping, doodling at work, and looking online about traditional dresses, she was becoming inspired and sketched in her design sketchbook.

Easy, slip-style silhouette with a relaxed waist and short train. A dress she felt like herself and comfortable within her design. Not so much lace, but she was attracted to most designs. Silk was an order according to her. Backless with small details like lace or beading, but not to be a show off. She didn't want to follow the trends; this is why she's combining both cultures. She decided on a sweet heart neckline dress with halter neck lace covering from top to hips. The dress was princess cut, with lace under the white silk fabric. She decided on a backless style where the back of the dress starts in the middle of her back. A satin bow will hug her waist as the lace ends.

Most nights she was found sleeping on the couch wrapped up in her ladybug fleece blanket Adrien bought for her during their first Christmas in the apartment. Adrien found her with her sketch book half falling off the couch, so he would catch it first and then attempt to wake his lady up. he swore he didn't see the dress designs, but reminded her that work was the next morning and that they were heading in early.

Deciding on a location felt like a never ending battle. The couple couldn't decide where to hold a ceremony after signing their marriage document. Adrien wanted to honor Marinette's Chinese culture, but after asking her relatives, the couple decided not make each other uncomfortable even after the ceremony—Adrien decided that for Marinette. Marinette wanted to follow traditions based on their countries, but Sabine advised her to go towards a different path of a creative wedding. Which lead to a romantic wedding close to the Eiffel Towers and then celebrating at Le Grand Paris—Chloe's gift to the couple.

With the fashion world in their business, Marinette's co-designers helped her fix up details and make mock up mannequins for her so she can see the dress in person. They called her crazy when she told them she was going to make the dress herself from scratch. As an engagement gift, the designers bought her all the fabric she needed and made a list of measurements. Another gift was a new Fuji camera in a tinted pink color with four packs of film. Gabriel was warned not to help with the dress planning.

On Adrien's side, he was trying not to sound too needy asking his photographers to take his and Marinette's engagement pictures. When Gabriel heard about this, he offered to double a photographer's and a team of make-up artists' pay for the session. To make it up for not helping with Marinette's dress, he offered Adrien a discount off a regular wedding session.

The couple decided on locations and outfits, so they looked towards the photographer in assistance on posing. The photographer would make Adrien pose more gentleman like, but as Adrien followed, he looked for Marinette to make himself feel better about the photoshoot and not like a typical one over the years. During their lunch break, Marinette made fresh croissants, macrons, and tea for the three of them.