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Comic-Con in Paris was always one of Nathaniel’s favorite conventions. A whole two days of people who liked comics and superheroes as much as him. He had been going for years now, but this year was extra special, Marc and he were going to have their own table to sell their comics. Nath could hardly contain his excitement, a whole two days of selling his comics with his boyfriend at Comic-Con, could it get any better than that?
“Okay so our table is number seventeen, near the center of the con,” Marc explained as he looked at the information card the director had given them.
“Alright, great, uh can you take a box before I drop them all?” Nathaniel asked, he was struggling to hold the multiple boxes of their comics. They were stacked so high he couldn’t see anything.
“Oh, sorry Nath. Here let me…” Marc answered, taking the boxes off the top. He smiled as he could see his boyfriend’s face again. “Let's get to our table and set up.”
Nathaniel followed his partner to their table. There were lots of different tables set up and a couple of them drew his eye, especially the ones selling custom art. Making a note to try and go over to them to ask the people about their favorite art mediums. Marc’s voice caught his attention and brought him back to the present.
“Table number thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen. Ah Nath this one’s ours,” Marc called out.
“Great, I need to put these boxes down before I drop them all,” Nathaniel panted.
They set the boxes down on the table and started to set up their display. Nathaniel was practically vibrating in his seat with a mix of nerves and excitement. He was here as a vendor and published artist, how cool was that?
“Nath?” Marc whispered in his ear.
“Yeah, what’s wrong babe?” Nathaniel whispered back.
“Can you stop jostling the table, please?” Marc asked.
Nath looked down, his leg was bouncing and it was shaking the whole table. “Opps, sorry.”
“No problem. Oh look here comes our first visiter,” Marc pointed out.
After signing the person’s comic and selling them some of the merch they had created the girl left. But soon a whole line formed in front of the table and they suddenly became really, really busy. So many people in Paris loved their comic not only because Ladybug and Cat Noir were in it, but also because of the healthy gay relationship portrayed between MightyIlustrator and Reverser, based on their own of course. So many times in the media the LGBTQ+ character was either a joke or killed off right away, but they had two characters that didn’t fall into either of these categories.
They were starting to get overwhelmed though and since both of them had anxiety this was not at all good. Just when Marc thought he might have a panic attack from all the noise the room went deadly silent. The crowd split like Noah himself split the Red Sea to reveal…
“Nath tell me you’re seeing what I’m seeing,” Marc said.
“If you're seeing Ladybug and Cat Noir themselves coming this way, then yes. Pinch me I must be dreaming,” Nath replied. “Oww. I was kidding, you didn’t have to actually pinch me!”
Ladybug and Cat Noir made their way over to Nathaniel and Marc’s table and stopped in front of it.
“Hey you’re Nathaniel Kurtzberg and Marc Anciel, the artist and author of the Ladybug comic right?” Ladybug asked the duo.
“Ahh, yes that’s you. I mean that’s us,” Marc stammered out.
“Cool. My lady and I were wondering if you could sign our comics, we really love your work after all. You could say it's practically purrrfect!” Cat Noir purred with a wink at the end.
Ladybug elbowed her partner, “Bad Kitty, no flirting with the boys,” She scolded.
Then the heroes of Paris held out their comics and with shaking hands Nathaniel took them. He quickly signed his name and handed it to Marc to do the same. “I can’t believe that the real Ladybug and Cat Noir read our comic!”
“Oh yay, we’re big fans,” Ladybug replied. “Your work is just so good and I love MightyIlustrator and Reverser.”
Taking the comics back from the boys and after posing for a few photos with them, Ladybug and Cat Noir left the Comic-Con. Their already popular booth became “the” place to be and they sold out of everything before the day was over.
Nathaniel couldn’t imagine a better Comic-Con, spending time with his boyfriend, selling out of their comic and merch, and finding out Ladybug and Cat Noir read their work, who could ask for a better day? Best Comic-Con ever!