annual rec list 2020: part 2 electric boogaloo
Part 1, Multi-fandom rec list: 55 fics here
Part 2, Boku no Hero Academia: 223 fics
bc tumblr wouldnt let me link all of it in one post. also, my usual formatting broke when i copy pasted this to a new post and i cannot be arsed to fix it bc there’s just too many aaaaa
again, if the read more breaks and y’all have to scroll through this on your actual dash, i am sincerely sorry orz
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Boku no Hero Academia
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12839862
Can't wait to see you by Mizaaistom
4k, Tamaki/Mirio,
“No light though..?”
Tamaki stiffens and Mirio instantly regrets his words.
“No light though! Sounds hot,” he tries. He also tries a quick peck to Tamaki’s forehead, hoping it communicates his apology and that he is very much ok with getting his first blowjob in the dark.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13625934
Blow Your Mind (Mwah) by MissPlacemat
2k, Kaminari/Kirishima, platonic sex, just dudes being bros,
For the kink meme prompt: Kamikiri, giggly sex
Just some thoroughly platonic and very, very goofy sex between two bros.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13115979
a fever you can't sweat out by Chewpid
7k, Kaminari/Kirishima/Bakugou,
Kaminari realizes he likes boys about a lifetime after everyone else does.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11927796
daydream by pvwork
2k, Tamak/Mirio, first kiss,
Third grade was scary for all of the two hours that he didn’t know Mirio.
After that first meeting, every memory Tamaki had of his childhood was filled with the summer sun, the melt-on-your-tongue sweetness of a shared anpan, the pinprick hurt of straining his limbs to manifest his quirk, Mirio’s megawatt smile, and Mirio’s big braying laugh.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13870977
Boy Problems by QuirklessWonder (SouthernSmartAss)
2k, Tamaki/Mirio, pining,
“Are you okay, Kirishima?” Amajiki was asking when Mirio tuned back into the conversation. He picked at his takoyaki, and Mirio could tell he was nervous. Well, Amajiki was always nervous, but right now he seemed to be extra nervous. Was it because of Kirishima being here? He usually didn’t mind the kid.
Speaking of, the kid looked up from where he was picking at his own lunch and he blushed so brilliantly that his face was hard to tell from his hair. It was kind of fascinating.
“I’m fine! Just - thinking,” He said, averting his gaze. Well, it wasn’t difficult for Mirio to tell when someone was being nervous and avoidant at this point. He ate some more of his lunch contemplatively before announcing cheerily -
“Boy problems.” He had been kind of joking - well, more like projecting - since he didn’t even know if Kirishima was attracted to men, but at the sharp, stunned look that the first-year sent him he realized that maybe he had also just started to realize what that looked like now.
“Mirio, what do you mean?” Amajiki asked at the same time that Kirishima asked, ”How did you know?”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12108360
five times mirio snuck into tamaki's room and one time he didn't by silvercistern
2k, Tamaki/Mirio, 5+1,
Tamaki and Mirio's young life together as a series of breaking and entering.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16201307
This Ain't a Fairy Tale by alpha_hydra
12k, Kirishima/Bakugou,sex pollen, kinda,
“No catch,” the doctor assures, but he hesitates a little before continuing. “However, it’s not your physical condition we have to be worried about. The victims of the quirk-”
“Victims?” Kirishima repeats weakly.
“The fucker’s quirk is called matchmaking,” Bakugou spits out before the doctor can continue. “He makes people infatuated with a person he chooses, and makes them fucking psychotic the longer they’re kept apart from them.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12193362
like you're running out of time, like you need it to survive by Slumber
4k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
Kirishima ravenous over omurice looks nothing like the any of the pictures in any of the articles of Red Riot's debut. Kirishima is a fifteen-year-old boy with a growing appetite, Red Riot a sturdy hero with already one apprehended criminal under his belt. And Katsuki--
Katsuki is only a boy playing at being a hero. He doesn't even have a fucking code name yet.
Or, Katsuki has a lot of thoughts about Kirishima that don't always fit together. (Takes place from after Kamino to the internship arc/ch 153.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13490769
living on your knees (you rise up) by Slumber
13k, Kirishima/multiple, friends with benefits, casual sex,
It starts with Kaminari.
It starts with Kaminari after their first mission together, the cops and villains long gone and the remnants of the fight nothing more than burnt fabric and deep cuts on their skin, a purpling bruise where tender flesh collided with concrete and metal and hard fists. There's a trembling in Kaminari's fingers and a desperation in his eyes, his knees giving out were it not for Kirishima's hands on his arms, holding his weight and pressing it to the dirty brick wall.
In which post-mission blowjobs become something of a habit. The feelings, an unexpected side effect.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12363684
arms by silvercistern
5k, Tamaki/Mirio, awkward first time tentacle sex,
Mirio runs his hands over the comforter where Tamaki’s shoulders and back are, gently petting. “Why don’t we just put on a movie and see what happens? I want to watch The Force Awakens again. Maybe we won’t watch all of it, who knows?”
“Aren’t you embarrassed?” Tamaki’s muffled voice filters through the blankets. He’s leaning into Mirio’s touches, and it’s really, really cute.
“Well, I mean, if it was somebody else, I’d probably be embarrassed but it’s real hard to be embarrassed with you.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13892967
breathless by silvercistern
16k, Tamaki/Mirio, soulmates, angst,
Mirio and Tamaki were caught in each other’s gravity. Inseparable friends, they brought out the best in each other, understood each other like no one else could. Together, they inspired each other to go above and beyond.
But they weren’t soulmates.
And Tamaki seemed to be the only person in the world who cared.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22497325
Sun by is_this_a_mistake
2k, Tamaki/Mirio, body insecurities, small penis,
Everyone always laughed when Togata ended up naked, and Tamaki was never sure why. He knew nakedness was embarrassing… though the idea of people seeing Tamaki himself naked was not much more embarrassing than them seeing him at all.
But Togata… Mirio… was beautiful.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/8337607
Yesterday Upon The Stair by PitViperOfDoom
424k, gen, canon-AU, BAMF!Midoriya, body horror,
Midoriya Izuku has always been written off as weird. As if it's not bad enough to be the quirkless weakling, he has to be the weird quirkless weakling on top of it.
But truthfully, the "weird" part is the only part that's accurate. He's determined not to be a weakling, and in spite of what it says on paper, he's not actually quirkless. Even before meeting All-Might and taking on the power of One For All, Izuku isn't quirkless.
Not that anyone would believe it if he told them.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11468634
We Are So (Not) Married by MikeWritesThings (orphan_account)
53k, Aizawa/Yamada, fake/pretend relationship, pining, friends to lovers, ace specturm, implied homophobia,
In which everyone thinks Hizashi and Shouta are married due to an incident and while the nation is struggling to decide if this is a good or bad thing, Hizashi's struggling with the urge to say out loud, "Damn, I wish we were actually married, though."
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22650859
i'm having a secret conversation about you with the tiny stars in the pitch-black sky by crossroadswrite
7k, gen, background relationships, kid fic, fluff, 5+1,
“Is there anyone else you want us to call?” Ochako asks gently, and Eri chews on her lip and looks down and away. “Do you want me to call Deku?” Ochako pushes, and it’s worth it for the way Eri’s head snaps back up to her, eyes wide with hope, before she looks away again.
“I’ll send him a text!” Mina pipes up, already having her phone out and typing rapidly on it. “He’s just on the other side of the building, Eri-chan,” she waves the phone at her with a wide smile that squints her eyes shut. “All done, he should be here any min-“
The door to the room slams open, making them all jump and jerk their heads towards it. Ochako brings her fists up instinctively, heart hammering in her throat.
“What’s wrong with Eri?” Deku demands, standing in the doorway, green lightning sparking off his skin, eyes shifting around wildly as if looking for a threat, body braced in a battle stance.
(Or: 5 times Eri falls asleep on Izuku + 1 time Izuku falls asleep on her)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16409552
Kids (Are The Future) by the_crownless_queen
5k, gen, background relationships, fluff, dadzawa,
“Say, Shouta, you wouldn’t happen to have a secret son, would you?”
-- or 5 times somebody thought Shinsou was Shouta's son, and one time Hitoshi called him Dad.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14620713
Running to Stand Still by Kiyoko_Michi
42k, Aizawa/Yamada, de-aging,
Shouta never needed much. He had his dream—getting into the UA Heroes course—and he had Hizashi, who’d carved out his own spot in Shouta’s life. That was enough for him… until he wakes up in a dirty alleyway wearing clothes three sizes too big. Faced with an unreliable memory and a school full of strangers, Shouta struggles to unravel what happened to him.
(a de-aged!Aizawa fic)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12879186
Aizawa Definitely Doesn't Care by teaandtumblr
15k, Aizawa/Yamada, dadzawa, familty issues, fluff,
Aizawa doesn't care about his students. He really, really doesn't.
Except for the part were he very much does.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15046934
journey to the past by aloneintherain
44k, gen, time travel, protective!1A,
Izuku is five years old the first time he's saved by heroes. He's an instant fan of the woman in pink with her cheerful smile and the man with his ice powers and fine-boned features, even if they both refuse to tell him their names.
For most of his life, Izuku has been the centre of villain attacks, but he has never been injured. Every time, he's saved by bright, unknown heroes—heroes who smile at Izuku, and ruffle his hair or ply him with hugs, and seem mesmerised by how small he is.
Heroes that the rest of the world doesn't believe exists.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15189752
Looping Back to the Beginning by Feneris
10k, gen, time loop, crack,
Where Class 1-A finds itself in a time loop centered around their first year at UA. After getting over the usual angst, they decide that the best way to grow as heroes is by antagonizing dangerous villains for fun and amusement.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12558048
could i but teach the hundredth part by terra_incognita
5k, gen, dad!might,
Ito Matsu knows three things about her neighbor, Mr. Yagi: he's very skinny, he's very kind, and he has enough children to overthrow the Japanese government.
Or:
All Might is retired, but his former students keep coming up with reasons to visit.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11400303
little are the things we learn by newamsterdam
10k, Kirishima/Bakugou, 5+1, h/c,
Almost half an hour has passed, and Kirishima and Bakugou still haven’t come back. Bakugou may be fine running on fumes, and could probably blast his way through the second part of the exam on pure willpower and stubbornness. But Kirishima should probably eat, and relax for at least a bit.
Kaminari is such a good friend. He hopes Kirishima appreciates him properly. He gets to his feet and wanders out into the hall, looking for a glimpse of Bakugou or Kirishima.
He sees— well. It’s more than a glimpse. And at first, Kaminari doesn’t quite believe it.
Five people who are let in on Yuuei's worst-kept secret, and one person who always knew it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16226225
How Can You Smile With So Many Scars by Quirkyasfok
4k, Bakugou&Midoriya, scars, angst, power of words,
After taking on a villain who's quirk involves making the words that have hurt someone the most appear on the their skin Katsuki begins to learn the true power of how much effect words can have on someone.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15907110
Pick Me Up by ill go with that then (Linelenagain)
5k, Aizawa/Yamada, 5+1, friends to lovers,
“You’ll never make it. You’ll drop me before we get halfway there.”
“Bet you I won’t,” Yamada says. The look in his eye is bright and dangerous. It makes Shouta want to agree to things he shouldn’t.
“Bet me what?” he answers, against his better judgement.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13361256
cotton candy hands by chonideno
26k, Kirishima/Bakugou, mutual pining, touch-starved,
Studying to become a hero requires knowing how to take care of yourself. Sometimes you might need help on the way so if your crush offers to do your hair for you or to give you a well-deserved back rub, it'd be stupid to say no.
A series of soft vignettes in which a love-struck Kirishima and a touch-starved Bakugou care for each other and it's definitely not making their hearts jump through hoops, they’re never this close to kissing, no, they're totally best friends bro
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13668393
Surprises by MikeWritesThings
21k, gen, dadzawa, 5+1,
Moving into the dorms, the students get to witness a side of their teacher they didn’t even know had existed--a side much softer, and, dare they say, human, than any of them had ever expected to see.
(Or, 5 things class 1-A never expected from Aizawa, and 1 thing he never expected from them.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17905568
On Secret Relationships And The Importance Of Representation Among Pro Heroes by smol_bird
3k, Aizawa/Yamada, dadzawa,
“I guess,” Midoriya sighs. “But then – some of the pro heroes are our teachers, you know? And still, it’s not like any of them are... I mean, it’s certainly not a common occurrence for a hero to be... out.”
Out? Aizawa thinks. He begins to suspect that he knows what this conversation is about.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20405767
says the moon by chonideno
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou, rule 63, pining,
bakugou has read all the books, watched all the movies, heard all the stories, seeked out all possible advice, and none of it has ever made looking at kirishima easier. by the time they reach their third year at UA, bakugou might as well be begging for relief
or how girl loves girl
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17886320
The Best Medicine by chezka
13k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
He couldn't stop thinking about it.
The sound of it, breathy and wild, and the sight that accompanied it, warm and relaxed - Kirishima couldn't get it out of his head. It was stuck at the forefront of his mind, whenever he closed his eyes or let his thoughts wander, capturing him, cutting off his breaths.
He wanted to see it again.
Or, Kirishima sees Bakugou laughing, and his world shakes with it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/6563575
The Beauty of a Beast by starofjems
101k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, curses,
Once upon a time a lonely beast lived in a manor deep in the forest. He dreamed of the day his true love appeared to break his curse... When a beauty finally appears in his life, it is not quite as he imagined. For who could have thought a beauty would be more of a beast.
Or
The beauty and the beast AU nobody asked for but here it is.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/7267141
Bright as the Sun by starofjems
7k, Kaminari/Kirishima, AU,
For years Kaminari has kept his crush on one of his best friends hidden. It was never the right time, never the right place. They were all too busy trying to make their dreams come true, too busy becoming one of the best pod racer teams in the universe. But now that their dreams are finally becoming reality, it's hard to ignore Ashido's pestering to confess to Kirishima finally. Is it too much to wish for two dreams to come true?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20729933
Schrödinger's cat by AyzuLK
31k, Midoriya/Todoroki, PTSD, non-con, amnesia,
The cat is in the closed box, with a 50% chance of being alive and a 50% chance of being dead. According to the principle of uncertainty in quantum physics, he is alive and dead until someone opens the box.
Izuku doesn't want to open the box.
OR
Izuku didn’t return home after school. Two months later he was found roaming a deserted road with white hair, psychogenic amnesia and a quirk out of control.
Nothing is the same after that.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19245922
Heartbeat Thunder by Shippeh
95k, Kirishima/Bakugou, A/B/O, knotting, heat,
Kirishima tries not to remember his first rut, and he's taking care to ensure it never happens again.
In which: Kirishima is an extremely aggressive Alpha by nature but insists on suppressing everything, and Bakugou is an Omega wildly confident in his secondary gender.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15980336
hold on tight by lunalou
33k, gen, h/c, touch-starved, 5+1,
"What are you doing?" Shouto asks.
"Hugging you." Midoriya returns in a patient voice. His arms tighten around Shouto's waist and he presses his forehead more firmly against his back. "You know it's a hug, Shouto-kun. Don't play dumb."
or, five times somebody from 1-a hugs todoroki and the one time he hugs them first
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13498050
First Time For Everything by kazzarole
4k, Midoriya/Todoroki, pining,
Midoriya is the catalyst of many of the 'firsts' in Shouto's life--it just makes sense that Shouto should share his first kiss with him, too.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11500860
Head vs. Heart by Ms_Chunks
10k, Midoriya/Todoroki,
Todoroki Shouto had never known anyone quite like Midoriya Izuku. The strength of Midoriya’s quirk paled in comparison to the power of his heart. And it, more than any superhuman power, was what defined him.
Midoriya didn’t think before he acted, he felt. Shouto had a lot to learn about that.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17289734
Kiss Me Through The Screen by Ischemia
70k, Shinsou/Kaminari, AU, cam-boy,
Shinsou remembers when he first saw the ad for Ch4rgeb0lt’s services. He was just messing around online when a pop-up appeared with his smiling face, one eye winking and the other brightly flashing with happiness.
“Lonely? Tired of coming home to an empty apartment? Can’t find anyone to listen to your problems? Say no more! For the low cost of $10 per stream, you can have all the company and love you ever wanted. Get a best friend for the best price!”
His first reaction was, “what kind of depressing loser needs to buy a boyfriend?” before he looked around at his empty home and realized he might be that depressing loser.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11227647
nothing has changed me quite like you by akhikosanada
10k, Midoriya/Todoroki, friends to lovers,
"Touching someone for the first time, Shouto found out, did not draw electricity or any other romanticized chemical reaction described in books and movies. It did, however, make his chest tighten harder than it ever had before, and as he drew the shape of lightning over Midoriya’s skin, his lips parted on an almost inaudible sigh.
Midoriya’s breath caught in his throat, and Shouto wanted to catch it in his own mouth."
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18925678
Pickup Lines for the Soul by MustardSoup
3k, Shinsou/Kaminari, soulmates,
Denki is twelve when he is flicking through the TV channels and lands on an old RomCom movie about soulmate marks – specifically the same type that he has.
“I can’t believe I’ve had to walk around with a cheap pickup line written on my ankle my entire life because of you!” The leading lady yells at the leading man as he stares at her in awe.
Denki laughs.
“Oh no.” His mother says, watching him.
“Oh no, indeed.” His sister repeats quietly.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17843384
Hand to Heart (Right to Left) by Half_SubmergedinPurgatory
13k, Midoriya/Todoroki,
Shouto indulges Midoriya's curiousity about how his Quirk works. Just like everything he does with Midoriya, Quirk study sessions quickly become life-changing.
In other words: Shouto learns how to spite his dad, scare his friends, and how teenagers are supposed to act when they're in love.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13433601
Conventional Taste by WowBoring
44k, Midoriya/Todoroki, pining,
He didn’t think it would matter if Midoriya were taking him to a sewer convention; it was probably still going to be the highlight of his Golden Week.
In order to avoid a visit from his unpleasant grandparents Todoroki attends a hero convention with Midoriya, and learns a few things along the way.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21649615
no rest for the wicked by crossroadswrite
3k, gen,
“I’ll destroy a man for you,” he says breathlessly.
Todoroki looks vaguely amused. “Good to know.”
Midoriya passes the mug to Momo’s hands and then reaches up to put his hands on Todoroki’s cheeks so he can bring him down to eye-level.
“No, listen. I will destroy a man for you.”
Todoroki blinks at him, looking a little startled.
“I have a seven year plan,” Midoriya elaborates terrifyingly.
“O-kay?” he says throught his smushed cheeks.
“Fuck Endeavor,” Midoriya says empathically.
(Or: Midoriya has absolutely no filter when he's sleep deprived. That's it. That's the fic.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21245684
Rutting For You by FoolishFortuna
12k, Kirishima/Bakugou, A/B/O, rough sex, alpha/alpha,
Kirishima’s scent washed over him as the redhead moved to slide into bed and Katsuki found his mouth watering. For fuck sake, why was his body being such an asshole all of a sudden? He swallowed.
“Uh, Bakugou?” Eijirou's voice was quiet, almost rough, “You're putting out a pretty strong scent.” There was a tone to his best friend's voice that he'd never heard before, and it sent a shiver through Katsuki as he fisted the duvet in his hand tighter and ground his teeth.
His gums ached.
“Its nothing, shut up.” He focused on getting his pheromones under control quickly. Fuck, he really wanted to bite something. Something that smelled like Eijirou. He swallowed another mouthful of saliva.
“Do you-” Kiri swallowed as well, “d’you wanna just sleep up here?”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23176183
Impressionable by Thealmostrhetoricalquestion
5k, gen,
Aizawa spits out a mouthful of hair and says, “Give me coffee, and fuck off.”
There’s a tiny gasp from the doorway. Tensei is fast as a whip when he turns and stares, wide-eyed, at the very small figure of his younger brother outlined by the hallway light. He’s got pyjamas on, fancy silk things, and he’s holding, of all things, a clipboard. Aizawa squints. He’s pretty sure the kid isn’t even ten yet, although he can’t be sure, because the Iida’s seem naturally gangly, and he’s never been very good with kids. How do you measure them? They don't seem to come with a scale.
“You shouldn’t be saying words like that,” Iida says very sternly. “I’m impressionable.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23039944
From Fire and Ashes, Flourishing by Milligramme
21k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU,
It was starting to be insanely hot, Eijirou tripped so often that he was almost walking on all four at this point, his hands were all scratched from the rocks, his clothes dusty and in disarray, and to make things worse, the volcano was mocking him with an uneven slope that made him think the summit was close only to reveal another one further up.
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Kirishima's peaceful life on his volcanic island is put to an end when the dormant Mount Bakugou comes back to life, each eruption getting closer to the village and the crops. As panic starts to spread, people remember the old god of the volcano and the ancient tradition to offer him a sacrifice.
Kirishima doesn't buy any of this, but the older villagers seem serious. So before they kill someone in the name of a god that might not even exist, he decides to climb the volcano himself, hoping to find out what causes the eruptions.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23056354
The Anger Translators by naggeluide
5k, Todoroki/Bakugou, quirk accident,
Todoroki considered, then sighed. "Do you think we'll ever be able to do this on our own?"
"Do what, express anger normally in a healthy-ass manner or some shit that's not either super repressed or extremely violent?" Bakugou glowered at him, arms crossed.
"Yes."
"No."
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In which Bakugou becomes Todoroki's anger translator and vice versa
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22167295
Tiny Truths by Quirk Archivist (OneHitWondersAnonymous)
4k, Kirishima/Bakugou, de-aging, quirk accident, fluff, pining,
“The wedding,” Bakugou repeats, though it sounds like he’s annoyed. “Everybody knows you get married when you make a hero agency, stupid. Why else would you get married?”
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Bakugou gets hit with a de-aging quirk which shrinks him down to a four year old. Class 1A panics, but Kirishima steps up to the plate to help his best friend (and secret crush) feel safe in a scary situation. Rated T only for language; this is pure fluff through and through!
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/811476
F is for fire that burns down the whole town series by pepperfield
53k, gen, background relationships, shenanigans, quirk accidents,
“Karaoke, Kacchan.” Deku slams his palms on the table, fire in his eyes. “I need a rematch.”
“Abso-fucking-lutely not.”
With his boyfriend out of town and the crime rate up, Bakugou hasn't been having a great week. Deku does his best to make things worse.
(Friendship sure is beautiful.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20067997
Some Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them by AisforAmy71
230k, canon-divergence, injuries, character death, PTSD,
An AU what-if that explores what would happen if All Might lost his first big confrontation with All for One. When All Might is fatally injured after his battle with All For One, nine year old Midoriya Izuku forcibly receives One For All, unbeknownst to anyone...not even Izuku. It will be up to Inko and Gran Torino and as many favors as they can pull in to keep the boy safe from his new quirk until he can learn to use it, or until a suitable vessel can be found. With the Symbol of Peace out of the picture, the world just became a much more confusing place for everyone.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24192880
A New Starting Line by AisforAmy71
13k, gen, bullying, soul-searching,
This is kind of a What If? piece from Bakugo’s POV, where Izuku apparently takes Kacchan’s advice and jumps off the roof of the school. Things aren’t always what they seem, and Bakugo has some soul searching to do when he learns the truth.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18310007
manly man falls for manliest man by afuzzyowl
109k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, celebrities, pining,
Kirishima brings up Bakugou one day as he and Kaminari are eating together in the campus cafeteria. Super casual, like yeah-I-saw-this-guy-on-TV-once, and not I’ve-watched-literally-every-single-interview-he’s-ever-even-been-in-the-background-of-and-wouldn’t-mind-having-his-babies.
“Oh, him,” Kaminari says. “Eh, he’s popular lately, I guess. Don’t see what all the hype's about.”
Kirishima feels lightheaded. “You—you don’t see the hype—” he splutters. “He’s incredible, dude.”
Kaminari just eyes him.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19349770
Not Waving But Drowning by sandelf
38k, Kirishima/Bakugou, child abuse, child neglect, found family,
"This is for the best."
"I know."
"It is. I promise. It'll all be okay now. Everything will be okay now."
~
When class 1-a move into the dormitories, Bakugou has a horrifying realisation about his home life, forcing the self-proclaimed Bakusquad to band together to prove that he has everything he needs in that packed, happy, loud building.
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/1609612
the bomb squad series by rae_tnub
28k, gen,
Class 1A is their own personal bomb squad, or moments 1A shares with Bakugou.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23766268
president of the krbk club by hiuythn
10k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining,
Izuku watches, in a disbelieving and horrified sort of fascination, as Kirishima and Bakugou fall in love.
(Seriously? Right in front of his salad?)
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/1632100
every sign of love series by dino by might
25k, gen, platonic soulmates,
The first mark Izuku gets is a slight brush of green across his temple. It’s the soft touch of a mother holding her son for the first time. Inko has one to match, the same shade of green staining the tips of her fingers. Hers is more noticeable; Izuku’s tends to blend into his hairline.
He loves it anyways. He has to. It’s the only soulmate mark he has.
(Or: how Izuku goes from just green to a rainbow, UA-style.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22380874
What Rules Were Made For by Catastra_Fey
10k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, masturbation,
Bakugou has a problem. Apparently he's had it forever, and despite being his best friend, Kirishima is only just learning about it. The fact that his friend's quirk prevents him from any kind of self satisfaction has Kiri's brain melting down with sympathy and shock. So he does what any friend would do and offers to help him. Right? That's...what any friend would do...
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22796851
copper on your tongue by lanestreets
3k, gen, epilepsy, h/c,
I’m really sorry, I’m about to have a seizure, it might be bad, Denki thinks.
“So,” is what he actually says, drawing out the vowel, “is bad.”
“What?’” the redhead hovering over him says, and Denki blacks out.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22857316
can i be undone? by lanestreets
7k, angst, h/c,
“Why can’t I do those things? What’s wrong with them?”
Hawks sighs, and pushes his hair back out of his face. “It’s not that they’re wrong, they’re just different, and that’s wrong. The more you’re different, the more reason people have to distrust you, yeah? And if people distrust you, how can you be a hero? I want you to be safe, and not have to deal with all that scrutiny.”
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Hawks was really only trying to help Tokoyami. He never meant for it to go so far sideways.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23175157
like light through a window by achievingelysium
1k, gen, whump, dadzawa,
The first time Shouta sees what Hagakure looks like, it’s because she’s covered in blood.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23192434
Putting Infinity into Words by redrobin1989
8k, gen, platonic soulmates,
Soul Mates have evolved with quirks to become Soul Bonds in which one feels the entire emotional spectrum and a fact about their future relationship. Or so Izuku had heard, he'd only ever two Soul Bonds and they both caused him pain. Until All Might and Yuuei and he finally learned what it was like to have a loving, thriving Bond.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21997543
Worth a Thousand Words by awareoftheconcept
43k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining,
When a rare picture of Bakugou smiling leads Class 3A to believe he is in a relationship with Utsushimi Camie, a contest arises to see who can get the most pictures of the couple together.
***
“Umm,” Midoriya said nervously. “I-it’s Kacchan. There is always a spark.”
With another round of boos from Kaminari and Jirou, Ashido took a page out of Mineta’s playbook and started shaking Midoriya violently. “I mean like a romantic spark!”
Midoriya blanched. “You think Kacchan is interested in Utsushimi?”
He seemed doubtful, so Ashido shoved Kirishima’s phone in his face. “Do you see this smile? That is the smile of boy who is head-over-heels smitten, am I right?”
Midoriya actually took the time to look at the picture critically, though he shot an uneasy look towards Kirishima before he answered. “Umm, y-yeah,” he said as he started to back away, hiding behind Uraraka like a shield. “It definitely looks like Kacchan is in love.”
How could Kirishima have been so stupid?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21787960
Bakugou and Todoroki's Foolproof 5-Step Plan to Fuck with Mineta Minoru by Anubis_2701
37k, gen, background relationships, memes,
It was a simple enough idea; screw around with the resident bastard of Class 1-A to let him know that his medieval ways and perverted behaviour weren't going to be tolerated by even the most career-focused of UA's students.
To say that things had snowballed was an understatement.
Todoroki had no idea how he had ended up sitting on Bakugou's floor at 1 am, holding a dossier of incriminating material that would make the FBI slobber, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know.
The long and short of it was, fuck Mineta.
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/1540663
BNHA Pro-Hero Au series by surveycorpsjean
69k, Midoriya/Todoroki, Midoriya/Todoroki/Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, thirst, polyamory,
It's been four years since Izuku took an overseas villain case.
Now twenty-six, Izuku is one hundred percent, without a doubt, completely and utterly over his crush on Shouto. No problems, smooth sailing, Izuku is a new man ready to start the next chapter of his life.
Haha...right?
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(RN: i had to go lie down after reading this)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20492264
Liquid Nitrogen by surveycorpsjean
23k, Hawks/Endeavor, age difference, size difference, enemies to friends to lovers,
Enji can't figure out why the hell Hawks keeps sleeping in his office.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12025527
quote love unquote by newamsterdam
135k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, celebrities, fake relationship, pining, slow burn,
Sero nods. “It’s the chance of a lifetime, really,” he says. “We want you to date Bakugou, for the sake of his reputation with the press. Some public appearances, a few ‘candid’ photos. For at least a couple of months.”
“Bakugou sent you to ask me to date him?” Kirishima asks, baffled.
“Of course not. We, his people, are asking you to date him. He’s going to have to get on board, if he wants his career to survive. And in the bargain, Riot will get all sorts of publicity, because their lyricist will be dating one of the industry’s hottest stars. A win for everyone.”
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When Kirishima Eijirou's band hits the big time, he's not prepared for his newfound fame. He's even less prepared to meet the actor he's been crushing on for years, or to start dating him as a publicity stunt. The closer Kirishima gets to Bakugou Katsuki, the more he realizes he's in over his head. But it's hard to stop, once his heart is in it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11382708
Up the Wall by surveycorpsjean
8k, Midoriya/Todoroki, pining,
He was told love makes you weak.
Well, Todoroki would like to disagree.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18052598
Thanks for Saving Me by Esselle
46k, Midoriya/Todoroki, AU, age difference, celebrities,
"You saved my life," Todoroki says.
Izuku freezes. Then he looks up. Todoroki Shouto is staring at him, his eyes calm but wide, dust and soot all over his face. His perfect, handsome face. He's more beautiful in person than Izuku could have imagined.
"You just saved all of us," Todoroki says again. "What's your name?"
"M-Midoriya," Izuku chokes out. "Midoriya Izuku."
Todoroki nods. "Midoriya. Thank you."
--
Midoriya Izuku is a university sophomore, a fanboy, quirkless. On the list of things he is not: a hero.
That's why he's more surprised than anyone when he rescues Todoroki Shouto, his favorite pro hero, from a deadly villain attack. His actions fling him into the media spotlight, grabbing the attention of the entire country, including Todoroki himself. But Todoroki actually wants to get to know him past the headlines.
Izuku finds himself living a story straight out of a fairy tale, one where the mysterious, handsome prince is played by the real-life superhero he has always admired. But Izuku is convinced he's the ugly duckling, not the swan; could he ever be remarkable enough to get his happily ever after?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15651684
The Hot One by Esselle
1k, pre-Bakugou/Kaminari/Kirishima, fluff, accidental flirting,
"Oy," Katsuki warns. They ignore him.
"He's like," Denki continues, posing with his arms flexed, "grrrr, he's like a beast."
"Well, yeah," Eijirou agrees, "everyone knows he's super manly, but I don't know if that means he can't be pretty, too."
"Oy, idiots."
--
Even though they're complete opposites, both of Eijirou's best friends are really, really cute.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13902942
Biting the Bullet by orphan_account
4k, Uraraka/Bakugou, sexual tension,
In which a training exercise brings a whole other meaning to fighting dirty.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14831519
I'm Making You Sweat by karmaticinstitution
4k, Uraraka/Bakugou, sparring, femdom,
He wants to touch, touch, touch— but she stops him short of anything else.
“Katsuki, I’m going to fucking tear you apart,” and he changes his mind, this is definitely the hottest thing he’s ever heard. Nothing can beat it, and he’s instantly swelling in his shorts. He runs his eyes over her, and he thinks she could probably do whatever she wanted and he’d go along without any qualms.
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Bakugou is weak for thick thighs and Uraraka is a queen.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14761845
There's Something About Bakugou by ohmytheon
19k, Uraraka/Kirishima/Bakugou, ust, quirk accidents,pining, dirty talk,
After Bakugou is hit by a villain's unknown quirk that produces some strange side effects, both Uraraka and Kirishima have a very interesting day trying to help him.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24254872
sparks fly (and not the flammable kind) by laurenshappenstobemyhusband
7k, Jirou/Shinsou/Kaminari, fluff,
He's cute, Jirou realizes with a bit of a start. Sure, he's about to set fire to the TV, but it's cute. When did that happen?
Shinsou elbows her in the side, and she turns to see he's looking at Kaminari too, with the same fond smile.
"I'm gonna date that," he whispers, not looking at her, but his smile curls at the edges. Like a cat.
"Oh yeah?" she says, suddenly on the defensive. "Not if I date that first." No challenge was named, but she'll damn well win it.
OR: Jirou and Shinsou both try to win Kaminari over, and Kaminari painfully likes both of them.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25055935
catch you when you fall by pixiegold
3k, Kirishima/Bakugou, truth spells, pining,
“I accidentally used my quirk on him, he’s gonna be super honest for like three hours now, and I haven’t worked out how to stop it early yet! I’m so useless, I’m sorry!” She blurts out, and Kirishima blinks at her for a second, before looking at Bakugou. The boy stood next to her rolls his eyes and starts walking over to the nearest teacher like he’s done this a hundred times before.
"Three hours?" Kirishima mutters.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25061890
Voices by SquirrelWriter
11k, gen, dadzawa,
Hitoshi has a thing about voices.
Part of it's because of his Quirk, probably. He's always listening for that reply. It's the opening, the chink in a person's armor that lets his own voice slip in and hijack their brain. But part of it is that most people are wary around him, so when someone does talk, particularly to him, it stands out.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17221628
rock'n'roll, buckaroo! by Origamidragons
6k, gen, social media,
Kaminari walks up to Todoroki in the hallway after class and says, “Dude, I need your help.”
Todoroki checks over his shoulder, twice, to verify that Kaminari is indeed talking to him. “Why?”
“Yesterday you asked Shinsou-kun if he was Aizawa-sensei’s son,” Kaminari says, as though that explains anything at all.
“...yes?”
“Make a hero conspiracy YouTube channel with me.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11751861
slow down, start dancing by blessings
4k, Yaoyorozu/Jirou, mutual pining,
“We’re dead” is the first thing Momo says to her when she opens the door, and it’s somehow more beautiful than any lyric from Kyouka’s favorite song.
“Yeah, like, on the inside and stuff,” she replies.
Yaoyorozu Momo and Jirou Kyouka have to define what courage means to them or risk failing All Might’s class. Forgetting about their project until 10 hours before it’s due feels like the right answer.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17204222
Kaminari's Declassified Coming Out Survival Guide by MustardSoup
3k, Kaminari/Shinsou, coming out,
Local disaster bi, Kaminari Denki, is yanked right out of the questioning stage of his life and now has to navigate the process of coming out.
He decides to do it step-by-step, with each step taking more courage than the last.
And if coming out equates to slaying the dragon, then perhaps by the end of this he'll get the guy, too.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23349292
the river walked me home by Thealmostrhetoricalquestion
28k, gen, referenced child abuse, dissociating, healing, dadzawa,
Shouto's life is a deck of precariously stacked cards, and one online article about Endeavour's approach to parenting sends the whole thing tumbling down. Not everyone believes it. Half the public denies it. But even if it turns out there's no truth in the article, the staff at U.A. are under enough fire as it is, and sending Shouto home for the upcoming week-long break is inexcuseable in the eyes of the press.
Not to mention, Aizawa wouldn't stand for it anyway.
Or: Shouto spends a week or two hiding from the world in his teacher's house, where he is introduced to Animal Crossing, the sweetest cat in the world, and the bizarre concept of feeling safe in his own home.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18507250
All-Night by ertiniest_hands_in_all_the_land
7k, gen, fluff, domestic, dadzawa,
Tonight doesn’t seem to be any different. Though Aizawa hasn’t moved since hitting the couch, Shinsō knows he’s still very much alive when he hears the muffled inquiry of, “Why are you two still awake…”
Shinsō takes another bite of his crepe before answering. “I couldn’t sleep and she had a nightmare.”
Or
Shinsō Hitoshi comforts a small child, makes crepes at 2 in the morning, sutures a wound, and appears on late-night radio. The perfectly normal experience when he can't sleep.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13853580
Dis(associate) by BeyondTheClouds777
283k, gen, bullying, puns, injury, service dog, ghosts (kinda),
Izuku has a “dissociation” Quirk that lets his ghost leave his body, and it’s both convenient and inconvenient at the same time. Either way, he's going to do whatever it takes to become a hero.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19935958
and i'm nothing like you by aloneintherain
9k, gen, kidnapping, mind control, being forced to hurt your friend, h/c,
Of all the people to have been kidnapped alongside, it had to be this person, this hero, the one person who would never blame him for the things he was forced to do.
“Don’t cry,” Midoriya says.
“Fuck you,” Hitoshi chokes out.
(When Shinsou goes grocery shopping a few weeks after transferring to Class 2A, Midoriya tags along. Because he is, for some reason, determined to be Shinsou’s friend.
Shinsou remains cold and withdrawn in the face of Midoriya’s friendliness—until they’re kidnapped by a woman with a brainwashing quirk who believes Shinsou doesn’t belong in the hero course.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22035913
i was busy thinking 'bout... by crossroadswrite
3k, Midoriya/multi,
He wonders at times if this is divine retribution for something he did. Is it punishment? Is he being punished with pretty boys who can snap him in half? Is that it? Or is this a reward perhaps? Can you call being tormented by handsome boys a reward? Probably.
(or: local bi boy too gay for this, more at eleven.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21821275
a little pick me up by crossroadswrite
2k, Midoriya/Kirishima, fluff, 5+1,
Midoriya and him have been working out together for a while now. He’s a cool gym buddy, and he keeps up with Eijirou better than a lot of other people in class, which is fun.
There aren’t a lot of people who can spot for him when he does weights, just because of how much Eijirou can lift.
And despite all this, nothing prepares Eijirou for Midoriya coming up to him nervously, and bashfully asking, “Kirishima-kun, would you mind sitting on me?”
(Or: 5 Times Midoriya picks Kirishima up + 1 time he picks him up, or 5 times Midoriya picks Kirishima up + 1 time Kirishima picks him up)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24609802
A Letter to Me by kiapet
15k, gen, time travel, bullying, kidnapping,
Fourteen-year-old Bakugou Katsuki knows he’s destined to be a great hero someday. Midoriya Izuku dreams of the same, but struggles to get through each day in a world determined to push him down. But when the pair of middle schoolers are kidnapped by a villain with a time travel quirk, they are forced to confront a future neither of them could predict- and versions of themselves they never expected to become.
-Or-
Pro!Midoriya to Kid!Midoriya: You matter so much, and everything is going to be okay!
Pro!Bakugou to Kid!Bakugou: Now listen here you little shit-
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24560458
third couch is the charm by laurenshappenstobemyhusband
6k, gen, friendship,
Shouto trained for years to control his ice. Encasing everything in ice whenever he sneezed, got angry or startled, or just whenever he wasn't paying attention always got him into trouble, and he's glad he finally has complete control over his right side.
Unfortunately, he can't say the same about his flames.
OR: Todoroki sets three couches on fire, which apparently is too many, so now he has to take quirk control classes with Kaminari and they bond over mutual destruction
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23241805
You Matter, Too by Baku_Babe
11k, gen, injury, recovery,
Bakugou was afraid.
He never thought he'd see the day where he would openly admit to himself that he was scared. Because he shouldn't be scared; he was Katsuki Bakugou, one of Class A's finest students, survivor of more horrific events in his young life than most adults had experienced in a lifetime.
But today was different. Today, as he stood on trembling legs with his hands clasped tightly against his stomach, blood gushing past his clenched fingers as his vision blurred...
Today, in his greatest moment of weakness, he was horrified.
And there was no one there to help him.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24425764
Of Supervillains and Paternity Tests by onelittlebirdiesittingonthesill
1k gen, dad for one,
Midoriya Izuku is just getting settled into life in the dorms, as a rising hero, comfortable in his knowledge of Eri-chan's safety.
Then someone collapses the roof of the dorms, and Aizawa-sensei shows them the newly-rewound identity of All For One.
And he has freckles.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22575034
the drip of melting ice by walking_through_autumn
19k, gen, dadzawa, h/c,
Aizawa found out within a day. It was quite likely due to the dish Todoroki had washed and left to dry in the shared kitchen after the kitten had been fed off it. Hitoshi was forced to reflect that it wasn’t any good hiding the litter and cat food in their wardrobes if Todoroki was going to make a fundamental mistake like that.
Aizawa stood in his door frame and raised an eyebrow. “Well? Where is the cat?”
Hitoshi gave his most disarming smile. “What cat?”
Todoroki chose that moment to exit his room, eyes on his phone, other hand holding a cat toy. He bumped into Aizawa and looked up slowly, like in a horror movie.
“...oh,” Todoroki said. Aizawa raised the other eyebrow. Hitoshi rubbed a hand down his face.
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Herbal tea, weekly floor gatherings, spoiled surprises, movie marathons, shared custody over a cat, rain and ice and blankets and plushies, and the journey of falling into a friendship.
(Or: Hitoshi moves into the 2A dormitory at the beginning of his second year, learns who his neighbour is, and makes the friends he had declared he isn't there to have within the space of a semester.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23019061
Doodling the Daydreams Away by loki_dokey
3k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
Aizawa had never had any qualms with Bakugou's attitude to his learning. In fact, the kid had taught the others a thing or two about diligence and productivity over the two and a half years he'd been in the class. Truth be told, Bakugou was on par with Yaoyarozu and Iida when it came to having a studious nature.
So when Aizawa carefully tilted the boy's paper in the light to discover what had clearly been erased with earnest, he blinked when he realised it was a dick. A firmly-drawn but desperately-erased dick. Unable to help the huff of laughter from escaping him, Aizawa sat back and ran a hand through his hair, eyes scouring the work in his hand. Well, he had not been expecting to find that on his Monday evening.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22223665
Renegade Quirk by threesipsmore
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou, quirk accident,
This is the second time Bakugo's been hit by a wayward quirk in a playground of snotty, wailing children. He's intent on ignoring the colors all around him until it wears off, no matter how violently apparent his classmates' inner emotions become.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23675587
Flying High, Diving Low by EonsofVictory
2k, gen, dadzawa, accidental drug use,
“Are they drugged?!”
During a temporary internship, Bakugou, Midoriya and Shinsou are accidentally exposed to an unknown substance, leaving them dazed with the drug's effects. Its a good thing their homeroom teacher is there to take care of them.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23167126
Eye of the Beholder by Heronfem
6k, Sero/Todoroki,
“I’m just saying,” Mina says, propping her chin in her hand and pouting, “it’s unfair. It’s totally unfair. We were all fools and our punishment is too extreme to be borne. The gods are making us pay.”
Bakugou cracks an eye open from where he’s sprawled out with his head in Kirishima’s lap. It’s a nice day, closing in on the end of summer during their third year of school, and the heat is fully upon them. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
“That,” she huffs, and points.
“Oh,” Bakugou says wryly. “That.”
---
Or, Sero gets hot over summer break and Todoroki gets his man (though not without a few bumps along the way).
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23828215
(it's just that it's) Delicate by DarklingMoon
8k, Aizawa/Yamada, mutual pining, awkward sexual situations,
“With both of my arms broken…” Shouta trails off, breaking his glare to look away.
“...Oh,” Hizashi says, after just a moment, when he gets it. Now he’s blushing, too. If he wasn’t before. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that, you can’t...haven’t been able to...”
Hizashi gives his best friend a helping hand.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24429556
Security Blanket by ManaBanana
8k, Kirishima/Bakugou, fluff, h/c, 5+1,
Bakugou sleeps a lot already, but he tends to do it more when Kirishima is around.
(5 times Kirishima found Bakugou sleeping and one time he woke up next to him)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17635304
Wishful Thinking by Kiyoko_Michi
17k, Aizawa/Yamada, mutual pining,
Most professional Heroes keep their personal relationships quiet, for privacy and safety. Everyone who has ever seen Eraserhead and Present Mic together know they’re one such couple. If only someone would tell them so they’d stop pining over each other…
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24604015
stillness and sanctuary by wonhaebunny
3k, Iida/Bakugou, fluff,
“Is that… Hesse?” Tenya ventures slowly.
Bakugou pauses, page suspended half-turn.
“What the fuck is it to you?” he snarls, looking very defensive suddenly.
Tenya is too busy staring at the book cover to reply. He’s not sure how to process the fact that Bakugou Katsuki is reading his favourite book. What does this mean? How does Tenya proceed from here?
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or: katsuki can read and tenya loses his absolute shit over it
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24276730
Beyond The Stars (All The Way To You) by Ibelieveinahappilyeverafter
19k, gen,
Shinsou Hitoshi is finally home with his new family and ready for a long break of doing nothing before he starts his second year of U.A. in the heroics course. His break doesn’t quite go to plan, though, when his body starts going through changes. And not changes as in getting older, but changes as in he suddenly has pointed ears, sharp teeth, and wings and a tail growing out of his back.
It’s a scramble to figure out if what’s happening is a rare quirk mutation or if it’s something else much more serious. While the answer might lie with his birth family, it’s the family he has now that’s going to help him through it. One thing is for sure, though, and that’s the fact that Hitoshi is never going to have a normal life again.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24941116
if you see the boy i used to be by aloneintherain
5k, gen, temporary amnesia, past bullying,
“Where are we?” Izuku asks, throat tight.
Aizawa glances at him. “UA.”
Izuku stops. He looks back down at the forest-green suit and the cape fastened around his neck, and swallows, barely daring to believe it. “And I’m...”
“You’re a third-year student here,” Aizawa says without inflection, like he’s not completely shattering Izuku’s world-view. “In the hero course.”
Or: After a training accident, Izuku forgets everything that happened after his second year of middle school.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19887490
for you, anything by unreemarkable
41k, Midoriya/Todoroki, fluff, h/c, angst, 5+1,
“Hey, Shouto, we’re friends, right?”
“Best friends."
In which Todoroki and Midoriya try their best.
(alternatively: five times Midoriya is there for Todoroki, and one time Todoroki is there for him.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18727342
Power Lift Into Your Heart by IceEckos12
30k, Modoriya/Todoroki, AU, personal trainer,
In a world where people cause minor miracles to happen daily, Izuku is unfortunate enough to be stuck with uncontrollable bad luck. Nevertheless, he tries to live his life as quietly as his mysterious (read: annoying) ability will allow.
But then Izuku is hired by UA Fitness, and things kind of snowball from there. The clients are strange, the staff is even stranger, and if his quirk doesn't break every bone in his body then he will be lucky.
At least the guy who threw coffee all over him is kind of cute.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17659223
What One Hides by Pinalinet
94k, Midoriya/Todoroki,
All Might gives class 1-A an unusual assignment that results in Midoriya Izuku and Todoroki Shouto attending a weekly acting class. But with a mysterious villain targeting individuals without Quirks, and a developing issue of Todoroki's own, an after-school assignment is the least of their worries.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20714669
Cry Me A River by carolinaa
7k, gen, quirk accident, dadzawa,
“This is nothing,” Shouta says to the class, trying to sound as flat as possible. “Please go back to studying.”
“You’re crying,” Asui says into the heavy quiet.
Shouta gets hit with the worst quirk he could possibly think of. On the bright side, his family loves him. And his eyes haven’t been this hydrated in about fifteen years.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24067537
you live/you learn/you love/you're dead by carolinaa
13k, gen, injury, h/c,
Two minutes pass before Aizawa taps Midoriya’s face and Midoriya doesn’t respond in the slightest. They don’t have time to wait any longer.
Aizawa looks up at Todoroki, and tries to say with the least amount of callousness possible, “He won’t make it until the medical team gets here.”
Todoroki’s breath hitches, but his voice is still hard when he insists, “Yes he will.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21498238
bff (brother friend forever) by carolinaa
3k, gen,
Uraraka's an only child, and Iida's only ever been a younger brother. The two of them have no clue what an older-brother, younger-sister dynamic is supposed to look like.
At this point, they just seem determined to make everyone around them as confused as possible.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17612087
three fishes in a tank by atomicmuffin
30k, Midoriya/Ochako/Todoroki, fluff, polyamory negotiation, sharing a bed,
Due to the tragic and early demise of his flat, Todoroki has no other choice but to temporarily move in with Midoriya and Uraraka. And, one thing leading to another, never manages to leave.
Midoriya/Uraraka/Todoroki domestic fluff.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17571911
awake and (un)afraid, asleep or- by driedupwishes
54k, Midoriya/Todoroki, post-canon,
“You,” Shoto says, picking his head up from where his screen is filled with The Worst Photograph Ever, curtesy of Shinsou, Jiro, Kaminari, his brother, and nearly everyone they know. “You are so dead to me.”
Kirishima blinks, mouth half open while Izuku mutters oh god, it’s too late, isn’t it on the other end of the phone, before Kirishima is leaning into his space to see his screen.
“Oh,” he says, in response to the photo someone in the crowd of civilians watching the fight had taken of them. “Oh, that’s-” he cuts himself off for a minute, leaning back to eye Shoto’s face while on the other side of the phone Izuku smothers what is probably a laugh, and then changes tracks.
“It’s super manly to love and support your friends,” Kirishima tells Shoto haughtily, as if this whole thing isn't his fault in the first place.
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or: Kirishima and Shoto accidentally start trending on Twitter and in retaliation Shoto decides to make an Instagram to showcase all his Hero Deku merchandise, so that everyone knows how much he loves his boyfriend Izuku, and no one expects how quickly it will all spiral out from there
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17409002
Romancing For Dummies: A Book Specifically Addressed To Todoroki Shouto by Julietwasanidiot
8k, Midoriya/Todoroki, 5+1,
If this is what Midoriya thinks, that these results come from a genuine effort on Shouto’s part to smooth over the romantic tribulations of his classmates, and not from the awkward fumbling of some hormone-ridden teenage homosexual disaster, Shouto’s going to defend that belief if it kills him.
Or: Five times Shouto intervenes in times of emotional crisis, and one time Class 1-A intervenes because Shouto is the crisis.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15019553
Never Let Me Go by Iamalsohere
7k, Todoroki/Yaoyorozu, light bondage, non-sexual intimacy,
"I like the idea that someone would ever trust me enough to let me tie them up. I know it sounds stupid…"
"No. It doesn't. It sounds nice."
Todoroki is intrigued when he finds a book in Yaoyorozu's room about bondage and shibari (though she insists she just owns it for reference). He finds himself lying awake at night, wondering what it would be like to trust someone enough to give his body to them. To let someone else take control for a change.
If it's Yaoyorozu taking control, he thinks he might enjoy it. In fact, Todoroki quickly realises that that's what he wants more than anything.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12002178
Just Say When by Bounemr
50k, Kaminari/Todoroki,
Denki is shocked to find himself tutored by Todoroki. Will he finally rise from last place, academically, in class? Will love shenanigans happen? Probably. They're not mutually exclusive.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18686197
The World Is Not Enough by mousapelli
25k, Midoriya/Todoroki, post-canon, pining,
In the four years after leaving UA, Midoriya and Todoroki live in lots of different places and try all sorts of different things on their way to becoming full pro heroes, but one of the things that never changes is staying best friends and always being just a phone call away even when they're on opposite sides of the world. Another thing that never changes is Midoriya's Plus Ultra-sized crush on Todoroki.
Slow burn friends to lovers for TodoDeku Big Bang 2019.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17396711
Dé à coudre by atomicmuffin
4k, Sero/Todoroki, fluff, pining,
Sero Hanta slides from the One-Sided Rivalry Zone and dives head first into the Pining Wasteland so fast he doesn’t even notice until he’s already half drowning under the feels.
A Sero/Todoroki One Shot, coming straight from the RarePair Hell.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19721299
Checks and Balances by indirectkissesiniceland
113k, Midoriya/Todoroki, AU, pining,
Izuku Midoriya was a competitive cheerleader up until an injury to his hand made tumbling and stunting an impossibility. It's devastating to think that cheer could be out of his life for good—until a pair of enthusiastic classmates show up at Izuku's dorm room with a signup sheet for a new club: hockey cheerleading. All that's left to do is learn how exactly hockey works...and try not to think too much about the prodigious freshman right wing, who's just about the most wonderful person Izuku's ever met.
Shouto Todoroki has eaten, slept, and breathed hockey his whole life. He's got a legacy to live up to with his pro-hockey old man, and he's no stranger to the scrutiny and expectations of his coaches and teammates. It's different now that he plays for UA, though. He's got a former pro coach who sees potential in him and teammates who might actually like him as a person. Then there's the cheerleading captain, who's kind and compassionate in a way Shouto's never known—and who won't rest until Shouto stops dismissing hockey as nothing more than his old man's game.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25533433
Sunflower by indirectkissesiniceland
10k, Sero/Todoroki, pining,
Sero has a soft spot for Todoroki, who has a soft spot for Sero. Bakusquad passes the popcorn.
Written for Sero Week 2020!
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13962834
Late bloomer by NohaIjiachi
9k, Midoriya/Todoroki, porn with feelings, slight angst,
That’s why when they’ve found themselves face to face on the ring of the sport festival once more, for the third time ever since they’ve met each other, and Izuku smiled at him, eager and challenging, self-confident but never full of himself, Shouto blinked, dazed and shocked, in realizing just how blindingly beautiful his best friend was. The way Izuku’s white shirt clung on his muscles, the little peek of his collar bone and the hard lines of his pecs visible under it, the way his thighs curved and filled the school gym uniform.
‘Oh, fuck—‘ Shouto thought, his head spinning, feeling like he just got run over by a freight train. ‘Shit. He’s- hot?’
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15076253
You Need Some Ice for That Burn by theyalwayssay
10k, Midoriya/Todoroki,
After four months of Izuku being the ecstatic, bewildered, disbelieving boyfriend of Todoroki Shouto, their physical intimacy has plateaued. Both of them are burning up, and something’s got to give. Strap in; this is gonna get loud.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20737139
The Cave by TheRedDragon173
55k, Kirishima/Bakugou, child abuse, self-harm, PTSD, trans character,
Bakugou Katsuki is not weak. He's strong. Or at least, that's what he tells others. And himself.
He wears his aggression like armor, hiding the truth of how he feels. But even the strongest armor can start to chip away and warp, if enough pressure is applied. So when the facade begins to crack, how is Katsuki supposed to deal with it?
The answer is; badly.
But maybe he has more friends than he thinks, and they just might care a whole lot more than Katsuki realizes.
(heed the tags)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19888921
Up To Date by Pouler (poulerslashes)
19k, Midoriya/Todoroki, pro-heroes,
"It's just for fun. Heroes do this sort of thing all the time."
"Do they?"
Uraraka laughed. "Oh yeah," she said. "You should’ve seen some of the pictures I found in my mom's stash when I was a kid."
"I see."
Todoroki stumbles upon a collection of photographs he wasn't intended to see.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15088175
Always On My Mind by TheMomeRath
10k, Midoriya/Todoroki, no mpreg,
It's been a couple years since they started dating, and Midoriya and Todoroki have plans to lose their virginity to each other. Sometimes, however, sex can have unexpected effects.
Or; a lesson in the importance of wearing a condom.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21824905
Echo by CrzA
22k, Midoriya/Todoroki, AU, soulmates,
Not trusting his voice not to crack miserably, Izuku gives him a little nod that turns into a shake of his head about halfway through. How is he supposed to be okay? The literal man of his dreams is literally standing right in front of him, fussing over him while blushing like a maiden after the absolutely lecherous activities they have engaged in more than once in his head.
Or a fic where soulmates exist and Izuku thinks he doesn't have one... until he almost literally steps out of his dreams.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13345182
lantern by notallballs (notallbees)
3k, Midoriya/Todoroki, first time, h/c,
"Todoroki?"
He turned his head. "Mm?"
Midoriya's voice quivered. "How many did we save?"
Shouto closed his eyes. "The police officer I spoke to said a conservative effort would be seventy-five, perhaps eighty."
After a difficult rescue mission, Midoriya and Todoroki find comfort in each other.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18538114
friday nights by gasmask
6k, Kirishima/Bakugou, mutual masturbation,
“You guys send each other porn? For the muscles?”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18550984
seeing sparks by gasmask
4k, Bakugou/Kaminari, pining, 5+1,
5 times having a crush on Denki really fucking sucks.
1 time having a crush on Denki isn't too bad.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22566070
𝙸 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸'𝚖 𝙰𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚊 by cutiefemdom
7k, Kirishima/Bakugou, a/b/o, dominant omega,
Bakugou wants to be the class's pack leader but a strangely fearless and tough omega beats him to it. He's less upset about it than he thought he'd be and breaks about three hundred gender norms in the process of falling in love.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22598746
🔥 Comfortably Numb 🔥 by cutiefemdom
32k, Kirishima/Bakugou, a/b/o, dominant omega,
Due to the sheer amount of sweat his quirk produced, Bakugou was an omega heat magnet. In fact, his scent made omegas close to their heats go straight into it. They couldn't keep their hands off of him.
𝘖𝘙: 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥-𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴. (𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢.)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15435156
nothing lingers passively by iimo
44k, Todoroki/Bakugou, a/b/o,
“Dehydration and dry skin were common side effects of suppressants - they dry up the glands that secrete the potent hormones that Alphas and Omegas experience during their monthly ruts and heats. Normally these reactions can be lessened by drinking more water and bulking up on body lotion and chapstick.
But the hormonal glands aren't the only ones to whither like raisins under the influence of suppressants - both the exocrine and endocrine systems were subject to its dehydrating effects. So as a future Pro Hero with a quirk that activates with sweat, the choice boiled down to a hard nope, fuck that. No suppressants.
The peace of his classmates be damned.”
Alpha Bakugou Katsuki is allergic to suppressants, and Todoroki Shouto is a Beta with a grudge. Together they strike a deal that swiftly exceeds anything they'd bargained for.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16794499
What Came First? by FoolishFortuna
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
“Right. So you’ve gotta know what a game of ‘chicken’ is right? Its when two people start at either end of a drag strip or road and drive their cars straight at each other until one of them gets scared and turns the wheel. Well, this is the gay kiss version. You both lean in and the first one to pull back loses. Simple, man.” Kaminari put his hands on his hips and grinned at his classmate.
Wherein Kirishima is the king of gay chicken. Until he's... not?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25189612
I think I wanna marry you by izlaria (mixthealphabet)
5k, Aizawa/Yamada, mutual pining, bed sharing,
At 22, at 25, at 31, the truth stays the same: Hizashi Yamada is in love with his best friend.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25342699
But Our Records Keep Skipping by Robbirdthe8th (FictionalFeather)
13k, Aizawa/Yamada, pining, gentle sex, past sexual abuse,
"It's not like any of my exes ever said 'let's fuck or I'm leaving you' but...yeah. It's a factor."
"You just didn't want to sleep with any of them?"
"I wanted to. Or wanted to want to, I guess."
***
The impact left by Hizashi's ex-boyfriend still looms, too big and too much, so he asks Shouta for a favor.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25339180
Do You Even Lift? by Plantzawa
1k, Kirishima/Bakugou, dumb boys,
Some girls think they're real clever getting Kirishima to bodily lift them, but one blond disagrees.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12733629
show me how to by Slumber
3k, Aizawa/Yamada, voyeurism, exhibitionism, asexual character,
"You have a power, learn to control it. Instead you'd rather ask me to erase it for you while you get off with another student-- have you thought about what you're asking?"
In which Yamada Hizashi just wants to have sex without injuring his classmates and Aizawa is the perfect solution.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12193845
Send Nudes Winky Face by thephilosophah
81k, polyamorous 1A, lots of sex, all the sex,
In which Kaminari is bad at sexting and the Bakusquad makes a bet over it. Then everyone starts betting on them and the stakes rise, and Bakugou's so certain he'll naturally win that he doesn't even notice how much money he's adding to the pool.
RC: incredibly smutty yet wholesome. an absolute delight to read. made me happy just to see the tab scroll past as i procrastinated on updating this list.
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https://archiveofourown.org/series/1115469
I Am Here series by lalazee
9k, All Might/Endeavor, pre-canon, UST, angst, teenagers,
“Nothing about this life is like a comic book. One day, you’re going to realize it in the worst way possible. And I’ll be there, the Number One Hero, all along.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16795468
If I Win... by orphan_account
2k, All Might/Endeavor, pre-canon, internalized homophobia,
"If I win, let me kiss you."
Enji punched him in the face.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16266083
warm, sweet, slightly smoked by soltian
2k, Hawks/Endeavor, male lactation,
due to unknown factors, endeavor has a problem. hawks is happy to help.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18234113
Hold Him Down, Goddamit by Elixiers
2k, Bakugou/Kirishima/Kaminari, masturbation,
Denki should have known, he really should have. To his defense, he never really realized it until he paid attention.
Now, though, it’s glaringly obvious: Bakugou is putty in Kirishima’s hands.
Denki’s incredibly curious about how Kirishima does it, about what he tells Bakugou to calm him down… but each time he asks, Kirishima only gives a boisterous laugh and waves the question away.
It becomes Denki’s mission to find out– simply because of the fact that, well, it’s kind of hot, he guesses? He can’t help but hold that thought every time Bakugou shivers just slightly when Kirishima whispers into his ear, and Bakugou’s cheeks turn red, and he’s still scowling spectacularly but, uh… yeah, shit, it’s cute.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19116025
Messy by beebuzz
14k, Kaminari/Bakugou/Kirishima/Tetsutetsu,
Chewing on the inside of his cheek, Kaminari moved his eyes to the side. “I’m trying to talk about this. Because I feel guilty talking to him like that when I should be satisfied with you two- And I am- And I know there’s already a lot to deal with when there’s three of us, but I guess I was just wondering if maybe you two would be open to meeting him.”
“Meeting him.” Kirishima repeated, hands completely stilling on Bakugou’s shoulders. “As in-”
“A date.” Bakugou finished for him, sharp gaze catching bright gold as Kaminari shot up straight.
“No-”
“No?”
“Well- maybe.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24510598
Don't by Trenchcoatkitten
16k, Kirishima/Bakugou, post-canon, roommates,
Kirishima is out of a place to live - and Bakugou gives him a perfect solution
OR
And they were roommates. (Oh my god they were roommates) Basically I just needed these babies being soft and sweet and domestic okay. Light angst cause I'm ~still a piece of garbage~ and I can't help it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25454512
When He Sees Me by Trenchcoatkitten
81k, Midoriya/Todoroki, AU, disability, past child abuse,
“Sorry,” Midoriya says. “I tend to get off in my own little world sometimes. Guess I just talk a lot. Hope that won't bother you.”
“It's fine. I don't talk very much.”
Midoriya grins again, lighting up the booth brighter than the light hanging over the table. “We're a perfect pair, then!”
xx
Todoroki Shouto moves in with someone he's never met, just while he's in town for his show. He's never really known what home could mean, and, well, Izuku's the perfect ball of sunshine to show him.
Basically, this is a Blind!Izuku and Dancer!Shouto AU :)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25647619
bells by arxaris
18k, Sero/Todoroki, A/B/O, pining,
It’s times like these that Hanta wishes he were… like his peers. Where they can rely on biological instincts and subtle changes in scent, he has to rely on his subpar skill at reading people, on the hope that he can tell when a friend – are they friends, though? – would rather not be alone.
Hanta looks down at his arm, curled tight around his offered comforts, and lets out a quiet sigh.
He has to rely on a shared interest in manga, on the sheer luck that he watches Todoroki enough to know which brand of chips he sometimes buys at lunch time, what drink he reaches for from their communal fridge after class.
-Third year brings Sero Hanta new manga, old insecurities, and Todoroki Shouto.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22403767
Overheard by catastrophicGallivant
7k, Sero/Kaminari/Todoroki, accidental voyeurism, masturbation, awkward sexual situations, first time,
Shouto is already in bed when the noises start. He glances at his clock—a quarter to midnight, about the usual time for them. Kaminari is always the louder of the two. Shouto can hear him moaning through the wall, faintly at first, then loud as if he can’t control himself anymore. Quieter but still present, running underneath Kaminari’s keening, Sero sighs, gasps, curses softly.
Shouto should really go back to sleep.
He should get up and knock on the wall; he’s done it before and they quieted right down after, and the next morning he got matching apologies at breakfast. He should text Sero, who would see his phone ping and do—something, and then the noises would stop and Shouto could sleep. He should really, really go back to sleep.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18419600
Kneel by deviance
7k, Kirishima/Bakugou, post-canon, pining, light dom/sub,
“Bakugou?”
Bakugou shuffled on his feet, hovering over Kirishima and looking at the ground with stormy eyes. He glanced up to glare at Kirishima, a silent dare to call him out on his odd behavior no doubt. Kirishima forced himself not to tense. Whatever Bakugou wanted, he was about to show him and Kirishima had to get this right. Bakugou was all about showing and not telling.
Kirishima nearly bit his tongue to keep in a squawk of surprise when Bakugou suddenly dropped to his knees next to him, shuffling forward until he could press his forehead to his thigh and hide his face against Kirishima's leg. Kirishima opened his mouth, questions on the tip of his tongue, and he barely managed to catch them before they could be given voice. Bakugou was trembling minutely, his entire frame so tense his muscles were twitching under Kirishima's gaze.
“Just. Don't say anything,” Bakugou muttered, hands clenching in his lap tightly. “Please,” he whispered, a short choked sound.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23191777
I See Your Face So Vividly by kopycat_101
13k, Kaminari/Midoriya, pining,
"Midoriya looks electric, looks vibrant. His eyes light up, big and glimmering like neon signs. He jumps across Field Gamma, a place that’s all but a twisting maze of steel, a streak of bright green amongst the monotonous gray. Fearless, easy, like he’s flying through the skies.
Denki wishes he could take a picture of this, of Midoriya leaping through the air like a lightning strike personified. But a picture wouldn’t ever be able to live up to the real thing, wouldn’t do justice to how Midoriya looks."
Denki's been falling for a long time without knowing it. But then he's hit by the sudden realization that he has a crush on Izuku the day Izuku uses Full Cowl for the first time in front of class 1-A. What follows includes a sexuality crisis, compliments, smiles, extended eye contact, blushing, heartwarming friendships, and an insane amount of pining for the ages.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22396243
A Different Kind of Limelight by despitetheabundance (Lindra)
6k, Aizawa/All Might,body dysmorphia, scars, emotional porn, camboy,
Yagi Toshinori posts a drunken dick pic on self-deprecating whim and falls down a rabbit hole of tips, compliments, and learning to live in the body of a man he never wanted to be.
AKA Toshinori becomes a camboy and learns to love himself, feat. Aizawa's Thirst
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25812076
you have made me feel so sure by honeijirou
17k, Kirishima/Bakugou, soulmates, disability, pining, h/c,
Kirishima only saw him out of the corner of his eyes at first.
It’s a blur, a flash really – it’s a blossom of explosions whose after-flashes seemed to form a halo around the boy’s head, or perhaps it was how the boy’s blonde hair caught the sunlight: a combination of that specific angle in that specific moment. Either way, when Kirishima catches a hint of a smirk of a smile, even despite Kirishima’s own Quirk, the way it glints feels like it cuts.
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alternatively, a soulmate au. first words are written on your body, and kirishima has always had clear skin: but the moment he sees bakugou, he has never been more sure of anything in his life.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24575374
We've got a good thing going by lehnsherry
3k, Hawks/Endeavor,
Enji is watching Shouto, so he notices the way his eyes snap to the kitchen doorway just before he hears the soft footsteps and the rustling of wings, and his heart jumps into his throat. He turns in his seat just in time to see Hawks walk in, eyes still closed and a hand scratching at his messy hair.
“Mornin’, babe, do you know where my -” Hawks breaks into a huge yawn, and then opens his sleepy eyes, and freezes in the doorway like Shouto used his power on him.
Enji’s mouth makes an involuntary sound of embarrassment, and Hawks flushes all the way down to his chest.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25509430
speak it free by aloneintherain
3k, gen, h/c,
“I didn’t have the same middle school experience as you,” Shinsou says. “I didn’t become rivals with my childhood friend.”
Shinsou doesn’t know who Kacchan really is to him. Izuku has spent so much time looking at Shinsou and relating to him, that he forgot that Shinsou wasn’t looking back at him with that same recognition.
Izuku takes a deep breath, and starts, “Kacchan and I aren’t really childhood friends. Not really.”
Or: Shinsou finds out that Bakugou used to bully Midoriya.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24799483
How To Get Adopted Without Letting Your Dad Know He's Adopting You, A Guide By Class 1-A by lesbianclerics
16k, gen, dadzawa, fluff, injury,
Mina waits until Aizawa’s well out of earshot before muttering a teasing, “Okay dad” under her breath. Kirishima’s eyes go wide. Midoriya chokes on air and the soap he’s spraying goes wide, hitting the wall as well as the stove. Kaminari freezes halfway through tiptoeing across the kitchen. They all stare at her, frightened for a moment that Aizawa heard her somehow. Then, when nothing happens after a moment, Kaminari cackles, loudly, and doubles over laughing.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25979236
Lightning Child by AmaranthineDream
3k, gen, BAMF!midoriya,
Izuku manages to consistently use One for All at 100%, without breaking himself, half way through his second year. He graduates with that power tightly regulated, completely under his control; his quirk is his, completely.
The graduated class 3A has a word for it when Izuku - Deku - goes 100%. It's a physical sensation, they learned early; a pressure in the air and on their lungs and down to their bones and blood. Everyone within his vicinity can feel it.
They call it going green.
And then, in a fight against the villain Jupiter, Deku goes green for the first time since UA.
One third of the people at the scene collapse to their knees.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25779088
Eggs With a Side of Crimson Feathers by kittenmittens
7k, Hawks/Endeavor, mpreg, oviposition,
“These your other kids?” All that gets him is a grunt in response. Keigo snorts, then goes on talking like Todoroki didn’t just give him a massive verbal red light. “I don’t think I ever got their names.”
“I never told you,” grumbles Todoroki, and when Keigo turns to look at him, he’s glaring worse than ever.
Keigo smiles. “My bad.”
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Hawks just happens to lay eggs every once in a while, but it's fine, totally fine, and he's not gonna let it ruin this once-in-a-lifetime chance to nail his idol.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24726799
A Secret Admirer by KiriBakuHappiness
61k, Kirishima/Bakugou, fluff, pining, friends to lovers, the boys are dumb,
Bakugou Katsuki has a secret admirer and the class of 1-A is desperate to figure out who it could possibly be.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25659202
Why Is Everything So Weird With the Lights Off? by KiriBakuHappiness
12k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining,
Kirishima’s never really considered what Bakugou would be like when he was drunk and he’s kind of curious to find out but also a little apprehensive. This was still Lord Explosion Murder he was dealing with, after all.
Bakugou stops in the middle of the room, taking in all of the posters on the walls and eyeing suspiciously at the punching bag as if he’s never seen one before in his life. He sways a little before he frowns and squints dangerously. Kirishima tenses in preparation for some snarky remark about his inability to decorate, but all that comes out of Bakugou’s slurred mouth is, “This isn’t my fucking room.”
Wow, okay, maybe he’s a lot more drunk than Kirishima first thought.
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OR - Kirishima can't imagine who would be trying to talk to him in the middle of the night on a school night, but when he opens the door and finds Bakugou Katsuki drunk, he can't just turn him away, right? What kind of a friend would he be if he did that?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26238265
He's Sexy And He Knows It. by FoolishFortuna
2k, Kirishima/Bakugou, grinidng, lapdance, exhibitionism, premature ejaculation,
"Bakugou couldn't do anything sexy if he tried!” Kaminari called out with a loud laugh that everyone in the common room joined in with.
Katsuki felt a vein in his temple throbbing as he bared his teeth and tried to count to ten in his head before he was tempted to cross the room and blast Dunce Face to hell for the insult.
They were in the common room, eating junk food and drinking light, crappy beers on their day off from hero training. But when the conversation turned to who had the most sex appeal in the class, it became clear that not one of these fucking idiots believed Katsuki was capable of being anything other than loud, angry or sulky. ‘And pulling horrible faces’ was added by Mina with another laugh that everyone echoed.
And okay, the fact that they had no faith in him made him want to shout and blast things and pull faces, but shut the fuck up. He could be goddamn sexy if he wanted to be.
Kirishima slapped a hand to his thigh and guffawed before wheezing in a breath and adding, “HA! Blasty asking someone out, I'd pay to see it! Or asking for a kiss like, ‘kiss me now, you shitty bitch’. I can't, that's too good.”
That's fucking it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20067655
In the Dark of the Night by arxaris
84k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU,
Bakugou woke to chants sounding through the Colosseum. “Red Riot! Red Riot! Red Riot!”
Red Riot?
“Sero,” he snapped at the Head of his Council, seated a few meters to his right in the Emperor’s box. “What the fuck is a Red Riot?”
Sero nodded his head to the pit and Bakugou followed his gaze, watching as another gladiator walked out of the gate and towards the center. “New gladiator prodigy. He’s only eighteen, but he hasn’t even come close to losing a fight since he started a couple months ago.” Then, Sero smirked. “I think you’re gonna like him.”
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Or, all's fair in love and war.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24798505
Complicated Creation by Elemental
112k, gen, canon-AU, dadzawa,
Midoriya Izuku is medically quirkless, not technically homeless, perpetually exhausted and doing his damned best despite it all. He also sees spirits, which might be cool if not for the fact that a) no one else does, b) they really don't like him very much, and c) he's pretty sure the heroes now think he's a villain working for the League.
Aizawa Shota just wants to take down Overhaul, rescue Eri, keep his students alive, get some rest, and find out how this Deku kid knows things he absolutely should not know about his personal life and the Shie Hassaikai case.
Unless Nighteye's right, and the kid really is a villain.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25578874
He's Our Most Important Member by autumnconcept
5k, gen, BAMF!midoriya,
As a member of the quirkless side of society, Izuku has long given up his dream of being a hero.
Remind him how he ended up in charge of an entire agency?
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12729852
I Would Understand by deafmic
45k, gen, dadzawa, foster care, child neglect, child abuse, adoption,
Shinsou Hitoshi had a bit of a problem, and that problem was that he’d gotten attached to Aizawa Shouta. And somewhere along the line had started seeing him as a parental figure, a replacement for all the foster home parents who’d passed him along and never quite done their job.
A kid who's been in foster care his entire life spends a normal, average day after training with the teacher who seems to care a little too much.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21216944
You know that thing where an orchestra swaps instruments, and like, some of them get it right away, but others have no clue what they're doing? This is that but with quirks, two unwilling participants, and also Emotions by Sif (Rosae)
13k, gen, quirk swap, PTSD, touch starved, h/c, quirk drawbacks,
Momo wasn't sure why it came as such a shock to her and her classmates that nitroglycerin was not, in fact, easy to control. The chemical was defined by it's instability, it's ability to go off under near any circumstances, it's powerful blows.
And yet, Katsuki had always made it look so simple. He soared through the air like it was nothing, switching between bullet-sized blasts and missile levels of firepower like most people switched channels on TV. Momo had found herself jealous of his quirk at times, unable to help wondering what it would be like to have such power at her fingertips.
Good news, she didn't have to wonder anymore. Bad news, it was absolutely terrible.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26218951
Where the Archangels go by surveycorpsjean
40k, Hawks/Endeavor, injury, chronic pain, angst, h/c, healing,
“I’m all aloooone, with nobody besiiide meee – can you turn that TV off? Thanks.”
“I’m told you refused multiple offers.”
“Rumi would take in a dead squirrel,” Hawks huffs, scratching his nose on the pillow, going wsh wsh wsh. “I’m not doing that to her, no way in hell. And the commission wanted to put me into the hero equivalent of a nursing home, so fuck that too.”
When Hawks is abandoned by everyone else, Enji offers to bring him home.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19153039
That's All You Ever Have to Say by arxaris
10k, Kirishima/Bakugou, light dom/sub, praise kink, sugar daddy,
Maybe a sane person wouldn’t put up with it. They’d probably call the whole thing unhealthy, say that Bakugou should learn to express his feelings. People have suggested to Kirishima in the past that he put his foot down and demand they talk about things. They’ve gritted their teeth as they told him Bakugou was playing games with him, looked at him with pity as if they were cluing him into something everyone knew but him, something truly awful. But of course Kirishima knew. How could he not? Katsuki wasn’t just playing games with him. They were playing games together.
And Kirishima was positively addicted to them.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26934046
disarm me by hiuythn
8k, Kirishima/Bakugou, touch-starved, hand fixation,
Bakugou’s hands are made for winning.
They’re made to reach for victory, to grab what they want and refuse to let go.
Bakugou’s hands are not made for holding. They’re not made to cradle, or to help. His hands are calloused and rough. They are not meant to cherish, to be gentle, to be safe.
When he’s not using them to blast his opponents to dust, he keeps them sheathed in his pockets like the weapons they are. A gesture of goodwill—a handshake, from him, would be deadly. His hands are deadly.
And that’s how he likes it.
That is, until Kirishima.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24912604
a twisted fate never alters destiny by Watsittoyou
138k, Aizazwa/Yamada, canon-AU, adoption, internalized homophobia, canon character death,
Kicked out and homeless as a hero student wasn't somewhere Aizawa Shouta intended to be, and yet those were the cards he was dealt. Kids like him don't just get second chances handed to them on silver platters, but when he spends his last few hundred yen at Midoriya's cafe, it seems like that's precisely what he gets.
Along the way, he gains parents who love him, an idiot he might be sort of in love with, and a future promising trouble thanks to a problem child baby brother.
But the world of heroes is much larger than it seems on the surface, and somehow his green-haired nightmare manages to find his way to the centre of it, all while Shouta tries to navigate his own love life and hero work.
Or, the time Inko's determination to adopt a teenage Aizawa not-so-accidentally lays the groundwork for his future as Eraserhead: serial child adopter, all while uncovering the darker secrets of the villain underworld.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18205364
touch too much by h_lovely
9k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, friends with benefits,
Kirishima had always been touchy. Bakugou has a hard time believing it's anything more than that.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19945867
i go where you go by favspacetwink
2k, Kirishima/Bakugou, first time, sharing clothes,
God, handjobs are the fucking best.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12753570
Sugar, Spice by Grimmseye
7k, Kirishima/Bakugou, canon-AU, incubus,
Red was the color of passion, of fury, of violence. And for that he offered red candles, red roses, red blood. His veins sang for a fight.
" — what kind of a shitty demon are you?”
It blinked up at him, raising its weight from its haunches. Its head cocked to the side. “Um,” it started. “I'm... an incubus? Master?”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12090270
take your time with me by Shadow_sensei
4k, Kirishima/Bakugou, first time, mutual masturbation,
And then Katsuki steps away, breaking away from Eijirou’s body, as if he’s been shocked, because it’s so much, all at once, and it’s overwhelming and his mind is drifting and it’s almost terrifying, to be so fast to lose his composure, just from a simple touch. Is it a sign of weakness, that he can be pulled into Eijirou’s control so quickly?
No, thinks Katsuki. It’s a sign of trust.
- As the water flows hot and steady over their backs, Katsuki learns that it's okay to let Eijirou take over his heart.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12145455
a long time coming by tusslee
1k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining,
There’s nothing soft about a boy like Bakugou, but Kirishima can’t help but wonder if his skin isn’t as smooth as it looks. If his hair isn’t a fluffy mess when he first wakes up in the morning. If his tongue is as sharp as he makes his words out to be. Everything about Kirishima is soft except for his Quirk. What a pair they seem to make.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26177596
i love you like the sun came out by unreemarkable
46k, Midoriya/Todoroki,
Todoroki Shouto is untouchable, until he isn't. What comes after goes a little like this.
[In which Todoroki falls, slowly, steadily, with his eyes wide open.]
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12706605
Acceptance by WereKoalaPL
46k, Ojiro/Shinsou, self-harm, denial, self acceptance,
There are many things Mashirao fears, some more so than others. He was always somehow able to deal with them though, through lies, denial, clenching his teeth, and biting his words back. But some things can't be changed or fixed, no matter how much of a fight he will put up.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27090436
(Un)Made by Ashynarr
4k, gen,
In the aftermath of a slightly different Yakuza Hideout Raid, Izuku and Eri have to come to term with their new life, while Shouta and Toshinori figure out how to help them start on the path to recovery.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27094156
Mass Divided by Volume by The Feels Whale (miscellea)
37k, Ashido/Kirishima/Bakugou, canon-AU, polyamory, asexual character,
It comes as a surprise to a lot of people, finding out that Bakugo is part of a loving triad and has been for years; including Bakugo.
Especially Bakugo.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27051973
i just want somebody near me by theyaremycrocs
3k, Kirishima/Bakugou, bed sharing, hugging,
Kirishima likes the dorms.
He really does - they’re convenient, they’re safe and he’s in the room right next to his best friend’s. They have movie nights and game nights and there’s never a dull moment when he’s there, but- he misses his moms.
The Kirishimas are a very affectionate family. Kirishima’s no stranger to physical contact. He welcomes it, even; a hug when he leaves for school, a hug when he gets home from school. Before he goes to bed. It’s comforting, and it’s normal, and Kirishima… well, he misses it.
And that’s how Kirishima finds himself stood in front of Bakugo’s door at midnight on a Friday, worn down from the school week, desperate enough to go to his best friend’s room to ask him for a hug.
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“You’ve been in front of my door for the past five minutes,” Bakugo tells him flatly, fingers tapping impatiently on his arms. “What.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27097288
hope that soul is changing by Sour_Idealist
3k, Hawks/Endeavor, past domestic violence,
“You’ve been working with Endeavor lately, isn’t that right?” she asks instead.
He laughs, trying for casual and missing it by at least a city block. “That what this is about, huh?” he asks. “The, uh, the missus and the side piece?”
Her own cup of tea is three-quarters full; she takes a sip and sets it down. “Well, is it?” she asks.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27176774
Sunshine & Lightning by splot
4k, Kaminari/Shinsou, scars,
Shinsou’s still staring, mouth agape, eyes wide when Kaminari finally frees himself from his shirt, eyes darting nervously from person to person. “What? Why are you all staring?”
“Dude… what is that?” Kirishima asks, blunt, but not rude – concerned. Kaminari follows everyone’s gaze to his midsection, blinks a moment, and then laughs, flapping his shirt at Kirishima.
“It’s nothing, bro. It’s just like a heat rash kinda thing I get sometimes ‘cause of my quirk. No biggie, it’ll be gone by tomorrow.”
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There's a side-effect to Kaminari's quirk that he keeps hidden. Shinsou finds out.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26640583
From the Heavens Into Heaven by Epsilon110, Jade_Kitsune
25k, Midoriya/all the girls, BAMF!midoriya, blindfolds, truth or dare,
Izuku Midoriya has always considered himself lucky beyond belief, ever since All Might told him that he could be a hero.
Time and time again, his luck paid off, allowing him to survive villain attacks and win competitions and exercises.
When the hero students of Class A and B returned to the Wild, Wild Pussycats' forest for another training camp, Izuku had hoped his luck would hold out.
In a way, it did. Still, Izuku isn't sure how long he can last in the hot springs surrounded by every woman in both Hero classes.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13278729
One Step Closer by tusslee
50k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, injury, angst, physical theraphy, recovery, disability,
Hope flickers pitifully beside the fire of determination inside of him. Whatever it takes, he decides, he’ll prove them all wrong.
- Injured in a car accident, Bakugou Katsuki has to learn a new way of life as he slowly, but surely recovers with the (unwanted) help from his physical therapist, Kirishima Eijirou.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15090842
Love So Soft by Fanficismything
11k, Kirishima/Bakugou, A/B/O,
Kirishima found out completely on accident.
He would never have guessed who had been taking his clothes to nest with.
He absolutely never would have guessed who but damn if it didn’t give him all sort of warm and fuzzy feelings to keep him warm at night or literally any time he thought about it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17348138
In your face, Endeavor! by caelestisxyz
2k, Yoarashi/Todoroki, semi-public sex,
This is hands down the most disrespectful thing Inasa has ever done in his life. Here he is, tailored suit and brand new tie, sitting amongst the city's elites while he's roughly face fucking the No.1 Hero's son.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19884178
Learn You (Bit by Bit) by deviance
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou, 5+1,
Five things Kirishima learns about Bakugou, and one thing Bakugou teaches Kirishima about himself.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17096087
Polish Me Up by deviance
2k, gen, touch-starved, platonic cuddling,
If Bakugou had known of his own weakness, perhaps things would've ended up differently, his pride dictating that he hide anything that might be a vulnerability. However, he hadn't know about this weakness, in fact the damn squad were the ones to cause him to discover it, so keeping it hidden was not even a possibility.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19244770
Thursday by CitrusVeins
7k, Kirishima/Bakugou, first time, panic attack,
Everything with Bakugou, at least when it came to intimacy, had to be slow and calculated. Once Kirishima barely skimmed a hand under the hem of his shirt and the contact of skin on skin startled Bakugou so much that he jumped back like he was burned. It was one of the few times Kirishima actually got an apology from him, as he admonished himself for ruining 'the moment.' Kirishima was, of course, fine with it. It just meant that they found a limit they could work on together or not at all depending on what Bakugou wanted.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16435358
Broken, but Still Good by deviance
75k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, A/B/O, torture, PTSD, non-con, angst, recovery,
“He’s just too combative. I know he was recovered from an illegal Alpha fighting ring and we can’t do much for that, but he’s not receptive to any of our attempts to help. He instantly starts fights with any Alphas that try to reach out to him, even if they aren’t posturing, and if we try to send in an Omega to keep him calm he somehow manages to freak out even more.”
“All we can do it be patient and provide him a safe environment to heal. We don’t know how long he was held captive nor what sort of things he’s had to do to survive.”
“But if no one can get close to him, how are we supposed to help?”
“Have we tried sending in a Beta? If we have one that would be capable of withstanding his quirk, it may be the best middle ground.”
“Red Riot, one of my previous students might be able to. Kirishima’s quirk is hardening and should be strong enough to withstand the Alpha’s explosions. Plus his personality tends to let him make friends with just about everyone. He was on the infiltration team too, so he’s at least minimally aware of the situation. He’d have to be briefed on the specifications, of course.”
“He sounds like the best chance we’ve got."
“Can’t hurt to try, I guess."
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20660567
no door left unopened by sprx77
2k, Midoriya/everyone, kissing, polyamory,
Izuku passes One for All to all of his friends and they pass it back. The successor of peace is not a title worn lightly and they're all old enough to know that some things are more important than hero rankings, some contingencies more than worth it.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19974307
No Secrets to Success by kingdoms
7k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
“Hey!” Kirishima says brightly, stepping sideways to be directly in the guy’s path. “I know you!”
“Fuck off,” the guy snarls, pushing past him and barely slowing down.
Kirishima is forced to start his first semester at UA two months late. Somehow he still meets Bakugou Katsuki, makes the most of those two months, and gains a tutor, a best friend, and an exciting way to scandalize his new peers.
Canon AU where Kirishima and Bakugou become friends before Kirishima meets the rest of Class 1-A.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24036481
In the Lap of the Gods by theyalwayssay
10k, Shinsou/Kaminari, AU, top!kaminari,
“Don’t keep me waiting.”
Denki swallowed away the saliva that had built up in his throat. Only a minute ago his mouth had been parched as leather; now, he was struggling not to drool. “I want an audience with the Oracle. I’d prefer that over just speaking into this fog.”
“You already have it,” the voice said.
Denki’s head lolled back on his neck, spine tingling at the feeling of someone murmuring deep into his ears. “God, I-”
“Do not call for them. There are no gods here. There is only you and I.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16826065
A Short Sharp Shock by theyalwayssay
17k, Shinsou/Kaminari, first time, quirk kink,
In which Kaminari blows the whole dorm, but not in the way that you're thinking.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15195866
Catch Me Red-Handed by theyalwayssay
10k, Kirishima/Bakugou, first time,
When Bakugou gets hit with a color-change Quirk which reacts to his mood, it’s up to Kirishima to figure out a meaning behind the shifting colors speckled across his boyfriend’s face. The solution is, of course, to cross examine the colors to a mood ring color chart. Let’s see: orange is indignant, blue-green is flirtatious, and red is...oh.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14657547
Pass it On by theyalwayssay
14k, Kirishima/Bakugou, sexual frustration, truth or dare, crossdressing,
RED ALERT: Bakugou can't jerk off because he'll explode his own dick off. Pass it on.
Mina spreads a rumor around Class 1A about a certain Bakugou Katsuki, Kirishima is tasked with taking his own life and dignity in his hands and finding out of it's true. Party hijinks ensue.
(Spoiler alert: dignity and his life aren't the only things Kirishima takes in his hands)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12090492
Stray Italian Greyhound by ArgetCross
5k, Jirou/Taoyorozu, pining,
That was the wretched start of it all.
Momo couldn't stop thinking about sex. At first, she thought it was just because she was mortified by the idea of anyone figuring out that she now could make condoms. She kept expecting someone, Kaminari or Sero, to come up to her and ask her. One night she even had a terrible dream where she was back in a practical exam with Todoroki and, instead of producing matryoshka dolls, she accidentally flung a bunch of condoms at Aizawa-sensei.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15726360
a secret quest for common sense by jurassicqueer (gaybirdkid)
23k, Sero/Todoroki, pining, touch-starved, self harm, clothes sharing,
One way or another, Hanta finds himself being drawn back to Todoroki again and again. The boys learn to lean on each other.
"Hanta gives himself five seconds to fully experience whatever warm emotion is swelling in his chest. It expands like hot air, pressing on his aching ribs and crawling up his throat; it worms between his heart and lungs and curls up like a contented cat. Hanta isn’t sure how he knows, but he’s sure the feeling’s name is Todoroki."
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15147833
Like Seaglass by IvoryCrow
10k, Inko/Yagi, AU, mythology, pirates,
The woman curls her lip, tightening her grip on her seal skin. “You will not steal my pelt, I will not be your bride.”
Toshinori can only promise, raising his hands in surrender. “I will not take it from you.”
His honesty must satisfy her because she moves closer, pressing her pelt against the gash on his side. The selkie blinks at him curiously, watching for his reactions. She’s familiar, like someone from a dream. When she pulls away, the wound is healed, leaving behind a scar shaped like a river of stars.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15124007
Lies in the guise of truth by Jeanemon
44k, Inko/Yagi, fluff,
All Might is the world's #1 hero, the symbol of peace, the pillar that the world knows they can stand on. He dominates every room he's in, from press conferences to his Hero Agency.
It's pretty easy for everyone to overlook Yagi Toshinori, All Might's 'quirkless secretary'. But he's still there.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14574993
call the fire department (i'm burning up with love) by Edgedancer
22k, Todoroki/Midoriya, families of choice,
An (abridged) list of things Todoroki Shouto did not have before U.A.: Loud neighbors. Fire alarms. Friends. Midoriya Izuku.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11808918
Conversations with a Cryptid by AMournfulHowlInTheNight
67k, gen, meta fic,
The man was over a century old. There had to be more to it. In hindsight, it hadn’t been one of Izuku’s better ideas.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16440632
what we deserve by bwyn
5k, gen, reconciliation,
“He said I needed to be faster changing the strength of my quirk output.”
“Like Midoriya?”
“Yeah.”
“That bar is so hiiigh,” Ashido groans, which, true, there’s no higher bar than the kid they’d taken to calling Small Might behind his back.
The scream of Mineta cartwheeling through the air serves as Kirishima’s cue to step up next. Kaminari rests a hand over his heart, mirrored by Ashido and Sero.
“May your soul find peace,” says Kaminari.
***
A few have noticed a change in Bakugou's attitude, and that maybe it's thanks to Midoriya.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25194799
skin by rae_tnub
4k, gen, angst, h/c, scars,
What was it All Might said once? ”A scar is proof you’ve survived!” or some bullshit like that.
Where’s the proof of Katsuki’s survival?
Where are the marks from when he was little and injured himself training to have as much control over his quirk as he does?
Where are the burns that prove Dabi’s fingertips burnt the back of his neck?
Where are the cuts that prove the muzzle forced on him at the Sports Festival was strapped on too tightly?
Katsuki digs his fingernails through the fabric of his pockets and into his thighs.
It doesn’t matter if he bleeds.
There’s not going to be any proof of it anyway.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22245835
Mild-Mannered School Teacher/Adrenaline-Junkie Vigilante by JajaLala
136k, Fuyumi/Miruko, secret identity,
Fuyumi Todoroki was stressed. She was always the peacekeeper, the ice-quirk user who calms the hot-headed members of her family. What was she supposed to do when she was frustrated, and couldn't calm herself down?
Go onto the streets and become a vigilante, of course.
Follow this mild-mannered school teacher/adrenaline-junkie vigilante as she befriends the mysterious Dabi, tries not to get caught by the persistent Miruko, and through it all struggles to keep her family together.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/22440598
White Lies Always Blow Up by Milligramme
93k, Bakugou & Todoroki, Kirishima/Bakugou, fake dating, slow burn, practise kissing, injury,
Ever since Endeavor was forced to retire, his new hobby seems to be nagging his son about his hero career and nonexistent love life. Worse, it seems that Todoroki's entire family is dead set on helping him find a girlfriend and give love a chance.
Desperate to make them stop, Todoroki lets his classmates convince him that the best solution is to fake date someone. And no one's better suited for the job than his dear friend Bakugou, right? If even Midoriya says it's a good idea, there's no way it could possibly go wrong!
Follow Todoroki and Bakugou on their journey to find out in how many ways it could possibly go wrong.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25663108
give me compliments (i said give me compliments) by wonhaebunny
3k, gen,
“It’s just cute,” Ashido is telling them as she walks into the classroom. “Like, when you compliment someone and they get flustered so easily, don’t you think it’s endearing?”
Kaminari blinks.
“Like Bakugou?” he asks slowly.
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1-a realises that katsuki is really, really bad at receiving compliments. exposure therapy ensues.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18803488
Tell Me I'm Yours by arxaris
6k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, praise kink, light dom/sub, friends to lovers,
Bakugou was going a little crazy. He could grudgingly admit that it was at least in part his own fault; moving in with his best friend maybe hadn’t been the best idea. At first, it sounded great. The rent would be cheaper, grocery shopping and cooking for two would be way more convenient, and it would be easier for the two of them to hang out. The only thing was, Bakugou forgot to consider how the joys of moving in with his aforementioned best friend might be dampened by the fact that he was madly in love with him.
Alternatively: Kirishima Eijirou is a goddamn tease and there's no way he doesn't know what he's doing.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13635312
Would you be my fucking boyfriend? by Claus_Lucas
3k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, bed sharing,
Unsure what to do about his crush on Bakugou, Kirishima finally decides to ask him if he’s ever liked someone – that way. His answer turns out to be a confession in of itself.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24632389
By Dawn, Promise Me by chezka
9k, Kirshima/Bakugou, hanahaki, h/c,
Kirishima looked soft, right then, and warm and beautiful and inviting, open in his clear acceptance of anything Katsuki might have been there to lay on him, and Katsuki was in love with him.
He loved him.
And it was killing him.
The universe could be especially cruel, Katsuki had come to realize.
or, with flowers blooming in his chest and threatening his future, Katsuki decides a last conversation is long overdue
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25430923
Eyes Like Dragon-Fire by Dragonire
108k, Kirishima/Bakugou, au, dragon!irishima, curses, h/c,
The world beneath his palms was sharp and painful and unforgiving.
Kirishima didn’t even try to hold back the yell that broke out from between his lips, if only for some way to release the pain that was building inside; smoke billowing out of his lungs in guttural cries that didn’t sound like him at all.
“I’m sorry,” the mage cried before him, her brow drenched in sweat while her hands were drenched in thick crimson blood, just as Kirishima’s were where he dug his nails into the stone beneath him; blunted fingers giving away to the strength of the earth, over and over, searching for a reprieve from the volcano erupting in his chest.
Pain. Agony. Torture.
There was no stopping this.
Or: Kirishima is cursed to become a dragon and is found by one Bakugo Katsuki, who doesn’t realise his dragon wasn’t always a dragon and needs his curse broken.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16146635
Moment of Truth by Fanficismything
104k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, fake dating, pining,
Faced with deportation from Japan, high strung Bakugo Katsuki accepts a marriage of convenience with his partner and co-worker, Kirishima Eijirou. A suspicious immigration officer has him playing along on a trip to Kirishima's family home for his birthday, and is suddenly thrust into the middle of many, many eager friends and relatives, all delighted to know Kirishima's fiance. The longer he stays and sees Kirishima in his element, the more Bakugo unpacks his own feelings on the matter, and on Kirishima himself.
A fanfiction based on the 2009 movie The Proposal that turned into its own storyline and lovingly stuffed full of cliches.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12442488
5 + 1 by kazhan
24k, Kirishima/Bakugou, 5+1, first time,
The five times Kirishima made the first move + the one time Bakugou blew his mind.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25051885
Flinch by MermaidMayonnaise
17k Todoroki/Midoriya, touch-starved,
Shouto’s hatred of touching people and being touched could easily be traced back to his childhood.
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A high school graduation fic detailing how one step in front of the other is the basis of a journey. Once you’ve taken hundreds and thousands and millions of steps, you can look back and marvel at how far you’ve come.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/26313439
a slight omission by ValkyrieGail
4k, Hawks/Enji,
Enji thought he would be another one of Hawks’ achievements; another firm notch on the bedpost of Hawks’ illicit affairs.
Little did he know that he was the first and only notch after a terrible assumption gone wrong.
The one where Hawks and Enji hook-up, and Enji didn’t realize Hawks was a virgin until after the fact.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/24434113
Simmer Down by ValkyrieGail
9k, Hawks/Enji, bottom!endeavour,
Enji and Hawks have been hooking up for a while, and with a lazy day to themselves, they take time to explore a new facet of their physical relationship.
Hawks finds a fresh meaning to the term ‘hero worship’, while Enji indulges in enjoying his partner in new ways.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/20606219
troquer by Shippeh
4k, Kaminari/Bakugou/Kirishima, bodyswap, threesome,
Denki gets to top- unless it doesn't count because it's not his body? He's not really sure, but he's not going to look a gift-horse in the mouth, or whatever.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11881836
Your Hands Protect the Flames by Anonymous
74k, graphic rape, rape recovery, h/c, amputation, minor sellf-harm,
For as long as Bakugou can remember people have been telling him to 'swallow his pride.' But no one's ever told him how he's supposed to sew his throat back up after the fact.
After an assault leaves Bakugou and his classmates reeling, they all have to figure out how to pick up the pieces and move on.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16304276
high and low by rronanllynch
4k, Iida/Zero, drug use, shotgunning,
based off my own tweet because i'm the only one in this damn house that does anything:
"sero smoking w iida for the first time and it turns out iida knows exactly what he’s doing and sero falls in love immediately"
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27067372
Incompatible (But only in Theory) by cutiefemdom
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou, a/b/o, alpha/alpha, rutting, mutual pining,
Kirishima tried to ignore the heat that rose up his neck as he felt the toy stretch beneath his fingers, the material torn far past its limits by Bakugou's growing knot.
"Dang, I guess it's a size too small, huh?"
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Kirishima helps Bakugou through his first rut. You know, like any good best friend would.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27789139
this house of cards by justhavesex
23k, Hawks/Enji, AU, family fluff,
In which Hawks, age 22, successfully becomes a home wrecking sugar baby.
Except, not really.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27746485
Northern Lights by quietfaun
11k, Hawks/Enji,
There's someone in his apartment.
With one feather clutched in his hand, Keigo steps into his living room. “Who’s here?” He calls, voice knocked severe and low. “I saw you moving. Come out.”
A beat of silence.
And then a soft, “Hawks,” comes from the direction of his bedroom. Standing in the doorway, lit only by the moon and the ambient glow of the city, is Enji Todoroki.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/23866006
Cotyledon by Sholosha
232k, Midoriya/Todoroki/Shinsou, slow burn, pining, UST, poly,
It's his second year at UA, and Shinsou is finally, finally, transferring to the hero course. He's ready, he thinks, or hopes— either way, it doesn't matter, 'cause he's going to show everyone he's got what it takes. And it also doesn't matter that the longer he spends in the program, the more he can't stop thinking about a certain freckled wannabe-friend, and the more he's noticing that a certain stoic classmate is paying him a lot more attention than he'd like.
Whatever. Irrelevant. He's here to be a hero, not make friends. Even if they would be the first ones he's made in...ever. But it's his second year, and he's going to make it count by focusing on what's important.
His name is Shinsou Hitoshi, and he's going to be a goddamn hero.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27239734
keep it coming by bakunonist
35k, Hawks/Enji, friends with benefits, mutual pining,
Hawks referenced what happened between them last night so casually, so offhandedly that Enji is filled with hope that maybe, just maybe, they’re actually on the same page:
They were drunk, and they made a mistake.
But most importantly, no matter how good it was—it’s not happening again.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27415918
after midnight by stereonightss
1k, Kirishima/Bakugou, first time, gentlest falling in love,
“Soap,” Katsuki says, holding out his hand, and just like reading minds Eijirou’s got the bottle ready, half-way reaching out. Katsuki’s hand catches his forearm instead of the bottle, hot and slick and steaming in the gap of the showers’ spray. A simple miscalculation, an innocent touch—but a lingering one, rough pale fingers dragging down the length of Eijirou’s arm, over his now trembling hand to pluck the bottle from his fingers.
Touches like that makes Eijirou wonder, did he know how I felt in high school? Does he know now?
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Neither of them fell in love; it’s as though they always felt it deep inside. Or, the night it all came together.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27929647
red oleander by hupsoonheng
18k, Kirishima/Bakugou, hanahaki, pining,
For his crimes of being selfish, mean, and with no love in his heart, Bakugou Katsuki is cursed by a mysterious old woman's hanahaki-like quirk. And because he is selfish, mean, and with more love in his heart than he knows what to do with, he lets it almost kill him.
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my first bnha fic and the first writing i've done all year! (thanks, 2020.) it's also my first hanahaki fic, and i wanted to take more of a hans christian anderson take on the trope.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18092318
Wrapped Up by Mavericksy
21k, Sero/Todoroki, bondage, teenage crushes in adulthood,
When Todoroki and Sero reunite as pro heroes for a friendly night of drinking, a confession is made that takes their paths in a direction neither of them were expecting.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27693374
hummingbird boy by gummyconcrete, what_a_loser
8k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining,
Bakugou has dimples.
They’re not noticeable. Not by much, not with the way he scowls to hide them. But Kirishima still catches them, the first time he makes Bakugou crack a grin after he trips and fails a new stunt on his skateboard.
When Kirishima sees it—it’s a tiny dip in his cheeks, and one under his chin. They’re out in the sun, and small shadows tuck into his dimples charmingly. He’s grinning wide, boyish and rude and unhinged. He’s laughing, too, and the sound is brash.
Or; Kirishima learning what it really means to yearn.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27709468
marry me by shiggay
5k, Kirishima/Bakugou,
“Marry me.”
“We’re fifteen, idiot.”
“C’mon, marry me.”
“Not right now,” Katsuki looks up from his notebook, leaning over to tap his pencil on the papers in front of Eijirou. “You have more equations to solve.”
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/25274074
On Letting Go by meeokie
26k, Midoriya/Todoroki/Shinsou, quirk play, light BDSM, forced masturbation,
Deku moved to shake Hitoshi’s waiting hand but paused, a dangerous calculating look flashing before he drew back an inch. “Well, couldn’t you just tell someone to come? Wouldn’t a body respond instantly to that command?”
Hitoshi grinned and shrugged his shoulders, knowing all too well how fast he could reduce someone with something like that. How fast he had already, with specific clients.
(Chapter 1: Deku/Shinsou, Chapter 2: Deku/Shinsou/Shouto)
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/27142273
Night Vision Binoculars by surveycorpsjean
45k, Hawks/Enji, friends with benefits, feral behaviour, light BDSM, birdy hawks,
Hawks is acting strange, and Enji is going to find out why.
Oh, and something about ghosts, but not really.
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14296956
Tender Violence by Leticheecopae
10k, Bakugou/Shinsou, accidental rivals to lovers, consesual mind control,
Bakugo has an annoying habit of training well into the night, and for someone who gets as little sleep as Shinso, it is a pain in the ass; but third years have unlimited access, so what can he do? Fed up one night, he finally decides it's about time he figured out why the bombastic blonde is out destroying the training areas so late into the night; he doesn't expect to help him deal with the reason.
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Merry Christmas, @everchanginginks!
AN: My very first Sterek fic and my first published proper fanfic in like four years! Very exciting. This is a Sterek Secret Santa 2k18 gift for the incomparable everchanginginks, so I hope I have done everything she could ever want in this.
Within: Fluff, There Was Only One Bed, friends to lovers, and magic!Stiles, which is 4/5 of the prompts I was given! If I had 10k to work with I could have encompassed the fifth of enemies to lovers, but we do what we can. I'm already WELL OVER the 5k limit I am so sorry SSS it just happened like that orz
Read on AO3
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Hey -SS
Hey -SS
Hey -SS
What -DH
What’s your address. The loft. -SS
Why do you need it -DH
Well I can’t just ask the postal service “hey what zip code are Derek Hale’s eyebrows” -SS
I mean I could but it wouldn’t get me anywhere -SS
Why do you need it -DH
I’m going to be in Michigan for Christmas so I can’t be there on the 25th to give you your present so I wanted to send it to you, if you must know -SS
You don’t have to get me anything -DH
Well you embarrassed me by getting me a way-too-nice present last year so yeah I actually kind of do. We have spending limits for a reason!!!!!!!!!!!!! -SS
That wasn’t a Christmas gift, and your laptop was nearing meltdown. We need you technologically capable to keep the packs safe and up to date. It was a necessity. It just happened to be around Christmas -DH
My Christmas gift was within the spending limits. That was the laptop case. -DH
Why are you going to Michigan? -DH
My mom’s family wants to see us again, apparently they’ve gotten over the spat happened between my uncles and my dad and they want us all together -SS
Really I think it’s because they figure it’s my grandfather’s last Christmas so they want us to pretend that everything’s fine for his sake -SS
I’m sorry to hear that -DH
Oh I don’t really give a fuck it’s just free food and free gossip about my cousins as far as I’m concerned -SS
I’ll just be bored to tears because they don’t have any fuckin technology. Just a frozen ass lake and a frozen ass town in a frozen ass state. How do they survive in a house with NO WIFI?!??!?!! -SS
Guess you’ll just have to die, then -DH
The typing indicator went up for a few seconds before a full half a minute’s pause, then Derek’s ringtone played as Stiles was now calling him. It was Derek’s preferred method of communication anyway, tone was completely lacking over text and he kind of needed some sort of cue to figure out what people meant.
“That was a fffucking meme you’re so full of shit when you pretend not to know what I’m talking about!!!” Stiles was trying to sound some form of mad, but there was way too much of a smile in his voice. “So full of shit. Fuck you.” Stiles’ verbiage towards Derek had gotten crasser and somehow even more confrontational since he’d gone off to college, but paradoxically more affectionate.
“Mhmm.” Derek didn’t give him much to go off of, but figured that Stiles had something else to talk about with him rather than just to whine about his alleged meme knowledge. Honestly, he’d just heard Isaac say it once and it garnered a positive reaction from others, so he filed it away for later use.
That wasn’t exactly what Stiles was hoping for, but he wasn’t going to let something as trivial as Derek’s resistance to banter stop him from talking. “So what are your plans for Christmas?” He still hadn’t gotten that address out of him, but if Derek had plans to be somewhere, he wanted to find out what.
“Nothing.”
Stiles stopped in his pace around his room, “Wait, nothing? What about Cora ‘n Erica ‘n Boyd ‘n Isaac ‘n Scott?” he listed off the people Derek was close enough to be around without too much annoyance in either direction.
“Cora’s down in Peru with her old pack, she’s pretty excited for their plans there, and it didn’t come with an invite, I figured I’d let her be. It’s…” He trailed off, grateful that Stiles held his tongue so he could find his words. “We’re siblings, but those six years of thinking the other dead and her pack being hundreds of miles away, we’re just not that close. I’ll call her on Christmas and I’ve sent her a couple things, it’s enough. Boyd and Erica are visiting Boyd’s grandmother in South Carolina, since his mom got a nice Christmas bonus in her paycheck.”
“Christmas bonus, huh.” Stiles’ tone was completely not buying the story.
“Christmas bonus.” Derek reaffirmed, not addressing Stiles’ suspicions in the least. It’s not that he was wrong, but Boyd was the hardest to convince to accept his financial support, so he had to resort to more sneaky measures to help him out. “And Scott and Isaac are with Ms. McCall.”
“Which also didn’t come with an invite.” Stiles filled the blank for him. It prickled at him that everyone just forgot Derek, even the ones staying in the area. “Hell, man, if I knew you got fucked over like that I’d have stayed, screw the free food ‘n everything, but we already said we’d go. I could have made you watch all of the Christmas movies that you missed out on living under a rock. And my famous hot chocolate.”
“Your famous hot chocolate, which is powdered hot chocolate mix made with whole milk, a Lindt truffle at the bottom, and a half a can of whipped cream?”
Stiles glared at the phone like the screen had personally insulted him, his ancestors, and the entirety of the Power Rangers all in one sentence. “Who told you.”
Derek was smiling despite the topic being how alone he was on the holiday. “Lydia warned me of the sugarbomb.”
���Traitor.” Stiles had an idea in his head. “Hey…..I’m gonna be bored as hell over in Michigan, and it won’t be much fun without technology, you wanna come with? You can convince them that I actually have friends and you won’t be listening to the pipes clanging in that loft all by yourself.”
“I couldn’t impose on-“
“Fuck that, they’re my family and they barely like me anyway, they’ll love you and that way I’ll at least have someone I can talk to aside from my dad, who’ll probably be bickering with my uncles, and my grandfather, who mostly speaks Polish and is about as social as a wombat.”
Derek squinted at the simile. He had to ask, even if it was stupid. “How social are wombats, exactly?”
“Hell if I know.”
Derek thought for a moment. It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to at least have somewhere to go instead of staring at empty walls. “Check with them if they’re alright with you bringing someone you want to kill half the time, and if they say yes, I’ll pay my way and get a hotel.”
“No, no no, you’re staying in the house. They have a pretty big house, they got it decades and decades ago and it’s right on the lake, it’s really nice. I haven’t been there since I was…” Stiles counted on his fingers for a few seconds before giving up and ballparking it. “…Like twelve but yeah. I’ll tell ‘em I’m bringing a friend, I’m sure they’ll be fine with it. Should be grateful my fine ass will even be showing up at all.”
Derek rolled his eyes only part of the way. “See what they say, but don’t push. I won’t die if I’m on my own for Christmas.”
“Yeah but I might if I’m bored for too long out there.”
“I guess harassing me is entertainment.” He could concede that as Stiles’ motivation, it was easier than accepting a invitation offered out of guilt to bother his family by intruding on their Christmas
“Ever since I trespassed on your property, it’s been my favorite pastime.”
“Talk to you later, Stiles.” Derek wanted the conversation over before Stiles got too wrapped up in the parley and didn’t start asking, which was a basic courtesy before bringing someone they didn’t even know all the way there to stay in their house and eat their food and intrude on their family Christmas. He didn’t have high hopes, but even just the offer was enough to make him feel a little less alone.
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Stiles was still blinking in shock at being awake at the ungodly hour that he was awake at, sitting in San Francisco Airport, when his father put a coffee in his hand. John was making something that was as close to small talk as Derek could get as they waited for the plane at the gate. How the both of them could stand to be so conscious before 7am was beyond him. How dare they. Didn’t they know that 5:55 am was a fake time of day and that being awoken at 3 in the morning was tantamount to a Geneva convention violation?!?
“Nhghhhgngh.” Stiles mumbled in response, shaking hands lifting the cup to his face and putting all of his faith in muscle memory to navigate the rest of it. It worked well enough, liquid went down the right tube and not down his shirt.
“C’mon, get that down so you can cram Dramamine in your face and when you wake up we’ll be in O’Hare.” John’s tone of voice was surprisingly warm and sincere despite a sentence which could easily be condescending. Maybe it was the whole Christmas spirit getting through to him, or maybe it was that Stiles was way too groggy to backsass him at this hour of the day and he was enjoying it as much as he could.
They got Stiles upright enough to get him on the plane and negotiated seating, Derek wanted on the aisle for easy escape from a compacted tube full of a ton of people and noise and smells and recycled air, which John couldn’t fault him for, and given that Stiles was going to be unconscious shortly, it was better he was on the window, so Stiles was next to Derek on the two seat side and John across the aisle from them.
Derek figured Stiles would just curl up on the window and fall asleep and he could read on his tablet in peace, so it was a mild surprise that Stiles, buckled in and half gone already, leaned on his shoulder and nuzzled in, breathing steadied and as comfortable as anything.
John leaned over to check on his son, and though wildly perplexed, he leaned back and decided that as long as Derek wasn’t strangling his kid for touching him, it was fine by him.
*~*
The arrival to Gerald Ford Airport in Michigan was, to say the least, a wakeup call for the youngest of the trio’d travelers.
“Jesus fucking Christ, oh my god, why is it so cold?” He asked as the pilot announced that the temperature in Grand Rapids was a balmy twenty-five with flurries all day. Barbaric.
“Stiles, you know it’s gonna be like, ten degrees and windstorms in Michigan the whole week, right?” Derek’s eyebrow rose at the double hoodies and vest Stiles was sporting, that Stiles had not taken out anything warmer from his luggage. That wouldn’t be nearly enough for wind straight from Canada’s frozen wastelands. Derek had done his research into where he’d be heading before packing his luggage, you know, like an adult.
“This is what I got!” Stiles shrugged, a California native that did his schooling in D.C. and Virginia, where neither place got REAL snow on the regular.
“Well, as it turns out, I expected as much.” Derek pulled out his carry-on duffle and extracted three coats, one light brown, one navy, and one black. He handed the brown to John in the middle of their row, and the navy across to Stiles. “Figured you guys wouldn’t have remembered how cold it gets in real northern places.” He said as he shrugged the black coat on himself, a slave to aesthetics.
“Hell, Derek, you didn’t have to…“ John did have a halfway warm enough coat, it wasn’t- oh, it was actually pretty nice. “How much was this?” He’d be really weirded out if Derek was dropping stacks on him and his son, he was already confused at the gift of a laptop the previous year, it’s not like he couldn’t afford a laptop for his son. He couldn’t have afforded the one Derek got him, but he didn’t want to be upstaged in taking care of Stiles. The other kids could take advantage of Derek’s money all they wanted, but the Stilinskis had pride. They didn’t accept charity from rich boy werewolves.
“Not nearly enough for either of you to worry about it.” Derek said, sliding his sunglasses on and leaning back, not interested in carrying on the conversation any longer.
John, unable to turn down the gift but weirded out by Derek both anticipating this need at all, actually going to the trouble to getting these, and sacrificing space in his carry on to bring them on the plane all for this specific scene along with buying him gifts, pulled it on all the same. What a fucking drama queen. “Thanks, Derek.”
Stiles had rolled his eyes at yet another extravagant present from Derek that was way too much to accept but he was trapped by it, since he did desperately need it and couldn’t say no. Well, he’d saved Derek from being the saddest bastard in all of California on Christmas, so maybe this was recompense. “It’s not like I can’t warm myself up.” He grumbled. Heat spells were elementary on the roster of the things any spark worth his salt would know. And Stiles was the saltiest of all.
“Yeah, Stiles, go ahead and slightly set yourself on fire through the whole week.” Derek’s deadpan delivery could easily be mistaken for sincerity, which did well enough to disguise the fact that he was actually really impressed that Stiles had been getting far enough with his magic to do some interesting and sometimes even useful things. “You’ll be our Yule Log. Very seasonal self-immolation.”
John expected Stiles to look pissed at that level of smack-talk, but Stiles looked oddly gratified by the response, like getting Derek to make fun of him was his goal all along.
“Such a good alpha provider, takes such good care of us. Thaaaank you Dereeeek.”
There might have been just a twitch of a smile at the corner of Derek’s mouth, but it could have just been a trick of the lights as cabin prepared for landing.
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Stiles was giving Derek a rundown of the family members he’d have to keep straight while there, cousins and uncles and aunts and people that were peripheral to the family but close enough to be considered part of the group, the bits and pieces of them that he’d pulled together. He hadn’t seen them in a decade, so much of what he knew was informed by Facebook posts and a few Instagram bits that let him know who was who and look at least a little less like he didn’t remember jack shit about his cousins. Which he did, just they were also around 8-14 so it’s been a while, alright? Some of ‘em had gone to college, some of ‘em got jobs, hell, one of ‘em was married with a kid. Wild.
“Shortlist of the important family to know: Nelia, grandpa’s wife. My grandmother died a few years after my mom, but Nelia’s a pretty nice woman, she’s got a really thick accent so if you don’t understand what she’s saying you can ask one of us to translate, we all speak Polish to some degree.”
“I don’t.” John added, at the driver’s seat of the rented car. Derek would rent a car in town, they figured that arriving together would be easier, and then no one was alone for the ride from the airport to the family house.
“Well, Dad doesn’t, but there you go, you and him can be awkward together when we talk shit about you guys, it’ll be great.” Stiles was in the passenger seat, texting people at lightning speed about how this was going to be the most hilarious week of his life and it was all because Derek was going to have to be exposed to a TRADITIONAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS.
Did you pack Benadryl? -ER
Why? -SS
For when he breaks out in hives from people expressing genuine emotion around him -ER
“Then there’s Grandpa, I call him the Polish term for it, Dziadek, you’re probably best off with Mr. Gajos. I think I’ve heard a grand total of ten words out of him my whole life, so you don’t have to worry much about him.”
Derek’s eyes were fixed on something in the distance, and casually added, “He’s who you’re named after, right?”
Stiles went stiff and turned around to look at Derek. “Who told you.” Much less humorous than the previous inquisition about the hot chocolate, he seemed properly displeased about it.
Derek only mildly smiled and made no other answer. Stiles made an aggravated noise but wasn’t going to try and interrogate Derek. He continued his familial explanation but sounded much more irritated at everyone in it. “Then there are my cousins, there are a bunch and some new ones I’ve never met, but you pretty much only have to know Nika, who’s two years older than me. She’s the only one that sort of kept in touch and therefore the only one I care about. The uncles are …well you don’t care, and I bet they won’t mess with you much. Now, the whole drama with them, Dad, if you wanna take the lead on explaining why we haven’t talked to ‘em in over a decade.”
John gave Stiles a meaningful glance, but didn’t explain it. “Well, after Claudia died, I had a hard time of it for a while. They thought that I should have handled her, and Stiles, differently than I did.” Derek realized the glance was begging Stiles not to ask John to air his most closely guarded shames right in front of Derek, who signed up for a little getaway and not to hear all their most private secrets.
“They were firm believers that ADHD was cured by beatings and were annoyed that I was a bit of a holy terror.” Stiles translated.
John grimaced a little. “They wanted to take Stiles in, raise him properly. I admit I wasn’t perfect. They weren’t right to say it, but I understand why they did.”
Derek could connect the dots laid out before him. They saw John as a useless drunk and Stiles as a neglected brat and thought they could do better. “So now you’re talking again?” He asked, desperate to save John from further agonies.
“Enough that they didn’t threaten to play family politics chess and try to make Stiles’ grandparents chose which children they liked better this year.”
“We did alright on our own.” Stiles declared with a defiant smile, clearly not about to entertain the notion of understanding their position whatsoever.
It was hard for Derek to wrap his head around a family fracturing so easily like that, Hale lines ran so deep that even someone as gone as Peter could find his way back in Derek’s heart if he worked for it. To cut someone off so cleanly on either side was alien to him. But it wasn’t his family, and frankly none of his business anyway.
*~*
They stood outside of a surprisingly expansive house on the edge of Silver Lake on the western side of the Michigan mitten, the gray sky above their heads threatening to dump yet more snow on them as they waited for someone to reach the door. Derek could hear a collection of heartbeats and voices within. Two of them old, one arrhythmic. A couple more adults, a few younger voices, a decent family gathering. There was apple, rum, cinnamon, nutmeg in the air, someone made mulled cider. It was only the 22nd, this was just a small contingent perhaps, or at least not held to the same importance as Christmas Eve.
The door opened, and a short, stout woman with steel curls and a smile that felt like home stood in the doorway to welcome them. “Mieczyslaaaw!“ She reached forward and pulled him down to kiss both of his cheeks and hug him tightly. She hadn’t seen him since they all attended the funeral of their grandmother. As a longtime family friend in the area, it was an easy transition for the family to absorb Nelia in the fold. “Oh, my sweet child. Look at you, how you’ve grown. My love.” She ushered him inside to embrace John as well, but paused a little in surprise when she saw Derek.
“Nelia, this is my friend Derek.” Stiles said, looking almost proud to bring home such a fine friend to his step-grandmother. Almost as if he was proving to everyone that he wasn’t a complete social pariah, that he had people who liked him enough to come all the way out to Michigan with him.
Nelia looked surprised at the man before her, but to her credit recovered quickly, holding a hand out for him to shake. “So nice to meet you, Derek. Please, come in.” For all of Stiles’ warning of an accent, it really wasn’t that bad. Clearly not her first language, but perfectly understandable. Though Derek had taught himself Polish when you are very rich you have a fair bit of time on your hands, he knew that he could only tell Stiles that he could speak it once, and he was saving that card for later. Unless Nelia was struggling on something, he’d keep his fluency to himself. She pulled him in with a hand on his shoulder as well, closing the door to the cold.
The house was warm and alive, a strong furnace and people comfortable staying there. Derek was able to pick up on more than the others and could hear a side conversation between two men.
“Your other grandson and John are here.” An adult man, a husky voice, probably a smoker, speaking quietly in a distant room. There were footsteps coming towards the Stilinskis and Derek at the door, but the voice stayed put. Whoever was talking wasn’t moving a muscle to meet them.
“Good! Good. I want to see them. It’s been too long.” The responding voice was hoarse, stilted slightly, and far older. It almost reminded Derek of Vito Corleone, a man assured of his position as patriarch.Who wouldn’t have his opinion questioned.
"It’s a disgrace.”
"I have tolerated the insult of your war against them long enough. Silence.” An authoritative end to a conversation, before a creak of wheels coming toward them.
Stiles was going through family, stiff handshakes with the assorted uncles, trying to communicate through grip and direct eye contact that he knew precisely what they said about him and his dad, and that given the opportunity, he’d fight them. He then had to give hugs of varying sincerity with the cousins. The ones he knew from his childhood he could embrace with genuine emotion, the ones he’d never met was more of an uncomfortable formality, performed for the sake of appearances. Once finished, he saw his grandfather for the first time in years. It was a lance through his heart to see the once tall man reduced to a withered shadow in a wheelchair. “Hi Dziadek.” He said, bending down to put an arm around him.
“Oh, Mischief.” The older man put shaking hands around Stiles’ face. “You look so much like Claudia.”
Stiles nodded sadly as his grandfather patted his face and let him return to full height again. Mentions of his mother didn’t hurt as much as they used to, but he didn’t remember her face as much as the others did, it seemed. When he looked in the mirror, he didn’t see a ghost looking out like the others could.
Derek was awkwardly explaining who he was to some people there who also seemed confused, when the cousin he saw Nelia talking to earlier took his arm. “Derek, we were under the impression when Stiles said he was bringing a friend that you’d be a girlfriend.” She finally explained outright.
Derek blinked a few times and was grateful for all the years of keeping a straight face under pressure to now not give any sign of a reaction. He put his thoughts into a response after a moment’s recovery. “That does explain why Nelia was confused. I’m just a friend who didn’t have plans for Christmas and Stiles offered. If it’s a problem at all I could absolutely stay some-“
“Oh, no, staying here is fine.” The girl saved him from talking. “I’m Nika, by the way.” She fixed him with an odd look that he’d seen sometimes in Stiles, a sort of curious, searching look that a raptor might give while wondering if something was prey or a toy. “Just that originally, when you were a girlfriend, you’d have been staying in my room and Stiles was with my brother. But that’s clearly not going to be a thing. So you and my brother will be switching, so you’re with Stiles and my brother’s with me. He had to go move his stuff. You and Stiles should come up and see the room, I think we have some things to discuss.”
She was tossing around so many red flags in Derek’s head she could be a one person color guard. He didn’t know what the hell she was, but there was something very very very wrong with this whole situation. He might not have an intuitive evil detector like Stiles’ spidey sense, but he had a healthy dose of paranoia, and it was telling him that there was all kinds of trouble about to occur. Maybe she was going to ritually sacrifice them up there. Maybe this was the Polish Get Out. Wyjść. It was a little catchy.
The adults had started passing around drinks and returned to their original conversations, and Nika made some excuse about room arrangements and putting luggage up to drag Stiles away from the grandparents glad to be reunited with their prodigal grandson.
Stiles peeled away from them and caught the Am I Going To Be Flayed Alive look in Derek’s big green stupidly pretty eyes and almost laughed. “Relax, Ice Man, you’re fine.” He clapped him on the shoulder as they went outside to get the suitcases from the car. “It’s Nika. She’s my absolute fave cousin, and if something happened to her or she meant any kind of ill will, I’d know. Trust me. She’s fine.”
Nika lead them upstairs to a small room with a full size bed, dark blue walls, no decorations but a nightstand and rug. Hadn’t been lived in for months, given the dead air in the room. “So, Stiles. How about you tell me when your spark woke, and why you brought a werewolf all the way over here.”
Stiles choked on either air or an immediate response, either way he sounded like an ostrich getting throttled. Derek wasn’t making out much better mentally, but he only raised his eyebrows.
Nika smiled as she sat on the bed. “Come on, Stiles, where’d you think you got the gift from? Aunt Claudia never used her talents much, but she was one of us.” She picked up the candle on the nightstand and blew on the wick, a flame lighting to fill the room with some warmth. “I’ve never met a werewolf before, but you were sensing shit like Legolas out there, Derek, it wasn’t too subtle, and a set of ears and or nose like that, out of Beacon Hills aka Werewolf Wonderland?”
“More like nightmareland.” Stiles snorted. “So, holy shit, like five revelations at once and I wanna come back to like….all of them, but…uh….how many of ‘em know, downstairs?!” He asked, shocking Derek by asking an actually relevant, useful question.
“The three brothers know their mother and their sister were “”””out there”””” and that you’re insane and I’m a lost cause. Dziadek knew that Babcia was a superstitious woman and that the wild comes through sometimes. Oh, sorry Derek, Dziadek and Babcia are grandfather and grandmother respectively.” Nika explained. “Babcia did small things, mostly stuff with herbs and intent, like thumping a car engine and telling it to run, or aggressively sweeping bad energy out of the house, or putting bundles above doorways to keep evil intent out. Even the mistletoe around the house was hers.” She set the candle back onto the nightstand, the fire flickering with the movement. “Werewolves are very family oriented, in general, it’s unusual to break away from the family to join another entirely alien one for a holiday like Christmas. I’m just curious.”
“He’s way too nice and let his pack totally forget about him.” Stiles wasn’t remotely afraid of being as bitter about it as Derek tried to deny that he felt.
Nika digested the statement for a moment and gave them a vague smile. “Maybe not all of them.” She got up and left the room as if that would give her the last word. Clearly, she didn’t recall from her childhood who Stiles was, as he followed her as quickly as his gazelle legs could with an indignant “WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?”
*~*
Stiles had been so wrapped up in realizing that there was a whole family history of witchery that he’d completely missed out on the fact that Derek and him were actually now supposed to share a bed until it was one in the morning and he finally arrived in the room. To find Derek sitting on his suitcase reading. “Hey, thought you came up here a while ago.”
“I did, but…” Derek half winced and locked his tablet. “We only got the one bed, and..”
“Bro, you used to live in the burned-out husk of your family’s old house I am not about to buy that you’re such a snob that you can’t share a bed for a few nights.” Stiles yanked his shirt off and tossed it in the vague direction of his suitcase. “It’s just a few nights and I even have sleep pants if you wanna go all no homo on me.”
“What? No, n- that’s not what I mean.”
“Then what do you mean.” The belt careened through the air in an ark as Stiles continued the process.
Derek was going to have to talk quickly if he wanted to get out anything. “I can’t sleep next to people.”
“What? Why?” Stiles paused, button of his jeans undone.
Derek was looking at a particularly fascinating piece of lint on the ground. “Just never works out right. I didn’t want to just disappear on you, so I was waiting for you to get back before I went to find a hotel or crash on the couch.”
“No, why. I wanna know why.”
Derek contemplated crawling out of the window to escape Stiles’ eyes, which even in the low light of the room burned into his skull. “I just can’t, alright?”
“Nope. Not alright. Fess up.”
“I’m a sleep cuddler.” Derek said it so quickly and refused to look up no matter what Stiles did.
Stiles was quiet for a few odd moments while he had a face odyssey. “Really?”
“Yeah.” Derek could feel the blush on his face and was actively willing it to go away forever. “Ever since I was a kid, if there’s someone next to me I always end up wrapped around ‘em. It’s not conscious, it just happens. So.”
“Jesus tittyfuckin’ Christ, Derek I thought it was something serious. I’m not gonna die if you give me a lil hug. Don’t be so dramatic.” Stiles finally flung his jeans off and crawled under the covers, the little tone of his phone plugging in to charge playing as he settled in. “G’night, Der.” He mumbled sleepily.
Derek had no choice. If Stiles told anyone about this, they’d never find his body. Whose body would go missing was up for debate.
*~*
Derek was a filthy liar when he tried to say it didn’t work out, and he knew it. He slept better than he had in months that night. When he awoke, Stiles was playing some mobile game, and Derek was spooning him pretty hardcore, legs tangled and an arm over his stomach. He moved away the instant he came to consciousness again. “Sorry.” He mumbled, only the ghosts of vowels in the slurred word.
“Hell, if it was a problem I’d have crawled out, but uh, you don’t get too much sleep and seeing as you knocked out for a solid nine hours there, I thought it best to let you wake up on your own.” Stiles was all nonchalance, but Derek could hear something like omission from his words. It’s not that he was wrong, it was just adjacent to the truth.
“Who told you I don’t sleep?”
“The fact that you text me back about Edda translations at three in the morning on Tuesday nights tells me that you’re not sleeping much. Now c’mon, we missed the breakfast train but if we make puppy eyes at Nelia enough she’ll probably cave and feed us. Or smack us lightly and call us lazy. One of the two.”
*~*
“Stiles, your friend is so handsome, how does he not have a girlfriend?” Nelia asked, perfectly comfortable to talk all kinds of terrible things as Derek was helping fold pierogi with Nika and Stiles. “He’d make a fine husband. He should find a good wife.”
Stiles gawked for a second, and had no clue how to respond. This would in no way stop him from doing so anyway. “He’s had a difficult time for a while, he’s helping his family right now, college, supporting them.” Stiles’ Polish was pretty rusty, he hadn’t been practicing much in the last several years.
“He has children?”
“No. Not exactly. More friends that he kind of brought inside because no one was helping them right.”
“Hmm. Nika, he’s handsome, isn’t he?”
Nika did not want to get dragged into this conversation. “Very, but it isn’t nice to talk about people in front of them.”
Nelia went to check on the uncles as they were all apparently having a slight discussion with John on the front lawn and was fully prepared to drag each of them back in by their ear and give them a firm education on the meaning of Christmas. This of course left the cousins and Derek all alone in the kitchen, the others of the family dispersed for their individual amusements.
“So, Stiles, are you…..and Derek….?”
Stiles blinked, sealing the dough around the potato and onion. “Are we what”
“Boyfriends.” She said it like it wasn’t kind of a bombshell of a word to utter.
“Nooo.” Flour and bits of dough scattered as he waved his hands to emphasize how NO that was. Absolutely not. Had she even seen Derek? He was so out of his league it physically and emotionally pained him. “ No. We’re just friends. Truly.”
“Okay, okay, I was just wondering. I wasn’t going to tell anyone.”
“I’m not gay.”
“I didn’t ask if you were.”
“You were asking a little bit.”
“But I wasn’t.”
“Derek’s also not gay”
“I wasn’t asking!”
“But he does have terrible….choice in women. Every time he gets a girlfriend she tries to kill us.”
That was enough of that. Derek had developed some thick skin about the litany of traumas he’d incurred and would give Stiles a little leave to talk shit about Jennifer, but that was taking it a little more casually than he’d like. “That’s a little mean, Stiles.” He said in perfect Polish.
Stiles turned so many colors that there was a risk he might burst a blood vessel. He fled before anyone could grab hold of him and make him accountable for his actions. Nika at least muttered an apology before scurrying off.
Derek wondered if his deep-seated need to be dramatic may contrasting with his desire to not be such a colossal dick to people he actually liked.
*~*
Stiles successfully avoided Derek by busying himself with everything possible for the rest of the day, but of course, after the day, must come the night, and thus the sleep. In the same bed. With the guy he brutally insulted and exposed just hours ago. Fuck.
Maybe if Derek was already asleep he could just curl up in the closet and evaporate entirely before anyone noticed he existed. Fuck. Why did this have to happen. Why did he have to open his big stupid mouth and say the stupidest thing that he’d ever uttered in his life.
He didn’t see light coming from under the door as he went, but knew that Derek would wake up if the doorknob made even the slightest sound. He rubbed his hands enough to warm the bony fingers and waved his hand slowly around the doorframe, collecting the sound from that space before snatching it all. Just long enough to open it silently.
When he saw Derek sitting up in bed with just the candle on the nightstand and his tablet in hand, Stiles had half a thought to make a run for it. But Derek had already looked up with a raised eyebrow. There was no escaping.
“How’d you do that that quietly?” Derek asked, not addressing the parade of elephants doing the merengue in the room.
“I, uh, didn’t want to wake you up. So I just took the sound away from it.” Stiles answered, stepping inside and looking pointedly away from anywhere near the bed.
Derek locked his tablet and set it aside. “That’s pretty impressive.” Was all he said in reply, but it was gushing praise given who it was coming from.
Stiles couldn’t stand it anymore. “Derek I am so sorry I said that, I never should have even thought it, I just-“ his words were running on top of each other and he felt like King Trashbag of the proud nation of Shitfriendia.
“Relax.”
Stiles hated being told to relax by anyone, but he had to be very nice to Derek for the rest of their concurrent lives and there was something so calm about the way Derek said it that made it less insulting. He hazarded a glance up, but Derek wasn’t wearing a shirt and even in the low light of the room he could see chest hair and he had to look away immediately or he might die.
“You have a family member who understands you on a level none of the rest of us do. She’s becoming a fast friend and you’re very comfortable with her. It wasn’t the nicest thing to say,” and it was pretty damn private, but Derek was trying to make Stiles feel better so he wouldn’t bring it up, “but I know you didn’t mean to hurt me by it.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Apology accepted.” This was probably the most adult conversation that either of them had ever engaged in, it was frankly shocking. Derek had called Boyd to help process his emotions and figure out what to say in a way that was a little more level headed than he might have done on his own.
Stiles nodded, knowing that Derek wouldn’t appreciate further self-flagellation from him and that he just would have to accept being a terrible person for the rest of his life. When he crawled into bed, he lied awake, staring at the wall across from his face and mulled it over and over. He could hear Derek’s breathing settle as he fell asleep, and an hour later a couple wiggles and there was a nose pressing against his neck and a hand over his stomach. Stiles sighed at the warm heat against him, and finally could fall asleep.
*~*
Nelia checked the codfish in the oven, monitoring the temperature carefully. “Still not ready. Mieczyslaw, could you help set the table, please?” She asked, setting some rolled napkins and a handful of forks onto the table.
It was Christmas Eve, and the whole family was sitting down soon for Wigilia, the main feast. Usually eaten before going to Midnight Mass, beginning at around eleven and finishing at midnight proper. Despite its importance, the grandparents had not gone since the grandfather had been confined to his wheelchair and their local church loved its beautiful stone steps so much. As a religious building that was remarkably old, it was exempt from the ADA act requiring public buildings to be wheelchair accessible.
They still held the meal, though Nelia and the older Mieczyslaw went to bed and the others of the family were encouraged to go and say their prayers for them. The young children were kept at home with the grandparents to watch them and make sure no one got out of their bed to try and catch Santa Claus.
Stiles was carrying various accoutrements from the fridge and counters to the table, and counted the place settings. Exactly enough for everyone, though this alerted him. “Wait, Nelia, we’re missing one. The spot for the wanderer.”
In many other cultures, an empty place setting at a family meal might be in remembrance of someone who had passed, or who could not be present at the table due to extenuating circumstances. It meant that something was missing, and some wanted to honor that with a missing place for them at the table. However, in Polish tradition at Wigilia, there is an empty place setting for an unexpected guest, or wanderer. A wędrowiec.
Nelia gave Stiles a meaningful look, one that he couldn’t decipher. He was so used to these kinds of looks being paired with massive eyebrows and kaleidoscope green eyes that trying to do it for other people was more difficult. “Think on it.” She said, slicing challah bread into a basket and wrapping the napkin over it to keep them warm.
Stiles puzzled and puzzled til his puzzler was sore, then it dawned on him. He wondered why it hadn’t before. “Derek.”
Nelia chuckled as she started slicing a loaf of challah bread. “Such a smart boy you are, Mieczyslaw.” Bringing a friend who had nowhere else to go so soon beforehand was certainly an unexpected traveler, though she didn’t know that Derek had been a wanderer for much longer than just that winter.
*~*
As John wasn’t Catholic, Stiles hadn’t even been Confirmed, and Derek didn’t want to go without Stiles, they all hung back while the others went off to the Midnight Mass. Since they knew that with kiddos younger than eight, Christmas begins absurdly early for everyone, they went to bed after seeing everyone off for the church about 20 minutes from the house.
Stiles lied awake, waiting for Derek to properly fall asleep so he’d get that heavy warm weight against him, that even though it’d only been a few nights, he found it hard to fall asleep without that. He loved the excuse they both got for it, this unconscious habit, but he hoped, he wished that Derek wasn’t regretting that he woke up with an armful of Stiles.
But he didn’t. He lay there for a few hours before getting out of bed and leaving the room. Stiles thought he was going to the bathroom or something, but after ten whole awful minutes of not having Derek next to him, he had to investigate. Checking his phone, the screen said 11:57PM. The whole gang of adults would be out at Mass for a while yet, the service had barely just started and apparently the priest loved his speechifying when the whole congregation was actually there for once during the year as his captive audience.
Stiles crept downstairs looking for his friend, finding Derek in the kitchen, watching a mug rotate in the microwave. “Couldn’t sleep?” he asked.
Derek glanced up. He’d heard Stiles coming down, but he didn’t really see the need to react beforehand. It’s not like his mom had caught him with his hand in the cookie jar or anything. “Kind of. And I wanted to set out some of the things I got for the kids who don’t have as much money as the others. Went out when you were trying to avoid me with their parents to make sure none of the kids felt left out.”
“Santa’s Lil Helper, huh?”
Derek pondered it. “A little. And it’s a Hale tradition. Or more, it’s a Derek Hale tradition, since I’m pretty much the one who spearheaded it.”
“What did your family used to do for Christmas?” They were speaking in hushed tones so as not to wake anyone up, but in the warm light of the kitchen Christmas lights, and the soft look of Derek in a beat-up tee and plaid sweatpants, he felt sentimental enough to ask.
“Christmas was always a little funny in the Hale house.” Derek admitted, stopping the microwave a moment before the chime would go off. “We didn’t do Santa Claus.”
“Did you do Santa Claws?” Stiles mimed some claws and fangs, knowing he’d earn an eyeroll at best.
Derek did not disappoint. “No, just a couple presents from Mom and Dad, and aunts and uncles would be later. They didn’t want us getting spoiled or thinking Santa loved us more because he gave us all kinds of stuff. But we didn’t open anything until at least noon.”
“Parents liked their sleep?” Stiles definitely remembered a firm ALL PRESENTS WILL BE REPLACED WITH CHORES AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS IF THIS DOOR IS OPENED BEFORE 8:00 AM rule on Christmas morning. Of course, Stiles was jumping on his bed with excitement at five in the morning, anyway.
Derek shook his head, and his phone started vibrating in his pocket. Stiles squinted, who would be calling Derek at midnight? Moreover, why was Derek actually taking the call??
He stepped outside onto the porch, little snow drifts from their actual white Christmas shuffling aside for him with his mug. Stiles saw the bag of Lindt truffles and a little chocolate powder dust on the counter- that sonuvabitch made HIS secret recipe. Wait. WHAT.
Derek stepped back in a few minutes later with half a smile on his face.
“Who was that?” Stiles had to ask.
“Cora.”
“What’d she want?”
Derek looked mildly embarrassed. “As of,” he looked at his watch, which read 12:08AM “…five minutes ago, I’m thirty years old.”
Stiles’ jaw dropped just a bit as his mind whirled. “It’s your birthday!?” he hissed, needing to aggressively shout but not able to wake the kids.
Derek almost winced. “Yeah.”
“Well….happy birthday!” Shit. Shit shit shit. HE’D KNOWN DEREK FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HE NEVER KNEW THIS WAS HIS BIRTHDAY. Stiles had to go find his King Trashbag of Shitfriendia crown again and sit on his dumpster pile.
“I don’t like people knowing. It’s an awkward day to have a birthday.” Derek sipped his cocoa, clearly uncomfortable.
Stiles didn’t know how to deal with this. “So…is that why you guys didn’t do Christmas until the afternoon?” He felt like he was playing minesweeper, except he didn’t get to see the warning numbers.
“Yeah.” He looked down into the mug, it was easier to talk about things if he didn’t have to watch the face journey of sympathy on people’s faces when he talked about his family. But he missed them on his birthday especially, and he wanted to talk about it. And out of anyone, he wanted to talk to Stiles about it. He knew, at least to some degree, the feeling of empty spaces in your memories. “My mom used to wake me up at 12:03 to tell me happy birthday and bring me in the kitchen. She’d have a present on there that was a birthday present only. From her. She was the alpha, so it was…pretty much impossible to actually ever get her alone. Always busy with the whole pack, worrying about everyone else, worrying about…” He trailed off. Christmas was always such a hectic time for everyone, so much noise and stress and busy rushing everywhere. “So it was nice, to have that little moment with just her.”
Silence fell between them for a few moments. Stiles didn’t know what to do with himself. Then he realized; his present to Derek was bizarrely perfect. “Hold on. Hold right here.” He stole up to his room and came back down with a wrapped present, the tape shoddily put on. He thrust the box out to Derek, looking way too happy with himself. “Happy birthday, big guy.”
Derek looked between Stiles and the box a few times, but took it and quietly unstuck the tape to slide the box out and open it. “You fucking dick.” He laughed as he pulled out a sweater that said “BIRTHDAY BOY” on it, with a hideous looking Jesus. A true ugly Christmas sweater, with a bday twist.
Stiles was grinning like a loon as Derek pulled the sweater on over his tee, that amused glint in Derek’s eyes where Stiles’ idiot sense of humor hit him perfectly. He picked up his mug again, and felt that it’d turned cold. “Can I get a warm-up?”
Stiles could have just poked the mug in Derek’s hands, or even just pointed at it. But Stiles wrapped his hands around it, his hands glowing a little as the liquid heated within, and Derek’s cold hand too.
Derek’s eyebrow quirked slightly. “Thanks.” He took a sip. “Can y’do whipped cream too?”
Stiles stifled a snorted laugh poorly, but didn’t step back away.
Derek set the mug back onto the table and looked at Stiles for another quiet moment, this one much less tense. Without looking up, he broke the silence with “I swear to God if there’s mistletoe up there right n-mmf!”
Stiles had closed the gap to kiss him, his hands holding Derek’s face as he nearly crushed their noses together. They eventually managed to tilt their heads properly so it was less of a frantic smush and more of a proper kiss.
When they finally broke so Stiles could breathe, Derek had a smile on his face, one that didn’t leave in half a second. “So, is there any?”
Stiles was able to stifle that stupid laugh better. “C’mon, lets get those presents out there for them. They’ll be back eventually.”
They put some Christmas movies on the TV as they sorted the presents into neat piles for each family so everyone could sit with their group. They were on the couch, writing out the tags on each one, making sure that the way all the Santas were written exactly the same and all of the names were spelled exactly correct. Stealing kisses every once in a while devolved slowly over the course of one of the Rankin and Bass animated movies to Stiles pressing Derek into the couch, making out like a couple of teenagers with the Christmas spirit in them.
John was trudging downstairs to see if Santa had left any of those shortbread cookies, but heard something odd from the family room. He was about to investigate, but heard something that sounded very distinctly like a Stiles happy noise, and decided to have a coughing fit and remind those two that they were not only not alone in this abode, but that the assorted parents and cousins would be returning soon and unless Stiles wanted to come out to the family in the most aggressive way possible, they better take it upstairs.
Derek managed to blush harder than Stiles did, but both had received the message, and put away the tags and pens before retreating to their room sheepishly. But they knew that John had probably seen this coming, and wasn’t going to judge them for it.
When they crawled into bed, Stiles didn’t have to wait to feel that arm around him, the press of heat against him, safe and warm. Derek kissed the back of his neck, and he could feel the smile against his skin.
Derek heard the family come back from the Midnight Mass downstairs, doing their best to tiptoe through and not wake up anyone.
“Ah ah ah! Mistletoe!” one of the aunts cooed, before a smack of a kiss.
“Who puts mistletoe in the middle of the kitchen.” Grumbled someone who was not getting themselves a Christmas kiss, bah humbug and all that.
The last voice was Nika. “Babcia always said there’s magic in a kitchen.”
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