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[nikkichama]

BNHA Fic Recs

After Naruto I want to share my favorite BNHA fics.

Warning:Not Bakugo friendly!!

TodoIzu:

Lies of the Beautiful People by sakura_whiskey One shot

Suicidal Midoriya Izuku / Todoroki Shouto is a Sweetheart!

Shoto always wondered how Izuku Midoriya was so happy all the time.

Setting Fire To Plushies Is Not A Solution To Jealousy by TheNarator (G) One-shot ♥♥♥

Izuku found the best hero merch ever: a giant plushie of his husband Shouto! Shouto, on the other hand, is less than enthused by the toy, or how much attention Izuku is giving it.

Something needs to be done about Chibi-Shouchan.

Like, Comment and Romance by xSkyll (T) 9/9 chapter ♥♥♥

Quirkless Midoriya/Pro Hero Todoroki/Underground Hero Shinsou

In the hero community, it’s common for popular heroes to have merchandise for sale. Amongst these items are a few staples: t-shirts, figurines, and, of course, replicas of their costumes. This is where Deku, a well-known YouTuber, comes into play. Deku’s Hero Analysis is a series where the host, Deku, dresses up in official pro hero costumes, then does an analysis of each hero and reviews some of their merchandise. Joining him is Hito-nyan, the sarcastic cameraman who never shows his face and loves to push Deku’s buttons. And watching them is pro hero Todoroki Shouto, who absolutely, without a doubt, does not have a crush on Deku. Except actually he does, which is fine, because it turns out they have a friend in common and getting to meet the adorable YouTube star is more likely to happen than he ever would have dreamed.

Sequel: Like,Comment and Propose

It's Me or the Dog by TellMeYellMe (M) One shot♥♥

Fluff/Todoroki Shouto is a Dork/Implied Sexual Content

As much as Shouto wants to answer his boyfriend, he can’t. Not when he sits face to face with his opponent. Forget destructive villains and long hours of overtime at the office, the being that Shouto is staring at is clearly his most difficult opponent yet.

Or, Shouto faces off against his attention stealing dog, tentacles are talked about, and Izuku is a blushing mess.

One Reason Why by QuasiCanon (G) One shot ♥♥

No Quirks/Established Relationship

Tododeku Week Day 3 - Jealousy

The jumbotron above lights up with the kiss cam, drawing Izuku’s attention away from the game. Faces come and go- Izuku doesn’t really pay attention, too caught up in Ochako and Shouto’s argument. And then, the kiss cam shows him.

It'd Been So Long by fromthedepthsofinsanity (M) One-shot ♥♥

Bottom Midoriya/Top Todoroki/Established Relationship/Pro heroes

Izuku and Shouto finally have a moment alone together. No work. No crisis. No interruptions.

Experimental by StratsWrites, whiskeyandspite (E) One shot ♥♥

Dominant Shouto/Submissive Izuku/Biological Dom,sub/Proper BDSM Etiquette/Spanking/Rough Sex/Aftercare

“Todoroki-san,” Izuku laughed that shaky little laugh of his and mussed the hair at the back of his head. “You… do you… you really think it’ll… be alright if we… do that?”

“We’re both frustrated,” Shouto reasoned. “It’s in our best interests, in the end. I trust you.”

“I trust you too,” Izuku said quickly. “Of course I do. We’re teammates. And I’d like to think we’re friends, too?”

T.G.I.W.Y. by Spidermonkeyyy (M) One shot ♥♥

College/University/5+1 things/Implied Sexual Content/Developing Relationship

5 times Izuku wakes up next to Todoroki Shouto after getting absolutely wasted, and the one time he doesn't.

or: a tddk college hook-up/fwb AU with none of the actual smut, none of the angsty pining and all of the fluffy feelings!

Kokoronashi by gravitates (T) 2/2 chapter ♥♥♥

Bakugo centric/Feelings Realization/Weddings

This is a story about love and forgiveness.

I'm not Yours by AgarJelly (T) One shot ♥♥♥

One-sided BKDK/Fluff and Angst

‘Has Kacchan been acting weird to you?’ Izuku turned his head from where it was resting on Shoto’s stomach and watched as the latter lowered his manga.

‘To me? No.’ He raised an eyebrow, scratching his nose absentmindedly. ‘To you? Yes, definitely.’

Do not touch by y0mgii (G) One shot ♥♥

Established Relationship/Todoroki is a little shit/Dorks in Love/Fluff and Humor

The day Shoto realized Izuku had a nice butt was simultaneously the best and worst day of his life.

Nineteen Pairs of Hands by ReadingToMusic (T) One shot ♥♥

Moving On/Characters are Pro heroes/POV Alternating

While graduating from UA, Katsuki swears he can feel his classmates and the friendship that comes with them dragging him down and away from his dream; the number one hero spot. He makes the executive decision to cut everyone off until he's climbed the ranks, convinced they'll all understand because of his motivation.

Shouto never thought he'd stand a chance with Izuku, even as close as they are, because of Bakugou. When Bakugou ghosts the class and Izuku doesn't chase him, instead choosing to accept that he's unwanted by his childhood friend and moving on with his life, Shouto realises his chances might not be as slim as he thinks.

Loser/Forsaker,Mover,Shaker by jukoist (T) 9/9 chapters

Emotional Hurt,comfort/Bakugo Katsuki Redemption/Truth Quirk/Bakugo faces Consequences

Midoriya gets hit by a truth Quirk, and his past relationship with Bakugou comes to light. Midoriya learns what it means to have people on his side; Bakugou learns what it means to face his mistakes head on. Dredging up the past is dirty, and painful, but it’s necessary if you want to heal.

AKA Protective 1-A, Hurt Midoriya, and Bakugou/Consequences.

ShinDeku:

Being A Bisaster (And Winning) by lilredpandacub One shot ♥♥

Getting Together/5+1 things/Shinsou centric

When Hitoshi finally got into the Hero course, he had thought he had considered all the outcomes, all the possible future obstacles that may hinder him. He had not taken into consideration one Midoriya Izuku and the boys ability to send Hitoshi's heart flying and his brain blue-screening at the best of times. Maybe he could try to turn the tables just this once?

Of Bad Decisions and Alcohol by unfinishedIdeas (T) One shot ♥♥

Bakugo faces consequences/Underage drinking/One-sided BKDK

Giving teenagers alcohol is a bad idea. Anyone who's watched a movie about high school kids knows this.

But for some reason, Aizawa likes his kids just enough to let them get away with sneaking in alcohol for a party. They're graduating in a few weeks anyway. It's their chance to be wild kids before they're sucked into hero society.

Of course, it's still teenagers and alcohol. It goes mostly fine.

a knight in a high school uniform by Shadowtravelingtitans (G) One shot ♥♥♥

Shinsou saves Midoriya with his brand new muscles multiple times but the hero fanboy thinks it's too good to be true.

But My Youth is Fleeting by prettyboydotexe (E) 8/8 chapters ♥♥

No Quirks/Summer Camp/Midoriya and Tomura are siblings/Aged-up characters/Slow Burn

“Why not ask to switch with Kaminari?” Neito asked once he swallowed his bite of food, fork waving delicate circles as he spoke. “I’m pretty sure he’s already pissed off Shinso anyways.” “Because Izu’s a bottom, he doesn’t switch,” Mei quipped without looking up. Izuku whined high in his throat. “That’s a good idea, though. Kaminari sleeps like the dead, and he’s got that whole will-they won't-they thing going on with Sero. He’d probably be down.”

Sweater Paws by I_have_lost_control_of_my_life (G) One shot ♥♥♥

Sharing Clothes/Pining Shinsou/No Quirks/Childhood Friends/Size Difference/Friends to Lovers

Izuku is too pretty, and Hitoshi is a disaster who's in love with his best friend.

Rated M by TheKirkwallChampion (M) One shot ♥♥

College,University/No Quirks/Humor/Secret Relationship

Shinso makes a dire mistake when failing to turn off his gaming headset after a release date day with his friends. Now Mina and all of Shinso’s other friends are able to hear what's happening between him and a mystery man they had no idea existed.

revenge is a dish best served during spring by Shookspeare (E) One shot ♥♥

Fluff and Crack and Smut/5+1 things/Top Shinsou/Bottom Midoriya/Whipped Shinsou/Established Relationship/No Quirks

Five times Hitoshi's and Izuku's cats interrupt their private time, and one time that Izuku has simply had enough.

really,a voice is what does it? by Shadowtravelingtitans (T) One shot ♥♥

Pre-Relationship/Canon Divergence

Izuku has a kink awakening when Shinsou calls Bakugou an ass for, well, being an ass and Uraraka finds his new found crush to be an immense source of amusement. Iida just wants to make sure everyone is following the rules.

Specific Type by MoonlitDawn (G) One shot ♥♥♥

Married Aizawa and Mic/Shinsou is in Class 1-A

"No loud blonds." Well, he said no loud blonds, nothing about the same type of sunshine person as the specific loud blond his dad was making fun of.

It was that, rare type of sunshine person that was oddly specific.

Oh well.

Dog Days by DogsInMyMind (T) One shot ♥♥♥

Twins Shinsou/Established Relationship/Fluff/Meet the Family

Hitoshi wasn't really hiding anything about his family but he wasn't particularly open about them either. Turns out not bringing his boyfriend home to meet them sooner was coming back to bite him in the ass.

Or alternatively: Hitoshi has a twin and he's kind of a jackass.

Written for ShinDeku Week 2018 [Day Three- Past]

Two Words For A Kiss by Dodadae (G) One shot ♥♥♥

Dating/Truth or Dare/Dork Midoriya/Shinsou is in Class 1-A

Hitoshi doesn't notice how Bakugou's little group suddenly goes quiet, because Izuku scrunches up his nose in that cute way he does sometimes and reaches up to hook a hand around Hitoshi's neck, before pulling him down for a kiss. He lets go after a second, but Hitoshi blinks down at him.

Izuku sees the look he's giving him, and pouts, "What?"

"What-" Hitoshi struggles to find the words, "That was... sudden."

ShinDekuTodo

Heroich and Other Things That Don't Require Superpowers by The Narator (T) 47/47 chapters ♥♥♥

Quirkless Midoriya/Gen Ed Midoriya/Analyst Midoriya/Fix-It/Slow Burn/Hurt comfort/Dadzawa/Dadmic/Bakugo faces consequences/Polyamory

Izuku doesn't have a quirk. That's the long and short of it. After being told his whole life he can't be a hero, General Education at UA is the best he can hope for, right? Wrong. Dead Wrong. So super wrong that his best friend from Gen Ed, all of Class 1A and a whole mess of Pro Heroes are going to prove to him how wrong he is. Izuku has the makings of a hero, and his lack of a quirk only throws those qualities into starker relief. After all, who wants to be as strong as All Might when you can be the cleverest hero in the business?

DabiDeku:

Everything About Him was Warm by Soundsoftherain (G) One shot ♥♥♥

Alternate Universe/Villain Midoriya/Domestic Fluff/Izuku is 19 Dabi is 20/Long term Relationship

Izuku spends a lazy Saturday morning with his boyfriend.

Stitches and Kisses by FilthyRiddle (G) One shot ♥♥

Villain Midoriya/Protective Dabi/Quirkless Midoriya/Domestic Fluff

They may both be villains, but that doesn’t mean they don’t care for one another.

You Said You'd Meet Me There by littlewonderlandgirl (G) One shot ♥♥

No Quirks/Musician Dabi/Teacher Midoriya/Stranges to Lovers

In the excitement of his ex wanting to get back together, Katsuki forgets all about the date he had planned with Izuku. Thankfully, a knight in tattooed armor rescues him from total embarrassment,

No Pairs:

What Practical? by IncompleteSentanc (G) One shot ♥

Good Teacher Aizawa/All Might Critical/Bakugou faces consequences

When All Might comes to him to report an injury during a practical in the very first week of school, Aizawa has one glaring question. What practical?

Trust by Violet_Rose_Of_Darkness (T) One shot ♥♥

What-if/Fix-it/Bakugou faces consequences

All Might makes a different call when he finds Bakugou and Midoriya fighting. AU

Freudian Slip by halfyon (G) One shot ♥♥

Fluff and Angst/Hurt Comfort/5+1 things

Izuku’s lack of a dad finally catches up to him.

OR: The four times Izuku accidentally calls Aizawa 'dad' and the one time that it isn't accidental.

The Boy Who Called Wolf by halfyon (G) One shot ♥

Fluff and Angst/Dadzawa/5+1 things 3+1 actually

Shouta hates answering phone calls and Midoriya doesn’t seem to understand the warning ‘do not ever call me unless it’s an absolute emergency’.

AKA: Three times Izuku calls Aizawa for mostly inane reasons and the one time Shouta doesn't pick up when it really matters.

When Realities Collide by LowlyWriter (T) 13/13 chapters ♥♥♥

Alternate Reality/Emotional Hurt/Bakugou faces consequences/Dadzawa/Implied Referenced Suicide/Hero Student Midoriya/Villain Midoriya

Shota sneers at the teenager across from him. His defense raises like the hairs on the back of his neck as he glares steadily, ready and waiting for whatever will come from this encounter. He narrows his gaze when the teen shifts; just the thought of sharing this rooftop with Japan's most notorious villain makes his skin prickle. “Deku.”

“Y-yes!” the teenager cries out in relief, taking a small step towards Shota, “I’m Deku! I’m so g-glad you—”

“Deku,” Shota growls darkly, flicking out his capture weapon hastily to snag the villain before he can make his move. He's quick to tug it taut, leaving no room for Deku to escape. “You’re under arrest.”

“I-I’m what?! W-wait!”

[shima-draws]

Do you still like Tododeku?

SILLY QUESTION!! I ADORE Tddk and probably will until the day I die. Maybe even after that.

Trust me I guarantee I’ll come back to doing Tddk art and AU stuff eventually. BNHA is, unfortunately, one of my permanent hyperfixations that isn’t planning on going anywhere. A series rewatch is inevitable for me lol

[kitsunefyuu]

Summary:

Last time a Villain showed up at the red light district when Shoto and Izuku had been enjoying their time together. Despite Shoto knowing he technically isn't supposed to be there doing actual hero work he steps up to try and protect the people. Izuku watches unsure of what he is supposed to do.

Woo! Turns out had this chapter done for a while and for some reason past me thought it needed to be longer? Glad I stopped myself but if you like TDDK as adults in a AU where Izuku stays quirkless. Shoto a Pro Hero, but the canon divergence is that All for One (who Dad for One) decided he tired of chasing One for All and is going to make host and hostess clubs. And his son works there as an adult because he kinda didn't really know what to do if not being a hero.

And you like stories with actually important plot with romance! Then you are in for a treat~! And to those that know the series a new chapter it out and hope you enjoy~!

[bakugouxall]

I want to start doing wip Wednesdays because I think it would be a great motivator. So here's a list of fics I'm actively working on:

-Pro Hero Kiri/Villain Bakugou where Bakugou gets in over his head when he attends a masquerade Pro Hero event. It's for the masquerade prompt for Frisky Feb

-Midoriya/Bakugou/Todoroki for the rare pair bang with enemies to lovers where naval officer Bakugou falls for pirates tddk

-a bakubowl for Bakugou’s birthday

-planning a kirikacchako fic for Halloween where exes Bakugou and Uraraka have to escape Blood Riot

-Bakugou participates in a Hero auction and gets bought by Blood Riot

-2nd chapter for my silly voltron au

-I'm still determined to finish old threads and put them on ao3, starting with my old krbk space pirate au

-chipping away at my mha pokemon au

-a 5+1 blacksun au where everyone thinks they're married but they keep forgetting to actually get married

-Atem/Yami/Yugi where King of Dragons Atem tricks Yami and Yugi into an arranged marriage

-KiriBakuMina where KiriMina are vampires chasing human Bakugou through the woods

-krbkdk getting bred by tentacles

-a/b/o krbk arranged mating

-redoing the feminize and kmbk weeks

-a collab for another fic in my KrBkKr hybrid series

-I have an old fantasy polysquad fic I started and I want to finish

-Screwllum/Herta where the two "apologize" to each other after the Silver Wolf incident

-I'm going to try my hand at traditional a/b/o

-i found a BakuMomo week I want to try!

-The jjk Tokyo students having an orgy and Gojo using his eyes to watch

[storybookprincess]

20 questions for fic writers!!!!!!!!! tagged by @ilgaksu (yes, we HAVE been mutuals since the dawn of time & yes we HAVE diverged fandoms wildly and yes we DO deserve this as a treat!!!!!!)

1. How many fics do you have on AO3?

87………… dear god……

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

377,923

dear god……….. take 2!!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

pretty exclusively animanga fandoms these days. hunter x hunter has been my home base for a while, but i dabble in other series too!!!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

personally i don’t enjoy discussing stats (outside of word count) because i think it encourages comparison, even if unintentionally, and i used to struggle a lot with that. sort by kudos exists for the curious, of course, but i don’t want to go out of my way to emphasize stats

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

oh gosh, i used to be RELIGIOUS about replying to every single comment i received, but that's since become a bit unmanageable with my current work & life schedule. i'd like to get back to replying at least a little bit, though!!

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

i'm a happy ending girl through & through so i think the closest i have to an angsty ending is this tiny lil 1k leopika oneshot i wrote for the greed island server!!!

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

what i'm getting from these questions so far is that i do not remember my own fics very well anymore & might want to go revisit them someday bc i am struggling to answer this one!!

that being said, i am a bit fond of this one from facts about stones, which was my big bang fic this year!!

“Let’s stay together.  For as long as you’ll have me.” “Forever, then,” Gon replies. Killua used to hate the thought of forever.  Life was something to be survived: minute to minute, second to second, breath to breath.  If his mind ever wandered further into the future than a few days, a sick, dizzy feeling would overtake him; the thought of this misery stretching on, gray and endless, was more than he could tolerate. But now, as Gon leaps over that very creek they’d played in so many times with a loud whoop, Killua finds that something has changed. “Longer,” he says. “Forever would be too short a time.” “Okay,” Gon agrees, a smile in his voice. “You and me. Forever, and then what comes after.”

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i was about to say that i've been fortunate enough never to get a hate comment BUT THEN i remembered how someone once wrote me a five paragraph essay (i'm not kidding) about how a character's behavior in a fic didn't make sense & was poorly written. god that was incredible

but on the whole, no, i'm quite quite lucky that i don't receive much negativity

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

not yet..............

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i'm a very boring person & thus don't vibe particularly much with crossovers. the most i've done is like........ very vaguely fairy tale inspired aus & the like. i wish i were a more adventurous writer bc some of the stuff people come up with in crossovers is ridiculously creative

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not a whole fic, but back in my bnha days, i had someone lift a scene literally beat for beat from a tddk fic of mine. i was a lot younger & less experienced in the fandom space back then, so i'm very glad, although perhaps a bit surprised, that i just closed the tab & moved on. life's too short to stress over that sort of thing

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes, one into russian & one into spanish on wattpad!!!!!! they both felt like such huge honors!!!!!!

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

i could pretend to give this some thought & come to a difficult decision, but it's killugon. it's far & away killugon. let's not kid ourselves here

14. What’s a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

color in your cheeks

i think the idea has a ton of potential, but my execution of the first two chapters strikes me as rushed & impatient & a bit sloppy as a result. i think my only option is rewriting it from scratch so i can have a product i'm satisfied with

15. What are your writing strengths?

i pay a ton of attention to the flow of my prose & really endeavor for the sentences to have a lyrical quality. outside of syntax, i think i'm quite good at describing physical & emotional experiences extremely vividly

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

well well well, if it isn't my old nemesis, actually having a plot....... we meet again

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i don't have enough fluency in my non-native languages to pull this off & i find it challenging as a reader, but i think just about any choice or device can work if it's serving a narrative purpose & doing so effectively

18. First fandom you wrote for?

the year: 2008

the platform: fanfiction.net

the fandom: rent

listen we all start somewhere & i had a BLAST writing those silly little musical theatre fics, even if both they & the source material don't hold up 15 years later

19. Favorite fic you’ve written?

i worked so hard on it that i just have to go with divine magnets

am i missing a question???????? is this really only 19????? i'm so confused!!!!!!!! anyway tagging @ladycrescentvenus @clood @carochinha @chubsthehamster and @anyone else who wants to do this just say i tagged you!!!!

[wander-wren]

Oh I'm very interested in "shinkami make questionable decisions"

and the TDBKDK Character study!!!!!

well you happened to pick two of the fics i started very recently, shinkami was created like three hours ago actually but!!

shinkami make questionable decisions

this is a little oneshot that’s part of my d/s au (all sfw here, dont worry), which isn’t superrr important. it’s basically kaminari asking shinsou to use his quirk on him and lots of gay banter. mostly kaminari thinks brainwash is the coolest thing ever and it would be SO fun and shinsou is just ??? you’re not scared of me?? then they have fun with it.

in the context of the au, shinsou is the dom (cmon, i cant Not do it with that quirk) and kaminari is the sub, and he specifically wants shinsou to brainwash him into subspace bc hes a little dumb, a lot curious, and willing to try just about anything once. it’s not actually a lot of questionable decisions i was just not feeling very clever when i titled it lol. if you were wondering, i’m working with a version of shinsou’s quirk where people can still speak and do simple tasks and are like, Aware, but they dont have control, bc it’s more fun that way for Me.

tdbkdk character study

this one was created for a school project actually, i’ve been working on a video series of me writing fanfic and doing voiceover to talk about specific elements of writing it? this time i wanted to talk about keeping characters, uh, in character, and these three, as much as i love them, are hard for me to write sometimes, so i picked them.

the gist is they fight a villain with a quirk sortaaa like…weaker blackwhip? and bakugou ends up wrapped up in it with tendrils/tentacles in his mouth to keep him quiet and it brings up slime villain memories. he attempts to hold it together until he can be alone, but tddk are very persistent and eventually he breaks in front of them. i don’t have a solid plan after that, they’re not even established in this fic and idk if i want to make it a getting together thing bc it’s already like 4k words long and it would very quickly become like 20k if i did that. smthn about bnha, much more than other fandoms, just makes even my oneshots super long

tbh i this one was Not Working when i wrote it and i have some ideas for how to make it work but i havent gotten back to it. partially because, you know, i find these characters hard to write!!

intellectually i know how to do it, i can tell when other people do it right/wrong, but it’s still Rough sometimes.

thanks for playing!!!

[ktrsvo]

home is here, with me

5 + 1 things | tododeku | childhood friends au | best friends au | one shot |

in which a boy falls in love with his best friend six times over the span of eleven years.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13116882

1.

Shouto is seven when he falls in love for the first time.

His name is Midoriya Izuku, and he’s new to their school. Warm-skinned, curly-haired, and dimpled, with freckles dusted across his cheeks like powdered sugar, he is easily the cutest boy Shouto has ever laid eyes on. Yaoyorozu says love at first sight doesn’t exist or make any sense, but even though she’s the smartest in their class and therefore right about most things, Shouto knows for certain that she’s wrong about this one.

“You should go talk to him, then. Unless you’re too chicken,” Yaoyorozu suggests during recess, primly lifting her skirt as they hop over a stretch of mud.

There on the bench Midoriya sits, deep in conversation with the aspiring astronaut girl—Uraraka Ochako. He’s waving his hands around like a magician Shouto once saw on television—all loud gestures and bold lines, every movement conveying purpose, intent. He even has the gaze of one, too; his eyes, they’re as bright as twin stars and just as enthralling, in the sense that if you look too long you’ll eventually be sucked into their orbit, spellbound.

“I know. And I will,” Shouto says, scuffing his shoes against the sand. A dusty plume dislodges from the ground. Yaoyorozu frowns at him.

“Now you’ve done it,” she sighs. “Your best pair, ruined.” After a while, she tugs him under the shade of a wide, wide maple tree no kid their age ever dares climb, and tries to force him into brushing up on his arithmetic skills.

Instead Shouto watches Midoriya from afar. Watches the sunlight catch on the green of his hair. Watches it splay across his face, freckles rendered aglow.

This mooning goes over a week with no move made on Shouto’s part when the teacher assigns Midoriya to Shouto’s table group. The two other kids Shouto sits with quickly become dull and lifeless to the tidal wave that is Midoriya.

He is overwhelming, to say the least. In a good way. In a supremely awesome way, Shouto decides when Midoriya gives him a large grin over his book of fairytales.

“It’s nice to meet you, Todoroki!” Midoriya exclaims, scooting closer to him.

Shouto says, “Hi.” Or maybe he mumbles it out instead. He should stop doing that; Yaoyorozu says no one’s ever going to like a grouch, and that’s pretty terrifying. He wants Midoriya to like him. Needs it to be the case.

But instead of faltering Midoriya’s smile grows, crinkling the corners of his eyes. Lighting up his face at the seams. “Hey, so, do you want to be my friend?” he asks, syllables lifting with buoyancy.

Obviously, the answer is a big yes, and hopefully, hopefully , it’s uttered with a lot more enthusiasm than intended, but it’s hard to tell because Midoriya responds to even the smallest of things with the same amount of verve as he would very important matters. He’s amazing like that, and Shouto doesn’t waste any time telling Yaoyorozu at lunch later on.

She concedes, “Well, I suppose you’re really in love with him, then,” and sneaks a glance at the other table. Peals of laughter sound from across the room. Something funny must have happened; Midoriya is doubling over from what Uraraka has just said.

Shouto stares at Yaoyorozu. Says, “Of course I am,” in his most matter-of-fact voice.

One year passes by, and at this point Shouto has come to know Midoriya and his interests fairly well. Those red hi-tops that he wears all the time, for example, Shouto knows from careful observation are his favourite shoes in the entire world. And it’s easy to tell whenever he has katsudon for lunch because he’ll be the first to get out his lunchbox.

“So you have been talking to him more,” Yaoyorozu says, pleased.

“Yes. I asked him if I could borrow his pencil not once but five times. And in the same week, too,” Shouto says, because he kind of has to make a point.

“Wait, what? That’s it? Huh.” Yaoyorozu raises her eyebrows, smile fading. “Sure sounds like a real step forward.”

“So?” Shouto flicks off the eraser shavings on his desk, and fixes her with an annoyed look. “I mean, he talks a lot, but who cares, I’d much rather listen to him.” He pauses, then breathes out, “Did you know that there was this one time when he told me that my bag was really cool?” A breeze flaps in through the open windows, stirring the curtains. Sighing with him, too.

“Great,” is the reply he gets, but it doesn’t matter because he is going to prove her wrong one of these days.

2.

And prove her wrong he does over the next few months; slowly, surely, in the way waves break out over a sea, Shouto gets closer and closer to Midoriya Izuku. The signs of their growing bond is there in every word, every smile, every glance exchanged between them. Surely Midoriya feels it, too, because, yes, Shouto has started to reach out in any way that he can.

“You’re pretty advanced at reading,” Shouto comments in a hushed voice as they’re reading a book about a cat, a witch, and flying cacti.

There are many things Shouto adores about Midoriya—if he wrote a list about it, he’s pretty sure it would be longer than the Earth is wide—and this one right here just so happens to be one of his favourites: his blush.

When other people blush, their faces get all weird and splotchy, like a splash of gouache paint, but when Midoriya does it, he does it slow, much in the way a sunrise creeps out over the horizon; first, the tips of his ears go red, followed by his cheeks, high colour subtly blossoming into life.

It’s beautiful, really.

“Thanks,” Midoriya whispers back, giving Shouto that lovely dimpled smile, and it’s possible that Shouto’s heart stops beating for a moment. Or two.

“Can you—can you please read this word to me?” Shouto asks, feigning confusion, and Midoriya sidles close to him, happy to oblige.

This close Shouto can feel warmth radiating off of him, and when their hands brush Shouto falls in love with Midoriya Izuku for the second time.

3.

Third grade comes along in a whirl of new faces, new lessons, new teachers. This year Midoriya doesn’t share the same class as he does, but Shouto tries not to feel too disappointed; there’s always lunchtime, recess, and after school. Still plenty of opportunities to hang out.

Except not really; fourth grade introduces annihilation in the form of Bakugou Katsuki, a sharp-eyed, sharp-cornered boy with fire for a voice and steel for fists. It’s easy to tell when he has entered a room, because a hushed, quavering tenseness will slip in, combustible at the edges, and Midoriya will turn rigid, white-knuckled, silent.

Everything he is usually not.

“Useless Deku,” Bakugou might bark out during a game of tag. “It’d sure suck to be as slow as you.” Then Midoriya will murmur, in a small, subdued voice, “That’s mean, Kacchan,” and Bakugou will laugh at him or, worse, push him.

Needless to say, Midoriya leaving school with bandaids and bruises becomes a frequent occurrence.

“Kacchan has always been like that,” Midoriya tells Shouto in a miserable voice one Friday as the bell rings to mark the end of the day. “I just wish he wouldn’t pick on me so much.”

Shouto looks Midoriya right in the eye. Takes Midoriya’s scarred, trembling hands into his. “I’ll kill him,” Shouto promises solemnly, because Midoriya doesn’t deserve this.

Lovely, lovely Midoriya, who talks too much and cries easily and turns inconsolable at any onscreen animal deaths.

Midoriya sputters, aghast. “But—but what if he kills you first?”

“He won’t,” Shouto says, though he’s not a hundred percent sure. Boys like Bakugou were born with violence in their veins, after all. “I’m not going to let him hurt you again.”

“Well, I won’t let you fight him. You can’t die!” His voice lowers to a whisper. “I can’t lose you!”

A pleasant warmth fills Shouto end-to-end, and he decides right there and then that losing isn’t an option. “When we grow up someday, I’m going to marry you, Midoriya,” he says very seriously, as serious as a nine-year-old can be. “So if there’s one person who won’t be walking out the door, it isn’t going to be me.”

With that Shouto takes off, leaving a stunned Midoriya in the dust.

As expected, Bakugou is by the swing-sets in the yard, flanked by his cronies, terrorizing a knobby-kneed third-grader. The king of the playground no longer once Shouto’s through with him, Shouto thinks.

“Hey, Bakugou,” Shouto calls out.

The raucous jeers halt. Bakugou turns around, every inch fire and crushed glass. “Eh? What do you want?” he snaps, releasing the third-grader. The kid bolts, running for the hills. Then, with his eyes narrowed, Bakugou says, “Hold on a minute, you’re dumb Deku’s stupid boyfriend.”

“Guy must have a death wish,” his friend cackles.The others crow in assent.

“The next time you want to fight him, you’ll have to go through me first,” Shouto warns, holding Bakugou’s gaze coolly.

Bakugou steps forward, out of the shade. The sun sets alight the blonde of his hair.

Just like the flame of a matchstick, the fight only lasts for a second, or maybe two. One moment they’re tussling on the ground, and the next a teacher is prying them apart, Midoriya crying in the background.

But Shouto hardly feels it, hardly feels the blow dealt to his chest. I got one in, he thinks a little proudly. On Bakugou’s jaw, no less.

Once back inside the building, the teacher scolds Bakugou and Shouto. No recess for a week is their punishment. A tradeoff worth the blood dripping down Shouto’s nose, Shouto thinks. And the scolding he’ll get from his father later on. What’s a second’s worth of pain compared to the tight embrace Midoriya gives him afterwards, really?

(And just like that they become best friends, not just friends, and, with Midoriya’s head tucked into the crook of Shouto’s shoulder, Shouto falls in love for the third time.)

“Did you know that Neptune has fourteen moons?” Izuku whispers, breaths escaping in puffs of white.

Izuku has a treehouse in his backyard, and right now they’re having a sleepover there. It’s an old thing, made of groaning planks whorled with age and shot through with twisting vines. Shouto normally wouldn’t have been able to stay, but his father is currently on a plane to Beijing and will be gone for two weeks, so his sister eagerly approved of the arrangement.

The moonlight filtering through the gaps creates odd shapes of the makeshift furniture: trees, penguins, castle turrets. Shouto says, “No.” Frankly, he doesn’t care, but he just wants to hear Izuku speak.

Izuku shifts his head, and the lighting makes his freckles glow like fireflies. “Okay. Um, how about the fact that there’s more than one sun in the universe?”

Now that Shouto knows. I’m looking at one right now, Shouto nearly says but doesn’t. Upon further reevaluation he decides that it’s probably not the best comparison because no one likes looking at the sun, anyway, in fear of getting blinded. So there. “Mhm,” he says absently.

Then Izuku’s mom calls them back into the house for cookies and milk, and the warmth that floods Shouto’s body might as well be molten sunlight, with the way all seems soft-hued and golden—the colour of youth. Comfort. Hope.

4.

The first day of junior high brings blue, blue skies, fresh spirits, crisp new clothes, pristine textbooks, and a seemingly auspicious beginning. But it also brings changes, some as subtle as losing your baby fat around the jaw, others gradual like shooting up five inches.

Which is to be expected, naturally; people always become different once they hit seventh grade. It’s when the childish wonder and innocence starts chipping away, after all, like cracks forming on a sidewalk. Like paint flaking off of a wall. It’s when you trade a soft-skinned and vulnerable version of yourself for someone tougher. More jaded. Battle-worn, somehow.

And right there always lies some grim epoch of your life, and Shouto can fully attest to this fact because it’s when Midoriya Izuku falls in love for the first time.

(And gets his heart broken not once or twice, but three times.)

The first heartbreaker is a girl named Rina. All curves and coy smiles and bouncing curls, one look from her could render a room rose-pink and dreamed-out. Render poor, unfortunate souls loose-lipped and far-gone.

(Shouto will never forget how Izuku’s shoulders curled inwards in shame when she crumpled his note in front of a derisive crowd.)

Hideo is the second one, and it had been painful to watch him mass-message their entire grade Izuku’s puppy-eyed reaction towards his “confession.”

The third one is Miki and by far the worst; she and Izuku went out for at least two weeks before Shouto found out that she was stringing along four other boys. Izuku cried into Shouto’s shoulder on an empty stairway that day, and didn’t smile for at least a week afterwards.

Each and every time, without fail, Shouto is always there to pick up the pieces and glue them back together, in whatever ungainly way he can. Maybe it works, or maybe it doesn’t, because the process always feels like putting back together with gloveless hands the jagged fragments of a blown-glass sculpture.

It does hurt, to be honest. And what makes the pain even worse is the realization that Shouto has fallen in love with the same boy for the fourth time, the realization that there is absolutely no goddamn force in this world that can ever break or slow down his fall, Yaoyorozu’s calculations notwithstanding.

In retrospect, junior high is a calm, cloudless fracture in time compared to the storm-grey turbulence that is high school. Ninth grade bleeds into tenth grade in a dizzying blur, and that’s when Shouto’s life enters its next phase, metamorphosis halfway complete.

From here on out, the waters are murky and brackish, frothing at the shoreline like some wild-mouthed beast.

His father, for instance, is just one of the many factors stirring up Shouto’s life . Not a day goes by without the man discussing the future prospects of his company. The importance of continuing their lineage. How he will mold Shouto into a crown jewel, the best of the best, whatever that goddamn means.

With the added homework, after-school activities, and tutoring sessions, Shouto doesn’t have time for a lot of things. Like dealing with half-formed urges that have him breaking out in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, thinking of tan, sweat-slick skin. Woodland-green eyes. Rough, calloused hands. Dimpled smiles.

As a consequence, he and Izuku sort of drift apart. They’ll always be friends, though, Shouto knows as much, but lately he’s felt like there’s been some sort of seismic shift that’s changed the very foundations of their relationship. Torn apart the framework, like slicing loose a ligament.

High school Izuku is different from middle school Izuku. He is quieter, more pensive, less unsure of himself, and a lot less reliant on waterworks for catharsis. It’s the boxing, Shouto thinks, Izuku’s newfound outlet, where he can lose himself among the groans of the punching bags, the crunch of leather, the salty tang of energy.

In the looks department, he’s changed by a fair amount, too. Less round and more sturdy, all broad lines and muscles. The childish sparkle remains, though. A little dimmed by age but still there.

When Shouto was young, he always thought of what it would be like to kiss his best friend. But, now, he’s thinking of something a lot deeper than that.

5.

Girls start paying Shouto a lot more attention, for some reason. It’s not uncommon to find a note stashed in the bowels of his locker, or a number scrawled on his books. But really, he can’t begin to understand why.

“Isn’t it obvious?” Izuku teases him during a warm-up in gym class.

“What is?” It’s hard to look away from the sweat lines running down Izuku’s arms. Neck. Face. Even harder to pry his gaze from is the toned shape of Izuku’s biceps—and the lightly corded vein lines that come along with it.

Izuku tilts his head. Blanks out for a moment, before returning with an answer: “It’s your face.”

The chatter of the other students fades away into white noise. Shouto raises an eyebrow. Go on .

Izuku draws himself up to his full height. Looks at Shouto with an unfathomable emotion swirling in his gaze. “I don’t know if you know this,” he says, freckles deep brown and glowing, “but you’re beautiful, Shouto. So, so beautiful.”

It’s true what happens in movies, Shouto finds out. The way things crawl into a halt, blurring out sounds and backgrounds and more sounds. Because right here, right now, the sunlight has the world suspended in honey. In amber.

Shouto looks away. Looks down at his sneakers. Izuku always says nice things like this about everyone he’s friendly with, he reminds himself firmly. Shouto won’t allow his long-suffering feelings to make a big deal out of the compliment.

But, just like that, Shouto falls hopelessly in love with Izuku all over again.

(It’s getting ridiculous. Honestly.)

“Yo, Midoriya,” Kaminari calls out one lazy afternoon in class. “You coming to my party tonight?”

“Hm? Yeah, sure,” Shouto hears Izuku say a little distractedly.

Kirishima turns around and props his elbows on Izuku’s desk. “Hey, what’s up with you?” he says. “Uraraka, come over here, does he look a little spaced out to you or is it just me?”

Uraraka agrees, “It’s not just you.”

“Seriously, are you thinking of a special someone or what?” Kaminari jokes, ruffling Izuku’s hair.

Shouto freezes. Feels the single earphone plugged inside his ear go limp.

Izuku sighs. “If I tell the truth, will you leave me alone?”

Cheers and clapping ensue in response.

“I am,” Izuku  says without any ounce, any trace of levity. “I have been for a long time.”

Everything turns a little greyer and smudged out after that revelation. Shouto doesn’t hesitate to stuff his ears with music, volume cranked up to a level bordering on deafening.

Shouto has his first kiss at Kaminari’s party in the dimness of a stuffy closet, back pressed against a dusty stack of yellowing books, a sonorous bass pounding in his chest—the result of a single, stupid round of Seven Minutes in Heaven.

It’s not so much a kiss as it is an awkward bumping of mouths.

If Shouto really, really focuses, he can pretend that he’s kissing a certain someone with stubbornness for days and an endless supply of laughter to boot. Someone with a slightly crooked half-smile and constellations traced onto his flesh. Someone who can transform all the liquid in Shouto’s body into ever-igniting gasoline—hot, honey-heavy, and steady.

But the scent, the feel, the shape—they’re not right. Instead they’re about twenty shades of wrong, starting from the smoothness of the mystery boy’s skin, and going right down to his cloying bergamot-and-cedar cologne.

It’s a poor distraction, but it beats out chasing pavements by a mile.

“Shouto, wanna come over later?” Izuku asks, jogging to catch up with him.

Shouto shakes his head. “Can’t. Yaoyorozu says I need to touch up on titrations.” Liar.

Izuku’s expression wavers. “Oh. I’ll ... um, see you, then.”

Shouto nods. Tugs on his bangs.

Things only get busier and busier, and Shouto discovers just how easy it is to make up excuses. He packs his schedule with tests, assignments, activities, leaving no crevice, no crack unfilled. There are always things to do, a shitty father to put up with, and biological necessities to manage.

So a fallout happens, but Shouto does not acknowledge it until it becomes bitter residue in his mind, the melted wax of a candle left unattended.

Occasionally they’ll pass each other in the hallways and exchange small greetings. Part of Shouto screams at him to initiate reconciliation, to fix whatever has broken between them. Nothing is unfixable if you put your mind to it. But instead Shouto leaves the line drawn out, fraying throughout and untouched.

The images of his smiles burned onto Shouto’s eyelids stretch it out even further.

It’s always a bad sign when a warm memory now leaves you cold.

+6

Sad to say, this goes on for the next few years of high school. Until the very last day, with tearful goodbyes and bawling mothers and proud fathers and excited siblings milling in the background.

Shouto has never been one for sentimentality, but an odd sense of loss settles into his pores once the final verses of the farewell song dwindle into a low, quavering melody.

For a moment he thinks of the place he’d carved out for himself among his peers, the camaraderie established by proximity and fostered by necessity. He thinks of Yaoyorozu and her neverending repertoire of scientific facts, her ocean-deep well of intelligence (It would do him well to thank her for sticking with him throughout the years). Then of Iida, Kirishima, Jirou, Uraraka, Kaminari, and the rest of his classmates. Even of Bakugou, strangely enough.

But most of all, he thinks of the boy who had blazed into his life that one spring day all those years ago. The boy who had snatched away Shouto’s entire heart and left nothing behind. The boy who is always, always, always there in Shouto’s dreams. The boy Shouto has loved for so, so long.

Shouto will sure miss all of them. Especially him. Because in about a week’s time a plane will carry Shouto into a foreign city where a brand new life at a posh university awaits, as per his father’s ungracious demands. Where everything, from the cobblestone streets to ivory basilicas, reeks of unfamiliarity, where he will be forced to relearn a new rhythm, a new dance—an utterly draining task.

Then there’s a tug on his sleeve, two fingers pinched at the cuff. “Hey.” A pair of warm green eyes and a disarming smile greet him.

A mild case of vertigo sets in. “Hi,” Shouto gets out, chest constricting.

Izuku cocks his head towards the doors, eyebrows lifting. “Have a minute?” Does he even need to ask? Shouto follows him outside, where the sky is dark and the moon in full bloom.

“Remember the wishing game we used to play as kids, Shouto?” Izuku asks as they settle down on the grass, far away from the music and the energy and the people.

Shouto says, with no small amount of fondness, “I may be old, but I’m not that old.”

Izuku grins and in that instant the chasm between them fully seals, like high school never happened and their feelings never got in the way of what they had. And suddenly Shouto fully remembers how Izuku has always made him feel complete, like he’s every beautiful thing in the world captured by a single lithe stroke, in the form of a boy with snow-pale skin and odd mismatching eyes.

The stars wink down at them as the wishing game commences. A breeze sweeps by, bending the grass like ripples in a field of wheat and swallowing their whispers, their breaths. They might as well be children again, lost in a kingdom of their own creation with thoughts and ideas too big for their souls.

“Do you think I could have all the moons in the sky?” Izuku says.

Shouto’s lips twitch. “You’ve always been unrealistic.”

“How about all the seas on Earth?”

“Seriously?”

“Okay, jeez. What about the mountains, or the rivers?”

“Let’s go with one thing.”

There’s a pause and a sigh. “The sun?”

Shouto watches Izuku, something flashing in Izuku’s eyes. Serenity. Joy. And beneath that … “Good luck with getting burnt to a crisp,” he says.

Izuku shifts closer to him. Suddenly Shouto can barely hear the rustling, the whispering of the wind. Then: “Can I have you?”

Love, the answer makes itself known in the shine of Izuku’s eyes, the softness of his smile. Shouto nearly stops breathing, nearly breaks down. Instead he leans in and kisses Izuku—the boy of his dreams. The boy he’s wanted right from the very start.

“You’ve always had me,” Shouto whispers into his mouth, burning with starlight.

Izuku’s hands are warm against his wrists. They pull apart for a moment, and Izuku says, hoarsely, “I’m an absolute idiot, I can’t believe I didn’t realize it sooner.”

“Actually, you’re eleven years too late,” Shouto says. “Didn’t I promise you that I’d marry you one day?”

Izuku laughs, and Shouto kisses him again, bearing him down on the grass. Shouto’s heart is a supernova in the making, expanding with every fiery trace of Izuku’s fingers along Shouto’s chest, back, spine. Seconds, minutes, hours pass them by, and Shouto is sorry. Sorry that it can’t last the way it would have had they only had more time.

Later, when they’re lying down, fingers interlaced, limbs tangled, Shouto says to Izuku, “You know I’m leaving, right?”

Izuku tilts his head, nose grazing Shouto’s neck. “I know.”

Stars spin high over their heads, but just like the passage of time they stop for no one.

“i dont care though,” Izuku continues, sleepily, “because I’d wait five, ten, fifteen for you, and then more.” His lips chase Shouto’s jaw. “I really, really would.”

“Is that a promise I hear?”

“Don’t you know it.”

They link pinkies, and, under the glow of a full moon, Todoroki Shouto falls in love with Midoriya Izuku for the sixth time.

[2toplibrary]

Do you have a favourite tdbk author? I need recommendations :D

I have many favourites - there is just so much talent in this corner of the fandom (luckily). But going through my author subscriptions:

curovogel - I love her time-loop fic once more, with feeling which has a great TDBK dynamic, fantastic plot where the smut feels very integral and interesting. Plus great use of Aizawa. And then the todoroki shouto is king of the internet series is just fantastically funny.

czqy - very diverse writing, but always great characterisation. detonate my heart series for me is one of those fics that influenced a lot my HCs on domestic, pro-hero TDBK

dinosuns - her fics have such unique sense of humour and wacky AUs that somehow all fit. But there are also a couple of more serious fics. I love everything she writes, but perhaps my faves are we're so good at crashing in (with a lot of platonic TDDK) and here you will find me, on your side

kunimi - her character studies are great, a lot of introspection, but also sometimes fresh, quirky humour. a burden shared  was the first fic I read from her and it really filled a sweet spot for me in terms of post-war canon compliant fics

lelex - her writing is really tender and sometimes angsty, sometimes sweet. There is the epic knitters AU or the nanny!Shouto fic, but my favourites are the canonverse angsty ones like honesty is like a kiss on the lips (come closer and I'll tell you exactly how it is) 

ninanna - for me, it's one of the gold standards when writing not only TDBK, but a fic set in Japan. Her writing is so immersive, with both the characters and the world feeling absolutely authentic. playing with fire is a huge long-fic, but such a masterpiece - I remember waiting for the chapter-drops as eagerly if not more than the canon manga.

seventh-time-lucky - one of the newer writers. She writes fantastic angst. I Do the Best Imitation of Myself with a deeply depressed Shouto is not a light read, but is very captivating.

shaekspeares - her specialty is great plot, interesting fights, a very very good Shouto-voice, fantastic cameos by pretty much everyone. i go for the door (the place where you are) is the fic that made me pull in the direction of TDBK being my fave ship in this fandom.

snowandfire - she's written an impressive collection of one-shots. I really love the tenderness of her fics. todobaku soft hours is a collection that's really a mood of pure comfort. I'm also very fond of her Todo-fam fics and her OT3 fics.

staqua - is another very diverse writer. Her newest Mafia AU is such a wild and angsty ride, but she's also written fluffy and funny. I love the and they were roommates series.

And shout-out also to:

alchemicink's memorable holiday fics, 

waywardfacegarden's soft, lyrical college AUs,

SillyMango who deactivated but, her This Is Nowhere series is a great read, strangergods is another great writer of Shouto mental health issues, 

chalk with great domestic fics, 

allmus with great canonverse, 

bonnia with fluffy, funny canonverse, 

swimmin_all_the_time is another great canon-verse writer, 

brioche is also highly recommended, 

bluemoonrabbit’s interesting AUs

Honestly, there are way too many good writers to list. 

[ao3feed-tododeku]

There are Many Names in History

there are many names in history by RandomStuff 7739

Shouto was born to be part of the Tenryou Commission—he was created to serve the Raiden Shogun in her pursuit for an eternal nation, free of change.

He doesn't need it, he thinks. With Midoriya by his side, he has his own eternity right here.

(or: no matter what happens, Izuku and Shouto navigate it together through it all.)

Words: 4289, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of BNHA Genshin Impact TDDK AU

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Genshin Impact Fusion, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, TodoDeku Week, TodoDeku Week 2022, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, takes place from 7 years before genshin canon to current time, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Loneliness, Todoroki Enji | Endeavour's Bad Parenting, not even just to bash on him he's just not that great in this au, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Friends to Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Don't Have to Know Genshin Impact Canon, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40314399

[ao3feed-todoroki]

You Wrote a Hundred Letters, Just for Me

you wrote a hundred letters, just for me (and now every single one's forgotten in a laundromat machine) by OWritingTrashO

Shouto used to dream about something like this. Waking up one morning to everything being fixed. An apology, a promise to be better.

A media article or a sidekick at his front door depicting his father's noble end, a blazing display of power and failure.

This wasn't the same, he knew, because the man here right now was not the same as his father. He didn't do those things in his memories.

He only felt obligated, because somewhere, somewhen, a man who wore his face did.

theme: jealousy “i killed a plant once because i gave / it too much water. lord, i worry / that love is violence.” ― josé olivarez, citizen illegal

Words: 5256, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of tododeku week 2022

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Natsuo, Todoroki Fuyumi, Todoroki Rei, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Dabi | Todoroki Touya, Midoriya Izuku

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor/Todoroki Rei

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Todoroki Enji is Not an Asshole, you see the best thing about bnha is that quirks can give me whatever aus id like, Quirk Accident, Quirk Shenanigans, Good Parent Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Good Parent Todoroki Rei, Hero Dabi | Todoroki Touya, everyone is happy, except shouto who knows better, Todoroki Shouto-centric, Happy Todoroki Family, Background Relationships, tddk kinda takes a backseat in this one bc it is 2 am and i am tired of writing, we got feelings, feelings galore

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40249881

[humangerbil]

I was talking to a friend of mine about how one of my favorite anime series has somehow spawned three separate tddk AUs in my brain. This is objectively absurd.

My brain, in an effort to make it less ridiculous, said, “Well, it isn’t like you even have AUs for all your favorites.”

I nodded to myself. “Yes, this is true. I don’t have a Tatami Galaxy AU.”

.

.

.

Well, now I do.

Fuck you too, brain. 

It instantaneously latched on to that thought so hard and exploded. 

Can you imagine? Izuku and all the possible ways his life could have gone. Izuku traveling through the maze of dorm rooms that are all his room but not his, unable to find an escape. Izuku figuring out how all the versions of himself have gone slightly sideways. 

Just...I want to read that fic. 

This post doesn’t have a point besides that I now have a Tatami Galaxy AU brewing in my brain but I will likely never get around to writing. 

[pocketramblr]

Read any good/fun fics recently? I’m dying for stuff to read lol

Hmm ok im just gonna go through my history and paste anything that really made me smile or laugh then:

throw me a goddamn rope - just enough to hang myself with by mutalune

^ Aizawa gets sent back in time to when Izuku is 1- alive, 2- a child, and tries to fix-it fic it. longfic

new game + (the pros of being over-leveled, the catharsis of finally beating That One Boss, and a bonus social link) by warpinator

^ 2nd year Deku gets sent back in time to the USJ, a more understated time travel fic about learning some self care, oneshot

Against the Odds by Chancey_Rose

^ Miritama Among Us au. warning, ship focused, others die. a lot of others. series of two oneshots

Against the Odds by TheMiraclesInWords

^ Unwilling Villain Izuku gets a chance to help and hero under the radar. platonic tddk oneshot, ends on an upbeat

birthday twins by Yevynaea

^ Shimura Tenko and Tsukauchi Naomasa share a birthday. oneshot

And of course if you want something longer to focus on thats really fun: I’m always a simp for Juxtapose by readerdreamer5625 (this dude takes quirk science to an art), the fluffier see it all in bloom by aloneintherain, and anything by Gentrychild (... except Corruption. and maybe Finality. look ok Anyone and Ascendent are both fun uncompleted ones that i like to reread)

[plagueofskeletons]

Fic Writer Interview

Tagged by @aphrodaisyacs and @tigers1o1 for this, thanks you two!

Name(s): Plague

Fandom(s): Currently into Jujutsu Kaisen, the Magnus Archives and Demon Slayer. Slowly falling into Haikyuu. Formerly in BNHA

Where do you post: AO3

Most popular oneshot (by kudos): Blackbird, stay in your cage (no i won’t). I know I have a little negative attitude with this, but I am always baffled at how well it turned out and how many people loved it. I’m always floored by the attention it gets lmao

Most popular multi-chapter (also by kudos): ok here’s a funny thing - I don’t actually write multi-chaps. When I do, they get abandoned forever. Anyway - Night Light Attractions is what I wrote for the TDDK 2020 Big Bang and I still have chapter 3 mostly done but I just,, don’t have the motivation to finish it and the rest. Sorry.

Favourite story you’ve written so far: I’ll go for one of my recent JJK fics, leave something of sweetness and substance, because wow. I remember being so giddy and excited while writing this, especially with Gojo’s grief and guilt and his breakdown and everything after that.

Fic you were nervous to post: Love You Infinity was the first time I wrote Satosugu so this was more like a practice fic than an actual one to get a hand of their personalities and such.

How do you choose your titles: Sometimes they just pop into my head, sometimes from song lyrics, sometimes from a line of a quote, sometimes I make it up for the humour

Do you outline?: For longer stories, pretty much. It’s more vague than detailed and I have a pretty good job of keeping track of them in my head haha

Complete: I’m more comfortable with oneshots so those are done

In Progress: There’s the Feral Event Horizon series that’s ongoing but I’ve decided to discontinued it. There’s also my random salt on canon series but idk what else to add to that sooo. And there’s some other JJK stuff I want to do including Nobara growing up with her grandmother, Papaguro angst and fluff, a Carrie AU, Fyodor’s backstory from BSD, a few wacky Haikyuu AUs, and so on.

Coming Soon: I have my first Haikyuu fic that’s half Atsumu-centric and half-Sakuatsu mostly done. I’m aiming to get that done hopefully sometime by the end of this week!

Not Started: Literally everything I came up and half of the stuff in the ‘In Progress’.

Prompts?: A lot of my work is from CTABB mini bangs and the rest is from my ‘what if’ imagination

Upcoming work you’re most excited about: Definitely for my first Sakuatsu one! It’s a little nerve wracking since it’s a gift fic for @anubis2701 but she’s loving my progress updates in our DMs so I’m sure she’ll love the whole fic when it’s done!

No pressure tags: @bittermoonswrites @vhaenya @kae-karo and anyone else who’s interested!

[lildoodlecat]

Time to yell about my wips!!

There are a couple big ones I really wanna get started on,,

-Song fic!! "Heather" by Conan Gray but Kiribaku, Bakugou's gonna fall in love and he's gonna hate it and he's also gonna be a jealous little shit about Kirishima being nice and sharing his jacket with Ashido -- feat. self doubt bc he's kind of a dick and by now he's self aware of that ig (2nd or 3rd year I'm thinking) also I haven't decided yet but besides deaf bakugou hc I might also throw a trans hc at him who knows but if I do that's some extra angst baby ✨

-"Weathering With You" tododeku au!! Todoroki takes Hodaka's place obvs bc running away fits him. I'll have to shuffle things around to fit tddk and I crave dadzawa so of course Todoroki ends up with him and speaking of dadzawa erasermic family hello and background shinkami :DD erasermic family owns a cafe or coffee shop with their apartment upstairs. also of course Midoriya is the sunshine girl child as he is already a literal ray of sunshine

-a kiribaku steampunk thing based off the popularity poll designs where bakugou is ehh mechanic or smth haven't decided exactly what and Kirishima is forced to fight in an illegal underground fighting ring for the person who owns him (based off the fact that he has a muzzle ig) and you know Bakugou's gonna get him tf out (might tie in something similar with how Bakugou was restrained in the canon sports festival??)

-i wanna do a musician!Shinsou x fan!Kaminari and after some deliberation I switched it to Shinsou being a small youtuber musician instead of a big famous one bc that seemed a little more feasible in the potential relationship department to me, y'know?

-i also have a GuyLuke that's been in the works for-fucking-ever featuring trans Luke that I desperately want to finish but ugh I can't write smh

I'll hopefully write all of these eventually but who knows when smh,, and I still gotta do all the stuff for whatever the hec I called the series with the big house full of magical creatures

[tamireli]

Okay now my heart needs some good tododeku fanfics. Any suggestions?

Ahhh this is is gonna be lengthy, lol. I have over 100 tddk fics bookmarked, but i’ll give you my top ten. They are in no particular order but all of them are the ones i find myself re-reading regularly because they are just so amazing and dear to my heart *touches chest*

1. The beauty of futility by wbtrashking (fan_nerd) • Tddk ft. baby Eri. I never seem to be able to shut up about this fic, and I’m usually always rec-ing it in twitter at any given chance just beacause it’s so good and relatable to me. Give me fics with protags being 30+ and still struggling to find their place in life, in need to be reminded that they are always worthy of happiness and love, and i’ll eat that without blinking!!

2. teach me your language of love by ArgetCross • omg this fiC!!!!! if izuku was ever to reveal shouto everything about OFA, this is exactly how i’d like it to be!! ((this fic is canon in my heart)). I love how much they support and value each other and this fic is just a terrific portrayal of them baby-stepping into love *aggressively clenches chest*!!

3. saltwater room by reapers • fake/pretend relationship done RIGHT!!! The last chapter is worth all the drama. Not like everything else is bad!! but just to reiterate that you do end up feeling satisfied on an spiritual level after finishing reading.

4. begin again, begin again by aknightley • the scooby doo au you never knew you needed but you end up wishing there was more of!!! like srly!!!! I wish the author wrote a continuation or a series out of this au *tear*

5. Serendipity by theroyalsavage • stardust au!! what else can i say but STUNNING, BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT, BREATHTAKING!!! This fic is everything what dreams are made of!!!

6. Out of Time (Out of Place) by ladyhoneydarlinglove • halloween au, featuring vampire todoroki in denial until is too late- but not really. This fic is ethereal and angsty but with the happiest of endings and who doesn’t like that!! Also the writing here is just *chef kiss*

7. Spark by MsMay • Shouto struggling with feelings and ending up getting the happiness he deserves (honestly that’s everything i always want to find in tddk fics). THIS ONE IS SO GOOD!!! it ignites my soul!!!

8. It’s exactly what it looks like by CrzA • this fic was a ride in the best way possible. and it made me laugh so hard!! izuku and shouto are the best dorks in every way possible in this fic.

9. Conventional Taste by WowBoring • This fic is so cool!!!! shouto goes with izuku to a hero con and pining and other fanboy-related shenanigans ensues. The writing here is unreal!!! 45k words and you don’t even feel them pass by. What a fantastic fic.

10. Duet in E♭ by Shegry • Just by thinking in this fic makes me weak in the knees!!! everything falls together so well *sobs into hands*. it’s super cute and everything you’d like any musician au to be like.

[An honorable mention] 11. life is a highway by ADreamingSongbird • cars au BUT LISTEn,, i know what you may think, but this is cute in a way a can’t describe.

• SERIES THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO READ:

- What The Future Holds by stanzas

- Send Endeavor to the Shadow Realm by

PitViperOfDoom

- Sweater Weather by crispykrimi

- flowers in our eyes by aknightley

•And basically everything these authors have to offer, tbh:

ArgetCross | theroyalsavage | PitViperOfDoom | celestialfics | CrzA | katarasvevo | hanwritesstuff (hannahkannao) | soulstring | furihatachlookie | Pouler (poulerslashes) | cricketmilk |

And that’s it! Please be mindful of the tags before reading any of these.

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful writers in the tddk fanbase, so please don’t forget to go and give them all the LOVE and APPRECIATION they DESERVE!!!!