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Comedy of Errors in which Deku tries to confess to Todoroki, but accidentally confesses to someone else instead. Todoroki finds out and constantly teases him about it afterward.

1) if it's a teacher, they try to let him down gently. Deku is mortified.
1. a) if it's Aizawa, he just gives him a blank stare and goes back to sleep, pretending he hadn't heard anything.
1. b) if it's All Might, both of them freak out and Deku dies inside
2) It's Bakugo which results in half the school getting blown up

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Fog rolling in,
covering up
the stars.

The cold dark
grows colder.
Static in
your head.
A lurching
heart.

Try to breathe
the ocean
comes in
takes your
breath.

The Thaw of Spring: Prologue

Izuku fished his notebook out of the pond, Kachan's words still ringing in his head.

How can I be a hero if I couldn't save myself?

His lower back still ached. Though the wounds had healed. So did his jaw. Water dripped through his fingers.

Fluid running down his legs. The burn in his throat. A flash.

He shook his head. Shook the notebook. What was stopping him from following Kachan's advice? He tilted his head back, looked up at the roof.

I could ruin him

A hot mouth whispering words in his ear. "No one's going to believe a quirkless kid like you."

He looked at the ground. Started the walk home.

Then, he ran into a villain. Caught a ride with All Might. Wound up saving Kachan. Said yes to All Might's offer. Went home, lay in bed and thought.

With his power, I can save people.

A whisper of a thought. Of the dark memory that haunted his every waking hour. He swallowed.

"Who's going to believe you?" Cold laughter. "No one, that's who."

He could never tell All Might. He'd lose the chance. Izuku stared into the dark, felt the shattered pieces of himself throb. All Might's words had patched them up. He could never know what he had done, how much his words had meant. Right now, they were the only things keeping Izuku here.

"You can be a hero!"

Time passed. Eventually, Izuku was able to put away the memories, to focus on becoming a hero. He'd gotten in to UA, was learning from the best. He was still stuck with Bakugo, but it was okay. Things were becoming better.

Then, in their last year of school, he noticed the signs. Of shaky kanji being written on the blackboard. Subtle flinches whenever someone got too close. The grey capture scarf always slightly risen above his teacher's neck. Izuku didn't like them, didn't like the picture they were painting.

He resigned himself to staying after school. He had to know.

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Wrote an au snippet for The Caretaker.

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"You're late," Akian said as he looked up from his tea. Some of his hair had fallen into it. Seres could see liquid glisten on the dark strands. He wanted to reach out, tuck them behind Akian's ear.

"Sorry," he said, slinging his back over the back of the chair before sitting down. "Traffic, you know how it is."

His fingers twitched. Akian's eyes darted towards them, but he made no comment. Seres was pathetically grateful. He'd been missing all of their meetings lately, brushing off Akian with increasingly ridiculous excuses.

He sat down, suddenly aware that there was a cup of black coffee in front of him. His order was always the easiest to remember, but something still twisted in him at the sight.

Akian picked up his cup, took a long sip. Seres wished the coffee was laced with something. He'd probably need it for this conversation.

"You've been avoiding me," Akian said, setting the cup down. "Why?"

Seres winced. It wasn't like he'd meant to. It just hurt to look at Akian's pretty face all the time.