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A Place to Leave by labendiye (a_sentimental_man) for nikkiRA
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Jun 2025
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Izuku first met him when he was eight.
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Something Outside Your Window by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
05 May 2025
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"We're step brothers, Izuku."
Izuku nodded, as if expecting that answer. His face remained unchanged. "Would the answer be different, if we weren't?"
There was a chill in the air. Katsuki coughed, and looked away from the suddenly intense emerald eyes. "Guess we'll never know, huh?"Izuku breathed out a small laugh, and Katsuki felt a shiver run down his spine. There should be nothing here that made him uncomfortable, and yet. There was danger lurking in the air. Izuku stood up and clapped his hands together, and Katsuki jumped.
When Katsuki rejects his step-brother's advances, he expects that to be the end of it. But his life had never been easy.
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past sins by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
27 Feb 2025
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"You shouldn't have come here," is the first thing Katsuki says when he opens the door.
Izuku can't help the way he jerks back, almost like he's warding off an oncoming blow.
Katsuki looks at him, and his eyes are sad. His body looks sleep-bitten, dark circles underneath his eyes and in a tank top he'd hurriedly thrown on. Izuku has a hard time looking away.
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FROSTBURN by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Dec 2024
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Katsuki gave up on Izuku on an ordinary day. Maybe it was the way that Izuku had ignored his messages all week, never taking a moment to reply. Maybe it was that Katsuki couldn't remember the last time Izuku had gone on patrol with him, or with anyone else.
Maybe it was the fact that Izuku had—
Maybe it was that Izuku had stopped trying, somewhere along the way.
Or; Maybe it was time for Izuku to start chasing Kacchan again.
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7 hour flight (or 45 minute drive) by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
07 Dec 2024
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Deku steps out of the car, and takes Katsuki's cheer with him. Not that there was much in the first place.
"You okay, dude?" Eijirou asks, and Katsuki releases a small tch. Despite everything, Eijirou's eyes track the movement of his lips.
"Damn nerd," Katsuki curses, more heartfelt than he'd been in days. Eijirou bites his tongue of the vitriol that wants to come out most days, but Katsuki doesn't make it easy. Never does. Not when he's chasing after a shadow of a person who no longer exists.
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Feel Too Much by labendiye (a_sentimental_man), labendiye
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
28 Nov 2024
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Izuku couldn't say he has the best relationship with his friends, but the last few years had pushed him to the brink. When an undercover mission groups him in with the exact three people he'd been trying to avoid—Eijirou, Katsuki and Shouto—he tries to make the best of it he can.
And maybe not let his long buried feelings come to light in the process.
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maybe. by labendiye (a_sentimental_man) for delicatecherry
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Nov 2024
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Izuku falls asleep in the staff room a lot these days, mostly when he loses track of time and grades papers into the dead of night, something to keep the itch at the back of his head at bay.
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caught me (looking back) by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Nov 2024
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Shouto reunited with Katsuki on a rainy day. He had just visited Izuku in rehab, and he seemed to be doing well—more happy than Shouto had seen him in months. There was always a lingering sadness lurking at the edges of his vision, still, but Shouto knew that was only something one person could fix. One person he hadn't talked to in years.
Or; incredibly self-indulgent band au
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- Part 1 of bktddk band au
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to fly with you again by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
29 Oct 2024
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There weren't a lot of times Izuku regretted his job. He loved being a teacher—it was fulfilling in more ways than he ever knew, scratching an itch he hadn't realised he held for a long time. He felt like he could be of use—and that meant a lot to him, especially after the embers of One for All faded away.
But sometimes—sometimes the doubts crept up anyway.
Inspired by this wonderful art by shizu!
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Sinister Intentions by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Oct 2024
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"We just heard a new neighbour moved into the building! Figured we should pay him a visit and bring in a little housewarming gift. Isn't that right, Izuku?"
The boy—Izuku—nodded, curls bouncing on his head. He was a scrawny little thing, his entire frame swaddled by the big t-shirt he was wearing. Katsuki felt a rush of desire that was startling in its intensity. He drew his eyes towards Izuku's, and grinned, just for the hell of it. Izuku immediately flushed red, and Katsuki's grin just grew wider.
"Come on in," he said, finally. Izuku's mother beamed at him, and stepped inside, Izuku following close behind.
Katsuki made sure she wasn't looking when he deliberately glanced over at Izuku and winked at him, sharp and deadly. Izuku flushed, his entire face red, up to the tip of his ears, and Katsuki felt a satisfaction deep in his bones.
He was going to enjoy this.
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Feelings were… interesting. He wondered what Jiji was doing, now, and shoved the thought to the back of his brain.
Ken had called him his dear friend, once. Ken wondered, with a pang of guilt, what Jiji would feel if he realised it was so much more than that for him, now.
They were friends. It should be more than enough.
And yet.
Yet.
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Lost Souls in Revelry by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
30 Sep 2024
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"We were thinking we should go on a family vacation again. You've all just graduated, and I know you're hoping to get some training done—"
"I'm in," Katsuki said, words immediately echoed by Izuku, both of them unrepentant and ignoring the surprised glances their parents shot them. "We deserve a vacation, don't we?"
A story about falling in love slowly, then all at once.
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Days That Bind You by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Sep 2024
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"What is it, baby?" Kacchan asked, his voice gentle. Always gentle, when it came to Izuku. He could hear the rain pattering on to the roof, an almost hushed pitter patter against the expanse between them.
"I—I love you, Kacchan," Izuku choked out, knowing he'd meant nothing more than this. Kacchan's eyes softened immediately, reaching out to tug him into a kiss, and Izuku went willingly. Kacchan's kiss was almost bruising in its gentleness, as if Izuku was something precious he was cradling in his palms. Izuku could sink into the warmth of him, could let Kacchan do anything to him and all he would say in return was a thankful yes. It had always been Kacchan for him, even when they were little. Izuku didn't know why he'd thought otherwise.
After his return to Japan, Izuku learns how to find himself again. Kacchan meets him in the middle, every single time.
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- Part 2 of Little Things that Define You 'verse
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“Saw you at the bar, sweet cheeks,” Wade said, and Logan could hear the grin in his voice, making him grit his teeth. Wade didn’t notice, and continued: “Figured I’d drop by. Besides, I’ve been told we’re at the first act, and there’s waaaaaay too much introspection going on right now. We should cut that out a bit. Give the people some room to breathe, dude.”
“I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about,” Logan sighed, resigning himself to being part of this inane conversation. Truthfully, now that Wade was here, it felt less like he wanted to break himself in half or die trying, so there were small mercies to be had. He didn’t want to admit it, but Wade had been one of the few people he could count on after he’d ended up here. Yeah, he'd been surprised by it too. “Just shut up and get a drink. You’re fucking lucky I’m in a good mood, asshole.”
They fuck. Again and again and again until they stop playing pretend.
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One More Night of Mourning by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
04 Aug 2024
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"I thought we'll be chasing each other for the rest of our lives," Kacchan had said, and maybe Izuku thought about it, too. All Might's embers had taken years to fade—it should be the same for Izuku. It should have been the same for Izuku.
Izuku's embers faded away the same day he kissed Kacchan for the first time.
It wasn't a special day.
A story about regrets.
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smooth palms & rough hands by labendiye (a_sentimental_man) for chalk
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Jul 2024
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Kacchan's hands are smooth, next to his. Izuku's hands are an expanse of scars, a testament to too many times he'd worn them through, like a pair of old socks with too many holes that grew bigger by the day.
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secrets by labendiye (a_sentimental_man) for MistyDeath
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Jul 2024
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There was something about Bakugou Katsuki that makes Shouto equal parts irritated and affectionate. It's in the way he was willing to work hard—so hard, that sometimes Shouto felt intimidated himself, felt like he, too should be working harder—to be a hero, in the way he burnt so brightly that sometimes Shouto was afraid he would burn himself out through the force of it.
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bound by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jul 2024
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"Lie back, Deku," Kacchan says, and there isn't really much Izuku could other than comply, bound and gagged as he was, hands tied to the bedpost.
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Little Things That Define You by labendiye (a_sentimental_man) for nebulous_nebulae
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
26 Jun 2024
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"Do you still keep up with your Pro-Hero friends in Japan? I hear Dynamight debuted a few months ago—many people assumed you two would be Hero Partners after graduation."
Izuku's smile flickered away for a second. Only a second, but Katsuki noticed that too. He clenched his fist, gripping his remote so tightly in his hand that it almost broke with the strain.
"Of course," Izuku said, like that wasn't a blatant lie. "I'm proud of what my friends accomplished, of course I am."
That part, at least, didn't sound like a lie.
"Kacchan most of all."
Katsuki's had no contact with Izuku ever since he disappeared from their lives barely a week after the war ended, only finding out bits and pieces of Izuku's life in America through broadcasts on TV. When an undercover mission forces the two of them together again, Katsuki tries his level best to not let Izuku get under his skin again.
(It was always doomed from the start.)
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- Part 1 of Little Things that Define You 'verse
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something broken about this by labendiye (a_sentimental_man)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
12 Jun 2024
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"I wish he would stop. Doesn’t he know he’s a great hero as he is, quirkless or not?”
Shouto pressed a kiss to the top of his head, and Katsuki felt himself flushing despite the circumstances. Despite the sadness in his heart, there was something he could hold close to his chest, too.
“Wouldn’t we be the same?” Shouto asked, blunt as always. That made Katsuki pause, lean further into the contact as he thought about his quirk never being in his palms, no way for his palms to flicker and release explosions.
When an encounter with a villain leaves Katsuki and Shouto unable to use their quirks, they struggle to accept themselves as they are.