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  1. Public Bookmark 73

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    COMPLETED!

    Izuku comes home after a long day of teaching, to find a bloodied, half conscious Hero on his doorstep. The man doesn’t remember how, or why, he’s ended up there. Only that he’s searching for something - or someone.

    Who is Deku and why does that name echo deep in Izuku’s mind. A voice lost at sea.

    And why is he drawn to this stranger with a star shaped eye and a scar resting above his heart? Captivated like a moth to an open flame, ready to burn.

    A seed of doubt, blind devotion, souls divided. Memories blurring until the connection between them feels far too deep to be new. Cracks in walls, fractures in the foundations, paint peeling off the canvas that is life. And then it all shatters around their feet.

    A story about finding each other across impossible odds, keeping promises that defy time, and a love strong enough to survive even the cruelest kind of reality.

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    12 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    The war is won, but the cost was Izuku’s quirk. Alive only because of Izuku’s sacrifice, a guilt-ridden Katsuki pushes him away, believing he’s a painful reminder of what was lost. Two years later, they are strangers: Katsuki is a Pro Hero, Izuku a civilian teacher. But when an injury forces Katsuki to recover in Izuku’s guest room, their estrangement dissolves into domestic intimacy, forcing them to confront the guilt, the grief, and the desperate yearning they can no longer ignore.

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    11 Dec 2025

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    "Mm." Izuku's sleepy eyes flutter open as he smiles. "Hi, Kacchan."

    Katsuki's chest rises with a silent sigh, but he returns Izuku's greeting with a nod. "Tired?"

    Izuku's fingers peek out past the fur stole stitched into the cape's hem. They're red at the edges, but the smell wafting off them tells Katsuki it's from spilled wine and not because he's injured.

    Katsuki reaches out to touch anyway.

    "I'm happy," Izuku says.

    Katsuki pauses, fingers already entwined in Izuku's. He hovers his other nearby, unsure if he wants to touch Izuku more directly, or just hold onto his hand.

    He opts for the latter, curling his palms around Izuku's fingers and kissing the faint taste of wine away from the tips. "So am I, beloved. You're finally mine."

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    Or... Izuku's body starts to change after mating with Katsuki. And Katsuki has to come to a decision on whether to stay and watch his beloved die a slow death, or leave forever.

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    08 May 2024

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    "Kacchan?"

    Katsuki's fingers stop where they were tracing gentle circles across Izuku's bare stomach. He's unwrapped like a gift, his many many layers forming a nest beneath the both of them. It's too dark for either of them to see each other's faces, but Katsuki leans in close anyway.

    "What, Deku?"

    "I'm really happy you're here with me."

    Katsuki breathes in slow and deep, almost the beginnings of a sigh. Instead, he lets his head fall into the space against Izuku's sternum. He can hear the way Izuku hesitates, how his voice catches in his chest a bit before he continues,

    "I know I asked a lot of you with… with this. And I'm /sorry/. But you're the person I trust most to do it right. I…"

    "I'm happy I'm with you too," Katsuki interrupts, softly.

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    Izuku is their village's sacrifice, and it's Katsuki duty to be the one to take him up the mountain to his death. Even if he really doesn't want to.

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    08 May 2024

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    “Bakugo, you need to update your costume.” Kirishima said, “There’s this one dude in the support class- he’s got a literal waiting list, that’s how good he is- but he did my new upgrade."

    “Yeah,” Bakugo sighs and leans back on his hands, staring at the bracer. “I know. I’ll go,” his mouth twists a little. “I’ll go tomorrow. This is just- this is my design you know?” he’s not explaining himself very well, and refuses to look at Kirishima.

    “It can be hard to give up your first hero design, and you did a great job,” Kirishima said. “You definitely had the best one out of all of us when we first got our costumes."

    Bakugo hunched his shoulders. “I didn’t design it,” he grumbled.

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    14 Apr 2024