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1. You Will Not Be More Than A Rat in the Gutter by softer_sin

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

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Dabi | Todoroki Touya
   • Midoriya Izuku & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko
   • Midoriya Izuku & Shinsou Hitoshi
   • Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • Dabi | Todoroki Touya
   • Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko
   • Midoriya Izuku
   • Shinsou Hitoshi
   • Tsukauchi Naomasa
   • Kayama Nemuri | Midnight
   • Iida Tensei | Ingenium
   • Pre-Canon
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Case Fic
   • Deaf Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Villain Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
   • Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead | Dadzawa
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Found Family
   • Slow Burn
   • Eventual Smut
   • Fights
   • Fist Fights
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic-centric
   • Hurt Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Implied/Referenced Child Trafficking
   • Torture
   • Police Brutality

   Summary

   Hizashi is spiralling; his hero career is on the brink of collapse, no radio station will give him a shot and he isn’t sure how much more he can take.

   When people start turning up beaten half to death, they lead him to an underground quirk fighting ring. Could it be the big break he needs to save his career or will the mysterious Referee show him something better?

   Series

   • Part 1 of So Much More Than A Rat

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