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1. wait for me (i will) by delightfulduplicity for goneinseconds

   Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
   • Bakugou Katsuki
   • Midoriya Izuku
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Inspired by Hadestown
   • no beta we die like all the orpheuses that came before
   • Bakugou Katsuki-centric
   • Pining Bakugou Katsuki
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Bakugou Katsuki Loves Midoriya Izuku
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Quirk Accident (My Hero Academia)
   • Pro Hero Bakugou Katsuki
   • Pro Hero Midoriya Izuku
   • Guilty Bakugou Katsuki
   • Protective Bakugou Katsuki
   • Character Death
   • First Kiss
   • Soft Bakugou Katsuki
   • with like a little comfort at the end as a treat

   Summary

   [EURYDICE]
   Are you always this confident?

   [ORPHEUS]
   When I look at you, I am

   [EURYDICE]
   When you look at me, what do you see?

   [ORPHEUS]
   Someone stronger than me, somebody who survives.

   —

   “So,” Aesop then smiles smugly, looking between Katsuki and Izuku, "Your task is simple. Like Orpheus, proceed up the stairs and leave the building without turning around. If you do turn, the person following dies within the next five minutes. Could be five minutes, could be two, could be thirty seconds. You two can decide who follows who.”

    

   Or, Katsuki and Izuku as Orpheus and Eurydice.

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   English

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