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I Was a Bird, He Was an Arrow by underwateranon
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Oct 2026
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Endeavor, the number one hero, is dead, and nobody besides the League of Villains knows it’s Hawks’ fault. Grappling with the death of his childhood hero at his own hands, Hawks spirals. At the same time, Dabi's reason to live and die is wrenched out of his grasp cold turkey. Hawks finds himself more and more disillusioned with his way of life. This can't be heroism, can it? Twice, the man he's sent here to kill due to being a 'national security threat,' likes gossiping and girl's nights and calls him a friend. He finds himself caring beyond his purview about Toga, who's just a kid and caught in a spiral of her own. He desperately claws to save Dabi from himself when their entanglement reveals ugly truths and rising feelings. When he finds his bonds shifting in strange new ways, he has to deal with all the cruelty in the world in order to push the ones he cares for out of the darkness. Because no matter how many times the hero Hawks is eviscerated, he always chooses hope. It's what Keigo would have wanted.