#I don't think I can ever properly express how much I adore this verse

[webbedphantom]

Kirijo Group R&D - Head Office.

He was... so tired.

He had so much going for him, so many opportunities he'd never have had before, so many people he'd saved, and a wonderful fiancée that had given purpose when he needed it most. Yet all he could think about were the failures.

Not technical failures, his official projects were all doing fine. The team here at Project Kairos were some of the smartest minds in the world. No his failures were more... personal.

He had a unique... insight into certain events, certain... tragedies that had yet to occur. He'd always had. And he did everything in his power to stop them. Yet no matter what he did, he'd yet to succeed in preventing a single one. Like some fundamental law of the universe was keeping it from him.

And this last one hit the hardest. A police officer by the name of Jun Niijima had died last week. A hit and run set up by the mob he'd been investigating.

He'd actually gotten to know him a bit before he died, one of the only friends he'd ever had outside of work. He'd hoped that would change things... if anything it made it worse.

And now here he was, sitting at his desk, mourning the loss of his friend, reduced to yet another in a long line of failures, as he stared at the findings in the papers in his hand.

It was something he'd been looking into for a while, a potential new method of not just time travel, but rewriting history. Honestly, he wasn't sure such a thing was even possible, and if it was, he wasn't sure he should act on it. Because the last thing he'd ever want to do is play God.

Yet now he had the answer in his hand. Something that proved his theory held some weight. There was no way to know for sure, obviously, not without going through with it, but still... the ability to change the past, to undo all his mistakes, to finally be free from the guilt he'd been carrying for these past 5 years.

He sat there for about 20 minutes before his phone rang. Or rather vibrated, he wasn't one to leave that on at work. But the pattern of it, a custom one mimicking the soft rhythm of a heartbeat, was one that almost always got his attention.

His future wife was calling.

"I don't think anyone could ever forget you." He replied, a small smile forming on his face. "You tend to leave quite the lasting impression."

It was amazing how much just hearing her voice on the other end soothed him, even if he wasn't the best at showing it anymore. The gathering storm of conflicting emotions caused by the paper in his hand died down with just a single word.

... for the moment, at least.

"Yeah, just got some... interesting results back on our latest experiment. It's mostly theoretical but... with a large enough power source, it could change... everything..."

The only issue was it'd take the power of a supernova to get it working, and his only means of getting power like that was... not ethical to say the least.

His smile got brighter as she mentioned their time in Los Angeles. It almost seemed like a lifetime ago now, when he still had hope he could fix things, when he was so much more passionate about this life they had built together.

When he'd snuck off in the middle of the night to buy her a ring.

Though those memories had a bittersweet taste to them now, now that he'd seen how his efforts had failed... all of his efforts.

"You'll burn yourself out if you work too hard-"

His eyes widened slightly at her words, another reminder of better days, but days he still looked back on fondly. Days when he knew who he was, or at least thought he did, and days where he'd actually managed to accomplish something.

Thawing the Ice Queen's heart.

"... that sounds lovely, Princess." He replied finally, allowing the research in his hand to land softly on his desk. "Just let me pass these notes to Fujiwara, then I'll be on my way."

He quickly gathered his things, putting all of his papers into a drawer in his desk, and gathering the paperwork for one of the more modest projects their newest recruit was working on. Those prosthetics of his could really make an impact.

All the while he kept his phone to his ear, not quite ready to let it go yet... He really missed her.

"So, what's on the menu tonight? I think that sushi place you like is still open at this hour."

@webbedphantom || Plotted Starter (Drabble Cont'd)

She needed to distract herself. Despite having asked him to investigate her ex, Mitsuru wasn't very keen about using Aaron as her personal spy. She'd spent most of her youth as a child soldier, living night after night fighting a fight she didn't fully understand until it was too late. Guilt wracked her brain. Was this how her father must have felt asking her to fight for him?

Aaron and Aigis wouldn't be back to report their finding until morning. Until then she'd work through the paperwork piled high on her desk. Even if it took her all night.

She worked silently, folding papers and stuffing envelopes diligently. It wasn't work a CEO was supposed to do - that was meant for her assistants and secretary - but the more she went about it the more she felt herself reminiscing...

November 26, 2014 - Kirijo Estate

The night was still young, her heart fluttering as she waited for him to pick up the phone. He was probably still in his lab, puttering away at his computer long after his assistants and fellow researchers had left. Mitsuru waited with baited breath and when she finally heard the phone click she sighed in relief.

"I thought you might have forgotten about me," she teased into the receiver. "Are you still at the lab?"

As she spoke with him on the phone she idly thumbed over the pile of wedding invitations on her dining room table. They needed to be sent out soon - the wedding was in June and with such a vast amount of guests she needed RSVPs as soon as possible.

"We haven't had a night to ourselves in a while. Why don't you come over and we can share that bottle of Stag's Leap Artemis Cab Sauv we bought on our trip to Los Angeles last year? We can get take out too. I've got a pile of invitations that need sorting out too..."

There was a small pause, a little sigh leaving her. "You'll burn yourself out if you work too hard, you taught me that."

[t-lostinworlds]

Guurl.. Brace yourself, this is going to be long.. You're here voicing your thoughts on your impeccable writing as if it's an imperfection, when it's literally anything but! When I found your blog, I only started getting used to Tom as Spider-man. I was not an obsessive fangirl of him at all. I just enjoyed the way you portrayed this character named "Tom", describing all his flaws, perfections as well as imperfections and build an intriguing story around him. Not to mention the adorable interactions we share with him. I love your version of Tom. That's the man I stan. Seeing you voice your concerns regarding your writing, does seem absurd to me 'cause I've been secretly idolising the sh*t out of you. I admire you so much.. Honestly.. It might be a bit unhealthy at this point.. You were and still are in my top tier of fanfic writers. Up until a few weeks ago, where I anonymously asked where you're from, I believed you to be a native speaker. That's how good your English is, at least to me.. But I don't know if my opinion can be trusted since I'm also not a native English speaker, though I'd like to think that my English is quite good. (nothing compared to you though.. lul) Since that revelation, I was even more in awe of you. Your writing is so detailed and beautiful. I honestly get kinda jealous how well you can express yourself and phrase anything in English. (Teach me your ways!! xD) You make it seem so easy. I even considered giving into the appeal and start writing myself. From my perspective, you are incredibly well versed, even if you don't believe so yourself. I can always imagine the world, atmosphere and setting you're trying to build through your writing alone. That's awesome hun. I don't experience this with everyone. This is huge for me and I'm not taking it for granted. All the concerns you listed, that you believe to be there, are not visible to me. And that's coming from someone, who's generally really picky when reading a fanfic. Like.. no joke I drop that sh*t faster than a hot potato, if there's too many mistakes in it or the dialogues appear too generic. You said it yourself at the end of your post: You're writing as a hobby and do not strive for perfection. (even though you and your works are perfection in my eyes. And you can't change my mind.) I'm eternally grateful that you decided to bless us with your works, you provide for free. Ugh. I love you so much. So... This got a bit out of hand.. but I just felt the need to speak up, especially when I noticed you being self-conscious in your post. Normally I am one of those silent supporters, who either praise you anonymously or share their love, support and gratitude by simply liking and reblogging a certain piece of work. I always felt the need to hide behind the cloak of anonymity, because I am shy as hell. And I also didn't want to be judged for any spelling errors or grammar mistakes. (the insecurities of a non-native speaker.. lul) But this is important to me and I want you to be able to address the person properly, who you'll be responding to when you're finished reading this. Also at anyone else reading this: please be kind to me. I've checked this several minutes for mistakes and weird phrasing..

Isa i'm--😭😭 i honestly have no idea what so say 😭😭😭😭 i've been re-reading this over and over again and i'm genuinely getting so emotional gosh. well first off, your English is amazing so please please don't worry about that and don't you ever apologize about it either. but i do get it ahah it's always going to be an insecurity us non-native speakers have. second, gosh, i honestly have no words except thank you so much for being such a sweetheart. and gosh your first paragraph alone is making me all teary like 🥺🥺 i'm glad you adore my version of Tom like gosh, thank you <33 and then reading the rest of your ask, i'm just--i've honestly gone blank right now that i can't say anything else other thank you over and over and just how much i love you so much omg. it makes me really happy that you actually get to see what i'm trying to show with regards to the settings and such and ugh. thank you for giving me a chance and for reading my stuff gosh. i genuinely can't express just how much this means to me. and thank you thank you for coming off anon to say this gosh that's super sweet and kind of you omg. i adore you hun, and this ask gosh, i'll be coming back to this you bet ahah.

[captainkirkk]

i saw those two recent anons about tddk/shipping and bakugou/how much he respects deku/how he was angry when he found out ppl shipped them so. so. i have a lot of thinky thoughts about this, and by extention a new barrage of questions for you! :D firstly, may i tell you how much i ADORE the fact that you made deku the person bakugou respects more than anyone else in the world??? that sits so well with me i don't ever wanna leave this chair. this is my ideal version of this story: bakugou (1/?)

Holy shit, another 10-part ask. The rest of the asks and answers to some of your questions are under the cut. Thanks, and I’m glad you’re enjoying this series!

growing to not only redeem himself and externalise his horrible habits so he can get rid of them and become a better person, but also him seeing deku and going “damn, fuck, shit, this guy is actually an AMAZING HUMAN BEING WORTHY OF EVERYONE’s UTMOST RESPECT, and giving that respect to him is not only 110% deserved, but it is also the least i can do, to akcnowledge the truth of how awesome and strong and KIND he is despite my DECADE-LONG torment, and give this to him. man. FUCK.” (2/?)

like, that’s a 10/10 character moment and i hope kiri was there cheering for him in the background the entire time and handing him his ass when bakugou was being a pansy about admitting this stuff to others and furthering his growth out of bully-land. fuck yeah. and also, i totally get what you were conveying with your response about fandoms, but i gotta agree with the anon on this one thing: tddk is absolutely the brangelina of the hero world, this is a thing now, no take-backs, sorry. (3/?)

and speaking of my faves, here come the questions (don’t worry if you haven’t got everything fleshed out tho!): 1. when did tddk get together? we now know it’s after kiribaku did, but was it during high school? my personal headcanon has always been that they realsie their feelings for each other at the start of year 2, and confess and get together about halfway through that same same year, i don’t like overlong periods of pining :/ 2. who proposed? and how? i dunno abou deku, but i always (4/?)

imagined shouto proposing by going outside, somewhere romantic, maybe by the sea, and using his fire (!!) to light up a bunch of lanterns that float up into the air and form a question mark, and then, when deku turns towards him with this bemused expression to ask what the “question” is, shouto’s kneeling with a ring. cue tears and kissess. if you haven’t got an idea for how the proposal in the history verse went, feel free to use this one, i can vicariously legitimise my ideas that way :3 (5/?)

but getting to the real meat of the stuff: one thing that has always irked me is how, in fics where tddk is together bakugou is always written as being disgusted with them and their romance, or not caring, or being outright derisive and mocking shouto for catching feelings for deku, and when i read history verse and saw your response about how bakugou grew to respect deku more than anyone else, my first thought was: if that’s the case and bakugou worked hard to become a better person, then (6/?)

does that mean he is genuinely happy for them? because he knows about shouto’s past and how terribly he suffered because Endickor, and he obviously knows how much he hurt deku, and so if they found love and everyone saw how good they are together, how much happier they make each other, then surely bakugou agreed and supported them? but if they got together while still in high school that may not have been the case cause bakugou may not have started to change yet. so??? which is it?? (7/?)

something else that made me lean towards the “bakugou is supportive” camp was also that tidbit in history… where you’re mentioning endickor’s trial (THANK FUCK THERE WAS A TRIAL I HOPE HE’S BEHIND BARS AND UNFIT FOR SERVICE FOREVER) and bakugou is described as being pissed that the reporters are hounding shouto, again, i assume, because he knows of shouto’s awful family situation and endickor totally rubs him the wrong way, like “omg if i hadn’t realsied what a dick i was i would have (8/?)

ended up like HIM, FUCK.” so yeah, i like to think he’s happy that tddk is a thing because he knows they both deserve that kind of happiness in their lives and he can see how painfully devoted they are to each other and how much love they have for each other. and he’s happy for shouto too, not just deku. i bet kirishima’s eyes well up every time he thinks of how GOOD and WHOLESOME the tddk relationship is and bakugou rolls his eyes but deep down he’s like “ UGH, same”. this is important. (9/?)

and most importantly: was deku best man at the kiribaku wedding? will baku be best man at the tododeku wedding? i bet he will. i bet he’ll cry and for once in his stupid life he won’t hide it. he won’t need to. everyone will be crying. tddk is just that beautiful. (10/10)

As always, you can have some of the answers. Not all of them. 

Bakugou didn’t make a conscious decision to respect Midoriya. It happened without him realising it. He did, however, make a conscious decision to treat Deku better, to treat everyone better, and to properly make amends with him. 

TodoDeku are kind of oblivious for a while. It’s just … very dumb on both of their parts. It’s less angsty pining, “He’s so amazing and he could never love ME”, and more these two just … not computing that all their interactions have romantic undertones. They’re both laying down hints that neither of them are picking up. They do get together before graduation, though. Thankfully.

Bakugou doesn’t openly admit it, but yeah, he’s happy for them. We’ve already begun to see some of Bakugou’s character development in the manga, and that continues during their time at UA. (He and Midoriya’s recovery goes unspoken for a while. Like in canon, they have small moments of reconciliation and what little they say goes a long way. They have a long, much-needed conversation where neither of them starts shouting, where neither of them gets violent, when they aren't under threat of being killed, in Midoriya’s hospital room after the July Attacks. That’s when they really start being friends again.) So, yeah, Bakugou doesn’t celebrate like the others when TodoDeku finally gets together, and he definitely doesn’t go around talking about how he’s happy for them, but he is glad that they have each other

You better believe that Bakugou has done so much reflecting on the fact that he’s Number Two now, a spot previously held by a very bitter, very violent Endeavour. He’s put a lot of work into overcoming the same power-hungry ideology Endeavour had, and being as patient as he can, and working with the one person in the spot above him, Midoriya, rather than resenting him. Todoroki has a lot of respect for that.

Kirishima is The Most Supportive Boy. He’s so proud of all his classmates, holy shit.

Bakugou says he doesn’t cry at the TodoDeku wedding, but Kirishima was right there. He saw those lone tears escape. You cannot fool him, Katsuki.