#anyway. reigen. serizawa. and dimple on the run from claw because two are high-ranked targets and reigen knows Alot

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stumbles headfirst into the dash and falls over, so that age swap au right. so I've been thinking about it.... Heavily.... and I think I have more of a grasp of just what I wanna do.

So, this is an au of where the events of mp100 happen without Reigen's influence and not only that, but Claw is still kicking and is now in position of a good amount of power. I was thinking that Claw is now going out of their way to find natural espers since they've realized that man-made espers are far, far less powerful than natural ones. SO !! The fic I'm envisioning is split between two main povs: Mob's and Reigen's, at least until they finally meet.

Reigen's pov starts pretty normally with school challenges, family difficulty, and meeting Serizawa for the first time! Reigen saves him for being bullied, they become friends, Reigen learns of Serizawa's powers, it's all fun times :) buuttttt I was thinking that since Serizawa is a natural esper, he would naturally be a target once other espers began to notice a strong presence running around. I was debating that Toichiro himself actually comes to meet Serizawa? And promises him that if he decides to join him as a sort of mentorship, he'll escape the loneliness of his life and the malice of those that surround him. But, things go slightly different here because he isn't alone! And I like to imagine that Reigen and Serizawa have this whole emotional conversation that ends in Serizawa deciding not to join because he does have people and wants to stay :) which um. is not very good in the long run. tbh.

Family difficulties get even worse and Reigen decides to bunk at Serizawa's place for a couple days to cool off. He'll go back! He swears! He's just frustrated and Serizawa is his only friend, so, and it does help that they're both lonely and Serizawa's mom is so nice- the days melt together until Toichiro almost melts from both of their minds. Toichiro comes back, of course, and doesn't seem to take Serizawa's answer that happily or the fact that Reigen is a fiercely protective presence by Serizawa's side. He leaves and they're both relieved.

The next day, they both come back to the house burning to the ground. They both rush in, Reigen just barely protected by Serizawa's barrier, and find the bloodied corpse of his mom. Time blurs after that, especially since there was a Claw esper waiting in the house and abducts them both-