#implied bakudeku

[catsukiiiii]

wanting and needing were two completely separate things. one of them was painfully obvious to everyone else, but pushed to the back of the mind by the one with the necessity. the other was an ache that was actually chased after, sought out and cherished the moment it was there; wanted.

yet izuku felt like both to katsuki. a want and a need.

when katsuki was succumbing to his overwhelming turbulent of emotions, sometimes izuku found him. sat down beside him and, without katsuki’s permission, comforted him. he hated that, at times like that, izuku felt like the only person who could make things feel better.

and then, when izuku left ua, his absence was loud. a constant ringing noise that got louder every second they couldn’t find him. and katsuki craved to be near him again, feel the hands—calloused from training—and lean into the warmth, just one more time.

to the point he couldn’t fall asleep properly, his thoughts screaming at him how, no matter what, it was always izuku. only izuku who could help him and nurse him and soothe the tension from his body.

he wasn’t sure when it had turned to this. he remembered, clearly, when it was izuku trotting after katsuki, trying to hurry up to be by his side. yet now, it was right in their faces that it was katsuki chasing after him, clinging onto his apologies and struggling to express them. that, even though katsuki was supposed to do it alone, izuku still coaxed him through it.

izuku wanted katsuki, and that was all.

but katsuki needed him. he was nothing without the same boy he’d loathed for years.

wanting and needing were vastly different things.

[clayberry24]

Touya helps his brothers bf's get away from Toga :)

Quirkless College AU

[sansfangirl24]

just take everything

I'll give you anything you want Sir Bakugo

[pika-bitch-iii]

Snowfall Update:

Begging Horikoshi to release chapters so I can finish writing the final war chapter for Snowfall. Shinsou is Watching You, Izuku!!!

The final chapter might be shorter than you’re all expecting, but it’s almost done. You’re definitely not ready for it either; I sure wasn’t.

Tune in soon for the last installment of this series. There’ll be one more epilogue, and that’ll be the storytelling end of Snowfall’s story.

Thanks to everyone whose been following this long! Special thanks to @micha-fics for all the encouraging comments and wandthief, wherever you are.

(Been listening to ceilings by Lizzy Alpine, almost home by mxtoon and End of Beginning by DJO on loops to write this, btw)

[wy-ote]

𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧.

[sanydraws]

Chapter 431 in a nutshell

(Btw this is obviously a joke)

[vladimirka]

nun kacchan finally done 🛐🛐🛐 also bonus father deku bc who can blame him

[assassyart]

🧡🌸💚...?

[melouma]

“bakubro. there’s plenty of fish in th-”

“shut up.”

“…can you turn the volume up tho. please.”

kiri tries to comfort bakugo after the whole situation. key word TRIES. also JAJAJAJAJAJ post en español aunq creo que en tumblr no hay tanta gente latina

[seagreenstardust]

Every clickbaity MHA article has the most frigid takes

“Bonus chapter canonizes fan-favorite couple”

Yeah, that dap and “let’s talk more after ghosting each other for eight years” just screams romance also didn’t know the ship could sail without either of them ever telling the other they liked them? Also bkdk is the tenth most written about couple on ao3 so “fan-favorite” might be a stretch

“Deku and Bakugou’s Final Goodbye is Heartwrenching”

What final goodbye was this? Oh, the one where they casually said “see you later” to each other after Katsuki told an oblivious Izuku he was his type? There was no “final” goodbye, Izuku literally invited Katsuki to lecture more for his class but go off I guess

Plus bkdk was absolutely sloppy making out in the back of Kats car 24 hours later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[catsukiiiii]

Katsuki had never been anything but ‘Kacchan.’ In turn, Izuku had never been anything more than ‘Deku.’ But the person before Katsuki was someone else. Detached from the boy he had grown to know as Deku. Beaten and bruised and tired. A body that only just existed. And, somehow, despite a decade of shouting and cursing and gasping, ‘Deku’ was the last thing on either mind. Instead, when Katsuki’s mouth opened, a different name rolled off his tongue. A soft, uncharacteristic apology. Slipping out into the air and towards the boy who was anyone and himself and nobody all at once.

“Izuku.”

He was sorry. They were both sorry. Izuku and Katsuki. Deku and Kacchan. Two little boys on an adventure that might never end.

[hatsunevita]

i adore the very fact that, when it comes to bakudeku being canonised, even the most convinced bakudeku haters’ main argument is literally “it’s unlikely cuz shounens don’t work that way, horikoshi wouldn’t make a gay ship canon cuz it’d piss people off”

like

do we all hear that right?

the main argument against bkdk is literally “they’re gay so it’s not gonna happen”.

meaning that their chemistry is literally strong enough to make them the most obviously implied ship and the only thing that’s stopping it is people’s possible reaction.

meaning that no one would ever bat an eye if they were a mlw ship and everyone would just accept that they’re obvious af.

.

and if that’s the main (and only, if we’re being honest) argument, then, well…

guys. i think bkdks just won in every possible sense.

[epickiya722]

I was confused when someone used BakuDeku shippers as an example of "shippers being mad about the ending". Maybe I'm locked out the loop, but... I have seen BakuDeku shippers be nothing but happy???

[surelyimisheard]

Soba story time

@writersmorgue I hope you approve queen 👑

[marimeeko]

Post Epilogue BKDK thought/quasi fic:

That suit probably comes with a manual and a bunch of specs, and blueprints, right?

I'm pretty sure it would come along with what All Might gave him. Alternatively maybe Katsuki has it but why would it be separate from the suit? Anyway;

But Izuku gets it and in-between grading papers, he starts studying it, wanting to take the utmost care of his suit.

He starts realizing that a lot of the direct notes about his Quirks and his techniques are in there, and furthermore...

They're all from Katsuki. Some are direct scans of notes he took and even diagrams and pictures he drew of elements of Izuku's former costume.

Each element of the suit has a section of the original concept, which would be a sketch and summary by Katsuki, along with ideas for how a suit should perform for Izuku. Sometimes a photo of Izukus old costume itself.

As Izuku pours over the manual, he becomes more and more enthralled with seeking out where technical jargon, diagrams, and hard-font gives way to Katsuki's hand writing and sketching; all of his original ideas that spurred the project on.

He starts to even notice, with some pieces, the handwriting is slightly shaky....he realizes that some of these concepts were written in the Era when Katsuki was forced to write with his left hand, his right in recovery.

Izuku covers a gasp with a scarred hand; some of these concepts of his had been written while they were still in UA together.

How had Kacchan been working on this for so long with him just never realizing? And not telling him?

He snaps the thick (hundreds of pages!) Manual shut at once and throws on some shoes and a jacket. Shortly after, he is hammering the door to Katsukis Apartment in the dark.

After a loud complaint can be heard from within about how late it is(its only 8pm), the door opens, and katsuki barely registers that it's Izuku before Izuku THROWS HIMSELF into Katsukis arms, tightly embracing him.

"Whoa, I-izuku??" All of Katsuki's former complaints choke off immediately.

"All Might said you were at the heart of the support suit project, but, it's more than that, isn't it, kacchan??" Izuku asks in a trembling voice. " All this time, Kacchan? Since we were in school, you've been working on this??"

Katsuki suddenly realizes what's happening, and he feels that heavy manual pressed in between their torsos where Izuku has it clutched. He connects the dots.

"...yeah, Izuku..." he carefully admits into green curls, dampened by the rain.

He feels Izuku shaking as he sobs into his chest, but as Izuku gently withdraws, he sees that underneath the onslaught of tears, Izuku is smiling.

"Kacchan, you...You're amazing" Izuku hiccups, tears pouring from his eyes. "I-I don't know how I can ever repay you--"

"You don't have to repay me," Katsuki quickly asserts. "Just give me your damn best out there. And don't you dare ever give up that dream of yours. And quit that crying," he grumbles as he pinches each of Izuku's cheeks as Izuku laughs.

Katsuki invites him in, saying it's too late and dark and rainy for Izuku to go back home at this hour. ( "why'd you have to run all the way across town tonight, I was going to come bug you at UA tomorrow anyway, you nerd!")

They end up looking through the book together over tea and end up passing out on the couch by 10pm, honestly kind of a late night for Katsuki, but not for Izuku who is used to staying up late grading and evaluating papers, along with getting small workouts in. He stays up just long enough to grab a blanket and cover both himself and Katsuki.

He goes to sleep thinking again about how blessed he is.

[angy-grrr]

SJ's internal changes (I recall it was the editor in chief, someone really influential) happening JUST at the same time it was announced the epilogue would be 5 chapters (same week) + the ending not bringing up huge plot points (where the other villains are, why theres no actual Himiko corpse and instead we got Ochako's grief over that assumption, what happened to Dabi, what was the All Might vestige, why the bkdk handhold was off screen when its a big deal for them, who is Deku's dad, etc), letting them linger in the air while trying to make an okay ending + that strange two week break because of "schedule conflicts" + choosing to end BNHA under even more pressure even tho its one of the most important manga in SJ + Horikoshi talking about the ending days after the official release and bringing up how grateful he is for being able to work in SJ, as in past tense (like he is grateful he worked here, but isnt happening again; I say this bc I expected him to say something around the lines of "I hope im able to create something good here again soon!", considering we already know he has another manga project, if I remember correctly)

Thinking about it.

Thinking about how he could let it as it is, or try to pick it up and confirm the things that do matter to his story.

Btw, im not talking about the handhold as a shipper -it was genuinely important for them, as it symbolizes both their new mutual understanding and an acceptance as the new All Might duo thanks to their respective heroisms. It wouldn't be weird to add it in the epilogue, especially considering so many characters hold hands in non romanitc ways, so to choose not to when its arguably the most important one... Idk, it felt really weird as it was the only thing I was sure would get sooner or later.