#maybe to Fushimi Mikoto feels vaguely familiar but he doesn't really remember

[ridiasfangirlings]

What if Mikoto accidentally goes back in time and meets tiny child Fushimi and discovers how abusive his dad is and basically takes him under his wing while he's there and Mikoto kind of realizes through raising Fushimi why his version was so scared of him. What if he's eventually torn away after like a year or so back into his original timeline and he sort of misses the Fushimi that idolizes him but knows that he'll never see the kid again and hopes he's doing well only to one day bump into this Fushimi who is being cornered by his dad and suddenly Mikoto severe hatred for the man flaires up and he steps in to save Fushimi..... I'm not sure if Fushimi remembers Mikoto after that though because of weird timy-whimy stuff or just becomes completely freaked out by two of his biggest fears in one place together.

Somehow I just imagine Mikoto being sent back in time for like a year and where most people would be freaking out he's just like '….*shrug*' and deals with it XD Like imagine he gets hit by the Time Travel Strain and Mikoto figures it's kind of a pain when he finds himself back in the past but hey, could be worse. He manages to find some work as a bouncer at some seedy club (where they don't ask the employees for ID and he can get hired on the basis of looking like he'd be good at punching people) and kinda settles in waiting for when he can finally go home. Maybe sending him to the past did something to his King powers too, like even though his body hasn't changed at all he's been kinda 'reset', power-wise, to how he was during this time period and so he's not a King right now. That's actually a weird sort of relief, like he might not have the kind of power he used to but he doesn't have this feeling like he's going to be overwhelmed by destructive urges as much either.

One day as he's wondering how long he's gonna be stuck here and why did he get sent back to this particular time period anyway he runs across a crying kid. Mikoto tries to just keep walking past but it's late and there's no one else around, finally he sighs and goes to ask the kid what the problem is. Before he can open his mouth though he hears this irritating 'gya ha ha' type laugh and the kid noticeably flinches. A man appears and for a moment Mikoto wonders if he's actually in the future rather than the past and this is like future Fushimi and his kid, the resemblance is way too uncanny. But then the guy calls the kid 'Saruhiko' and Mikoto realizes who this must be. Something about this gives him a bad feeling and he carefully follows them home, watching as Niki teases Fushimi and talks about leaving him in the park overnight or playing 'can you get down from the tall tree.' Mikoto's kinda starting to understand why Fushimi turned out the way he did with this kind of dad, making a note of the house they go into.

The next day Mikoto hangs out around the house until little kid Fushimi leaves with his school satchel on. Mikoto walks over to keep pace with him and asks why no one's walking him to school. Fushimi looks over at him all tense and Mikoto's just totally calm, smoking a cigarette and talking to Fushimi as if nothing's weird about a random adult talking to some kid he doesn't know. Fushimi lowers his head and mumbles that no one ever walks him to school and he doesn't need them to, Mikoto's like 'I see' and then says he'll walk Fushimi to school. Fushimi gives him a suspicious look and asks who Mikoto is, Mikoto says Fushimi doesn't need to worry about it. Fushimi's like if you're a kidnapper just so you know no one will pay my ransom, Mikoto blows smoke and says he isn't going to kidnap Fushimi, he just figures someone should keep an eye on him. Fushimi's all confused by this weird adult and thinks Mikoto's just teasing him somehow but then once school is over Mikoto's there to walk him home too.

From that point on Mikoto always seems to be there whenever Fushimi leaves the house and Fushimi still doesn't get who this person is or why he's taken an interest in Fushimi but he also slowly starts to trust Mikoto too, like somehow this person seems to care about him and Fushimi's never had that before. Mikoto asks Fushimi about his family and about 'that guy,' Fushimi doesn't like to talk about Niki though and will go all quiet when Mikoto asks. Mikoto sees how Fushimi is with Niki though and probably wonders if it will like destroy the timeline if he burns this guy. He thinks Fushimi isn't a bad kid though, a little more timid than the Fushimi Mikoto knows but not really that different. Fushimi's also started to really get close to Mikoto, like he starts looking forward to Mikoto taking him to and from school and he's really begun to open up to Mikoto a little.

That's when the time travel thing finally wears off and Mikoto gets sent back to right around the time he left. Homra's all worried about him but they think he just disappeared for like an hour, Mikoto rubs the back of his head and says 'something like that.' Afterward Homra and Scepter 4 clash and Mikoto wonders if he made any impression on Fushimi in the past, however Fushimi just acts as cold as normal and doesn't seem to remember him. But then a few days later imagine Mikoto's walking around the city and comes upon Fushimi and Niki (say Everybody Lives AU where that 'everybody' unfortunately includes Niki). Fushimi's clearly tense and angry, all his usual belligerence drained away by this person who even now fills him with dread. Mikoto though just gets this fierce grin like well it won't affect the timeline now right and imagine him just walking up and punching Niki right in the face. Fushimi is staring at him absolutely dumbfounded, like here one person he hates just destroyed the person he hates even more and Fushimi has no idea why. Mikoto just asks Fushimi 'you good?', Fushimi nods mutely and Mikoto puts a hand on his head before walking off all you're still not a bad kid even though you grew up to have a mouth on you.