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Asleep In The Keep-Chapter 32

DPxMHA crossover Fic

Chapter 32: Interview

Summary: The aftermath of Shigaraki

Word Count: 5038

Danny immediately rushed to Deku’s side. The boy inhaled deeply for air after being strangled. Danny turned towards the man, but Deku pulled his arm back. He shook his head. That didn’t stop Danny from glaring at the man. Danny wished he had a brain aneurysm and died right there.  

The guy looked like a turnup that got a face carved in. Sam had told him before they immigrated from Ireland, people would carve turnips for Halloween. When they came to America, only pumpkins were available, and they became the new Jack-O-lantern. It fit the guy.  

“Call the…” Deku choked, “that was…” 

“Hey, there,” Danny soothed, “calm down and breathe,” Danny made a show of breathing in deeply to get Deku to follow his lead like Ma did with him. “In… and out, good job.” 

Once Deku was able to breathe normally, he frantically demanded, “Call the heroes! That was Shiguraki!”  

Danny ignored that he didn’t know who that was or even what number to call and grabbed his phone. He hit the power button repeatedly, but it didn’t turn on. Was it already broken? No wait, he hasn’t set it up yet.  

“It won’t turn on!” Danny said to Deku, trying to sound surprised. Deku just handed him his phone instead while he was recovering. Danny just stared at the screen not sure what to type in. “What's the number again?” 

“Really?” Deku was able to breathe out. 

“I never had to use it,” Danny said as an explanation.  

“It’s a song, if you want a hero, dial zero-zero-zero,” Deku gave him an almost sad look, like he missed something big in his childhood rather than a stupid jingle.  

“Right…” Danny typed out the number and hit call. It buzzed for a few seconds before someone answered.  

“This is detective Tsukauchi speaking, what is your emergency?” A man’s voice picked up. Danny thought it odd that it went to a detective and not a dispatcher or operator.  

“There’s been an attack, I’m at the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall and-” 

“Can you repeat that? I’m getting nothing but static on this end.” The detective said.  

Danny froze. There he was again, forgetting he was a ghost. The voice from the other end kept talking and asking if anyone was there.  

“Tommy, what's wrong?” Deku had fully recovered and was looking at Danny with concern. It should’ve been the other way around since the boy was just attacked.  

Danny didn’t know what to say so instead just handed the phone to Deku. He took it but watched Danny carefully.  

“This is Midoriya Izuku,” he coughed, “Shigaraki Tomura was just at Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall and attacked me. He didn’t hurt anyone else, I don’t think, but he left when he was confronted by one of my friends.” 

“Midoriya? Hold on, I’ll send someone over to you soon. Is Shigaraki still in the mall?” 

“No, as I said he left when he was confronted.” Deku reconfirmed.  

“And how was he confronted? Did your friend attack him?” 

“No, he just came up to us and Shigaraki left.” 

It was protocol to keep the person on the line until back-up arrives to make sure the person was safe. Danny didn’t know what he could do to help so instead he just sat there with him on the line. 

“Is your friend with you now? Can you put him on the line?” The detective asked.  

“Yes, and he was the one who originally called but you couldn’t hear him.”  

“Does he have a quirk that interferes with technology or radio waves?” 

“No, he’s quirkless.” Deku clarified. Hearing him say that stung. He almost forgot he said that. While it was technically true, Danny still felt bad for misleading him like that.  

“...I see” was the man’s only response. The detective didn’t make Danny say anything. 

Danny waited with Deku as the heroes arrived on scene. It was no one he recognized, so that was good. The mall was closed due to a villain sighting, but it was never told what one so people wouldn’t panic. The heroes escorted people out and then surveyed the area to make sure Shigaraki or any other villain weren’t there. Within that time, Danny and Deku weren’t able to leave so passed the time by talking. 

“So, who is Shigaraki?” Danny asked. 

Deku looked surprised, “I thought you would know him. He’s from the League of Villains.” 

Danny shrugged. He only paid attention to the news when it was about him.  

“Tommy…” Deku looked nervous again although he tried to hide it, “Shigaraki said something…about your brother?” 

For some reason, Danny didn’t expect that. Phantom was relatively well-known here (he did have a fan club, after all). This league may want to add their rat to the race to catch him, so to speak. Danny rolled his eyes. Honestly, he had enough with people chasing after him. Fortunately, during his last encounter, Danny learned that people of this world were, hmm, weaker than he thought? Or at least weren’t equipped to deal with something like him. If this league were anything like the commission, he would be just fine. 

When it was clear Danny didn’t have anything to add, Deku continued, “Shigaraki said he’ll kill Ph- Tucker if he ever gets close to the league.”  

Danny hummed, “Wouldn’t be the first time someone tried to kill us, and it won’t be the last. My dad is scarier than whatever Shigaraki can do.” At least his dad could catch a ghost, sometimes. 

Deku turned white and his eyes widened more, “Tommy, I’m serious. You have to warn Tucker! Shigaraki is dangerous. His quirk won’t just kill you, but slowly decay your body. You’ll be aware of every second.” 

Danny’s body has already long since rotted by this point. He wondered if Shigaraki’s quirk would have any effect on him. Maybe it would turn him into a puddle of goo.  

“This isn’t the first time I had an interaction with him.” Deku continued again, “Last month, he attacked my class at the USJ with the League. We would be dead if it weren’t for All Might.” 

“Trust me, Tucker already knows about him...” Something clicked in Danny’s head, “And wait, what did you say? This isn’t the first time he attacked you?! Were you hurt? Did he kill anyone?”  

Danny grabbed onto the boy’s body and started checking him for injuries like a motherly cat checking her young. The only ones there were the bruises from Shigaraki. Danny's core lurched at seeing that. He was too late to save him this time, but next time he will (he had to). The first time they met, Danny did notice he had a lot of scars, were those from Shigaraki? Danny stopped when it was obvious that the boy wouldn’t suddenly die from a wound left ignored.  

“I did break my arm, but that was my own fault, not his. My body can’t handle my quirk well, so every time I use it, I break a bone,” Deku waved him off as if that wasn’t equally concerning.  

“What?” Danny rubbed his temples. And he thought he was bad. “What about the spar? The one with Tucker? I thought he let you use your quirk?”  

“He did, but that was only at 5%. If I use any more than that I get hurt.”  

Danny smacked him upside the head, “then why do you keep using it?” 

Deku looked up at Danny, shocked, and rubbed his head. He must not have any siblings, he thought to himself. 

“I have to if I want to be a hero.” The boy looked determined, but there was a hint of uncertainty in his eyes, “I’m getting better at it, I just have to train more. I’ve gotten this far.” 

Deku must not have had a quirk before if 5% was far to him. “You know, Tucker or I could help train you? He didn’t know how to use his quirk at first either and got hurt a lot. And me, I may not have a quirk, but I can teach you how to fight without one.” 

Deku beamed and started to shake his hands excitedly. He got close to his face again like at the beach. Danny leaned back and pushed his head away. Deku looked embarrassed, but he couldn’t stop smiling. “Would that really be okay? I know you have a job and Tucker does…” Deku looked around and whispered, “stuff. And I don’t want you to feel like you have to cause I suck at my quirk.” 

“Trust me kid, it will be fine. And I want to. Who knows, if it works maybe you won’t have to break your bones anymore. Wait, is that why you couldn’t walk in the alley?” 

“No, I was still paralyzed from Stain’s quirk.” Deku clarified. “And thank you. That really means a lot to me.” 

“No problem, dude!” Danny slapped him on the back. “Tucker had fun last time, and I know I can use the stress relief,” Danny punched his fists together and joked. The heroes were better suited for that. The boy wouldn’t be able to handle it if Danny went all out.  

Deku looked at Danny as if lost in thought. 

“What?” 

“You and Tucker are a lot alike,” He replied.  

“More than you know…” Danny laughed.  

As people were still being escorted out, a group of kids suddenly swarmed around them. It was the same group Danny had seen earlier.  

There were nine of them in total. Girls made up about half of the group and Danny recognized them from the café. He recognized two of the boys from when he saved them as Phantom (one from Stain and the other a random bad guy). That left only three he didn’t recognize. Two of them looked very strange; one had six arms and the other had a bird's head. Danny got a weird vibe from the bird kid. The bad of his throat tightened when he saw him. He probably had a more ghostly quirk like the glowy girl.  

Most of the kids ignored Danny except for the girl who slightly glowed from the café. She watched him curiously with her head tilted. No one seemed to notice as they were fussing over Deku. 

“What happened?” That was one of the teens Danny saved from Stain. He had blue hair and a very rigid way of talking and moving. He looked more like a salaryman than a kid.  

“We heard it was a villain?” said one of the girls. She had cords connecting to her earlobes that Danny first thought were earrings. She fiddled with them as she spoke.  

“Are you alright, Deku?” asked a girl with rosy cheeks.  

“Hey, stand back,” Their guard-cat-cop-man instructed. He was supposed to protect them if a villain tried something. Danny rolled his eyes. If that really were to happen, he would be more useful than everyone else here combined.  

“It’s alright officer Tamakawa, they’re my friends,” Deku explained. The man eased off but watched them out of the corner of his eye. “It was Shigaraki,” Deku answered darkly. All the kids’ faces looked scared.  

“No way, he was here?” said a boy with a lightning strip in his hair. He was one of the kids Danny saved as Phantom. The teen looked around as if the villain might be hiding around a corner.  

Danny tightened his fist. That man was more pathetic than Stain in Danny’s opinion. While Stain had only attacked a small group of kids, Shigaraki took on a whole classroom and left them all traumatized. Next time, Danny wouldn’t let Deku stop him from going after the guy.  

“He was.” Deku answered even though it was rhetorical. “He asked me about Stain and Phantom. He seemed stressed for some reason but in the next breath he was laughing. I think he’s planning something, but I don’t know what.” Deku rambled as he explained.  

“Whatever it is, the heroes will stop him!” Rosie Cheeks said with determination.  

“Indeed. Evildoers stand no chance against the mighty!” the salaryman responded.  

“He ran when he saw All Might, remember?” The alien looking girl said. She looked a little like Danny but pinker.  

“Yeah. who knows, maybe Phantom might even show up and defeat him!” said the boy with the stripe in his hair. He blushed slightly at the mention of Phantom. He must be a fanboy too, Danny thought.  

Deku looked at Danny and he shrugged.  

“You’re right guys,” Deku cheered up, “I just hope he doesn’t try anything.” 

“Who’s your friend?” The glowing girl interrupted and changed the mood.  

“This is Tommy,” Deku gestured at him to his friends, “he was the one who saved me from Shigaraki.” 

Danny waved at the group of teens who now sized him up. None of them looked ready to fight him, which was a good thing. The salaryman had kept the same unreadable expression throughout the whole conversation. Everyone else had a more neutral expression or were smiling nervously. The strangest looks were from bird boy and glowy girl. Perhaps they felt the same way about Danny as he did them.  

“Hi,” Danny finally said, “You guys are all friends of Deku, yeah? That's cool. I heard a lot about the school and stuff. So, you guys are training to be heroes?” 

Danny’s stomach lurked at the mention of heroes. These kids in front of him were far away from that future. It was sorta like watching the ROTC kids walk down the halls.  

“Yes, we are.” Salaryman stated. His expression changed to whatever it was before to one of pride. “We are going to the prestigious school of UA.” 

“Did you see us at the sports festival? We were totally awesome!” Alien girl jumped up and high-fived Stripe.  

“Can’t say that I did,” Danny shrugged. He had no idea why people would watch a high school field day. Must be a lot of weirdos out there.  

“Oh.” she deflated.  

“Tommy was, uhh, homeschooled, so he doesn’t know about how cool UA is.” Deku looked nervously at Danny. Danny had no idea why he would cover like that, but he appreciated it. 

“You at least gotta know about heroes then?” Stripe asked, “what's your favorite? I gotta say mine right now are the Phantoms!” 

“The Phantoms aren’t heroes, they’re vigilantes.” A strict looking girl with a ponytail corrected. 

“I think they count!” Deku declared. He had that intense look on his face every time he talked about heroes. The rest of his classmates looked at him curiously. Deku looked up at Danny, a bit sad. “I mean, they try just as hard as every other hero, what's it matter if they don’t have a license?” 

“Yeah, you're right!” shouted a teen with red spikey hair, “I think they’re totally manly for that!” 

“What’s it matter?” Ponytail looked shocked. “There are laws for a reason! Quirk licenses are what separates heroes and villains!” 

“That’s totally bogus though,” Danny interrupted, “If that’s the case, would you call a kid that can’t control their quirk a villain? What about if their power is more emotion based or they can’t help it? It’s not all black and white. There’s so many situations where people could use a quirk and not be a villain. I get the need to have a license, quirks can be dangerous, and you have to understand the responsibility of using one, but you shouldn’t ascribe morality to it.”   

Danny had been reading about quirks a lot since he got here. He didn’t totally understand it, but saying someone was a villain simply for using their quirk in public was insane. The laws behind it were pretty unfair too. If you save someone with your quirk, you could get arrested. What if you had a healing quirk and your friend was bleeding out? Would you sacrifice her life so you don’t go to jail or pay a fine? That was the topic of one such case that Danny read about from a few years ago. Despite many people being on the kids' side, he was still charged with being a vigilante. It was waived a few months later due to a petition, but that was still the standard. It simply wasn’t fair.  

The teens stared at Danny. He probably sounded like Sam just then. Whenever she pointed out the same holes in laws back home, everyone looked at her as if she said we should kill babies. Fortunately, their reactions weren’t that angry, but it still made Danny want to swallow his tongue.  

“You know…” Bird boy started. “I hadn’t thought about it like that, exactly. When I was younger, I wasn’t allowed to go to any sleepovers, and if I did, I had to sleep in a separate room. At first, I thought it was unfair but then it just became normal.”  

“But…” Ponytail looked taken aback by this, “laws are there for a reason. It’s unfair what you went through, and it shouldn’t have happened, but we have to keep everybody safe. If everyone was able to use their quirks, that means more people will get hurt as a result.” 

“But what about the people who are getting hurt now because of that rule?” Danny tried to reason, “I bet there are tons of misunderstandings where a person is being called a villain because of a mistake?” That has certainly happened to Danny. “That could ruin their whole lives.”   

“There was always that fear in my head that Dark Shadow would act out and hurt my friends and people would think I was a villain.” Bird boy added.  

“People with emitter quirks don’t have to worry as much about that. If someone like me got into a fight and hurt someone, others would think it was because of their quirk not their strength alone. They’ll get charged with a bigger crime because they supposedly used their quirk to hurt someone.” Tentacles said. He had remained quiet up until now and had a mysterious vibe about him. That could just be the mask.  

“But my parents said…” Ponytail started again. Her hand was close to her chest, and she held tightly to the girl beside her with the other. She couldn’t finish and just went quiet.  

“Hey,” Danny spoke gently, “I didn’t mean to be mean or anything, but laws aren’t always fair to everyone.”  

“It’s okay, I just…never had to think about that I suppose. I have a lot to think about,” Ponytail held her head in one of her hands. The others looked concerned for her but one of them rolled their eyes.  

“We’re evacuating the area, you shouldn’t be here,” another officer walked up to the group. He was human looking but had wild colored hair.  

Deku’s classmates followed the officer out but a few hesitated. Bird Boy, glowy girl and Ponytail lingered back and watched Danny. He smiled at them, but it didn’t ease their staring. The officer yelled to get their attention and they were dragged off. He looked at Danny and Deku too, expectantly.  

“They are to remain here until questioning,” officer Tamakawa explained, and the other cop walked away with the other students. 

“Is she okay?” Deku said, clearly referring to Ponytail.  

“She will.” Danny responded. “She just realized that the world isn’t as nice as she believed.” 

When you’ve been told the sky is red all your life it can be hard to accept differently. If the sky isn’t red, what else is wrong? It’s like the matrix or something. Anyway, once you learn what life is like for all and not just for yourself, that's when you can start deciding what type of person you want to be. Some, like Sam, fight the injustice while others are content with the system (even if it’s directly hurting them). As Danny said, it's like the matrix.  

It took another 30 minutes for the whole mall to be evacuated. Both boys were led out by some detectives, the cat-man and the one from the phone. Danny looked back at the mall. All the lights had been turned off and the shops closed with gates in front of them. If he yelled, it would be able to reach the other side of the building. It looked more like the set of a zombie movie than a place where just a few hours before people laughed and ate in.  

Danny was the last one out the door. 

~🕵~ 

Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi and Officer Tamakawa drove the boys to the police station. One was clearly UA’s first year student Midoriya Izuku. Toshinori asked Naomasa to take care of the boy whenever he could. He had been doing his best, but the kid had a habit of getting into trouble.  

The other boy, however, was unable to be identified. He told the detectives his name was ‘Grundy Thomas,’ and indeed there was even a record of someone with that name, but nothing was in it, not even a picture. The name was clearly a fake, and not even a good one.  

The teens were separated; Midoriya with officer Tamakawa and Grundy with Naomasa.  

Grundy watched him from behind the one-sided mirror, his eyes following his every move. He shouldn’t have been able to see Naomasa, but a lot didn’t make sense about the boy. When Midoriya’s phone first called him, static so loud it made his ears ring, crawled out the speaker. When he asked the noise a question, a gravelly voice responded. It was as distorted as the rest of the audio, but it was proof something was there. It was that same sound that resonated out of all their walkie-talkies or other communicators 50ft around the boy.  

Midoriya said that Grundy didn’t have a quirk, but it was clear he was deceived. That was the first thing that jumped out as odd about the boy. Why lie about being quirkless? The second was the boy’s appearance. It matched the description head-to-toe of the suspicious boy the night of Phantom’s attack. Naomasa had given the report to Eraserhead, but had heard nothing back. It was typical of UA to keep secrets.  

Grundy’s eyes darted to the ceiling at some unheard sound. Naomasa was sure he saw the boy’s ears twitch. His eyes settled back to Naomasa. He was statuesque, like a gargoyle guarding something. Although Naomasa was in another room, he could feel a strange energy coming from the boy. It was exactly how the report described it.  

‘How are you related to Phantom…’ Naomasa wondered.  

Staring wasn’t going to answer any of his questions. Naomasa opened the large door to the interrogation room. Glowing eyes followed him to the seat across the table.  

“Hello, I’m Detective Tsukauchi,” Naomasa introduced. “And your name is Grundy Thomas, correct?” Naomasa wasn’t there when the suspect first gave his name (distracted calling Toshinori), so he didn’t know if he was lying or not.  

“That’s what they call me,” the boy responded flippantly. He was telling the truth, but his answer still led much to the imagination.  

Grundy had chosen a western name. Why choose a name that would stick out so much if you wanted to go unnoticed? Grundy might have western roots (he did look the part after all). It could also be that he simply liked western names (a trait common with youths) and so chose it for that reason, but that wasn’t likely.  

“I haven’t done anything, have I?” Grundy asked sarcastically. He seemed almost defiant in a way. He sat up straight, looked Naomasa in the eyes, like he had done this before and knew what to do. His facial features didn’t show it, but Grundy hid back anger.  

“Of course not,” Naomasa said, “we just want to hear what happened from you. After that, you’ll be free to go.” 

“Hmm,” Grundy narrowed his eyes but didn’t say anything. Clearly, he was skeptical.  

There was a pitcher of water and two cups in front of Grundy that was untouched. Naomasa filled them up.  

“Water?” he asked, placing the cup in front of Grundy. 

“Is it poisonous?” Grundy smiled as he raised it to his lips and drank. 

“It is,” Naomasa joked. He had run-ins with kids like this before, so he was unfazed. Grundy stopped mid drink and looked at him. He smiled and finished the cup, slamming it onto the table in a challenge. Naomasa filled it up in response.  

“So, Grundy-” Naomasa started but was interrupted.  

“You can just call me Tommy,” Tommy corrected.  

“Of course. Now that we have that established, what is your quirk?” 

“Why do you need to know my quirk? Didn’t Deku already tell you?” Tommy sat up and looked curiously at Naomasa.  

“I just want to hear how you describe it.”  

Tommy shrugged, “That’s easy then, I don’t have one.” 

Tommy was telling the truth. Now it was Naomasa’s turn to be curious.  

“Hmm.” Naomasa sighed.  

“What?” Tommy asked. 

“Nothing, you just don’t see many people without a quirk these days.” 

“Yeah well, I guess I’m just special.” Tommy leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.  

“I guess you are…” Naomasa replied.  

“Are you going to ask your questions, or what?”  

“I just need to get some more information from you, if that’s alright?” 

“Knock yourself out,” Tommy waved him off.  

“Right,” Naomasa nodded, “Are you going to school at all?” 

“No, I work at a café.”  

True. And that led Naomasa back to his previous question. Why would Tommy make all these decisions that make him stick out so much? It could be that by having a job he seemed more normal than a kid walking around all the time. Tommy might also just really need the money. 

“And what is the name of the café?” 

“It’s…” Tommy trailed off. “You know what, I don’t actually know.” 

Tommy was still telling the truth.  

“How long have you worked there?” It was strange not to know the name of where you worked. 

“Like a week,” he answered dismissively.  

“And what about your parents?” Naomasa decided to move on. 

Tommy’s eyes widened and they shot to the exit. His carefree attitude changed to one on guard.  

“Doesn’t matter,” he barked out, “they’re not here.” 

That statement could mean a lot of things. They were dead or simply somewhere else. Whatever it was it clearly left an emotional wound.  

“Are you done now?” Tommy crossed his arms and stared Naomasa down. 

“Of course,” He wouldn’t be able to get anything else out of the boy. “Would you be able to tell me what happened today?” 

Turns out Tommy was out shopping when he spotted the altercation between Midoriya and Shigaraki. He de-escalated by simply stepping in and Shigaraki left. He called Naomasa as Midoriya was recovering but ‘the phone was being weird,’ as he put it, so it only got static. Midoriya took over and the rest Naomasa knew. The story fit perfectly with what Midoriya told them, which was to be expected but still nice that it happened.  

“Did you hear anything Shigaraki was saying?” Naomasa asked. 

“No. I just saw he had his hand around Deku then stopped him.” 

“And you did that just by walking up to him?”  

“Yes.” Tommy groaned and leaned his head back. 

“Did you threaten him or do anything else?” Naomasa already knew that he didn’t, but he wanted to catch him in a lie.  

“No, I just said hi to Deku and he ran off. I already said that.” Tommy was getting increasingly annoyed.  

“What would you have done if he didn’t ‘run off’?” 

“I don’t know, probably fight him?” He leaned back up and rolled his eyes.  

“Is that because you think you can beat him?” 

Tommy paused. He sat up again and leaned closer to Naomasa. When he spoke again, his voice was softer and level. 

“You asked me what I would do, not what I thought.” He was avoiding the question.  

“Do you think you can beat him?” Naomasa pressed.  

Tommy smiled, “No. I’m quirkless, remember?”  

He was lying. Naomasa gulped. It seemed impossible. The ability gap between just an average villain and a quirkless teen was massive, let alone a villain as dangerous as Shigaraki. But Tommy wasn’t an average quirkless teen. Something set him apart from the others. That something had to do with Phantom.  

“What’s your opinion on the Phantoms?” Naomasa made his tone neutral, watching for any ticks in the boy's behavior. His lip twitched.  

“What do they have to do with this?” Tommy looked amused.  

“The villain who attacked Midoriya seemed fixated on that topic.” rather than the assault itself, that was the thing Midoriya looked truly stressed about. Despite still being in school, it was just like a hero to be worried about others rather than themself.  

“Why do you need to know my opinion then?”  

“Just humor me.” 

Tommy rolled his eyes again, “whatever…”  

He zoned out for a second, bobbing his head back and forth, thinking of what to say. His eyes lit up and a smile crossed his face.  

“They’re a menace if you ask me.” Tommy finally said.  

He was telling the truth.   

“They go around saving people without any regard for the hero laws like some vigilante.” He grabbed the cup and waved it around like a prop. “Don’t get me started on what they did to the heroes! Those poor guys barely stood a chance! I mean,” he put on a fake face of concern, but his eyes revealed how he really felt, “did you hear about what they did to Endeavor? I bet they scared him more than any villain could.” 

Naomasa was caught off guard.  

“Endeavor?”  

“Yeah, the #2 hero? The angry fire guy?” Tommy looked at him as if Naomasa didn’t know who that was. 

“That wasn’t in any papers.”  

Tommy froze, his previous playful energy gone in an instant. The lights of the room went dim and the mirror started to fog over from the sudden chill in the air.  

“I think we’re done here.” Tommy said. His eyes were the brightest thing in the room. 

“Indeed. I got all I needed.” 

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Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen

Words: 295k

Why? Not a YN fic?? That’s rare 😂 SatoSugu fic where the angst is TOP TIER. Looked up the tags angst with a happy ending and hurt/comfort over 200k words and this one fit the bill. I rarely read omegaverse but the plot in this one is just so damn good. An abused and broken Satoru is mistakenly impregnated with Suguru’s baby. The way this author writes trauma and healing is just amazing. I’m on chapter 50 of 130 and am enjoying every moment.

[pod-together]

Pod-Together Day 7 Reveals 2023

The Context that History Is (The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells)

written by lunaTactics, performed by GodOfLaundryBaskets

Summary:

In my imagination, they're playing your documentary again in Makeba Hall, like they do every year with the other historicals, and I’m looking up into the big holo display projected high over my head, larger than life in the self-same theater you used to attend with your favorite humans. At intermission the screen is empty, and dark in the space between stories. Did you ever guess how important yours would still be, a million hours after you lived it?

You made history. All I can do is try to live up to it.

-

Years after the Machine Intelligence Liberation Movement sweeps through the galaxy and changes everything for the constructs who fought for it, an art history student contemplates Murderbot's legacy, and tries to figure out what it means to live in the context of its history.

Making a House a Home (僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga))

written by vamprav, performed by sunkitten_shash

Summary: When Hawks shows up in Shiguraki Tomura's bar Dabi was not expecting to encounter his soulmate, he was even less prepared for the arrival of his youngest sibling.

Mandatory Entertainment (Welcome to Night Vale)

written by Koschei_B, performed by pass_the_salt

Summary: After two decades, the ban on Eurovision is finally lifted.

Of Driftwood and Stowaways Washed Ashore [text, audio] (One Piece (Anime & Manga))

written by Aibhilin, performed by stereden

Summary: Buggy ambles alongside a beach when he finds something that's drifted ashore.

It's a particular beach, close to a town where a certain Celestial Dragon was rumoured to visit.

Surely, those two events are not connected?

Pas de Triad (陈情令 | The Untamed (TV))

written by Gavilan, performed by jennisaisquoi

Summary:

GusuLan Ballet Company is pleased to announce its final ballet of the season: the world premiere of Venerated Triad. This epic tale of love and betrayal is based on the lives and legends of sworn brothers Zewu-jun, Chifeng-zun, and Lianfang-zun. It is choreographed by Nie Huisang, whose groundbreaking style blends the classic and contemporary to create works of stunning emotionality. The ballet features principal dancers Lan Xichen as Zewu-jun and Nie Mingjue as Chifeng-zun, with newcomer Meng Yao as the cunning Lianfang-zun.

- GusuLan Ballet Company press release

what’s in a name [text, audio, filk] (The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells)

written by xianvar, performed by wilfriede0815

Summary: ART acquires a new friend

the kids are alright (The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer)

written by GwenChan, performed by Hazilla

Summary: Chiron and Peleus exchange letters about Achilles and Patroclus while these latter train on Mt Pelion

From the Same River's Waters (琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV))

written by bladedweaponsandswishycoats, performed by deepestbluesky

Summary: There's no response. It's not the first time, but the silence now is different in a way Jingyan can't describe. It makes him realize that normally, even when they aren't communicating, the bond itself has a presence. Now, even that feels different and he can't help the fear growing in him. Aside from the silence, there is the last thing he did hear from Xiao Shu's side: "Jingyan, be careful—"

What is he supposed to be careful of? Lin Shu and the Chiyan Army are—as far as he knows—many days' travel from the Donghai military camp where he's posted.

Which Mere Modernity Cannot [text, audio] (Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992))

written by lilolilyrae, performed by artax_risen

Summary:‘unsent message’ - Texts from Jonathan Harker on his highly irregular work trip to Transylvania. One-shots of a modern Dracula retelling - no previous knowledge necessary.

Sing Me to the Sea (Young Royals (TV 2021))

written by lc2l, performed by Robin_Fai

Summary: There are legends of a hidden world of mermaids deep under the ocean, mystical creatures who can only come to the surface by falling in love with a human, or trading something precious away to the devil.

Simon hums, he whistles, he claps. He doesn't speak.

Uh Check, Check (My Chemical Romance, Bandom)

written by ermengarde, performed by dapatty

Summary: Mikey's so fucking lucky, but also his life is very hard and if the world could see to it that Ray does not get any more naked on stage that would be delightful, thank you.

Stones of the Soil: Building-Stones of Fire (Granite and Basalt) (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, A Stitch in Time - Andrew J. Robinson)

created by BardicRaven and RisalSoran

Summary: Elim Garak has returned at last to Kardassi'ya - but it is not the Kardassi'ya he knew and loved.

It's different.

Damaged.

But it hasn't been destroyed.

Not completely.

It will recover, someday.

And someday, he'll have something to offer Julian.

[the-iron-fjord]

>Can you kill Tomura Shiguraki

HE’S A SHONEN PROTAGONIST

HE CAN’T KILL THE MAIN BADDIE EVER

WHO DO YOU THINK HE IS, GOKU?

[abluethingphantom]

Howdy, good evening! I'm bored outta my mind today so I thought how about I make a list of male favorite characters I simp for.

This just for fun, and also to say what blorbos rotate in my brain like a 7-Eleven hotdog. (And I'm pretty sure that analogy doesn't make sense to anybody,but me, lol!)

Let's see I'll make it up to 10 possibly there's a lot of them so it'll be who pops in first.

I'll pop it under a read more so it's not super long! 😊

Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto/Boruto)

Ren Hana (BTD 1&2/TPOF)

Mammon (Obey Me!)

Seayoung Choi/707 (Mystic Messenger)

Farz Murphy (TINR/BTD2)

Jak Harasi (Lover's Trophy)

Yoosung Kim (Mystic Messenger)

Lila Vanrouge (Twisted Wonderland)

Leona Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland)

Tomura Shiguraki ( My Hero Academia)

There's more guys that I haven't listed here, but these are just some I have the hots for, lol! 😄

[funnypansexualanimorph]

Muses

So while Marco is my primary muse right now, here's a few others you can send me asks to get (yes I do Crossovers):

My Hero Academia: Denki Kaminiari, Shota Aizawa, Tomura Shiguraki

Death Note: Mello, Near, Light

Final Fantasy VII: Reno, Cloud Strife, Yazoo

Voltron Legendary Defender: Keith Kogane

Animorphs: Marco, Tobias

Kuroshitsuji: Sebastian Michaelis, Ronald Knox

Yuri on Ice: Viktor Nikiforov, Minami Kenjirou

Free: Iwatobi Swim Club: Haruka Nanase, Nagisa Hazuki, Nitori Aiichirou

Blue Exorcist: Amaimon, Yukio Okumura

Durarara!!: Izaya Orihara, Shinra Kishitani, Kasuka Heiwajima

Food Wars: Satoshi Isshiki

Soul Eater: Spirit Albarn, Death the Kidd, Soul Evans

D. Gray Man: Lavii Bookman, Allen Walker, Reever Wenham

OC: Ronan Sidhe, Yuya, Rowan, Dorian Gray

[atsukashii]

I have never quite understood people’s like for tomura shiguraki

until right the fuck now

[nakamatoo]

And just like that, the itch was gone.

[sxrcererkillxr]

 at that time.. if someone had reached out to me.. i wonder if this itch would have stopped.       what will i make? you’re right.. i just want to destroy.                              I don’t need a future. 

[sattosugu]

Tomura Shigaraki / My Hero Academia: Season 5 / Episode 112

[old-luci-boy]

Part 1 of my dumb ua traitor theories

Part 2 here

[love-too-believe]

Some of y'all: Shigaraki is baby. I hope he wins. He had such a bad childhood ya know.

Me: I hope this no chapstick wearing bitch gets the ever loving shit kicked out of him. I hope this crusty dusty bitch accidentally uses his quirk on his own dick. I hope Deku smashes him into a mountain like a splattered fly. I ain't in the mood. No more games. I hope this bitch gets clapped.

[alien-slushie]

Dabi: We're Villains, not bodyguards. Don't invite us to shit unless someone's gonna die.

Hawks: I'll pay you~

Dabi: Pay me what?

Hawks: Money~

Dabi: Done! *smashes phone* GET IN HERE! WE'RE GOING TO HERO LAND!

Twice: Hero Land?

Toga: HERO LAND?! :D

Dabi: Hero Land!

Shiguraki: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[a-pretty-nerd]

Tomura Shigaraki x AllMight!Daughter!Reader

Chapter 12

Premis:

When The League of Villains discovers that AllMight has a daughter, they are quick to snatch you up and hold you hostage. Shigaraki had a careful and thought out plan, but that was before you got there. Now you’re in the mood for some not-so-healthy rebellion.

Word Count: 1,987

Warnings: verbal abuse, mentions of past abuse, family trauma, etc.

A/N:

Sorry this has taken so long. I've been very busy with work and moving, and personal projects.

Chapter 11 Chapter 13

"Y/N." He hissed. "Y/N!" Again. "Y/N!!!" Louder. His voice, hoarse and rough. At first it was an order, but as he called your name, it was getting more and more desperate. You shuttered, struggling to find the source of the sound exactly. Your whole body buzzed with a strange vibration that shook you awake. Slowly your eyes opened as the calling faded away. You expected to see him, but he was gone.

The bright light of the hospital room hit you first. Your vision so blurry you could hardly make out shapes, it was all a mess of colors at first. You tossed your head from side to side. It was heavy, your body was so heavy. Where were you? What's going on? Where's Shigaraki? You just heard him. Where's Toga? She promised-

"She's awake!" Xavier shouted. You groaned. You heard him stand and shuffle around the room frantically. Running out of the room to call for your mother. No. No. This can't be right. No!

"Y/N! Y/N baby!" Your mother rushed in, falling to the side of the bed to hold your hand and give it a tight squeeze. You pulled your hand away the best you could. God, you felt so heavy. You could hardly see her face. Blinking helped your vision, but barley. You huffed with a whine as you brought your hands up to rub your eyes. Only for your left hand to be stopped by a handcuff attached to your bed frame. The loud 'cuclunk!' sound startled you at first. Then the dread seeped in.

"Mom? Mom what's this?" You whimpered. "What's going on?"

"Shhhh calm down baby, you're alright. You're safe!" She tried to reassure. But your head was too heavy, too tired to register and function properly. So you tugged again and again, trying your hardest to break through the cuffs and the metal bar surrounding your bed. When that didn't work, you tried to activate your quirk.

"My quirk- mom- mom what's happening? Where's my quirk?"

"Shhh baby you're safe now. The doctors just gave a little dose to calm your nerves and sooth your quirk like your meds do."

"No. No I don't want my meds. No I'm cured, I don't need them."

"Oh sweetie, they really hurt you bad didn't they?" Your mother looked down on you with pitty in her eyes. Her thumb traced over your forehead as she began to pet your head. You looked up in disbelief. Tears filled your eyes as you shook your head.

"No...No it wasn't like that you don't understand-"

"Oh." A deep voice spoke from the doorway. You looked up, your father stood there awkwardly dressed in a suit and tie. Clearly he had just come back from work. You froze. Your mother turned back to look at him, standing and walking over to address him. "You're awake. Good."

"I think its best if we have a moment alone right now." Your mother told him.

"What? No. What's going on? Why am in fucking handcuffs? Is there a doctor I can-"

"Shhhhh baby relax-"

"Don't 'shhsh' me! Tell me what the fuck is going on! Where am I!?"

"You're in the hospital, Y/N." Xavier cooed softly as he passed your dad to enter the room.

"No! Fuck you! Get the fuck out of here!" You shouted at him. He tried to approach the side of your bed, a sympathetic expression plastered over his face. You kicked your legs in defiance. Trying to shake off the heavy sick feeling. It made your head spin. Xavier stopped and shared a confused glance with your mother.

"Xavier, I think its best you leave us alone for a little while." Your father said as he placed a firm hand on the young man's shoulder. Less of a request, and more of a warning. He begrudgingly complied, turning to steal one last glance of your face before his expression turned sour.

"Toshinori, I can handle this."

"Can you?" You blurted. His voice was upsettingly firm. This was the first time you'd ever seen your father angry. Truly, angry. The room fell silent. You starred at him. His eyes slowly turning from the floor to your mother's bewildered face. "Can you handle this?" Softer now, but still upset.

"Excuse me?"

"Because as far as I'm concerned, you haven't been." Now he seemed weak. Sad even. Like he's a child finally standing up for himself. He was vulnerable, close to tears. "I'm sorry. I just-" He quickly wiped away his tears.

"Am I interrupting something?" A fourth voice spoke. You tossed your head against your pillow and gave a loud groan of disapproval. So many fucking people! Maybe this guy could give you answers.

"Not at all!" You shouted as you pulled at your restraints a few more times. Detective Tsukauchi took a few cautious steps into the room. Xavier watching behind him.

"Y/L/N, it's a pleasure to finally meet you." You looked between him and your parents.

"Who the fuck is this?"

"I am detective Tsukauchi, I am the lead detective on your case. I am happy to see you are, um, relatively well. Considering the circumstances."

"Are you going to tell me why I'm chained to my hospital bed or what?" You huffed.

"My apologies, but until we can make sense of everything that has happened, you are being placed in police custody."

"What!?" Your mother beat you to it. Her jaw hung loose and her brow scrunched up into her forehead.

"I did everything I could, but the more we process the series of events, it seems a kidnapping turned into a terrorist attack. Y/L/N, if I could speak with you, get the story from your perspective-"

"No." You blurted. "No. I don't want to talk about it."

"Y/L/N please-"

"Fuck off!" You screamed, using your free hand to throw a paper cup of water at the poor man. He bowed his head and apologized before ducking out of the room.

"Y/N-" your father whispered in disbelief.

"What!?" He froze. He starred at you. Still and unmoving, fear, confusion, upset written all over his sunken face. You felt no guilt, no apprehension, no anxiety about your behavior or your feelings. You were done with it all. You were done being the good child. The quiet child that did what she was told. You were done with it. Done with them.

"Uh, your wrist-" He croaked finally, his finger coming up to point at you. You looked down. Bruised and bloodied skin suddenly appeared to you beneath the handcuff. You had tugged so hard it broke your skin, and now that you were realizing it, it began to hurt. You stilled for a moment and watched the blood slowly drip onto the blanket.

"Fuck." You cursed as you went to tend to it.

"I'll get the doctor." Your mother rushed out of the room.

"Goddammit." You muttered as you pressed a piece of blanket firmly to stop the bleeding. Your eyes felt dry and hazy. Your chest heaved as your adrenaline rushed through you, making you feel uneasy and anxious. Restless. You could feel your bones vibrating underneath your skin and muscle. It made you nauseous. When the room stilled, you slowly looked back up at your father. His expression unchanged. "I meant what I said y'know. I still hate you." That seemed to startle him. "I hate you for never being around. I hate you for pretending I didn't exist. I hate you for leaving me alone with her. I hate you for ignoring all those years of abuse. You can't tell me you didn't know what was happening all this time. And even if you didn't, I don't know what's worse. Knowing Your ex was abusing your daughter and letting it happen, or being so distant and not apart of her life that you had no idea she was being abused in the first place. I'm not afraid to say it anymore, I'm not afraid to call you out. I don't care anymore. I won't go back to the way things were. I won't. I'd rather die." Hot tears fell down your red hot cheeks as you spoke. Soon he began to cry as well. It was silent for a moment. You could hear the clock on the wall loudly ticking away until you hear him loudly sniff.

"I know. You're right." He began to cry, sob even. "You're absolutely right. I thought what I was doing was going to protect you. I thought by staying out of your life that you'd be able to live free of all my messes. But that's not what you needed. You needed a father, and I wasn't there when I should have been. I know I have no right to ask you for forgiveness, but please, know that I am sorry. And from this point on I will do my very best to be the father you need. The father you deserved."

No. Shut up. SHUT UP. THATS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. You don't want to hear the sniveling fit from an old man you hardly know. Fuck him! And fuck his apology! It made your blood boil. You began to grind your teeth as he continued. It hurt. It hurt worse than anything you'd ever experiences. His apologies, his humble begging, his empathy, all of it. When he was finished you just starred at him. He waited for a response but none came. That was until the boiling of your blood spilling over and flowed from your mouth without any hesitation.

"Get out." You muttered.

"Y/N?" He gasped.

"Get. Out." He didn't respond, he looked stunned. "GET OUT. GET OUT! GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT GETOUTGETOUTGETOUTGETOUTGETOUT!" You screamed until your throat went hoarse. Doctors and nurses rushed in as you fit began. Followed by your mother as they slammed you against the hospital bed. You thrashed the best you could, doing whatever to took to get them off of you. But there were too many and you began to flow in and out of consciousness as the needled pressed a steady flow of drugs into your system once again. Soon your vision went black, and your body laid limp on the hospital bed.

The rest of the week felt like it was straight out of your nightmares. Strapped down to a bed to prevent you from hurting anyone or yourself. High half the time from all the pain killers and drugs they'd given you. Your quirk rendered useless now. Your mother and "boyfriend" dotting over you and repeatedly ignoring your cries for help. You'd started demanding that the nurses or security take them away and sometimes they would go, but other times they would just ignore you. The detective came back every day and every day you refused to answer his questions. You laid there night after night, your poor brain rattling around in your head as you dreamed of how things could have been different. If only you'd gone with them, if only you'd said something different, done something different you wouldn't be here right now.

Late one night you were awoken by a loud tapping at your hospital room window. From your bed you could see the window, a small, long window at the top of the wall. During the day you could see people's feet as they walked around outside. And now, you saw a pair of familiar shoes gentleness kicking at the glass to get your attention. Your heart jumped in your chest. You turned back to the door to make sure no one heard. It was late, so late there was hardly any staff there. So you sat up the best you could in bed and watched as Toga's goofy little grin slowly came into view. She came back for you.

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@craftybean13 @babayaga67 @imjustverable

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@kamenoyaki @hentaiqween101 @skzero-99 @justanotherlifeff

@witch-o-memes @lolilith @anime-lover-forever-1127

[frogtanii]

Which BNHA character would let you peg them or use a strap on them (if you wanna include females)?

i’m rlly becoming a pegging acc, aren’t i 😔🤟✨ jk i don’t mind 🙈😳🤪

would let you destroy his ass, no questions asked: KIRISHIMA (i will DIE on this hill, my baby would be such a good boy 4 u 😩💦), denki, izuku, iida, MIRIO (sweet sunshine baby would bend over backwards just the hear u call him ur baby 🥺), tamaki, HAWKS (peghawks2020)

would be a little bitch about it but secretly rlly rlly wants it: BAKUGOU (he is v v much a bratty bottom but is also a hoe for your strap 🤩), sero, todoroki (def a switch leaning dom BUT he does think ur v v hot when you’re overstimming him til he cries 😌✨), all might (LMAO GROSS), yo (prefers to top but will take the strap on a good day)

would laugh & belittle your attempts to top 😔🤟: DABI (ok ok hear me out, he laughs but secretly wants you to prove him wrong hehe), tokoyami, shinsou (would never let you top unless you tricked him into it 😀), aizawa, SHIGARAKI (lmaooo crusty lips man would lichrally DIE before taking your strap smh), overhaul, uhhh

ik i’m missing some characters WHOOPS so send an ask if you want more specifics boo xx

[arkhivez]

Getting together with friends and confronting a bully group, and making that bully group give up THEIR lunch money.