can I please request a bnha scenario where reader is best friends with midorya(and secretly in love with him) and she has a very abusive father but she hides it from him until he stars treating her worse and one day hurts her so bad that she runs away without even thinking why, and that when midorya finds his best friend and crush bloodied on his door in the middle of the night. a lot of fluff if you can please? thank you so so much! I hope its not too weird, Im just going through some stuff tbh
donât you let me go tonightÂ
pairing: midoriya / reader
a/n: this is such a⌠deep request, im sorry for whatever youâre going through and please know im here for you and dont be afraid to reach out! i hope this imagine finds you in good health and while itâs only a story, i hope it in some way can make you feel just a little bit better!
warnings: violence, abuse, please beware!
âOh man, that must have been some tough training.â
Itâs hard to see who is speaking to you with the sun glaring in your eyes, but you didnât need to look to know just who it is.Â
âHah, yeah. Gotta train the best to be the best, yâknow?â As you stand back up straight, you tug your sleeve down over your arms. Midoriya seems happy today, fired up with his fingers balled into a tight fist. He grins at you.
âDefinitely,â his eyes, no longer able to wander over the countless bruises littering your arms, catch yours. âBut donât overwork yourself!â
You laugh, shoving your hands into your pockets. âYouâre starting to sound like Iida.â
He falters before he loosens back up, rubbing the back of his head. âI guess I do. But seriously, those look kinda bad. Shouldnât you go see Recovery Girl?â
âAgain?â You raise a brow at him. âI just saw her last week- I donât really want to get lectured for training too hard.â
âExactly,â heâs starting to get worried again, it makes you nervous. âYouâre in almost as much as me.â
âIâm fine, Midoriya.â Itâs hard to assure him at this point. It used to be so easy- just a quick, âtrained too hardâ and he would be all too happy to carry on. Now, things are different. Heâs starting to ask questions, heâs starting to suspect things. Thereâs a longing in his eyes when you hide your wounds from him.Â
âAlright,â he backs off reluctantly, sighing. âIf you say so.â
It bothers you to the core to lie to him like this, but⌠Itâs better than telling him the truth. A hero should never tell lies, especially not to those you care for the most, but you couldnât bear the thought of him finding out just what was actually the source of your bruises, your cuts. Theyâre easy fixes by Recovery Girl, but youâve visited her so many times that even she is starting to get antsy. Surely, you canât be this reckless, sheâd said, an odd look in her eyes. Since then, youâve been reducing your trips. You didnât want her to know. You didnât want anyone to know.
Whether it was because you despised the pity or the embarrassment, you werenât sure.Â
After all, what kind of hero allows themselves to be struck by their own father?
What kind of hero comes that kind of family, anyways?
Midoriya has always been so helpful to you, the perfect lifeline, whether he knows it or not. The times you spend with him leisurely, not having to worry, to hide or fear, were your favorites. Even now, his eyes full of concern, you canât help but feel⌠Safety.
But you canât be with him forever, as much as youâd like to. Your phone vibrates in your pocket, and you pull it out and fight the grimace that threatens to show.
5:05 PM: Get home right now.
5:11 PM: Can you read?
5:15 PM: If youâre not home in 10, Iâm coming to get you.Â
You feel like youâre choking. Somehow you missed his messages. Somehow you didnât hear your phone going off, a sound youâd trained yourself never to miss specifically for times like these. If you werenât in public, youâd be bawling your eyes out.
âEverything okay?â Midoriya asks like he knows what youâre hiding. You press your lips into a tight line, force down the anxiety, and smile at him cheerily.Â
âOf course. Dinner time.â Your voice wavers and you pray he doesnât hear it.Â
âText me when youâre done!â He beams, and you can feel it in your chest. Heâs just⌠The sweetest. The best you know. You want to tell him everything- let your words vomit and spill, but you canât. He handles enough on his own.Â
Though youâd rather die than leave knowing whatâs waiting for you at home, you pull your bag over your shoulder and wave goodbye. As you turn your back on him, you take a good look at his face. Heâs still happy, a bright but tired smile on his lips. Heâs been working so hard lately to get control over his quirk, the one that seemingly came out of nowhere.Â
Something feels different in the world when he leaves your line of sight. Everything feels heavy, like doom. Your stomach hurts on the way home as you leave your safety net. It even takes you a moment to get inside, standing at your own front door, terrified to open it.Â
Maybe heâll be in an okay mood. Maybe it really is dinner time, maybe tonight things will be fine.
You take in a deep breath before you grasp the doorknob, turning-
It flies open before you can even try to open it.Â
âThere you are,â his voice turns your blood cold. âWhen I tell you to come home, you come home,â he reaches out, catches you by your arm, yanks you inside. The world around you is gone in a blur. âGot it?â
Youâre thrown onto the floor, your nose colliding with the tile. The door slams shut behind you as you scrabble to your knees.Â
âWhat took you so damn long, huh?â Thereâs a hand grasping the collar of your shirt, yanking you to your feet roughly as youâre gagged by the force. Your father isnât mad tonight- heâs enraged. When youâre face to face with him he grabs the fabric of your shirt, lifting your feet off the floor. âExplain!â
âI-I was just training-â He shakes you as you speak. âIâm sorry!â
âTraining?!â Youâre dropped to the floor, terror racing through you. Thereâs no one home, just you and him- thereâs nothing stopping him. âThis stupid U.A. bullshit again! It was with that green kid again wasnât it?â
When you donât respond he gets even angrier. A boot plants itself on your shoulder and-
You scream.Â
You swear something cracks beneath his weight.Â
âKeep your mouth shut, brat!â Thereâs fingers in your hair. âI ought to kill you!â
âStop!â You howl, tears racing down your cheeks. You hate him, you hate him, you want to fight back but you canât. Heâs so much stronger but being lifted by your hair is agony-
Before you can stop yourself, your nails catch the skin of his hands.Â
You hit the floor before you can even realize it. His shadow covers yours. You canât see his face, he just stands silently. Itâs the most terrifying thing youâve ever witnessed.Â
When he reaches down and catches you by the throat, you think of Midoriya.
You soon realize why the world felt wrong when you left him.
The sun had long since set by the time Midoriya finally wandered home. His muscles are blissfully exhausted, his stomach grateful when he opens the front door and smells pork cooking. His mother chose a late dinner tonight knowing he would be busy training with his friend.
âIzuku! Is that you?â She calls, and he slips his shoes off.Â
âYeah, itâs me!â He shuffles into the kitchen, slipping his jacket off and hanging it over the arm of the couch. âThat smells great, mom.â
âItâs your favorite!â She lifts the lid off of a pot, and when the steam clears, he sees that delicious sizzling meat. He almost drools at the scent, but she has him shaking out of it when she speaks again. âHow was training with ___?â
âIt was good. She had to go kinda early though so I just stayed alone for a few hours.â
His mom frowns.  âAw, here I was hoping sheâd be coming back with you. I even made extra.â
Midoriya laughs graciously. âIâll save her some. Iâm sure sheâll appreciate it for lunch tomorrow.â
âWhy donât you ask her if sheâd like to come over tonight?â Inko says, stirring some of the cooking rice. âYou guys havenât had a sleepover in a while.â
Midoriya scratches his cheek. âI donât think her dad wants her to anymore.â
Inko seems to tense up for a moment, a strange look in her eyes. âOh, right.âÂ
Thereâs a memory that flashes through his mind. It was so long ago but he remembers it so clearly. Heâd walked you home after playing, just two kids having fun at the playground, but it was shortlived. Her dad had called her in and Midoriya, being the good friend he was, walked her to her doorstep. When she went inside, he got a good look at your father. A civilian, but in that moment, staring up at him, he swore he saw a villain. You were yanked inside before you could even say goodbye properly, and the door was promptly slammed shut in his face.Â
He came home crying that day, and Inko had a less than enjoyable phone conversation with him. Since then they kept their interactions at a minimum, and you only ever came to Midoriyaâs, never the other way around.Â
âIâll put some in a box for her,â she tries to bring her tone back up, but she canât shake the uneasiness. âI hope she likes it.â
Midoriya pulls his phone from his back pocket and glances over his notifications, a heaviness settling in his gut. Something feels a bit off, as though something was going to happen at any moment. You never got back to him, and while that wasnât the first time youâd gone radio silent after heading home, it didnât feel right. Tonight, strangely, he felt like he needed an âokâ from you.Â
are you okay?Â
He clicks send and waits, sitting down on the couch in silence while his mother absently fills the one-sided conversation with something nonchalantly. After ten minutes, his eyebrows knit. You havenât even looked at it yet. Eating dinner felt oddly hollow, like there was something wrong. He goes to bed with that same feeling.
The first time he hears the sound, he thinks heâs dreaming. Soft sounds, almost like distant pounding, at his front door. He sits up with bleary eyes and yawns, glancing at the clock.Â
3 a.m.Â
Slowly, he gets out of bed and makes his way to his living room. Thereâs a set of frequent knocks and, yeah, he heard them that time. It makes him pick up the pace, a worried frown apparent when he finally pulls the doorknob and yanks the door open. What he sees has him stuck in his place, his eyes wide, his hands tight in fists.
Itâs you.
One arm is slung around your gut, your open hand splayed over your stomach, while the other reaches out to support your body weight against the frame. You arenât looking up at him, your head hung low, but already he can see the obvious pain youâre in.Â
â___?â He whispers.
You slowly find the strength to look up at him. Thereâs blood everywhere he looks. It drips down your nose, paints your lips. It smears down the side of your head, and splits the bridge of your nose.Â
âIzuku,â you sputter, and he hasnât heard you say his first name like that before. âIâm sorry.â
He doesnât know what to do. He doesnât even know what to say. Youâre in so much pain.Â
â___!â Midoriyaâs arms find you in a split second, catching you as you lose your grip, holding you up as he brings you inside. The door slams shut as he leads you to his couch and sits you down on the cushioning. He slides the coffee table away just so he can sit on his knees and reach up to touch your face. The way you flinch away breaks his heart in two. âWhat happened to you?!â
âI-â you can barely even fucking speak. He cradles your face in his hands and he canât stop the tears that prick at his eyes. Of all the people he never wanted to see in this state, so broken, it was you. And he doesnât even know what to do. Thereâs nothing he can do.Â
â___, wait here,â as much as he doesnât want to leave you there, he needs to clean you up. His mind races as he grabs whatever he can find- mainly items he cleans himself up with. A rag, antiseptic, bandages. When he comes back, youâve fallen on your side, hands holding your gut. He has to stand there for a moment- he has to register it.Â
He crouches before you, reaches out, and touches the side of your head. Your eyes open, and finally, his tears fall.Â
âWhat happened.â His voice shakes, your hair is damp against his palms.Â
âI canât do it anymore.â God, you sound pitiful. âI canât.â
âDo what?â As he sets down the items, his eyes never leave yours. You arenât crying anymore, youâre justâŚÂ
Empty.Â
He presses the rag to your nose and your eyes scrunch shut. He swipes it across your cheekbones and you whimper.Â
âIâm sorry,â he tries to say as evenly as possible. âBut I have to get this off of you.â
âI didnât know where else to go.â Your voice sounds far away, almost as if you were talking to yourself. âI have nowhere else to go.â
âItâs okay.â Midoriya isnât even sure if you can actually hear him, but he says it anyways as he wipes his eyes fervently. âItâs okay.â
He wants to hold you. He wants to reach out and pull you against him and heal every single last wound on your flesh, but he canât. He doesnât know where it all hurts, he doesnât want to move you, he feels like if he presses too hard, youâll break.Â
You deserve so much better.
â___,â he reaches out and carefully, oh so softly, touches the side of your face. âCan you hear me?â
Your eyes flicker to his lips, and then his eyes. When you nod, he lets out a breath, not that it makes him feel any better. At least youâre lucid still.Â
âCan you sit up?â He hates talking to you like a medic, but he needs to help you. Youâre still bleeding, your breaths are coming out in wheezes. He wants to know (though he has a good guess) but he canât focus on that. When you nod, heâs so gentle in helping you upright. Every flinch makes him want to let go. âPlease tell me if you want me to stop.â
You donât tell him yes, but you donât tell him no either. The condition youâre in makes him feel like heâs going to be sick.
It takes time, but he wipes the red from your face in smooth motions. He can see the worst of it now- split lip, scuffs and bruises surrounding your once bloodied nose. He knows these wounds well, and it makes him want to throw up every last bite of his meal.Â
Youâre watching him with a certain kind of fear. Not quite directly, but definitely there. You arenât afraid of him, and thatâs all that matters.Â
He wraps you up to the best of his ability, your arms looking more mummified than anything else. Youâre not shaking, you still arenât crying. You stopped meeting his gaze the moment he wrapped your purpled wrists in shame.Â
â___,â he comes to sit beside you, terrified. âAre you listening to me?â
Silence.
He reaches out tentatively, wraps an arm around your shoulder. â___?â
You⌠Fall against him. Your head takes a spot against his shoulder limply, and he latches onto you.Â
Finally, the tears fall as you shake against him.Â
âI canât do it,â you sob feebly. âEvery day Izuku, I canât do it.â
âEveryday what?â Thereâs urgency in his voice. You cry harder.
âI donât even know what I do wrong anymore heâs just so-⌠He hates me so much.â
Midoriya remembers seeing him, that darkness in his eyes. His eyes narrow at nothing, his fingers bringing you closer. Despite the agony you try to become closer, you try to hide against him, and he lets you. You weep openly for the first time with your face buried in the crook of his neck.
âI canât, I canât, heâll kill me if I ever come back-â Midoriyaâs arms wrap around you. âHe hates me so much- He- He said if I come back he wonât hold back-â
âYouâre not going back.â He presses his lips to the top of your head and he holds you so fucking close, he shakes just as hard as you do, he feels rage and fear and everything under the sun beneath his skin but he doesnât dare let you go. âYou will not go back to him, do you hear me?â
When you pull away to see his face, heâs crying too. Theyâre angry tears, heâs furious, but heâs more terrified than anything else.Â
You feel exposed when his arms leave you but soon enough those scarred hands are on either side of your face, theyâre holding you, thumbs swiping softly against your damp cheeks. He doesnât even bother wiping his own eyes.Â
âI will never let him hurt you again,â heâs been dying to say it since he connected the dots. âEver. Heâll have to come through me.â
The way you just crumble to pieces cuts him to the bone. Your wails threaten to wake his mother but he canât find it in himself to care. Let her wake. Let her see the damage your father has done, let her burn him to the ground.Â
âIâm sorry,â you sputter, fingers digging into the fabric of his night shirt. âIâm sorry.â
Heâs sure that you donât even know what youâre apologizing for. For never telling him, for lying, for showing up like this, none of it matters to him but it matters to you and he wishes he could take it all way.Â
But all he can do is pull you against him, chest to chest, wrap his arms around the trembling muscles of your back, and cry, âItâs okay. Itâs all okay, donât you dare think itâs not for even a minute.â
Youâre both babbling to each other, you with apologies, him assuring that itâs okay, itâs okay, itâs okay, youâre safe now, he will never touch you again.
Over your shoulder he can see the clock on the wall. Itâs 4 now, the two of you have class in the morning, but there isnât a thing in the world that could pry you off of him. His hands hold too tightly, his arms locked in place.Â
âIzuku,â you hiccup, and he feels it in his heart. âI donât wanna go back.â
âYou wonât. Youâre staying right here.â He buries his face into your hair. âFor as long as Iâm here I wonât let him hurt you ever again. I love you too much to see you like this.â
I love you too much to see you like this.
At many points of his life, heâs imagined how he would confess to you. Under a sky full of stars, at a beach during fireworks, in the schoolyard on a warm spring day. Never like this, but yet⌠It feels right. You nod against him, you hear him, still crying.Â
âThank you,â you cry, âPlease donât let go of me.â
âNever.â His eyes shut, his hands press flat and smooth over your bruises. âFrom now on, Iâll always have you. Please just⌠Just donât hide from me anymore.â
You shake your head. âNever again. Iâm sorry I never told you, I was so scared.â
âOf what? That I wouldnât believe you?â
âI donât know, I justâŚâ You sniffle, trying to breathe. âI didnât want you to know. I didnât want you t-to worry, or to think lesser of me.â
Midoriya shakes his head. âI will never think lesser of you.â
You pull away and wipe your eyes, and then you reach out and wipe his away too. âDo you promise that?â
He nods. âI promise.â
Your head falls, but itâs not tragic. Youâre so fucking tired, and he knows this, he knows youâve been through hell and back. He knows you still have miles of darkness to go. He doesnât want you to wallow in that, so he reaches out again. Itâs not easy maneuvering to lay down, you beside him, on the length of the couch, but he gets it done. Never once do his fingers let you go, even then, tugging against him protectively.
âYour stomach, does it hurt?â He asks, dragging the blanket from the back of the couch.Â
âYeah, butâŚâ You shift against him, sniffling once more. âI donât think anythingâs broken. Itâs been worse.â
If not for your safety against him, in his arms and on his couch, he would have felt the rage like adrenaline. Just that one line was stronger than any plus ultra move. His lips quiver but he bites it down. Â
âYouâll be okay,â he whispers as you tuck your head under his chest. âIâll make sure of it. This will never happen again.â
You murmur a thank you with the quietest voice heâs ever heard. In the morning, heâll have so much to face. Recovery Girl will have to be filled in, no matter how much you want to move on without a sound. His mother will have to know, though she likely guessed it years ago when she met him.Â
Midoriyaâs hands find the small of your back, and the way you finally relax against him makes him breathe out a sigh of relief. Heâll skip school tomorrow, see Recovery Girl with you, do everything necessary for you to never return to that home ever again.Â
But for now, he just holds you. He pets the tremors out of your skin, and he matches his breathing with yours, until finally it softens into quiet snores. He kisses the top of your head, and he vows that from that point on, you will never feel this pain ever again.Â
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