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General Fics
Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance. open/close all folders
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- I'll Carry You Home
by Renesvetta- Recommended by: Xenone
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: While training with All Might, it wasn't uncommon for Izuku to be so exhausted at the end of the day that he unwittingly fell asleep without regard for where he was. It consequently became part of All Might's routine to help his young protégé home. During that time, Izuku may have let loose more than one sleepy confession towards his mentor.
- Tags: Fluff, Dad Might, Canon Compliant
- Series Send Endeavour to the Shadow Realm by PitViperOfDoom
- Recommended by: Xenone, Dame-Amaryllis, CharmHazel, StarryKnight565
- Pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto
- Synopsis: Todoroki Enji is the worst and Midoriya finds ways to let people know it.
- Spring Cleaning: After the Sports Festival, Izuku goes home to think things over, clean his room a little, and embarrass himself multiple times via text message. (Complete)
- In which Midoriya Izuku is fucking savage: Protip: pyrokinesis doesn't make you immune to roasting. (Complete)
- Out of Character: Aizawa Shouta knows his students. Sometimes they surprise him. And sometimes that's a bad thing. (Complete)
- Endeavor wasn't even invited to this roast At some point Midoriya cleaned his room a while ago, and it doesn't escape his friends' notice. (Complete)
- Not So Unbreakable: Sometimes smiling hurts more than it helps. Sometimes the fear and pressure can't be fooled. Sometimes all you can do is bare your teeth and weep with rage, until you come out clean and wrung dry on the other side. The good news is, no one's forcing you to do it alone. Or, In which a battle goes wrong, and Izuku secures a powerful enemy. (Complete)
- Summer Stars: It's been judged safe to send the students of UA home to their families for the first three weeks of summer, much to the relief of everyone whose name isn't Todoroki Shouto. Luckily, Midoriya has a solution for him, and Midoriya Inko has a lot of love to give. (Complete)
- Spring Cleaning
- Tags: Broken Pedestals, Cute Midoriya Izuku, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Iida the Ultimate Mom Friend, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Past Child Abuse, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Mutual Pining, Canon-Typical Violence, Dad Might, Dadzawa, Todoroki's house isn't much of a home, So Midoriya offers his own, Whump
- Series: see it all in bloom by aloneintherain
- Now has a tropes page!
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Synopsis: Future fic. A series focused on Izuku's class from U.A. as they become pro heroes, and how the world reacts to them.
- history has its eyes on you: Midoriya looked over the occupants of the room with butter soft eyes. "We should do this again. Seeing everyone in one place ... it's like we're back in school again." Todoroki said, "It feels like a family reunion." (Social media fic, counting down the five months to Class 1-A's ten year reunion.) (Complete)
- starry eyed Inspired by headcanon: Number One hero Deku is still a fanboy and regularly freaks out rookie heroes by going up to them and asking for their autographs like they don't all have posters of him hanging up in their rooms. (complete)
- another face in the crowd "Deku's not as cool as All Might, though," Midoriya said. "All Might is the best of the best. There's no competition." "Deku is cool, too," Ikki said defensively. Just like that, all traces of tears were gone as he recognised just who it was in front of him: a fellow fanboy. Or Midoriya has a bad habit of interacting with hero fans without letting them that he's Deku, the current Number One. (complete)
- know who you are It was difficult to be an underground hero when the young Symbol of the Peace was a close friend, twenty of the top heroes in the country were former classmates and long-time friends, and the principal of UA, one of the most prestigious hero schools in the world, was your mentor. When Shinsou was a teenager, he never imagined that one of his biggest problem as a pro hero would be that he was too famous.(Social media fic, following Shinsou ten years post-canon.) (complete)
- will I ever be more than I've always been? "I want," Bakugou says, "you to wake the fuck up. Make teachers look out for their kids. Don't put up with any kind of violence—this should be a fucking safe space for kids. And the little shit-stains who think they're above the rules because they've got a fancy quirk? You deal with them, too. Quirk usage is illegal. Physical assault is illegal. And yet I saw all that and more when I was here—I did all of that and more when I was here." The principal stares at him. "You're saying you wanted us to give you detention?" Detention. Like that would have done anything. "I'm saying," Bakugou says through gritted teeth, "that you should've expelled me." Or how Bakugou became an anti-bullying advocate. (complete)
- who lives, who dies, who tells your story It's alright, now! Why? Because All Might's autobiography is here! "All Might: The Price and Principle of Peace" is now available! [Image: The book cover: the title emblazoned over a photograph of All Might's last triumph. Toshinori's fist is held aloft, his tattered cape billowing out behind him. With the helicopter spotlights focused on him and the photograph's exposure turned up high, he looks angelic.] (complete)
- all the love that i dreamt The puppy slept on Shouto's lap during breakfast. Shouto's unbrushed hair was tucked behind his ears. He was sleep-soft, eating his breakfast with one hand, idly running his fingers over the dog's downy fur with the other. Izuku wrenched his gaze away from his boyfriend. Inko was trying to discretely take a photo behind her bowl. He couldn't blame her, really. Every day, he thought Shouto couldn't be more beautiful. And every day, Shouto proved him wrong. (How Izuku and Shouto met and adopted their dog, Barkugou.) (complete)
- history has its eyes on you
- Tags: Future Fic, Post-Graduation, Parental Yagi Toshinori, High School Reunions, domestic heroes, Fluff, Social Media, POV Outsider, media fic, class 1-a referred to as class 3-a, Shinsou Hitoshi is in Class 1-A, Class 1-A as Family, Original Characters, fanboy!hero deku, oblivious midoriya, Teacher Shinsou Hitoshi, Teacher Bakugou Katsuki, quirkless discrimination, Personal Growth, Bullying, Hurt/Comfort, memoir writing, References to Depression, Dogs, Domestic Fluff
- Boku no Hero Cinema'' by ZeroUnitRGB
- Notes: Alternate link
- Recommended by: RebelFalcon
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: U.A. has a new assignment for the students and that's to film their very own movie! Each of our aspiring heroes gets excited to bring this fairy tale to life on screen but as the shooting goes on, a sinister shadow looms closer, waiting for the perfect chance to pounce and exact their revenge.
- Tags: Canon Compliant, Light Hearted, Action/Adventure, Action, Actors, Humor, Fluff and Humor, Friendship, Best Friends, Revenge, Platonic Relationships, Team as Family, Team Bonding, Team Dynamics, Teambuilding, Teamwork, Fights, I'm Going To Make This Feel Like a Filler Arc, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Murder-Suicide
- Notes: Alternate link
- Series: for better, for worse by taizi
- Recommended by: transparentanswer
- Synopsis: A series of short but interlinked stories of the 1-A students finding out about Izuku being formerly bullied, and help him heal in their own ways.
- i'm proud to say i got you: There's a history behind Midoriya's stammers and full-body flinches, an ugly word for what he went through before coming to Yuuei, Tenya just doesn't want to think it. (Complete)
- no need to ask: Maybe it would have been a little uncool to swamp Midoriya the way they were planning, given how many times he's proven to do poorly in front of a crowd. Eijirou can't help feeling like he should know stuff like this by now. (Complete)
- i'm proud to say i got you
- Tags: Bullying, Friendship
- Hero Class Civil Warfare by RogueDruid
- Now has a tropes page!
- Recommended by: Andariel, Origamidragons, Dame-Amaryllis, StarryKnight565
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Heroes lead by Bakugo. Villains lead by Midoriya. Seven days prep time. Three days for Izuku Midoriya to show why they should be glad he's not a real villain.
- Tags: Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot, Hero Worship, Mind Games, Emotional Manipulation, Villain Midoriya Izuku, But its for class, Heroes to Villains, The Teachers were not prepared, Things get... out of hand, Hacking, bending the rules, Explosions, Paintball, Car Chases, Demolition, Lies, Cheating Villains, "We're Villains. We don't play fair", Betrayal, backstabbing, Double agents who don;t know they are double agents, Motorcycles, The Sewer Level always sucks, Mild Body Horror (Arms)
- Special Request: Capturing the Purest Heart! by DaniDeservedBetter
- Recommended by: Reppuzan
- Status: Complete
- Pairing: Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako
- Synopsis: Babysitting is hard. Aizawa would say that it's even harder than Hero work. So he decides that he needs a break and hands Eri over to Izuku for the next few days. Armed with 55,000 yen and backed by his friends, Izuku faces his toughest mission yet: giving Eri the best weekend ever.
- Tags: Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot, Kacchan is Secretly a Teddy Bear, Babysitting, They're Going to Protect This Girl I Swear, Midoriya Izuku Protection Squad, Eri Protection Squad, Dekusquad, they'll be okay eventually, Implied Izuocha, Dad Might, Momzawa, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Canon Compliant
- Origin of a Non-Hero by Phantomrose96
- Now has a tropes page!
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A young man sits on a bench with eleven others. Unlike his companions, he isn't handcuffed or restrained in any fashion. But then again, why would he be? Shikinori isn't a criminal. Far from it: he's the son of Japan's Number One Hero, Deku. So then why is he applying to a research study that aims to permanently remove the Quirks of its participants?
- Tags: Future Fic,Family Issues
- Plain Scary, 10/10 Would Not Recommend by Manfedzku
- Recommended by: fierluna
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: For a huge fundraising event, Class 2-A decides to host a haunted house as their contribution. Because none of them knows how to chill, they hold an internal contest, with the students splitting into two main teams and a prop department. Midoriya himself is super excited to use his Quirk for actual fun and entertainment, except that some have brought up that his array of powers and ghosts would make it unfair for the opponent. Or; Kind, compassionate Midoriya shouldn't be able to fucking terrify anyone without his eldritch-like powers, but non-believers who've faced literal war hell find out that he does. He does.
- Tags: BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Scary Midoriya Izuku, Smart Midoriya Izuku, Dekusquad, Shinsou Hitoshi is in the Dekusquad, Bakusquad, Confident Midoriya Izuku, One For All Quirk Haunted by Past One For All Users' Ghosts
- Things that Haunt Our Hallways by ghostwriterofthemachine
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: "It was a kid," Yagi gasped out. He had his hand balled up into a fist and the fist pressed to his lips, as if to remind himself that he could not start screaming. "Or. Young person, maybe 20. Homeless, I think. Activated their Quirk on reflex and then ran. The kids—" Here, he pressed his fist harder to his mouth, sucked in a wheezing breath, as if the air itself was pushing down something with physical weight. "The kids—""Scattered immediately," Aizawa finished for him, and Yagi managed a nod. Yagi's eyes were so dilated that the blue was almost invisible. He shook violently. He looked like a scarecrow in a windstorm Someone activated a Fear-Inducer Quirk so powerful that it reduced All Might to this— of course Aizawa's class had bolted. Or: A Fear Gas fic, BNHA style.
- Tags: Fear gas, Fear, Panic Attacks, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Dadzawa, Dad Might, Loss of Control, Suicidal Ideation, Self harm (unintentional), Flashbacks, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Past Child Abuse, Crying, Protective Aizawa Shouta, Protective Yagi Toshinori, feelings of worthlessness, Rescue, Character Study, Alternate Universe - Mineta Minoru Doesn't Exist, All of 1-A is Here and No One is Having a Good Time, Not Beta Read, Hugs, Platonic Cuddling, talking about feelings, Ensemble Cast
- Honesty's The (Best?) Policy by honeyandsunshine
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Aizawa is tired, Midoriya gets drugged, and Sero uncovers some uncomfortable truths about his friend's past.
- Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug, Sero Hanta is a Good Friend, Sero Hanta Also Needs a Hug, Parental Aizawa Shouta, Truth Serum, Or the quirk equivilent, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Midoriya Izuku, Past-Suicidal Midoriya Izuku
- different, same by achievingelysium
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Midoriya Izuku is Quirkless. Yet the universe works in circles, and One for All returns to its first wielder long long after he's dead.
- Tags: Reincarnation, Midoriya Izuku is the First One For All User, Circles
- you will find me (time after time) by achievingelysium
- Recommended by: MidnightStarHunter
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: When Izuku gets lost at the mall, a familiar-looking hero comes to the rescue.
- Tags: Time Travel, Young Midoriya Izuku, Adult Bakugou Katsuki, Pro Hero Bakugou Katsuki, POV Outsider, POV Midoriya Izuku, Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Soft Bakugou Katsuki
- The World Without Me by BeyondTheClouds777
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: When Izuku dies, he realizes he's not as Quirkless as he thought. He does indeed have a Quirk, one called "Second Chance" that gives him another chance at life after death. But the Quirk comes with an odd side-effect: he gets to see what the rest of the world is like without him first.
- Tags: Death!Fic I guess...?, Even Though Izuku Doesn't Stay Dead?, Lots of Tears and Heartbreak, Parental Yagi Toshinori|All Might, Dad Might, Drowning, Funeral Scene, Tears, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Class 1-A Dynamics, Death, Team as Family, Class 1-A as Family, Fluff, Deku Dies, but not really, Overprotective Everyone, Class Bonding, Friendship, Deku Protection Squad, Parental Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead
- Trial by Fire by Glon_Morski
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It was a normal day at Orudera Junior High. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing exciting going on... until something does. Something explodes and Katsuki passes out.
He wakes up to the school on fire, unable to get up, with only Deku at his side attempting to help him - not that he needs the help, no matter what his body might have to say about it. They brave the flames together, looking for a way out. Though even if they do get out, they won't be unscathed. - Tags: Pre-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Major Character Injury, Angst, Angst and Tragedy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Bakugou Katsuki Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociation, Memory Loss, Survivor Guilt, Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug, Good Parent Bakugou Mitsuki, Good Parent Bakugou Masaru, Midoriya Inko is a Good Friend, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Therapy, selective mutism, slow burn plot, Supportive Midoriya Inko, writing letters, Permanent Injury/Scarring, Parental Tsukauchi Naomasa, Midoriya Hisashi is a Dork, Everyone Is Doing Their Best, Vigilantism, Mental Health Issues, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Nightmares, Insomnia, Bullying, Bakugou Katsuki Can't Catch a Break, Let Katsuki Rest 2020, Panic Attacks, Trigger Warnings in Notes for Chapters They Apply To, Free Use of Headcanons, Eventually Reaches Canon
- Blues Drive Monsters by HassouToby
- Now has a tropes page!
- Recommended by: Oxxi, Sithking Zero
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: December has come and the city is sick. As U.A.'s second term draws to a close, Musutafu City is plagued by strange happenings at night. Young heroes are found brutally beaten, with no memory of their assailant. Buildings and storefronts burst apart and collapse. And entire city blocks go mad, their inhabitants attacking everything in sight before calming down just as quickly. The perpetrators are unknown. The League of Villains is silent. The city begs for answers. The faculty struggle to maintain normalcy, but when Class 1-A is caught in one of the incidents, Katsuki Bakugo decides to take matters into his own hands. In doing so, he sets off a chain of events that will lead the school to question everything it has stood for. One of the darkest secrets of the Hero Society has been unearthed, and what's crawled out intends to shatter the nation's fragile peace for good.
- Tags: AU-Canon Divergent, Canon Divergent past Chapter 185, Violence, Tactics, Strategy, Gritty, Hero Society, Action/Adventure, Canon-Typical Violence, POV Multiple, Original Characters, Plot Twist, Characters Ensemble, UA, Goverment, Leauge of Villains, OC Gang, Aftermath of child experimentation
- Forged By Nitroglycerin And Spite by Sif
- Recommended by: starryeyedx
- Status: Completed
- Pairing(s): Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto
- Synopsis: In which Katsuki's kidnapping goes ever so slightly differently. His classmates don't show up to help him escape, All-Might is caught up in fighting Nomu and as a result takes longer to reach Katsuki after All for One teleported him away. Little things add up, and Katsuki's path as a hero is forever altered, for better or for worse.
- Tags: Katsuki-centric, Dad Zawa, Dad Might, Dad Jeanist, fluff and angst, torture, non consensual drug use, mild injury description, child abuse, Happy Ending, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Action/Adventure, Post-Kamino Ward Arc, Kidnapping, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Bakugou Mitsuki's Bad Parenting, Bakugou Masaru's Bad Parenting, Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Emotional Hurt, Emotional Manipulation, Mental Health Issues, Mental Instability, Dissociation, Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings, Protective Bakugou Katsuki, Angry Bakugou Katsuki, Hurt Bakugou Katsuki, Canon-Typical Violence, Self-Esteem Issues, Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug, Bakugou Katsuki is a Good Friend, BAMF Bakugou Katsuki, Parental Aizawa Shouta, Parental Yagi Toshinori, BAMF Aizawa Shouta, Tired Aizawa Shouta, Mineta Minoru is Expelled from U.A. High School, Gaslighting, #Put Katsuki Bakugou In Therapy2k 19, Protective Class 1-A, Child Neglect, Isolation, Todoroki Enji's Bad Parenting, Supportive Class 1-A, Quirk Accident, Quirk Shenanigans, Bakugou Katsuki Has PTSD, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Tomura Shigaraki Redemption, Protective Dabi, Dabi Redemption, All For One Being an Asshole, Major Character Injury, Shinsou Hitoshi Replaces Mineta Minoru, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst, Bakugou Katsuki Whump, Quirk Mutation, Quirk Side Effects, Bakugou Katsuki has All for One Quirk
- Return the Favor by Lucareeo
- Recommended by: transparentanswer
- Status: Complete
- Sypnosis: Instead of Katsuki Bakugo getting kidnapped, Izuku Midoriya risks his life and ends up being taken by the League of Villains. A rescue is ensured, but instead they come face to face with Deku next to All for One, calling him "Sensei". They discover that Deku's memories had been altered from the point when Bakugo tells him to jump off the school roof to be reborn with a quirk.
- Tags: Villain Izuku Midoriya, Villian Deku, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, For want of a nail, Katsuki Bakugo Redemption, Canon Divergent, What If Fic
- silence is what i do best by notreally
- Recommended by: Lyra Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Sypnosis: The one where both Izuku and Katsuki were hit with a truth serum sort of quirk, and things aren't going all too well.
- Tags: Truth serums, Secret, Bagkugou Katsuki is bad at feelings, apologies
- The Hero Sense by AnonymousTwit
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The Hero Sense: A rare phenomenon where one has an extreme intuition of incoming danger, whether it be moments or hours beforehand. Most people with this six sense are born with it, but there are a lucky few who manage to develop it on their own.
Or
Where Bakugou learns five useful facts about the hero sense and one severe drawback. - Tags: 5+1 Things, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Light Angst, Near Death Experiences, Minor Injuries, Soft Bakugou Katsuki, Cute Uraraka Ochako, Midoriya Izuku is a Dork, Bakugou Katsuki is a Dork, Bakugou Katsuki is a Good Friend, Harassment, Reference/Implied Bullying, Insecure Yaoyorozu Momo, Protective Class 1-A, Bakugou Katsuki & Todoroki Shouto Friendship, Kirishima Eijirou is a Good Friend, Kirishima Eijirou is a Ray of Sunshine, Vomiting, Class 1-A as Family, Dad Might, Parental Yagi Toshinori|All Might, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Friendship, Attempted Kidnapping, Canon-Typical Violence, Kidnapping, OC Villains, Protective Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead, Concussions, Hagakure Tooru Is The Real MVP, Dehydration
- Our Hero by AnonymousTwit
- Recommended by: Zozo
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: After a particularly nasty encounter between childhood friends, the class learns about Bakugou and Midoriya's dark history and practically ostracizes Bakugou while trying to defend Midoriya. An earthquake during an outing has all sides regretting their decisions.
- Tags: Injury, Blood, Blood and Injury, Major Character Injury, Temporary Character Death, Natural Disasters, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt!Bakugou Katsuki, Implied/Referenced Bullying, Kirishima Eijirou is a Good Friend, Protective Class 1-A, Class 1-A as Family, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Friendship, Pain, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Hospitals, Near Death Experiences, Near Death, Kaminari Denki is the Real MVP, Everyone Needs A Hug, Redemption, Protective Aizawa Shouta, Parental Aizawa Shouta, The Author Regrets Nothing, Earthquakes, Whump, Heroic Ashido Mina, Protective Midoriya Izuku, Hinted Kamijirou, questionable medical knowledge, Jirou Kyouka is a Good Friend, Mineta Minoru is a Decent Human Being, Nightmares, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Soft Bakugou Katsuki, Protective Bakugou Katsuki, Bullies, Fluff and Angst, Extremely Brief Mention of Animal Death, Hurt Ashido Mina
- bakugatsu by wonhaebunny
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: twenty drabbles for the twenty days leading up to katsuki's birthday!
i'm basically just giving him the love and recognition he deserves. that's the whole fic. - Tags: Bakugatsu|Bakugou Month, Bakugou Katsuki-centric, Character Study, Slice of Life, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot, Bakugou Katsuki is a Good Friend, Protective Class 1-A, Parental Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Friendship, Violinist Bakugou Katsuki, BAMF Bakugou Katsuki, Model Bakugou Katsuki
- Our Hero by AnonymousTwit
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: He felt everything jerk to the side and throw his balance off before he saw anything, dust clouding his vision and irritating his lungs as the earth itself opened up to swallow them whole. For a single moment, in a millisecond's time, his wild eyes locked with Raccoon Eyes', hers alight with fear and adrenaline-fueled desperation. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he realized that it was the first time she'd looked at him with something other than long-deserved hatred in days.
And then he was free falling.
Or
After a particularly nasty encounter between childhood friends, the class learns about Bakugou and Midoriya's dark history and practically ostracizes Bakugou while trying to defend Midoriya. An earthquake during an outing has all sides regretting their decisions. - Tags: Injury, Blood, Major Character Injury, Temporary Character Death, Natural Disasters, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt!Bakugou Katsuki, Bakusquad, Implied/Referenced Bullying, Kirishima Eijirou is a Good Friend, Protective Class 1-A, Class 1-A as Family, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Friendship, Pain, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Hospitals, Near Death Experiences, Near Death, Kaminari Denki is the Real MVP, Everyone Needs A Hug, Redemption, Protective Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead, Parental Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead, The Author Regrets Nothing, Earthquakes, Whump, Heroic Ashido Mina, Protective Midoriya Izuku, Hinted Kamijirou, questionable medical knowledge, Jirou Kyouka is a Good Friend, Mineta Minoru is a Decent Human Being, Nightmares, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Soft Bakugou Katsuki, Protective Bakugou Katsuki, Bullies, Fluff and Angst, Extremely Brief Mention of Animal Death, Hurt Ashido Mina
- Feral by AnonymousTwit
- Recommended by: Sophiebybophie
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: In all actuality, it wasn't even a villain who started this whole mess, but rather some deviant brat looking for trouble. That's what Bakugou understood as he watched Deku try to raze Musutafu to the ground.
- Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Injury, Rage, Implied/Referenced Bullying, Quirk Misuse, Quirk Accident, Near Death Experiences, Near Death, Strangulation, Attempted Murder, Guilt, Bakugou Katsuki Redemption, Bakugou Katsuki is a Good Friend, Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug, Midoriya Izuku is a Ray of Sunshine, Hurt Midoriya Izuku, Hurt Bakugou Katsuki, Protective Uraraka Ochako, Uraraka Ochako Is The Real MVP, Class 1-A as Family, Parental Aizawa Shouta|Eraserhead, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, In Honor of Chapter 322, No Spoilers, The Author Regrets Nothing, can be pre-slash if you squint hard enough
- All For You by GinkoTracks
- Recommended by: theunderlander
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: Izuku wasn't supposed to be here yet.
It was April.
He was supposed to be born in July.
or: Izuku came far, far earlier than he was supposed to. It changes everything. - Tags: Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Good Parent Sensei | All For One, Dead Midoriya Inko, Baby angst, as in. angst for the baby. not angst about the baby, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Implied/Referenced Death in Childbirth, Grief/Mourning, Bakugou Mitsuki is a Good Friend, Only Nedzu has a good time, Yagi Toshinori | All Might is Doing His Best, His best aint very good but by God He's Trying, Sensei | All For One-centric
- journey to the past by aloneintherain
- Recommended by: Polaris
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: Izuku is five years old the first time he's saved by heroes. He's an instant fan of the woman in pink with her cheerful smile and the man with his ice powers and fine-boned features, even if they both refuse to tell him their names.
For most of his life, Izuku has been the centre of villain attacks, but he has never been injured. Every time, he's saved by bright, unknown heroes—heroes who smile at Izuku, and ruffle his hair or ply him with hugs, and seem mesmerised by how small he is.
Heroes that the rest of the world doesn't believe exists. - Tags: Time Travel, Friendship, Shinsou Hitoshi Replaces Mineta
- handcrafted by confusing love by Arctur (Mali_trop)
- Recommended by: CupcakeGal25
- Status: Completed
- Synopsis: It was easy: set his phone up, hidden behind some broken wood slats, press record, and slip out of the training room all before Father got home.
It worked like a charm.
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Shouto records a weekend of his trainings with his father. He doesn’t know what he wants from Aizawa-Sensei but he shows him anyway. - Tags: Found Family, Class 1-A as Family, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Not Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Todoroki Enji | Endeavor's Bad Parenting, Abusive Todoroki Enji | Endeavor, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Dissociation, Touch-Starved Todoroki Shouto, Todoroki Shouto-centric, Todoroki Shouto Needs a Hug, He gets plenty of hugs ;3, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Protective Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Married Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Parental Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Teehee presentation Michael ;3, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Adopts Todoroki Shouto, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Adopts Todoroki Shouto, Not Beta Read, Platonic Cuddling, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Partially Blind Todoroki Shouto, Mineta got expelled from UA fuck that bitch, Shinsou Hitoshi replaces Mineta Minoru, queerplatonic Shinsou Hitoshi/Todoroki Shouto
- Reviews: CupcakeGal25: One of my all-time favorite Todoroki-centric fanfictions. Please do note the implied/referenced rape/non-con tag, though, since it was something I honestly found more overt than that tag described. Overall, though, I greatly enjoyed it. Todoroki's confusion and pain is palpable througought the fic, as is Aizawa's (and Mic's, to a lesser degree) desire to help him. If you like Todoroki and can handle the heavier topics, I could not recommend more.
Ongoing
- komorebi by Calamitatum
- Now has a tropes page!
- Recommended by: Qrow, StarryKnight565
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: The change can't be immediate, or it'll seem forced. It has to take time, in order to be realistic. He knows that. He'll need to seem like a villain. But he'll be a hero. And for that, Hitoshi thinks he'd do just about anything. Or, Someone's selling UA's secrets, and Shinsou Hitoshi definitely doesn't have anything to prove.
- Tags: Shinsou Hitoshi-Centric, Ensemble Cast, Canon Compliant, Mystery, Traitor Theory, Undercover Missions, Action/Adventure, Angst, Canon-Typical Violence, Dadzawa, Student & Mentor Relationship, Criminal Activity, Gangs, Underage Drinking, Recreational Drug Use, Gun Violence, Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Human Experimentation, Torture, Moral Ambiguity, Hero/Villain Politics
- The Darker Sides of Deku by New_Prussia, OnlyRoomForHope, serenawitchwriter, ViperFang
- Recommended by: KratosAsura
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: It's easy to forget with his bright smiles and positive personality that Midoriya Izuku isn't the living embodiment of sunshine. Or: Moments when class 1-A and company notice that Izuku isn't quite as pure as they think he is.
- Tags: Swearing, some violence, dark deku, Angst, Psychology, nedzu is a dangerous mouse bear thing, aizawa needs a vacation, Comedy, Friendship, Deku might need therapy, Depressed Midoriya Izuku, Iida needs an aspirin, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Torture, Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot, tensei also needs an aspirin, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Bullying, Muteness, BAMF Midoriya Inko, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Fandom Culture, Violence, BAMF Uraraka Ochako, Murder, Child Death, Graphic Description of Corpses, Bodyswap, One-Shot Collection, Character Development, Feelings, dadmight, Family, Midoriya Izuku is a villain magnet, Social Anxiety, Nightmares, Kaminari Denki Has ADHD, Trans Ashido Mina
- Hero But Not A Pro by soulofdarkandlight
- Recommended by: Narcoleptic Insomniac
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Izuku's dad is a police officer who is back from overseas development and is ready to kick some ass while training Izuku to be a police officer too.
- Tags: Police Police Officer Midoriya Izuku BAMF Midoriya Izuku Good Parent Midoriya Hisashi BAMF Midoriya Hisashi Informant Dabi | Todoroki Touya Informant Akaguro Chizome | Stain Protective Tsukauchi Naomasa Todoroki Enji | Endeavor Being An Asshole BAMF Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Mentioned Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye Chaotic Midoriya Izuku Chaotic Good Midoriya Izuku Mentor Nedzu (My Hero Academia)BAMF Nedzu (My Hero Academia) Teacher Nedzu (My Hero Academia) Nedzu Training Midoriya Izuku Aldera Middle School Faces Consequences (My Hero Academia) Bakugou Katsuki Faces Consequences Humor Quirkless Midoriya Izuku Protective Dabi | Todoroki Touya Protective Akaguro Chizome | Stain Protective Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
- A special place in hell by Keytrastar
- Recommended by: tsukixkumori
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Three years had gone by since the raid on the Shie Hassaikai. Three years since the League of Villains had made a public appearance. Three years since the attack on the police convoy and subsequent abduction and disappearance of Kai Chisaki. The heroes believed they would never set eyes on him again. They were wrong.
- Tags: Torture, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Psychological Trauma, Psychological Torture, Emotional Hurt, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Physical Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Verbal Abuse, Panic Attacks, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Redemption, Rape/Non-con Elements, Past Rape/Non-con, etc. etc.
- Comments: Please heed the warnings on the actual fic page. It also seems to be heading in the direction of the ship Overhaul/Chrono, but it's nowhere near a main plot point, and I would still consider it General overall. This is a heavy fic, but it's done *brilliantly*. It's a realistic look into what three years or torture would do to someone - and isn't afraid of tackling the morality and ethics of heroism. Deku must first find it in himself to be *around** Chisaki, let alone try to save him. It's a rollercoaster of emotions, and everyone is perfectly in-character. If you don't think you'll feel sorry for Chisaki given what he did to Eri, well... think again.
Dead or Dormant
- Ne Plus Ultra by ItsClydeBitches
- Recommended by: tftmtgy, StarryKnight565
- Status: Dead note
- Synopsis: They say it takes a village to raise a child. The whole of class 1-A is just going to have to settle for Yagi and Aizawa. (A drabble collection focusing on the in-between moments of BNHA)
- Tags: Mostly Pseudo-Canonical Fic, Slice of Life, Dadzawa, Dad Might, Fluff, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Drabble Collection
- a complete list of everything I've ever been afraid of by aloneintherain
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Dead note
- Synopsis: Midoriya is drugged by a villain during a raid, but old and new fears, along with the manufactured anxiety the drug produces, urges him to keep his condition hidden. He's determined to keep this a secret in the long days ahead - even after the hallucinations start. Even after his worst nightmares are played out around campus, so vividly that he begins to lose track of what is and isn't real.
- Tags: fear toxin, Anxiety, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Alternate Universe - Mineta Minoru Doesn't Exist, Hallucinations, References to Past Bullying, Dissociation, Angst, Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug, thankfully his classmates are more than willingly to provide, Platonic Cuddling
