History Fanfic / BloomInWinter

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the story, Izuku is taken by his father to a villain organization when he is eight years old. As a result of impressing Vicious, his father's boss, he is forced to live with them a criminal's life under the threat of [[{{An Offer You Cant Refuse}} harm to his mother.]]
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: As a result of being kidnapped and living with criminals for about seven years, Izuku becomes more anxious, and gains experience on lying and fighting.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Years of UsefulNotes/{{Abuse}} from villains part has led to this. Though he doesn't like it, he is used to take beatings and even knows how to manipulate them to avoid it, as he does with Victoria in chapter two.

* DeadpanSnarker: Izuku snarks to cope with stress and to keep himself from cracking from pressure and fear while dealing with Vicious' organization.
-->'''Izuku:''' ''[internally]'' Hi, I'm Midoriya Izuku. I'm fourteen, [=5'5''=], Quirkless, and a former villain! Thanks, I'll show myself out. Please don't arrest me.
* DefiantCaptive: {{Averted|Trope}}. Izuku puts a fight against the villains at first, but when they threaten to kill his mother, he becomes more obedient.
* ForWantOfANail: Izuku's isn't All Might's successor. As a result, All Might gets to hold onto his power longer and is in better shape than in canon. [[spoiler:Izuku also manages to convince Todoroki to use his fire against Noumu, weakening it enough that All Might was able to easily take it down afterward.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Izuku applies to U.A. using his real name and doesn't even bother changing his appearance other than wearing a scarf to hide his scar. He panicks when he realizes Bakugou is in 1-A and could blow his cover at any moment. [[spoiler:Then Uraraka shows him who Aizawa is... Aizawa however sees Izuku in Mic's office later and doesn't recognize him in person.]]

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* BadDreams: Izuku has nightmares and struggles to get a good night's sleep. He has ExhaustedEyebags as a sign of this.

* ForWantOfANail: Izuku's isn't All Might successor. As a result, All Might gets to hold onto his power longer and is in better shape than in canon. [[spoiler:Izuku also manages to convince Todoroki to use his fire against Noumu, weakening it enough that All Might was able to easily take it down afterward.]]

* BadDreams: Izuku has nightmares and difficulties to have a good night's sleep. He has ExhaustedEyebags as a sign of this.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Years of UsefulNotes/{{Abuse}} from the villain's part has led to this. Though he doesn't like it, he is used to take beatings and even knows how to manipulate them to avoid it, [[spoiler: as he does with Victoria in chapter two.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Todoroki refuses to use the fire portion of his Quirk because of his disgust for his father. Izuku calls him out on this, as people's lives are far more important than petty grudges, but Todoroki refuses to budge. [[spoiler:He later concedes the point and burns a hole straight through Noumu, buying time for everyone to escape.]]

* NiceGuy: At his core, Izuku is as kind as ever, going so far as to [[spoiler:suffer torture and Vicious' hands to rescue Aizawa.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Izuku applies and tests into U.A. using his real name and doesn't even bother changing his appearance other than wearing a scarf to hide his scar. This eventually leads to him panicking when he realizes Bakugou is in 1-A and could blow his cover at any moment. [[spoiler:Then Uraraka shows him who Aizawa is... Aizawa however sees Izuku in Mic's office later and doesn't recognize him in person.]]

Then All Might takes a job teaching at UA, and the universe says hey you know what would be fun? What if we fucked Izuku over even more than we already have? and thus, Izuku ends up in the General Education class of UA with strict instructions to report everything he can, because, thank fucking no one, he just can't catch a goddamn break.

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* AcheyScars: Vicious presumably gave Izuku a [[{{A scar to remember}} scar]] [[spoiler: when he helped Aizawa escape from the villains's lair]]. It goes from his jaw to his neck, ending in his lower back.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: So far in the story, [[spoiler: Izuku doesn't get One for All, and instead uses his intelligence to fake an analysis quirk and enter UA.]]

* AbusiveParents: Hisashi Midoriya, big time. He might not personally beat Izuku, but it's made very clear that he's done nothing to protect Izuku over the years.
* BadDreams: Izuku has nightmares and difficulties to have a good night's sleep. He shows {{exhausted eyebags}} as a sign of this.

* IHaveYourWife: Vicious has no problem with threatening an eight year old Izuku with his mother's death if he doesn't cooperate.
* PaperThinDisguise: Izuku applies and tests into UA using his real name, not to mention without altering his appearance unless you count wearing a scarf to hide his scar. This eventually leads to him panicking when he realizes Bakugou is in 1-A and could blow his cover at any moment. [[spoiler: Then Uraraka shows him who Aizawa is... Aizawa however sees Izuku in Mic's office later and doesn't recognize him in person.]]
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Basically the main idea behind the fic. Vicious takes an interest in Izuku when he identifies a hero's weakness, and later on [[spoiler: Shigaraki decides that Izuku could be a valuable party member]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: Even in his situation, Izuku's desire to be a hero sits still within him. He sneaks files and stores "dangerous" information in his laptop, avoids lying when it's not necessary, and prefers to work and earn money rather than steal.
-->He doesn't really dream of being a hero anymore, at least not in the traditional sense. It's not that he doesn't want it, because God, he does, but he can just imagine his application to hero school. "Hi, I'm Midoriya Izuku. I'm fourteen, 5'5", quirkless, and a former villain! Thanks, I'll show myself out. Please don’t arrest me."
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: {{Justified|Trope}}. As a result of being kidnapped and living with criminals for about seven years, Izuku becomes more anxious, and gains experience on lying and fighting.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Years of UsefulNotes/{{Abuse}} from the villain's part has led to this. Though he doesn't like it, he is used to take beatings and even knows how to manipulate them to avoid it, [[spoiler] as he does with Victoria in chapter two.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Izuku applies and tests into UA using his real name, not to mention without altering his appearance you count wearing a scarf to hide his scar. This eventually leads to him panicking when he realizes Bakugou is in 1-A and could blow his cover at any moment. [[spoiler: Then Uraraka shows him who Aizawa is... Aizawa however sees Izuku in Mic's office later and doesn't recognize him in person.]]

* Paper-ThinDisguise: Izuku applies and tests into UA using his real name, not to mention without altering his appearance you count wearing a scarf to hide his scar. This eventually leads to him panicking when he realizes Bakugou is in 1-A and could blow his cover at any moment. [[spoiler: Then Uraraka shows him who Aizawa is... Aizawa however sees Izuku in Mic's office later and doesn't recognize him in person.]]

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Years of UsefulNotes/{{Abuse}} from the villain's part has led to this. Though he doesn't like it, he is used to take beatings and even knows how to manipulate them to avoid it, [[spoiler] as he does with Victoria in chapter two.]

* AllergicTolove: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Because of years of abuse, Izuku is not used to affection or good intentions, so he panics and gets nervous when he is treated well.

!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* AcheyScars: Vicious presumably gave Izuku a [[{{A scar to remember}} scar]] [[spoiler: when he helped Aizawa escape from the villains's lair]]. It goes from his jaw to his neck, ending in his lower back.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Even in his situation, Izuku’s desire to be a hero sits still within him. He sneaks files and stores “dangerous” information in his laptop, avoids lying when it’s not necessary, and prefers to work and earn money rather than steal.
-->'''''' He doesn’t really dream of being a hero anymore, at least not in the traditional sense. It’s not that he doesn’t want it, because God, he does, but he can just imagine his application to hero school. Hi, I’m Midoriya Izuku. I’m fourteen, 5’5’’, quirkless, and a former villain! Thanks, I’ll show myself out. Please don’t arrest me.

** Hisashi Midoriya, Izuku’s father, is revealed to be a villain when he kidnaps and forces his son to live with him and other criminals, [[{{Parental Betrayal}} betraying]] Izuku and Inko.
** Vicious is an original character and the {{Anti Hero}}. He is the main villain of the story so far, and he works in the shadows to keep his identity unknown and his advantage at its fullest. He’s also Izuku and Hisashi’s [[{{Diabolical Mastermind}} boss]].
-->'''Vicious:''' “People will know my name one day. They’ll know all about me. But only after it’s too late for me to be stopped. Only then. Not a second before. I didn’t get to the top of the villain underground by being arrogant, after all.”

* {{Allergic to love}}: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Because of years of abuse, Izuku is not used to affection or good intentions, so he panics and gets nervous when he is treated well.

* {{Abusive Parents}}: Hisashi Midoriya, big time. He might not personally beat Izuku, but it's made very clear that he's done nothing to protect Izuku over the years.

* BadDreams: Izuku has nightmares and difficulties to have a good night’s sleep. He shows {{exhausted eyebags}} as a sign of this.

* Conditioned To Accept Horror: Years of {{Abuse}} from the villain’s part has led to this. Though he doesn’t like it, he is used to take beatings and even knows how to manipulate them to avoid it, [[spoiler] as he does with Victoria in chapter two.]

* {{Defiant Captive}}: {{Averted|Trope}}. Izuku puts a fight against the villains at first, but when they threaten to kill his mother, he becomes more obedient.

* {{I Have Your Wife}}: Vicious has no problem with threatening an eight year old Izuku with his mother's death if he doesn't cooperate.

* {{Villain Takes An Interest}}: Basically the main idea behind the fic. Vicious takes an interest in Izuku when he identifies a hero's weakness, and later on [[spoiler: Shigaraki decides that Izuku could be a valuable party member]].

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-->''"You can't help me."''

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