Dad Drabbles
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Loose Ends by Anonymous for myyszka, feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Feb 2024
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It only took a month before Shouta cracked.
A month of staring at the monstrosity around Problem Child's neck, garbled and knotted and wrinkled in the most bizarre way. It didn't even resemble a tie anymore, which was a feat.
Only a month before Shouta called the boy to attention to fix the blasted thing, God dammit.Series
- Part 1 of Dad Drabbles
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Parry and Feint by Anonymous for royal_arrows
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Mar 2024
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“I asked Midoriya to come because both of you need some additional combat training and the class dynamic wasn’t cutting it.”
Izuku stiffened at the comment, feeling the warmth blossom on the back of his neck and curl around his ears as Shinsou’s eyes flickered back towards Izuku, a simple huff on his lips as he shuffled his feet gently. Hands slipped into pockets as Shinsou tilted his head and sniffed lightly.
“I don’t see why he needs to be here though,” the boy remarked, his amethyst eyes turned to studying the rafters as he tilted his gaze upwards. The barest hints of annoyance tickled Shinsou’s tone as he continued to speak, “He’s 'Mr. Power Quirk'. Golden boy. It’s not like he’s deficient in hero prowess or anything.”
Izuku didn’t miss the jab leveled at him and the obvious snide criticism of Izuku’s…well All Might’s quirk as Shinsou spoke.
Nothing but a power type. That’s all Izuku was. But…
But Izuku couldn’t even use his own quirk properly. The boy felt a burble of shame filter through his embarrassment as he stared on silently, uncertain if he should even say anything as Shinsou continued to speculate about Izuku’s need for being there to help train.Series
- Part 2 of Dad Drabbles
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Fall Into The Sky by Anonymous for BewareTheQuietOnes, feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
24 Mar 2024
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"I...wanted you to be a hero," Yuji's words were soft as they stared into the dimly lit hall. Lights flickered, taunting the pair as the echoes of screams filled the long space.
Izuku shook his head, blood trickling into his eye as he struggled to bite back his bitterness. "I don't think I was...ever meant to be a hero," He confessed, taking a step forward, towards the shouts, the screams, the darkness.
Green hair lay flat, matted against the boy's head as he turned towards Yuji and grinned, tired and accepting the loss of his dream. "I think...I've always been the villain."
"Like me," Yuji remarked with a nod, as he stepped forward, a grip on his weapon, his knuckles bloodied and torn.
Izuku nodded, as he peered towards the flickering light, his eyes drawn to he source of warmth as the laughter echoed again.
"I was wondering when you'd get here, dear boys."
A hard gaze settled in Izuku's expression as he turned back down the hall, frown tilting, light shifting towards a bitter darkness as he squared his shoulders and memorized the jeering grin of the creature before him.
He had no sympathy left. No light. No goodness.
No forgiveness. He craved death.
Like Yuji.Series
- Part 3 of Dad Drabbles
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Shattered by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
23 Sep 2025
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Izuku's choice to be a hero to one broken little girl is not without consequences as an innocent mistake tears everything apart. Shouta, the boy, and the girl he'd rescued are left to pick up the pieces of shattered trust, as more than one life is destroyed.
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'Don't.'
Shouta was too far to shout it, and too far to reach Midoriya, get his attention.
Too far to stop the boy from bolting out into the street, towards the car, towards the child, lightning and a smile mixing into a swirling blur.
Towards the danger.
"Don't!"
'Don't let it break, Shou!' Oboro's voice echoed in his ear as he sprinted down the hill towards Izuku, too slow to make a difference and stop the inevitable as tires screeched and horns blared.
"Don't."
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- Part 4 of Dad Drabbles
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Code: Loud Cloud by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 May 2024
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This was Izuku Midoriya’s breaking point, a moment where porcelain shattered against a cold floor. And this boy had to decide what to do.
Would he ask for help in picking up the pieces and setting them aright?
Or would he try to do it on his own and end up bleeding in the process?
Would he learn that true strength came from knowing your limits and seeking help? Or would he stubbornly cling to ignorance and shove his grief aside?
‘Like you?’ his mind taunted again, making Shouta wince.
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- Part 5 of Dad Drabbles
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Swallow and Sparrow by Anonymous for tektite
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), Doctor Who (2005)
11 Sep 2025
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"You can run you know."
The comment was spoken so softly that Izuku wasn't sure he'd heard it right at first.
With a tentative blink, the boy turned his face towards the man who stood, facing outward towards the battle, his eyes drawn into a dark thought as he hummed low.
"You're not obligated to stay. You never were."
And the boy faltered for a moment, halted by the comment and the...rejection the man presented him. The out.
"You can leave."
You can run, he was saying. Escape. Be free. He didn't need to got through this war, this pain, this loss. Not again.
Aizawa-Sensei...was trying to spare him?
And yet...
Izuku...the boy... The Doctor only shook his head and rubbed at his nose as he sniffled. His fingers trembled, but his shoulders remained firm.
"I said I'd save them all. I said I'd rescue her. And I will." He remarked softly, his voice quavering. "And I've never been called a liar."
"But you are a hero," All Might's voice chimed to his left.
And no. That wasn't right. Izuku shook his head to disagree. He'd never been a hero.
"No," He retorted. "Not that. It's because I'm The Doctor."
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- Part 6 of Dad Drabbles
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Hollow Out Your Souls in the Stars by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 May 2024
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"I'm not good at this. I'm not a hero."
The man listened to the soft tremble in the boy's voice, as the doubt overtook, mixing with fear, and grief.
And anger.
"And I never wanted this to begin with. Any of it," Izuku Midoriya glared through the haze, his fingers trembling, as he stared down the flames. "I didn't choose to be this."
Shouta sucked in a small breath, his own anger growing as he clenched at his capture weapon and stood. His sharp gaze descended on the boy with a hawkishness that tore through the lingering doubt as to his fury's focus.
"Neither did I, kid," He spat. "But we don't get to choose what life throws out at us. All we get to do is live it. And *you*?"
The man snorted, derisive and bitter.
"You're not living. You stopped a long time ago."
He refused to look at the boy, peer down into those wide, bottle-green orbs as he spoke because he would see himself reflected there as the words echoed between them.
"You stopped living the day they died."
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- Part 7 of Dad Drabbles
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Problem Child: A Study by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Jun 2025
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Nothing was really out of the ordinary.
Well, except for the light.
A singular lamp was on, next to one of the chairs nearest the coffee table. And that was strange.
And really?
Stranger still were the tufts of verdant curls peeking over the back of the chair, a hand hanging limply over the armrest, pen still idly clutched between two fingers, dangerously close to falling.
Coal eyes narrowed thoughtfully as the man took a step forward, heading into the common room, moving close to the chair, thoughts churning.
Because he’d asked ‘Zashi. Told him to make sure…
Huh.
Shouta crept closer, his footfalls silent, curiosity and concern piqued.
And happened upon his Problem Child.
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- Part 8 of Dad Drabbles
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Drowse by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
03 Jun 2025
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It was out of the ordinary. An oddity.
And Shouta was, understandably, concerned, eyes narrowed in questioning.
Because this wasn’t normal.
Not for this boy.
For the third day in a row, he watched Izuku Midoriya’s head dip forward, eyes fluttering closed, pencil poised in hand as though he were taking notes.
The previous days, the boy had managed to jerk himself awake, back to awareness and to his studies, if a bit sluggish in his pursuits. But today?
Today Shouta just watched the head dip, shoulders sag, and breathing even out. The boy could do nothing but fall.
He was sound asleep.
Series
- Part 9 of Dad Drabbles
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How to Save a Life by Anonymous for feelingstabby, BewareTheQuietOnes, tektite
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
05 Jun 2025
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For a moment the boy looked resigned, eyes downcast, lip trembling as he seemed to lose the spark of himself.
"But if I had just listened. If I'd been better about it. If I had just...changed. Maybe. Maybe then it would have--"
Shouta shook his head, eyes narrowing. Fury boiling at the thoughts that dripped out of the boy's mouth. Grief sown into each.
"It's not your fault for what they did to you, kid," he replied. "It was never your fault."
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Izuku sends a message, seeking the help of his Sensei one night to face a fight he can't overcome on his own, against a villain that Shouta initially overlooked.
Series
- Part 10 of Dad Drabbles
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Gifts and Talents by Anonymous for feelingstabby, TheWonderfulShoe
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
23 Sep 2025
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Izuku is struggling to admit he's sick, and needing help, and that maybe more is wearing on him. Shouta Aizawa is there to try to get him to see it, dammit.
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Shouta’s brows drew together in concern as he watched the boy fidget, scarred fingers idly picking at his pajamas as he stared ahead, towards the wall.
Deliberately *away* from his Sensei.
“It’s just...it’s not a big deal” Problem Child mumbled quietly, his tone betraying the hurt the words had caused.
Shouta felt a flare of anger at the lie. Not at the boy, no. But at the others that had ingrained that lie into the boy’s psyche.
“I’m used to it. I just…I just wanted, I *needed* to catch up. I can’t keep falling behind and struggling to feel like…”
He trailed off with a small sigh and a shake of his head, the words dying on his lips.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m just, I’m sorry Sensei. I didn’t mean to cause a problem today.”
A hesitant, wearied and feverish gaze flickered towards Shouta, searching the man’s face for...something only the boy could know.
But in a blink it was gone, back towards the wall, and the boy closed in on himself, stifling a cough into his sleeve as he shuffled his feet awkwardly.Series
- Part 11 of Dad Drabbles
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Dulcet Tones by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Jun 2025
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Izuku Midoriya struggles with the disappointing sting of failure that runs deeper than a one-time instance. Aizawa sees how deeply his Problem Child's past burdened him and how much it reminds him of another.
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A white shirt stuck to narrow shoulders and contrasted the damp green curls of a very familiar mop of hair on a very familiar Problem Child’s head. The man’s thoughts screeched to a halt, the previous agitation he’d held onto for hours now, shifting to more fully towards worry. There was another flash of gold that lit up the sky, as Shouta Aizawa rose, pulling his other earphone out of his ear, and hedged closer to the boy who sat, back to his Sensei, staring out at the storm that swathed the world around them.
‘Why the hell is he out here in this?’ The thought immediately sprang, anxious nervousness prickling down his spine as theories and rationalizations sparked and fired in his mind. Those worries were further amplified as he watched the boy turn his face upward, large, emerald orbs searching the sky as Problem Child blinked once, twice…
Three and then four times.Series
- Part 12 of Dad Drabbles
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Blood of My Blood by Anonymous for feelingstabby, BewareTheQuietOnes
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jun 2025
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“I'd almost forgotten hadn't I?”
The man ‘t'sked’ and shook his head, crimson gaze almost endearing as he chastized the boy.
“You know we're bound by a heritage boy,” All for One retorted, with a flick of his wrist. Izuku strained against the pull of power, biting back a whine of pain. Sweat and blood trickled down his cheek.
The air crackled and sparked around them.
“An inescapable bond that links us through generations. I'd had thought that *you* of all people…” he snorted and shook his head. “ Ah but it's no matter. You'll see soon enough won't you.” He flicked his wrist again.
Another flash of power ignited. Another cascade of light and pain seared the boy's senses.
All for One hummed.
“Blood of my blood and flesh of my flesh. At last reunited,” the man (monster) grinned that familiar, feral, and predatory grin of his as he moved closer, the marks on his hands too apparent, too clear. Crimson marred the boy's vision.
“And all will be well again.”
Series
- Part 13 of Dad Drabbles
- Part 1 of Heritage
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Limiter by Anonymous for feelingstabby, BewareTheQuietOnes
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jul 2025
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Izuku puts himself in harm's way to save his Sensei, while his father eagerly pushes the boy to his limits, hoping to break him.
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"You say you’re ready to be a hero, wholly committed to that cause of pandering foolishness,” All for One queried thoughtfully, voice soft, almost kind. “But are you really so willing to commit to emptiness and service to the ungrateful?”The man leaned closer to the boy. "Do you truly desire to align so wholly to your cause?"
There was an amused snort as Izuku gasped for air, struggling, and clawing, blistering pain searing his senses.
All for One only ‘tutted’ at the reply.
"My dear boy,” He hummed, almost amused, “It is just bone for bone. Tear for tear. You must ask yourself this: Will you always stand so proud? Will you always play the sacrificial lamb so willingly?"
There was another jolt as more electric shock waves coursed through him, making it difficult to see, to think. Izuku buckled under the strain, slipping to his knees, with All for One's laugh lilting overhead.
Blood trickled from his mouth as he bit back a whine.
All for One only grinned.
"Or will you finally succumb and fall just as you ought?"
Series
- Part 14 of Dad Drabbles
- Part 2 of Heritage
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Listen and Observe by Anonymous for feelingstabby, tektite
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
22 Jul 2025
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‘Fan-fucking-tastic’
No, the far more logical and rational thing to do would be to assess the situation and work towards a solution.
Even if he was fighting the urge to punch something (namely the punk responsible for this mess).
Whoever that was. Out of the three, he had his suspicions, but he couldn’t be certain...regardless though, he’d solve that issue soon enough. He’d figure out who’d done this. He’d make certain they understood the ramifications for what they’d done.
But that would have to wait until he could think clearly, when he could temper his anger, when he could rationalize his actions.
When he’d finished his mission.
And when he had hands instead of paws.
And when he wasn't a damned cat sitting in the coils of his capture weapon staring into the verdant gaze of one very concerned Izuku Midoriya.
Dear god, this was a fucking nightmare.
Series
- Part 15 of Dad Drabbles
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Your Turn by Anonymous for feelingstabby
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
23 Sep 2025
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Toshinori wasn't completely oblivious. He'd been expecting it for some time now. He'd been waiting for the moment when Midoriya finally unlocked Nana's power.
The kid had been making so much progress, honing One for All, building up his strength, making it his own.
He'd known it was coming. But, for all his knowing, Toshi wasn't as good at predicting nor understanding just how powerful a reaction he would have to seeing his boy use that power.
Float.
Series
- Part 16 of Dad Drabbles