by JazaBB
“Could you not sleep? You were out like a light when I checked on you.”
“I did sleep. A little. ‘Just can't fall back asleep.”
Hizashi hummed in affirmation, taking in a breath before pausing, “Is it to do with the room? The lack of a window was bothering you.”
“Maybe.” Hitoshi shrugged, “I don't really know.”
“Oh my god. We can make a pillow fort.”
—
‘Are you okay?’ The curly haired man signed close to his chest.
Hizashi's fingers trembled, ‘I want to go home.’
—
Hitoshi wakes up in the Aizawa-Yamada guest bedroom and cannot fall back asleep. Hizashi suggests a pillow fort. They have hot chocolate and milo and then sleep. Hitoshi wakes up, panicked because he had morning duty at school, but is swiftly told he isn't going into school. Aizawa sees Nedzu about expediting the process of getting Hizashi and his foster licenses. Hizashi and Shouta have to deal with a less than accepting case manager. Hizashi has a panic attack. Shouta has to make a decision about his future that would shatter the dream he had as a teenager.
Words: 10165, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 3 of Rhythm, Blues and Eminem
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen, M/M
Characters: Shinsou Hitoshi, (Mentioned) Shinsou Hitoshi's Foster Parent, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, (Mentioned OC) Yamada Hizashi's Older Brother Hifumi, Nedzu (My Hero Academia), (mentioned) Shirakumo Oboro
Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Shinsou Hitoshi, Shinsou Hitoshi & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Nedzu
Additional Tags: Angst, Heavy Angst, Child Abuse, Shinso Hitoshi is in the Foster Care System, Fight/Flight/Freeze Responses, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Has Curly Hair, Disabled Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, use of ‘eye’ instead of eyes, Yamada Hizashi has retired from hero work, Disabled Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Hard of Hearing Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic has cochlear implants, Aizawa shouta uses forearm crutches, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Has PTSD, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Has PTSD, Shinsou Hitoshi has PTSD, in short they all have PTSD, fostering, Emergency fostering, Sign Language, Sign language names, Married Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Insomniac Shinsou Hitoshi, Insomniac Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Insomniac Yamada Hizashi, Autistic Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Pillow & Blanket Forts, two 38 year old men and their new 17 year old foster kid build a pillow fort, Kitty the Weighted Cat Plushie, Tage the Weighted Cat Plushie, Yamada Hizashi has two older brothers and a younger sister, Hot Chocolate, milo - Freeform, Mentions of having food and drink withheld, Aizawa Shouta has Schuerman's Disease, Ableism, like alot of it, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Country typical homophobia, social commentary time people, Mentioned Mental Health Institutions, a character uses slurs/derogatory/de-humanising language to describe physical and mental disabilities, Mentioned Kidnapping, emotional yamada hizashi, Crying, Panic Attacks, jokes of matricide, hizashi uses dark humor to cope, Kayama Nemuri | Midnight Lives, Shouta's scared of what's in the dark, accidentally brandishing a kitchen knife at the teenager you’re fostering, because you forgot there’s another human in the house and mistook him in your sleep deprived state as a home intruder
Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/88189136
