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I am neurodivergent, and struggle with my wording at times, so I apologize if I word something poorly and it comes off as rude, that is never my intent

I’ll probably be reccing a bunch of fics, depending on how I keep up with it (I’d fallen out of the fandom a few months ago, but am being sucked back in)

I’m reccing a mix of fics, but be warned that there’s probably gonna be some darker ones, so be cautious. I’ll also try to suggest fics of a variety of length, although by nature it’s easier for me to reread shorter fics and so there may be a good portion of those near the beginning as I have a large backlog. (There will also be a wide range of ships, including but not limited to ShigaDabi, TodoDeku, ShigaDeku, BakuDeku, DabiDeku, ShinDeku, and more. You have been warned. Some fics may also contain sexual content, but I’ll avoid reccing porn without plot) Make sure to read the fic’s tags, I cannot guarantee that I won’t forget to put a CW, although I try.

Words: 3211 (1/1)

Touya and Izuku used to date, but that was forever ago. They're over it and each other now. When Izuku's flight is cancelled, his only option to get to his best friend's wedding is Touya who planned to drive to the event. A fourteen-hour cross-country road trip with his ex, what could possibly go wrong?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46090693

Words: 71360 (40/40)

Izuku Midoriya and Hitoshi Shinso are never going to be the kind of heroes that make civilains think ‘oh, thank god we’re saved,’ when they arrive at the scene. There's too much prejudice against them, so a kid with a villain quirk and one with no quirk at all are never going to be able to inspire that sort of trust.

So instead of becoming heroes that bring hope, they decide to become the next best thing.

The kind of heroes that make villains think, ‘oh, fuck, we’re screwed.’

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33630412/chapters/83571730

Words: 13654 (1/1)

Cw: Violence, death

Returning home from another day of dealing with his sinking reputation, Bakugo Katsuki just wants to drink his troubles away.

Unfortunately…he has a guest…who will bring an end to more than just Katsuki’s troubles.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64467853

Words: 8262 (2/2)

Shouto and Izuku turn up in the 1-A dorms as four year olds. While Aizawa and the others work to find a solution, the two boys navigate an exciting new world. Meanwhile, their classmates and teachers learn secrets that both boys have been hiding for years.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46035697/chapters/115882507

Words: 47228 (12/12)

"I think we should see other people."

Todoroki breaks up with Izuku after admitting to cheating on him with Sero, but the women of Class 1A will not let their friend suffer alone. Izuku's friends help him learn to heal after a break-up through a series of steps that Mina insists everyone should know, resulting in both hilarious antics and heartfelt moments as Izuku learns to be confident in himself again.

When a certain red-head returns from a two-year stint in America, will Izuku learn to love again? Or will the ghosts of his former relationship ruin his next chance at love?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37367641/chapters/93245983

Words 4655 (2/2)

"Midoriya Izuku just sort of assumed that everyone else got kidnapped at least once a year, and his once-or-twice-a-month ordeals were just a little bit more than normal."

Bakugou gets kidnapped, and Izuku is surprised that nobody else knows what to do. It's a normal childhood occurrence, right?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39647073/chapters/99251592

Words: 80000 (8/8)

Todoroki Natsuo is six years old when he discovers nobody's born to be anything. He's seven when he realizes the evil in the world lives down the hall, and eight years old when he feels true burning hatred for the first time. When he's nine he discovers nobody cares for him, the only person that ever looked his way dead and it's all his father's fault.

Todoroki Natsuo is eighteen years old when he has the blood of a Hero on his hands and no remorse in his mind.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36441988/chapters/90866170

Words: 7836 (3/21)

In his eighteen years of existence, Izuku had read and seen enough science fiction to at least somewhat prepare himself in case things went south in his plan. No one can truly prepare for every possibility however, Izuku soon came to find out.

Or

Because the cost of victory was too high, Izuku travels to the past. He expected to wake up in his post-entrance exam body. He doesn't.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31923565/chapters/79055155

Words: 2938 (1/1)

Shouta is a dead man walking.

He knew this day was coming. Indeed, ever since Nedzu had sat serenely in his office as if he wasn’t about to make Shouta pray for the ceiling to collapse and crush him faster than Midoriya crushes his bones. Because apparently the principal eats his breakfast cereal with the tears of his staff, he had sat in his armchair, smiling angelically like the psychopathic man-bear-mouse-demon that he really is, and had handed out lesson plans like they were pixie sticks and not harbingers of destruction that would ruin Shouta’s life.

OR: it's time for Class 1-A's Sex Ed lesson and Aizawa is suffering.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25294780

Cw: Sexual scenes, violence/past abuse

Words: 64197 (11/11)

Dabi just wants to live his life and be happy.

Except he isn’t happy.

If it wasn’t for his friends he’s sure he would have lost it by now. They are a bunch of outcasts and freaks like himself but they're his and they keep each other safe.

His family insists on bothering him about his lifestyle choices, his psycho Ex won’t leave him alone, and now he has to get along with a new guy during the night shift at the Quick-Stop where he works.

—

Tomura has been running for a while now.

It’s exhausting.

He needs a place he can call home. Not just a cheap battered cot in a shelter. He’s grateful for that, don’t get him wrong, but there has to be more out there.

He just got a new job at the Quick-Stop. It’s a night shift which is great. He and his Wolf prefer being awake at night. Did he mention he’s also a Lycan?

—

As the two grow closer, the past threatens to tear them apart.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58280734/chapters/148417951

Words: 6376

The first mark Izuku gets is a slight brush of green across his temple. It’s the soft touch of a mother holding her son for the first time. Inko has one to match, the same shade of green staining the tips of her fingers. Hers is more noticeable; Izuku’s tends to blend into his hairline.

He loves it anyways. He has to. It’s the only soulmate mark he has.

(Or: how Izuku goes from just green to a rainbow, UA-style.)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21074648

Words: 253711 (79/?)

Midoriya is busy enough with UA's Heroic's course and being the Ninth holder of One For All. When a nighttime passion for graffiti starts to grow beyond control, it quickly becomes the first of Midoriya's problems- especially given the friends made and lost over it. (And the identity issues. Those'll go away if they're repressed and differentiated and shoved into boxes in the closet hard enough, right?)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41370135/chapters/103740741

Words: 2983 (1/1)

Shouto is a closed-off person as it stands. Izuku suspects he doesn’t need an unrequited love confession etched into his body.

——

An AU where your love confessions appear in text on the other person’s skin.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17348237

Words: 127401 (14/14)

Cw: sexual scenes

“Shimura Tenko,” Izuku screams at the top of his lungs. “WAKE. UP!”

Shigaraki’s eyes snap open.

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All for One and One for All: two sides of the same coin. And, in the middle, two boys trying to save the world, each in his own way. [MANGA SPOILERS]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31830301/chapters/78804208

When several members of Class 1-A come down with a cold, Izuku decides to temporarily slip them One for All in order to boost their immune systems.

This has no unintended consequences whatsoever.

Words: 1405 (1/1)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54881446

Words: 25599 (1/1)

In a world where Midoriya Izuku does only one thing differently at the mall, he ends up being hit with a Quirk that leaves him in his seven year old body with no memories.

What happens when Shigaraki Tomura finds that Midoriya Izuku at the mall?

The League adopts a seven year old, duh.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39234372