Cosmo

These two would pass each other in the halls and occasionally see each other in class back in middle school. Marz had a different name and look then, longer hair and presenting as feminine (in the closet). Alex's friends teased him for his little crush on the 'quiet kid'.

Marz became 'Marz' starting freshmen, around the time their best friend had to move away (job opportunities and such). They had no care for what others thought.

Alex noticed the hair cut and heard from one of his friends Marz was a boy now, this didn't complicate his feelings but it did make him confused. His friends assumed the quiet kid becoming a boy would cut Alex's crush, he was a straight guy after all. Now there's nothing wrong with being gay but Alex never liked guys, not until Marz became one. Knowing his feelings continued drew him into the closet, there were certainly a lot of things to think about but no time to think about them.

Alex's continued crush becomes a secret, Marz gets him out of tough situations, and they continue on...

Grahh I wanna yap about this au but I can't get my thoughts together. The growth both of them experienced from 1st year, to the war, to 3rd year and the attempt on Nicky's life, to their co-worker era is insanely vast and I love thinking about it. Their development romantically is also something I think about often. Going through tough shit together and navigating trauma as carefully as possible while still healing and finding comfort in each other again and again as time passes AAHH.

Since it's pride month I guess i'll yap about Nicky's issue. So, their agab is female and they were expected to grow up and marry a man. Well the older they got they realized they weren't a woman BUT liked women (all around 13 yrs old) It was liberating they felt amazing in their newfound identity and moved forward as a trans masc who liked women only. They dated one of their friends named Vanessa, who was already rude and toxic as a friend but got worse when dating but because of who Nicky is and their life experience they didn't see that At All and were made to believe they were the problem.

Skip forward to their break up before Nicky went to high school, Vanessa wasn't able to attend a hero school because of her quirk breaking her body down- so in this AU, Nicky going to UA pissed her off greatly. The break up was messy and left Nicky never wanting to date anyone again. Around this time Nicky decided to shapeshift into a male! Their identity stayed the same but being more masculine felt easier and more comfortable.

SO, the entirety of high school Nicky was only focused on working and their friendships. Not giving much thought to romance, despite a lot of girls approaching them after the war. Around that time, after the war, Nicky shifted back to their agab. They decided leaning to far male was not for them and would like to rediscover androgyny. THOUGH, being a shapeshifter they could low dose testosterone via controlling their own hormones. They did so until around starting 3rd year.

8 years after graduation, returning to Japan Nicky had discovered they can find men attractive (non binary people as well!! they're pan) but still wasn't sure about dating. After working for not even a month at UA with Izuku Nicky started crushing, hard.

These two would pass each other in the halls and occasionally see each other in class back in middle school. Marz had a different name and look then, longer hair and presenting as feminine (in the closet). Alex's friends teased him for his little crush on the 'quiet kid'.

Marz became 'Marz' starting freshmen, around the time their best friend had to move away (job opportunities and such). They had no care for what others thought.

Alex noticed the hair cut and heard from one of his friends Marz was a boy now, this didn't complicate his feelings but it did make him confused. His friends assumed the quiet kid becoming a boy would cut Alex's crush, he was a straight guy after all. Now there's nothing wrong with being gay but Alex never liked guys, not until Marz became one. Knowing his feelings continued drew him into the closet, there were certainly a lot of things to think about but no time to think about them.

Alex's continued crush becomes a secret, Marz gets him out of tough situations, and they continue on...