bnha fic recs!! gen with a hurt/comfort theme
i've read such good fics lately and you should too! these are all gen, mostly midoriya-centric with lots of aizawa, lots of hurt/comfort and quite a lot of shinsou also.
also i limited myself to reccing one fic per author bc otherwise this would be so unmanageably long. i recommend checking out all their other works too!!
hold onto nothing (hold onto me) by starburstsunshine
"Young kid, powerful Quirk he can't control, so they think it currently only works in extremes. So his Quirk makes someone feel the same as they had felt during their best memories. Or, rather, at their worst."
That's funny, Izuku thinks.
He doesn't feel anything at all.
Izuku gets hit by a wayward Quirk during a rescue, and is left to deal with the repercussions.
goddddd this author's aizawa...it was so so hard to choose one fic to rec bc they have so much incredible stuff, but i really really like the dissociation depiction here!
like stained glass by SpiritusRex
âIt hurts,â Izuku whispers to no one, voice thin and choked. Letting the words out makes it all feel real, and the tears heâd been holding back finally break the dam and roll down his cheeks. Wrapping his own arms around himself as he trembles in the storm of his despair is as close as heâll be able to get to comfort right now. âIt hurts, it hurts.â
He doesnât want to have to do this alone. Heâs so tired of having to push through pain alone. Itâs something heâs been doing all his life, but canât he, just once, have someone to hold him up when he stumbles?
Just once. Thatâs all heâs asking for.
i feel like this fic was designed in a lab to make me specifically go insane. such incredibly powerful hurt/comfort & exploration of how it feels to never let yourself have comfort
Jumping on Grenades by DemyxDancer
Shinsou once told Class 1-A that he didn't intend to make friends. He didn't realize that:
1. Midoriya took that as a personal challenge;
2. Midoriya always achieves his goals no matter what;
3. Becoming friends with Midoriya inevitably involves bonding over surviving villain attacks.
The school gym is being attacked by a villain whose Quirk makes you hallucinate your worst fears, and it's somehow come down to Shinsou to save the day.
Welcome to the Hero Course!
this author has so many incredible shindeku fics, platonic and romantic (this one in platonic). i adore their shinsou and this thoughtful exploration of his integration into 1-a and the world of real villain attacks
parallaxis by yamadadzawa
Even through the haze of panic, the feeling of glass in his lungs and throat as he struggled to breathe when he saw his name in 20th place at the end of the quirk test, Izuku still knew one thing with brutal clarity.
Itâs not possible that he was in last place.
And if Aizawa-sensei was willing to tamper with his score on the quirk test, then heâs probably willing to do the same with Izukuâs grades. And if Aizawa-sensei is willing to do it, the other teachers at Yuuei probably are too.
Hence his now established practice of checking his graded work against Iidaâs.
i love this author's aizawa so so much and it was hard to choose one fic to rec, but i adore this creative manifestation of how izuku's history with schools/teachers could manifest
some bridges should be burnt by orkestrations
Sir Nighteye doesn't think Izuku has what it takes to be a hero. He especially doesn't think Izuku should have been chosen to wield One For All. That's okay! Really! It is! It's hardly the first time Izuku has had people trying to stop him. He'll be fine. He can handle this.
Tsuyu and Ochako think differently. They watch his stress levels rise and his self-confidence fall, and they don't like what they're seeing.
Perhaps, it's time for an intervention.
such good tsuyu & ochako & izuku friendship. tsuyu especially really shines here and i am always so here for dismantling izuku thinking he just has to take whatever bad thing is thrown at him
Hitoshi has a thing about voices.
Part of it's because of his Quirk, probably. He's always listening for that reply. It's the opening, the chink in a person's armor that lets his own voice slip in and hijack their brain. But part of it is that most people are wary around him, so when someone does talk, particularly to him, it stands out.
really thoughtful shinsou character study and exploration of him joining 1-A & making friends, plus some lovely emotional hurt/comfort at the end
Things that Haunt Our Hallways by ghostwriterofthemachine
âIt was a kid,â Yagi gasped out. He had his hand balled up into a fist and the fist pressed to his lips, as if to remind himself that he could not start screaming. âOr. Young person, maybe 20. Homeless, I think. Activated their Quirk on reflex and then ran. The kidsââ Here, he pressed his fist harder to his mouth, sucked in a wheezing breath, as if the air itself was pushing down something with physical weight. âThe kidsââ
âScattered immediately,â Aizawa finished for him, and Yagi managed a nod. Â
Yagiâs eyes were so dilated that the blue was almost invisible. He shook violently. He looked like a scarecrow in a windstorm.  Â
Someone activated a Fear-Inducer Quirk so powerful that it reduced All Might to thisâ of course Aizawaâs class had bolted.Â
Or:
A Fear Gas fic, BNHA style.
such a juicy excellent premise with really satisfying exection
The Fine Jar by BrightShadow
Aizawa has had it up to here with his class claiming to be fine when they're not. Desparate times call for desparate measures. Enter the Fine Jar.
this one is so cute and funny with such memorable lines, and then it dove deep into addressing some of my fave topics in a really satisfying way!
theartofmadeline
gracieabrams
stormborns
germansingergirl
