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black hole fantasy by hertzbenign
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
08 Aug 2026
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"What if I help you?" Grace blurts out desperately, sweating even in the coolness of his house as his words finally manage to stop Adrian from storming out.
"What?" Adrian says after a tense moment.
"I can prove it to everyone," Grace says, his heart in his throat. "I'll - I'll make you and Rocky the most celebrated couple on Erid. I promise."
"Stupid human," Adrian hisses. "You would give up your chance for him just like that?"
"Yes," Grace says hoarsely.
"Anything for him."
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Adrian does not like Grace.
Which sucks, really, since Grace loves Adrian's husband and all.
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Ill-Gotten Gains by ghostmaybite
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
16 Feb 2026
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When his father and Tomura start planning the USJ attack, Izuku makes a plan of his own. It’s simple, only four steps:
1. Steal Eraserhead’s quirk
2. Use it to kill All for One
3. Give Erasure back, hopefully
4. Go to jail, probablyHe’s prepared for the plan to fail at any time, but surprisingly, it’s not until step 4 that things fall through.
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- Part 1 of THE HONOR OF THIEVES
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"Welcome to a new user experience! You have triggered this interface with the keywords, ‘Stupid game! Stupid devs! I want my f*****g money back!’ You are now bound to the character Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui, codename: Childe! We hope you have an enjoyable user experience and we welcome you once again to Genshin Impact 2.0!”
Those are some of the first words Ajax, starving college student extraordinaire, has the misfortune of hearing upon waking up in a brave new world from what he's fairly sure is a very fatal accident involving water and a shit ton of electricity.
Okay, so he's not dead. That's good. But what's this about him being stuck playing the character Tartaglia? Tartaglia, as in the no-good, one-dimensional, cartoonish villain who met his untimely, gruesome death in the first act of the original game?
Forget this. Like hell Ajax is going to share that fate.
And so begins one man's journey to save himself from his awful destiny.
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Your Presence is a Dream in this Godforsaken Nightmare by Chaoticbitch033
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
09 Aug 2023
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Izuku was chosen for his lack of quirk. Aizawa was chosen for his quirk’s usefulness as it pertained to the mission. Both were scanned and vetted meticulously, followed for a minimum of one month (Izuku) and a maximum of three (Aizawa; it took much longer due to his pro-hero status).
Kidnapped and subjected to experimentation, torture, and horrors beyond comprehension, Izuku and Aizawa only have each other.
But left to the mercy of their captors, will their companionship be enough to break themselves out? Or instead, lead them to break apart in the process?
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- Part 1 of Izuku and Dadzawa
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I was a kid in a village, doing alright, then I became a prince overnight by sircantus
Fandoms: Dream SMP
01 Apr 2023
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(Yes the title is from sofia the first, yes I'm laughing at it, I find it funny-)
In which Phil has created the Antarctic Empire from the ground up and takes in Techno and Wilbur along the way, and raises them while also ruling his kingdom. Tommy, sixteen, lives with Tubbo in an orphanage, the two of them running around in the cold streets of their town.
After a hectic day of getting separated from Tubbo, getting into a few fights, and ending up in an entirely new town, he comes across Phil, and saves him from an assassination attempt by smashing a plate over someone's head.
So then both Techno and Wilbur decide to see who this kid is, and Tommy sure is endearing, in the way that the first time they spy on him, he starts a fight in an alleyway over a bag of cookies.
(and then Tommy basically gets kidnapped into the royal family, but like, legally, y’know?)
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the cute guy next door (might be a villain) by Alesyira
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Nov 2022
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Quirkless, young adult Midoriya Izuku has a problem. Namely, he has a crush on his purple haired, tired-looking neighbor. They keep running into each other and the guy is actually pretty nice under that deadpan facade, has a sense of humor, doesn't seem to judge anyone for their quirk status, and is constantly spoiling any cat in the building that finds him. (He's also a shameless flirt.)
But Izuku has concerns. About the strange bruises and bloodied knuckles. About the weapons he's seen when stopping by for a cup of sugar. About the shady-looking figures he's accidentally spotted his neighbor meeting with. About the fact that right after the news reported a big crime bust, his neighbor came home beat all to hell and looking haunted.
Izuku has a problem. Namely, he has a crush on his neighbor, who he's pretty sure is secretly a villain. And he has no idea what to do with that.
(or: Adult!ShinZuku AU where Shinsou is an underground, undercover pro hero trying to find a lead on a case that may or may not involve the socially awkward guy living next door. Misunderstandings abound.)
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- Part 3 of the cute guy next door
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Before my heart gives out by kira18
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Aug 2022
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Everything he loved, became everything he lost.
Izuku Midoriya learned just how precious life truly was at a young age.
He decides to take matters into his own hands by making sure his mother's death wasn't in vain.
he's left to become a vigilante.
This is the story of how Izuku became the greatest hero this world has ever known.
It doesn't have to be legal though.
or, Izuku is a blind vigilante, and did I mention he's dying?
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- Part 1 of Memento Mori
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Nightmare finally killed his brother. Dream is finally dead. Or so he thought.
Dream also thought he was killed. He thought he was dead. But when he opened his eyes he's perfectly fine, unexpectedly. His pain has gone, there's no tendril piercing his body, and his wounds disappeared completely.
Then a familiar voice greets him, chuckling softly.
“Why are you looking at me like you’ve seen a ghost?”
"Night...mare?"
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In Need of a Hero by LowlyWriter
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
05 Jun 2022
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After a very bad day at school, Izuku makes a split-second decision to take matters into his own hands while waiting for his train. He feels like he's stuck in a tunnel of intrusive thoughts where there seems to be no light at the end—
That is until he meets a strange man by the name of Aizawa Shota; a teacher who's like no other Izuku has ever met before. Caring and kind, someone who actually listens. Perhaps there is a light at the end of the tunnel after all?
Maybe not all Heroes need a license to be a Hero.
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when life gives you lemons (you overachieve like the chaos god you are) by asthmaticbee
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
08 Apr 2022
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"Uuh, so... hi! I'm Midoriya Izuku and I'm going to be teaching you Quirk Analysis!"
"What the fuck, Deku?"
Or, how one innocently overachieving chaos gremlin nonchalantly gets a university degree, teaching license and job offer before high school and causes Eraserhead's alcoholism.
(the last part might be exaggerated)
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no refunds or returns by WriteThroughTheNight
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
30 Jan 2022
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“Thought I was dreaming last night,” Hitoshi says, peacefully unaware of the way he's cracking open Shouta’s cold heart and stomping on the pieces. His voice sounds better, only a little hoarse. Whether Hitoshi is so willing to talk because he feels genuinely safe or because he's too tired to be scared… well. Time will tell. “But you’re still here.”
Shouta opens his mouth to say… something, but the lump in his throat grows larger. He was so close to never meeting this kid. So, terrifyingly close. Zashi takes over for him. “Of course we are, listener. We’re always going to be here for you now.”
And that's his husband. Dropping forever not even twelve hours after first laying eyes on the kid. Kami, does Shouta love him.
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The aftermath of two rooftop meetings and one tired pro.
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- Part 2 of bargain bin
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It Feels Better Biting Down by UmBriella
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
25 Sep 2021
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Set immediately after the results were announced at the Provisional Hero License Exam. UA decides to allow the students to spend the weekend at home after the exam, since everyone has been working hard while living in the dorms. But for Shouto Todoroki, who just failed his licensing exam, home has an extremely different connotation. Endeavor decides to teach his son a lesson over the weekend after embarrassing him on such an official stage, and Shouto has to return to school as if nothing happened, making sure not to draw attention to how volatile his home life is. It is much more difficult than he imagined it would be.
Or: where Todoroki is pretending that he’s not falling apart, and everyone attempts to offer a lifeline. If only he ever believed that people actually care about him.
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i love you (means goodbye) by wintersolstices
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
17 Sep 2021
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Quirkless Midoriya Izuku was killed in a villain attack alongside his mother and pronounced dead at age four.
Three hours later, a hobo hero and a loud-mouthed blonde are chasing that supposedly dead, now-half-naked child through the halls of one of Musutafu’s busiest hospitals.
(Or, in which Izuku gets sent back in time and spends three years with the surname Shimura and a loving future villain brother, Shimura Tenko. Death wins once more, in this second chance at life, and he’s back to the future with another set of parents hot on his trail.)
(This child has too many last names.)
Oh, he can see ghosts now, too. Trauma tends to do that to you.
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Must Have Been The Wind by MischievousAtHeart
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
31 Aug 2021
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It has been a while since Aizawa heard glass shattering in the apartment above his. He finds it strange that the noises he’d been hearing only began on the day of his students’ vacation. Being a concerned ‘citizen’, he visits his neighbor above.
What he finds out is extremely worrying. Because his neighbor above is none other than his problem child, Midoriya Izuku.
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the eighth, the ninths, the tenth by demifool
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
23 Aug 2021
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All Might is dead, and Izuku Midoriya has received One For All two months early, the only training he has with the Quirk being All Might's order for him to find Gran Torino.
And the situation is only further complicated when Kacchan breaks into his apartment with All Might, alive, later that night.
Turns out, one interdimensional warp Quirk managed to pull six different One For All users into the dimension Izuku calls home. And while he can celebrate the fact that he has six new mentors who have experience with the Quirk, there's also the looming issue of the target All For One has placed on Izuku's back, and the fact that all six of the other users need to get home eventually.
(Or: Into The Spider-verse, but make it My Hero Academia.)
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- Part 1 of 8th/9ths/10th
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As soon as Izuku entered the room, the boy’s head snapped up.
Izuku took a step back.
A face he saw every morning in the mirror stared back at him, eyes glittering with delight. The left one was red.
“Oh, hello.”This was a bad idea.
Or: Izuku finds out UA is holding a villain under lock and key. Specifically, they’re holding him, a version of him from an alternate universe in which he never became a hero, but something far darker. Curiosity gets the better of him. He ends up regretting it.
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Nedzu isn't fond of many humans, but he was rather fond of strategy games, one of which led him to meet a rather curious and interesting human with the username of "Greenbean." He found himself looking forward to their games, until one day, he got a shocking realization that Green was not only a child, but a bullied one, and suddenly he had someone to protect.
And if he taught the child how to take over the world in the process, well, he was Nedzu, after all.
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Eri and Deku's Story Time! by lynnvermi
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Apr 2021
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"I don't know, Deku..."
"What if I tell you a story, Eri? And maybe you might understand?"
The five stories of a quirkless boy told by Izuku to soothe Eri’s loneliness and the one time the EraserMic family discovers the truth behind those stories.
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How Laziness Can be Turned into a Teaching Opportunity by Itslivybear for The_Lady_of_the_Lion
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Mar 2021
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Due to pressure from students, alum, and the board, Nedzu has announced that they will be having a yearbook and that it is up to the teachers to get pictures of their classes. Aizawa, of course, thinks that's stupid, and immediately finds a way to avoid his responsibilities by exploiting a loophole - he can get the pictures from his students.
The only catch is that he doesn't want his coworkers to find out what he's doing because then they'll never let him hear the end of it.
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Comedy Hero: Slapstick! by redactedgoose
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
09 Mar 2021
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“Kacchan! Kacchan! Look!” Izuku waves his arms around, dancing from foot to foot in front of Katsuki, a wide grin stretching his face. “I got my quirk!!”
“Oh yeah? What’s it do?”
“I can- I can make people slip and fall!”
“Eh? That’s a sidekick quirk!” Katsuki sneers at him, hands flexing and sending out soft pops. “That’s a useless quirk, and you are too- Deku.”
“D-Deku…?”
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- Part 1 of Bad Ideas Box