────୨ৎ──── When a Hero Commission scout witnesses a tiny country girl lasso thirty rice baskets, swing her siblings, and polish his shoes with glowing energy ropes like its the most natural thing ever, he decides that this helpful, energetic and stupidly overpowered girl is wasted on the quiet, peaceful country side and recommends her to the U.A hero course. Now the Number One Hero School has to deal with a walking, talking bundle of chaos who solves every problem with the words "Hold still, I got you." ────୨ৎ────

჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻ In the dim glow of a smoky underground pool hall, where the air reeks of cheap beer and stale cigarettes, a girl with messy hair and sharp, tired eyes slouches over the green felt. She's only 16, and she looks like she's already given up on the world. Empty cans litter the table. A half-smoked cigarette burns between her fingers. Headphones on, music drowning out the distant chaos of Musutafu's hero-filled streets. She's not here to win. She's just here to waste another night. Because when your quirk is all about gambling with your own life... what's one more bad bet? ჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻჻

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐰𝐚 doesn't do feelings, doesn't do family, and he definitely doesn't do babies. But when a newborn shows up with his name on a note, suddenly he's doing all of them. Between all the pain and confusion, he knew one thing for sure; he'd do anything to build a happy, safe future for her...because she was his tether, the reason he's still here, still trying, still fighting so hard for a better world so she wouldn't. And he would do anything to prevent her from feeling the danger he had gotten used to feeling.

⟡ ───────────────────────── ⟡ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐘/𝐍, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, It was survival. Her quirk is a harsh, grinding engine that kept her moving through the streets, protecting her even as it slowly wore her down. 𝐔.𝐀. offers a chance at a normal life, a life away from everything that pained her, a life where she could finally start to learn how to live. But normalcy for someone like her was a fragile illusion.... With every step she takes toward the light, the shadows behind her stretch a little longer; eyes begin to follow, fragments of a buried horror resurface, and the happiness she's building may become the very thing that paints a target on everyone's backs. She wanted to leave the darkness behind, But can she stop it before it takes the people she's only just begun to love? ⟡ ───────────────────────── ⟡ ﹙𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎﹚ ︴𝑨𝒈𝒆𝒅-𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒊 (17) ︴𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒊 ︴𝑶𝑷 𝒀/𝑵 - 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 ︴𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 ︴𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒘𝒂 ︴𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 ✦ 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 Originally published on Mon, Sep 15, 2025 Unpublished due to slight re-writing (starred chapters) Art used in cover made by @nxhqt on insta! This fic is ON HOLD