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Danger First

Chapter 2

Heya @pocketramblr. I have no self-control.

Izuku expected his anxiety to subside, one way or another, once the exam was over.

As always, the universe set out to prove him wrong.

Home was more or less okay. But, for some reason, minor household repair issues started to bother him so much he spent the rest of weekend working on them

Then there was school, which was even more hellish than usual, despite being exactly the same as it had been since the sludge incident. Izuku was way too aware of how much of a threat everyone there was to him, specifically. Especially the teachers.

His hypervigilante state did keep him from getting poked (smacked) quite so much by the teachers, or cornered by 'fellow' students quite as much as usual, but it also led him to hide in the library storage room. He'd never be able to look at the librarian the same way again. Not knowing she kept multiple copies of books by anti-quirkless hate groups on hand.

And all through the week, he got nothing but silence from All Might.

But the end of the week came, and with it a letter from UA, which told him-

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FIRST PLACE?"

"I don't know, Nana, Banjo makes a good point."

"Don't take his side just because he was your predecessor. You all know a One for All holder would never resort to such devious- Yoichi, why are you making that face?"

"In an unjust world, bribery can be a tool for justice. I'm sure Eighth didn't have to, though."

"That's it, I'm not talking to any of you anymore."

"Anyway," said All Might, wiping blood from his mouth and glancing nervously at the other beachgoers. "Congratulations, young Midoriya."

Izuku felt his lip wobble. "You're not mad that I couldn't use One for All?"

"Not at all! Actually, in some ways this might be better. We'll have some time to experiment privately. And if you're in school when it finally turns on... well, we'll just say you're a late bloomer, alright?"

"Okay," sniffed Izuku, rubbing his eyes. "I just... I couldn't use it. What if-"

"Hey, hey, it's alright, my boy. No need to cry. You passed the entrance exam without using a quirk at all! You should be proud. Even with a quirk, it's an incredible accomplishment. Also, just so you know, I had nothing to do with the selection process. Just in case you were worried about favoritism."

Izuku sniffed and nodded.

"What a strangely specific denial."

"Uh, Banjo, usually I'd be reveling in the chaos, but I think Nana is seriously considering ghost murder right now. Maybe you shouldn't insult her kid anymore?"

"You and Hikage would protect me, right?"

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I'd sell you to Satan for one corn chip."

"So would I; it's been way too long since I've eaten. As long as it is Satan and not All for One, you've got my blessing."

"You certainly proved this old man wrong."

"You aren't old," protested Izuku.

"We'll have to agree to disagree on that," said All Might. "Here, sit down with me," he said, settling on the sand.

Izuku hurried to follow suit, and for a while, they both just watched the ocean. It was nice, today.

"I owe you an apology, young Midoriya."

"H-huh?"

"For what I said on that roof," said All Might, "and for what I... implied later."

"You already apologized for the roof, though?" said Izuku, confused. "I mean, that day..."

"That's what I'm talking about," said All Might. "I shouldn't have- The way I apologized, when I offered you One for All... It was like saying that you couldn't do it without a quirk, that you needed a quirk to 'fix' yourself and... well, obviously I was wrong. Quirk or not, you're going to be an amazing hero."

"Oh," said Banjo, "I can already tell this is going to be a problem once he finds out about Danger Sense. Gonna blow a hole right through his confidence."

"Maybe he won't find out?" suggested Nana, who'd wrestled her murderous impulses into submission. Temporarily. "Danger Sense is pretty low key."

"I feel like I should be offended..." said Hikage. "But if I got offended, that would be offensive to people who don't have quirks..."

"I don't know," said En. "If someone insulted your legs by saying they were so skinny it was like they weren't even there, would you being offended be offensive to people who don't have legs? Or would the original statement be the offensive one?"

"Somehow, I feel more offended after that."

"Oh," said Izuku. He felt himself crying again. "Are you, um. You're not going to- Are you- Do you want it back?" he whispered. "One for All?"

"No, no, of course not. You... There's no one I'd rather have it. I'm just... even if you didn't, you could be a hero. But I'm hoping... I'm hoping you'll keep it."

Izuku swallowed and nodded. All Might awkwardly raised his arm.

"Do you mind if I...?"

"Sure?" said Izuku, not entirely sure what he was asking.

All Might put his arm around Izuku and gave him a sort of sideways hug. Izuku leaned into it. It was the safest he'd felt since the entrance exam.

Because, surprise, surprise, that anxiety hadn't gone away.

"What did you say?"

"Oh! Uh... it isn't important, it's nothing."

"It didn't sound like nothing," said All Might, concerned.

"I, well, I, ever since the entrance exam... maybe even a little bit before? I've been really... jumpy? About everything. I think it's just because I'm a wreck, but..."

"Huh. Well, you know, that could be a facet of One for All."

"R-really?"

"After I got One for All, it seemed like it was easier for me to tell when people were in danger and needed help," said All Might. "S- A friend who knew about One for All used to joke it was my original quirk. But it was subtle and intermittent, not constant."

"Huh," said Izuku. "So... it might have been One for All all along? Trying to get me to help people?" He picked at his lower lip. "Maybe... I noticed a bunch of stuff I usually don't... I'm not sure I would have seen all the people in trouble during the exam."

"So much for not noticing-"

"His confidence... let him have it for at least a little while..."

"He seems to be taking it alright," said Yoichi, hopefully.

"I'm sure you would have helped them if you did notice, regardless," said All Might, "and that's what was really being measured, so my earlier point still stands."

Izuku nodded. "It would be really strange for a quirk to have two completely different applications like that."

"Yes, but One for All is a rather strange quirk, and I've seen odder split quirks." He fell silent for a moment. "I can't think of a way to test for it, though. Speaking of which, we should find some time to try and work on One for All before the school year starts. How do you feel about coming to UA after school?"

"Th-thank you for helping us with this, Recovery Girl!"

"It's no trouble, dear," said Recovery Girl. "I'd be here at this time, anyway. You wouldn't believe the amount of paperwork I have to go through. Just try not to break too many bones."

Izuku nodded vigorously, still somewhat in awe of being in the presence of not one but two incredible pro heroes. And at UA.

It was like living in a dream.

Except for the highly suspicious mostly-hidden wall panels and the very intense feeling of being watched through camera by an incredibly threatening being. It was fine.

"Alright, young Midoriya! Are you ready?"

"Y-yeah!"

"Then come at me, you zygote!"

Nana stared at her (former) student in despair. "Toshi... why... out of all the people..."

"So, you admit he can make bad decisions-"

"Bad and immoral are two different things."

"I think calling people zygotes is pretty immoral, actually..."

Silently, Nana agreed.

Izuku blinked at All Might- not because of the zygote thing!

... Okay, partially because of the zygote thing.

But mostly because he was still in his skinny, prone-to-coughing-up-blood form.

"Are you sure?" Izuku asked. "What if I..." he trailed off, blushing. What he was about to say sounded so stupid, and more than a little conceited, but...

"Hey, even like this, I'm much tougher than I look, young Midori- Ahem, I mean, zygote!"

"Toshinori, don't you think role-playing as Gran Torino is a little much?" asked Recovery Girl.

"Ah, do you think so?"

Recovery Girl shot All Might a truly terrifying look, but Izuku's mind was on something completely different.

"Is- is Toshinori your name?" he asked, awed.

Blood drained out of All Might's face, making him look more skeletal than usual. Should Izuku not have asked? Was it supposed to be secret? Oh no...

"Please tell me you haven't been training this boy for most of a year without him even knowing your name."

"Oops?" said All Might, faintly.

"He did do that, didn't he?" asked Yoichi, his eyebrows almost touching his hairline. "Nana, your boy is a disaster."

"All of us were disasters. We're still disasters."

"I'm not."

"Hikage, you spent most of your adult life living in the woods, completely isolated from humanity."

"I know, it was great."

"Unbelievable."

"Back to what we were talking about before," said Mr. Yagi (Mr. Yagi! Izuku knew All Might's name! And had permission to use it!) after Recovery Girl was done scolding him. "Focus on actually hitting me before worrying about accidentally hurting me. Today, I just want to get a baseline. Next time, we can work on basic punches and throws."

"So, do I just-?"

"Yep, just come right at me!"

The next hour consisted mainly of Izuku being thrown bodily into various padded surfaces. Despits this, according to Mr. Yagi, he was much better at dodging than expected. As a bonus, although he certainly felt sore and bruised, he didn't break any bones.

He also didn't manage to activate One for All. Not even a little bit.

Nor did he on any of the other days leading up to his first day as a student at UA.

Aizawa Shouta, down two nights of sleep and dreading the new batch of bright eyed hero hopefuls he'd be teaching- and crushing the dreams of- next week, glared blearily at a computer screen. Currently, it displayed a student's name, a quirk name, and the single least helpful quirk description he'd ever seen. Which was saying something, because he'd seen Hizashi's original quirk description.

Midoriya Izuku

Quirk: undetermined

Description: None.

I am either too tired or too sober to deal with this, decided Shouta. However, sleep simply wasn't on the table, and getting drunk was illogical. In that case, simply not dealing with it was the only option.

Nevertheless, he picked up his phone and called Nezu.

"Good evening, Aizawa!" said the internally chipper maybe-rodent. "Or should I say good morning?"

"Midoriya Izuku."

"Ah, you're browsing your class list, I see. Any thoughts about their potential?"

"Illogical." It would be, to make a call about a student's potential without meeting them first.

"Quite so!"

"Midoriya. Quirk," grunted Shouta, reminding him why he was calling.

"Ah, yes, he is a strange case. He's listed as quirkless in the registry."

That woke Shouta up, just a little. He'd seen a handful of documents for the quirkless over the years. If Midoriya was quirkless, his file should read N/A, not undetermined.

"What?"

"I have reason to believe that he might have been diagnosed in error," said Nezu. "I am still investigating. In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you kept an eye on him. Assuming, of course, that he isn't expelled!"

Shouta grunted and hung up. He minimized the window on his computer and pawed through his files until he found the entrance exam video for Midoriya.

A kid who passed the UA hero course practical entrance exam either entirely quirkless or with a subtle, stubborn, or invisible quirk on rescue points alone. A kid who seemed to run straight for danger on purpose (mostly on purpose, Shouta amended after seeing him collide with the invisible girl, coincidentally pushing her out of the way of some sort of water pressure quirk. There was just no way he could have known she was there). A kid who had almost certainly faced brutal quirk harassment since the time he was four and most likely possessed the self-confidence and trauma to match.

"Least he's good at dodging..." muttered Shouta. He rubbed at one grainy-feeling eye and pulled his sleeping bag closer around his shoulders. Kid wasn't all that bad at falling, either. Some light martial arts instruction, maybe?

He paused the video and reopened Midoriya's file, flipping to school and admission records and exam results. He usually didn't look closely at this part of the file, it was enough for him that the students passed, but, exceptions...

Speaking of exceptions, Midoriya's file was a mass of contradictions. Unusually high written test score that didn't correspond with middle school grades. Dozens of citations and black marks on his disciplinary record that should have kept him from even being invited to take the exam, but a letter of recommendation from All Might.

He frowned at the last one. There was no way...

He shook his head, and clicked on the link at the bottom of the file. It brought him to a herotube video about a year old. A hostage situation with a vaguely familiar middle schooler and slime-like villain. Also, a bunch of heroes, but none of them seemed to be addressing the suffocating child. Shouta felt his lips curl. Even if this was in the past...

Then Midoriya Izuku ran into the frame and tried to pull the other boy free, just seconds before All Might arrived and punched the villain so hard it started to rain. Then the video ended.

Alright, then.

Shouta's admittedly currently-less-than-razor-sharp mind presented him with two possibilities. One, Midoriya was All Might's secret child and All Might had bribed Nezu into letting him take the exams despite his less-than-stellar records. Two, this child had, with bloody fingernails, managed to claw a single spark of luck out of an otherwise bleak existence by impressing All Might enough that he got Nezu to ignore the otherwise damning records.

If the first, well, he had still passed the practical without use of any obvious quirk. He probably had some potential.

If the second... Shouta had been a hero long enough to recognize the circumstances that drove people to desperate, and sometimes unforgivable, acts. Dangling a single hope in front of someone only to snatch it away at the last minute...

Forget the maybe-quirk. This was the real conundrum of Midoriya Izuku.

The rat knew he wouldn't expel Midoriya with these stakes. It would be the height of irrationality.

(Even if he did turn out to be All Might's kid.)

What a pain.

He flipped through a few more profiles, quickly reviewing 1-B as well, before hitting redial on his phone.

"Calling again so soon?" asked Nezu with a squeaky chuckle.

"I want Monoma." He paused. "In my class," he elaborated.

"Oh? Whatever for?"

"If I'm going to have to figure out Midoriya's mystery quirk, I want to make it as easy for myself as possible."

There was silence on the other end of the like, and Shouta checked to see whether or not he'd hung up accidentally. He hadn't.

"I must say," said Nezu, finally, "I had not considered that solution. Depending on the mechanics of Monoma's quirk... I cannot think of any reason to deny your request."

That was a strange way of phrasing it.

"We'll exchange him with Bakugo, in that case."

"Not that I'm complaining," said Shouta, "but why him? Why not..." He racked his memory. "Mineta. He's got one of those body part quirks Kan likes."

Nezu chuckled again. "Normally, I would pick Mineta, but, by my calculations, a classroom that contained both Monoma and Bakugo would be demolished within thirty minutes of their arrival."

Shouta groaned. Why did they even let people like that in?

No, wait, he had an answer to that, actually.

"Forget a mouse, a dog, or a bear," said Shouta. "You're a sadist."

"Some certainly think so! But one thing's for sure! I'm the principal!"

The door to class 1-A sure was big... and intimidating... and radiating a faint sense of malaise. But, then, Izuku's middle school classroom had done far worse, so...

He opened the door. No Kacchan. Thank goodness. He must be in the class B, then, because there was no way he'd let Izuku beat him to school.

The strict boy from the entrance exam was there, though, and, oh, dear, he'd noticed Izuku and was coming right for him.

(Oh, gosh, and the invisible girl was here, too. He felt himself blushing furiously.)

Still better than Kacchan.

"Hello!" he said, rather loudly. "I'm from Somei Private Academy! My name is Iida Tenya!"

"Oh, uh, I- I'm from Aldera Middle School..." said Izuku. Was stating the name of your middle school a normal thing? He hadn't read about this in any manga... "I'm Midoriya Izuku."

"Pleased to meet you!" He moved his arm in a rather robotic fashion, taking a deep breath.

Oh, no, was he about to yell at Izuku again?

"Danger Sense isn't even going off right now, Izuku," said Yoichi, despairingly. "Why are you still so nervous?"

"Maybe we never really gave him Danger Sense after all, and it was his natural anxiety the whole time."

"Please stop denigrating my quirk."

"Midoriya... you... you perceived the true nature of the practical exam. Meanwhile, I was blind! I misjudged you! I hate to admit it, but you were the superior candidate."

Oh, that was nice, but... "I didn't perceive anything, though. I had no idea rescue points were a thing. I was mostly just trying not to die."

"Ah! That curly hair! It's Midoriya!"

"Oh! Um, Uraraka?" Please, please, let him have remembered her name right.

"Yeah!" said Uraraka, smiling brightly.

Augh! Too cute!

"I'm so glad you're in my class! I was so worried I wouldn't know anyone here."

"Y-yeah. T-this is Iida, by the way," said Izuku, trying to get attention off of himself.

"Nice to meet you, Iida."

"It's nice to meet you as well, Uraraka!"

"Yeah! So, we've got the entrance ceremony and guidance sessions today, right? I wonder who our teacher will be- They're all supposed to be pro heroes, right?"

"Um," started Izuku, "that-"

"If you're here to socialize, then get out."

"That's a teacher, huh," said Yoichi.

"Why are you saying that like you've never seen one before?" asked Banjo.

"I've seen teachers before," said Yoichi. "I've seen all of your teachers. The ones you've had while you had One for All."

"Okay, now you're saying that like you've never had teachers."

"Yeah, that is kind of strange, Yoichi," said Nana.

"I had professors," said Yoichi.

"Still weird."

"I went to college. And med school."

"Did you graduate?" asked En, interested.

"No."

"Why not?"

"My brother kidnapped me, kept me in a vault for a while, and then I died."

"I didn't know what I expected," said En, shaking his head.

"Wait, weren't there several years between the vault and the whole dying thing."

"Yeah, but I'm ignoring them."

"Because?" Banjo hooked his thumb over his shoulder at Second and Third.

"Yep," said Yoichi.

"Todoroki. You were the highest scorer on the Recommendation Exam. See how far you can throw this ball with your quirk. Stay in the circle. Anything else goes."

A boy with white and red hair stepped forward, scowling faintly. He took the ball and stared at it.

"Time is valuable, Todoroki."

And then there was a glacier.

Izuku felt his jaw drop. How was he supposed to compete with that?

"My name is Monoma," said a blonde boy, offering his hand.

Izuku stared at it a moment before remembering handshakes were a thing.

"Midoriya," he said.

Monoma then offered his hand to Uraraka and Iida as well. "I look forward to experiencing UA's superior brand of education with you," he said.

Izuku laughed nervously. "You're confident," he said, glancing at the track where two others students were doing sprints. It would be their turn soon.

"But of course!" Monoma struck a sort of pose, fingers splayed out on his chest. "I welcome this sort of challenge, this opportunity to prove myself! It just goes to show, UA only accepts the best of the best!"

Monoma was called away to the starting line a moment later. "Two good, one dud," he mumbled under his breath.

What did that mean?

Then Monoma was at the starting line, and he was using Iida's quirk. Did he have a copy quirk? That was so cool!

... Is that what he meant by good and dud? Did he... did he see that Izuku didn't have a quirk? Oh, no... What if he told everyone? Even if people were being nice to him now...

"What's wrong?" asked Uraraka.

"U-um," said Izuku. "Nothing?"

"Oh, gosh," said Yoichi, crying. "I just want to wrap him up in a warm blanket. You deserve friends."

"Yeah, kid, it'll be okay," said Banjo. "Bakugo's just a freak. And so was your whole school. Place gave me MLA flashbacks."

"Sure glad they aren't around anymore," agreed En.

All in all... Izuku didn't do terribly. Especially given that he didn't actually have a quirk, and this was a quirk assessment. At least, he didn't think he did. At least, he hadn't tripped or hurt himself.

It had, in fact, been a rather good day. No Kacchan. No bullies. The teacher had clear standards and requirements, and he stated them up front.

He had been getting... bad vibes... from the short, purple-haired kid, and he'd noticed other people frowning at him, especially the girls. But he hadn't been able to put his finger on why, even though he had been watching him carefully during his turns.

Other than that...

UA really was the best.

"By the way, no one's getting expelled. It was a logical ruse."

Monoma raised his hand.

"What is it?"

"I must object!" said Monoma.

"You... want someone to be expelled?"

"In fact, I insist! To allow this to continue would blemish the reputation of the school."

"Well said, Monoma!" exclaimed Iida. "Living up to the reputation of UA and all the alumni who have come before us is a duty of us students! But what blemish are you talking about? Surely, as Mr. Aizawa said, we all went plus ultra!"

"Maybe so, but my concern has more to do with moral standards!"

"If you kids keep going like this, I'm just going to go to sleep. You're giving me a headache."

Izuku caught movement out of the corner of his eye, and a wave of unease went through him. He turned to see-

"Hey! What are you doing?" he demanded, shocked and more than a little horrified.

Once again, he was mortally embarrassed on behalf of the invisible girl.

"I wasn't doing anything!" said the small purple boy.

"You were looking up her skirt!"

"It isn't like there's anything to see!"

The invisible girl gasped and quickly moved away. "Gross!" she said. "That's terrible!"

"See? See?" said Monoma, wildly. "This is what I'm talking about!"

"Next time," said Aizawa, "get to the point faster. Time is valuable. Mineta."

"What?"

"You're expelled."

"What? You can't do that!"

"Go complain to Nezu."

UA really was the best.

"Midoriya."

Okay, never mind. He was doomed. Completely doomed.

"Monoma. I want to talk to you after class. The rest of you are dismissed."

Midoriya stood nervously as Uraraka and Iida bid him goodbye. Was this it? Was Aizawa going to expel him after all? At least it wasn't in front of absolutely everyone... But what was Monoma doing here?

Speaking of which, Monoma looked nervous, too... Was he okay? Surely, Aizawa wasn't going to expel him, too.

"Is this about me using other people's quirks?" demanded Monoma. "Because you said anything goes! I wasn't cheating. You can't expel me!"

Oh. There was some trauma there. Izuku could tell. Did people make fun of him for his quirk?

"I'm not going to expel you," said Aizawa, looking up at them from where he laid in his sleeping bag in the grass. He almost looked like he was praying for patience. "I need to ask you some questions about your quirk. For future reference and to better serve your needs as a student. I know how tricky meta quirks can be."

"Oh," said Monoma, slightly deflating. Then he sent a curious glance at Midoriya. "Is he-?"

"His matter is slightly more sensitive. If you would like me to send him away while we talk, I can do that."

"No, no, it's fine." Monoma sniffed, his eyes suspiciously wet. "What's the question?"

"You copy quirks through DNA contact. Do you decide when to activate passive quirks you copy, or can you choose?"

"I can choose, as long as it's within my time limit."

"When you first make contact, can you tell what quirk a person has?"

Monoma shook his head. "No, sir, I have to activate it to do that, so I can get duds- oh, that is to say, quirks I can't use because I don't have the proper activation conditions, like Midoriya's. He's got some kind of stockpile. I can get duds without realizing it. But I can tell whether or not someone has a quirk."

"Were you able to test all your classmates' quirks today?"

"Not everyone, yet," said Monoma. "I usually try to avoid more extreme mutation quirks outside of controlled conditions."

Aizawa's head bobbed up and down minutely. "Great. That should be enough for now. You're dismissed."

"Yes, sir! I look forward to seeing your superior lesson plans tomorrow!" He paused. "Midoriya."

"H-have a good day, Monoma."

Monoma had felt One for All! What a relief. Izuku had been half worried he'd lost it somehow.

But why did Aizawa want him?

"Um, sir?" he asked. Sort of asked. 'Sir' alone wasn't a question, even if it was said in an inquisitive tone.

Aizawa's eyes turned red, and his hair started floating. Izuku felt... Huh. Calmer, somehow? He was no longer vaguely aware of how the light post over there could fall on him, or any of the other many minor dangers surround him and oh, gosh, he was no longer aware of the dangers! How was he supposed to stay safe like this, when he felt like he'd been blindfolded?

Aizawa blinked. Everything came back.

"Wow," said Izuku. "That was so cool! Was that your quirk? Is it an emotional quirk? It made me feel calmer at first, but then I was, I don't know, too calm, and it made me anxious, but then-"

"Problem child," said Aizawa, and Izuku froze at the reprimand. "What I just did was erase your quirk."

Erase?

His quirk?

"Oh my gosh! You're Eraserhead! I'm a huge fan!"

Aizawa closed his eyes. Was he counting? No? Did he fall asleep?

"You do know you're listed as quirkless, right?"

"Yes?"

"But you just had a reaction to my quirk that a quirkless person definitely should not have."

"O-oh?"

"Combined with Monoma's ability to sense your quirk, I'd say you are not, in fact, quirkless."

"But I have the toe joint?" Izuku wasn't sure why he'd said that. He shouldn't be arguing against this, because, as Aizawa had said, he did have a quirk. It just wasn't exactly his.

"Yeah, that's an old wives' tale."

"Really?"

"As real as my quirk counselor license. Whoever diagnosed you was a quack."

"O-oh."

"My initial impression from your entrance exam video is that you might have a sensory quirk of some kind. On the other hand, we should take Monoma's assessment into account, and consider stockpiles. Either way, I would like to schedule some time to test things out with you."

"You- You'd do that? For me? I mean, I don't want to be a bother-"

"This is literally my job."

"It... yeah, I guess so." His previous teachers would have considered it a bother. Except Mr. Yagi, but Mr. Yagi wasn't really a teacher. He was more of a... a mentor.

(Or a dad.)

(Oh, no, he did not just think that. Bad. Bad brain. Bad brain that read too much All Might RPF as a pre-teen.)

"Besides, even if your quirk doesn't have many applications in hero work, it will be useful for you to know what it is and how it affects you." Aizawa yawned. "Also, don't tell your class that I'm Eraserhead."

"O-okay," said Izuku. "Of course, sir, but... why?"

"I have two full time jobs. I get my entertainment where I can. You can go now. We'll schedule tomorrow."

Izuku nodded, and Aizawa just... zipped his sleeping bag the rest of the way closed and rolled over.

Was... was he just going to go to sleep here? In the middle of the field.

"Um? Mr. Aizawa?"

A grunt came from the sleeping bag.

"This is... isn't this kind of a dangerous place to sleep?"

"Go home, problem child."

"... okay."

#bnha #boku no hero academia #fic #fanfic #danger first au #danger first

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ft-aesthetic · 5 years

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Heya there, for the anime asks: 1, 3, 7 and 27 pls!

1: what is your #1 favorite anime?

okayyy so Fairy Tail is really really special to me, but Magi is so dear to me and I’m still praying for a season three

3: which anime made you laugh the hardest?

I haven’t watched this anime in ages, but I have vivid memories of laughing at Hataraku Maou-sama (The Devil is a Part-Timer) and spending hours stuck on certain scenes

Shokugeki no Souma is definitely up there too!!

7: have you ever watched an entire anime in one sitting?

hoooo boy, back when I was a young whippersnapper, I used to spend hours watching shows! I think I watched Kokoro Connect in one go :’) slice of life is pretty easy to speed through

I am pretty proud to say I watched the first season of Kimi ni Todoke (25 eps) in two days. and best believe I zoomed into season two right after

27: Which anime character are you most like?

soo I’ve watched a lot of animes, and I’ve never really resonated with a character UNTIL I recently just watched called Nana. it’s a josei anime, so it’s meant for older women and it’s a lot more serious than regular animes

but the main character, Nana Komatsu, is actually me. helplessly in love with anyone she sees, unfamiliar with a sister love but realizing how sweet it is, and very! naive!

I’d say I’m a healthier version of Nana in terms of having ambition and being comfortable with being alone for long periods of time. but wow, watching Nana made my heart squeeze cause I’ve never felt more like a character in my life

ask me some anime questions!

#answered #thanks for asking!#fairywithajetblackheart

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icharchivist · 5 years

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Heya! I know you tend to prefer manga but do you think with Nana you'd be able to get a good understanding of the story just watching the anime? I've always wanted to finish it but I always seem to get distracted so I've only read the first few chapters. I might try to see if the anime will hold my attention more, but do you think it's worth it?

heyy :3c

Honestly i don’t know, I’ve never really watched the anime bc i had beef with the coloration style for some reasons?? But i always LOVED the OST and I know i downloaded it to listen along with my reading bc of that.

i don’t know where the anime stopped?? i know it didn’t cover the whole story (the manga had been in hiatus since volume 21 came out... I think it was ten years ago....)

I think the begining follows the manga pretty closely at least, i’ve seen up to volume.... 10 being animated i think?

Also i know there was two movies, that i hadn’t watched though, covering at least the begining of the manga rather faithfully?

but ano.......

1) there are a few sex scenes spread toward the manga that are more or less explicit and i think about one in particular in vol 13 that is a scene that is important for the development of one of the main couple and that is super explicit and i don’t know how the hell the anime may have found its way around it

2) The themes of the story are seriously super, super heavy. Maybe i just remember the drama and all but some of the things will get very heavy. Also there’s a lot of backhanded “but you’re not gay are you??” that are super tactless. (that can get very annoying now, if i didn’t have nostalgia for this manga..).

3) This is kinda a spoiler but it can count as a trigger so depending on your sensibility about that carry on on that, I cannot in good conscience letting you go into it without addressing that the 15yo of the story is a prostitute and that it all goes downhill from then and his plotlines gets VERY HEAVY in some of those terms. Carry on with your own risk on that but i really think i should warn about that.

Nana holds a dear place in my heart because it was my first manga, i have very specific lifemoments associated to it, and honestly i could ramble on some of its impact on me, but i was also 12yo and not very critical of anything that wasn’t the raw emotions it made me feel. A lot of its elements can be heavily handed and very problematic and I am seriously not kidding when I say the story gets very heavy as it goes.

So it’s really up to you, i think the anime could ease some moments if only bc of the music

and i think the anime is fine in term of adaptation, what worries me is the fact that i don’t know if you are really ready to get into the mess the story is?

dkhfdjk sorry for the babble this is the worst sell for a manga ever rip but yeah,,,

#it's just. a mess.#ichatalks about nana #icouldbemoreclever #ichareply

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hgfstreamchats · 3 years

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Centaurworld: Part 1

thenightetc2 — Today at 8:51 PM Well, I'm ready! What are we watching? highglossfinish — Today at 8:51 PM Centaurworld! Soulsteel — Today at 8:51 PM :eyes: thenightetc2 — Today at 8:51 PM Oh! I love that show! Smokescreen — Today at 8:54 PM owo!! highglossfinish — Today at 8:54 PM Excellent! Smokescreen — Today at 8:54 PM I've been curious about that show! Oh, slag, I should probably grab something to eat first highglossfinish — Today at 8:54 PM Blades doesn't. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 8:54 PM HELLO highglossfinish — Today at 8:54 PM But he's not here, so his opinion is moot.

mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 8:55 PM i missed the last stream for my phone is of the quality of whatever the worst visco you've ever tasted is, and didn't show the dang notification. highglossfinish — Today at 8:55 PM Give a ping when you're back! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 8:55 PM or i just didn't have my phone on at the time. either way, i blame it. highglossfinish — Today at 8:57 PM Oh! First of all, new Helluva Boss. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 8:57 PM Question for a thing I'm doing in a videogame: if you were to found your very own cannibal religion, what would you call it and what would its deities be? i need ideas. highglossfinish — Today at 8:58 PM New Spikelandia. thenightetc2 — Today at 8:59 PM The Vorewoms (deities don't get individual names) Soulsteel — Today at 8:59 PM Forbidden Snacc, Mother Flesh and Nana Bones. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:00 PM ok I'm going with new spikelandia Soulsteel — Today at 9:00 PM ...actually, those two names are pretty hardcore, I'd probably call it "The Church of the Eternal Transubstantiation" or something. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:00 PM their ritual room is the Spike Eating Chamber. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:01 PM Well, I'm completely lost now Due to discord's "issues" mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:02 PM if it helps, I'm playing rimworld highglossfinish — Today at 9:02 PM Picture, sound, yes, good? mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:03 PM sound yes, picture yes. Oh invader zim vooce voice it froze on this frame Smokescreen — Today at 9:06 PM I can't believe Zim went to... Where are these creatures? mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:07 PM heya! The Human Governmdnt they are at The Human Government i think thenightetc2 — Today at 9:07 PM It "works" to the extent it usually does these days mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:08 PM Ekdjdhdjdhebsbshs thenightetc2 — Today at 9:09 PM man this has sure gone some places mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:09 PM it's LAGGON highglossfinish — Today at 9:11 PM Never. Trust. An owl.. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:12 PM Indeed. They even lie about their size. Smokescreen — Today at 9:12 PM ... Yeah, never trust an Owl! thenightetc2 — Today at 9:12 PM Pffff mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:14 PM Ok so just to confirm: Did those agent dudes get like a single fucking thing of value out of them? Soulsteel — Today at 9:14 PM Nah, they talked about "Corporate." This is private industry baby! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:14 PM well did those CORPERATE dudes get a Single Fucking Useful Thing out of them it's gonna be an owl thenightetc2 — Today at 9:18 PM omg mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:19 PM FUCKING CALLED IT. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:19 PM I'm really going to have to watch this later to catch all the stuff I'm missing from having to reload Smokescreen — Today at 9:19 PM is he going to ask for sits highglossfinish — Today at 9:20 PM Never give an owl a single sit. They'll demand a mile of them. Smokescreen — Today at 9:20 PM Speaking from experience, Woojit? ... You ARE nice to sit on. highglossfinish — Today at 9:21 PM Thank you. It's fine coming from you; you're not in a permanent state of owl. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:21 PM Have to specify "permanent" there. Smokescreen — Today at 9:23 PM That's fair! I'm VERY glad not to be stuck as an owl. Even if there were good parts to being an owl, terrorizing you was NOT one of them! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:24 PM Question: Who here has actually SEEN centaurworld? like, for purposes of talking about spoilers Smokescreen — Today at 9:25 PM I've seen nothing! highglossfinish — Today at 9:26 PM Now I'm morbidly curious to know what were the good parts. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:26 PM That's a hell of a thing to wake up to. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:27 PM okay is it frozen or paused thenightetc2 — Today at 9:27 PM Click "stop watching" and then click "watch stream" again. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:27 PM oigh thenightetc2 — Today at 9:28 PM Then do that again every minute or two, for the entire stream, and you'll know what I've been dealing with for months. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:29 PM metaphorical baby Smokescreen — Today at 9:29 PM Getting pets was nice! Also, being able to peck Anons was great. highglossfinish — Today at 9:29 PM I can see how that would be a plus. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:30 PM proper welcome. highglossfinish — Today at 9:30 PM We can try watchparty again if it's giving everyone trouble. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:30 PM Personal space! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:30 PM Cause We Have No Sense Of Boundaries~ thenightetc2 — Today at 9:30 PM Oh, I'm watching it in another window, on wcostream. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:31 PM I'M watching on my phone and typing on my computer thenightetc2 — Today at 9:31 PM "we agreed not to talk about that!" Nothing weird about that! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 9:32 PM PUNCH I'm gonna check out of the stream but i'll stay to chat thenightetc2 — Today at 9:39 PM Too much, Horse highglossfinish — Today at 9:40 PM Just a little. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:41 PM I don't like tha tmoon. highglossfinish — Today at 9:42 PM Agreed. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:43 PM I'm fairly certain the pink one made the dome in the first place. highglossfinish — Today at 9:44 PM For absolutely no reason, I'm sure! No reason at all! thenightetc2 — Today at 9:45 PM Just a feeling! Mimic — Today at 9:45 PM Hello! thenightetc2 — Today at 9:45 PM Hello! highglossfinish — Today at 9:45 PM Hello there! thenightetc2 — Today at 9:45 PM We're just starting the second episode. Mimic — Today at 9:46 PM Man this is eighties as all hell thenightetc2 — Today at 9:47 PM Horse what was that FACE "HAHA no reason!" Mimic — Today at 9:50 PM These faces make me think no one is having a good time here thenightetc2 — Today at 9:52 PM Heheheh. Smokescreen — Today at 9:52 PM ... I was thinking "Tarnado" for a klik thenightetc2 — Today at 9:53 PM I love this song. highglossfinish — Today at 9:54 PM Likewise. highglossfinish — Today at 9:54 PM The singing's very on brand. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:56 PM She does have a point. I mean, they could have sheltered somewhere until it was gone. highglossfinish — Today at 9:57 PM Which it was, very quickly. thenightetc2 — Today at 9:57 PM Yes. ;_; :open_mouth: Whaaaaat highglossfinish — Today at 10:07 PM This show would be fun on Steam. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:07 PM Horse was the only one who DIDN'T slam into it like a meteor from above highglossfinish — Today at 10:07 PM It's the only thing she hasn't done wrong. Smokescreen — Today at 10:08 PM Steam would be nice! thenightetc2 — Today at 10:09 PM SUCH a great job. highglossfinish — Today at 10:09 PM An attempt was made. highglossfinish — Today at 10:11 PM I'll have to ask Wheeljack what crystals would pair well. (Or you can. He clearly likes you.) Smokescreen — Today at 10:11 PM Oooh, yeah! ... Watching this with Wheeljack would be nice! thenightetc2 — Today at 10:12 PM Annnnnd there's the attempt Smokescreen — Today at 10:12 PM ... Wait, you really think so, Woojit? highglossfinish — Today at 10:12 PM Oh yes. He's transparent that way. Mimic — Today at 10:12 PM It is weird watching him use a paper bag Like my head has trouble processing the how thenightetc2 — Today at 10:14 PM AAAAAAAA highglossfinish — Today at 10:14 PM What it's like to join the multiverse in a nutshell. That's it, that's the show. Smokescreen — Today at 10:14 PM Pffff- it really does get the feeling JUST right ... wait, isn't glue made from thenightetc2 — Today at 10:16 PM hahahaha I think the done was just a scaled-up version of the bubble. highglossfinish — Today at 10:19 PM That does make sense! thenightetc2 — Today at 10:21 PM hohohoho highglossfinish — Today at 10:22 PM No one in this world knows what personal space is. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:22 PM They do not. Smokescreen — Today at 10:22 PM What IS personal space highglossfinish — Today at 10:23 PM We just don't know. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:25 PM So it WAS just to keep them busy, right highglossfinish — Today at 10:26 PM Like giving a bunch of newbuilds a box to play with. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:26 PM Exactly. They have a wakeup song. highglossfinish — Today at 10:30 PM Of course they do. Mimic — Today at 10:30 PM It’s like this world is what was offscreen in whatever surreal hellscape teletubbies happens in thenightetc2 — Today at 10:33 PM Yeeeeee highglossfinish — Today at 10:33 PM I like this song. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:33 PM Me too. Hehehehe That sure was an expression on the tree. highglossfinish — Today at 10:38 PM Wasn't it just? thenightetc2 — Today at 10:42 PM :< highglossfinish — Today at 10:42 PM Like bolts it isn't! Direct action. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:45 PM Yesss. Soulsteel — Today at 10:49 PM Well that got dark. highglossfinish — Today at 10:49 PM Wrap it up there or one more to take us to the halfway mark? thenightetc2 — Today at 10:49 PM Ominious! I'm good with one more! Dear god oh my GOD horse highglossfinish — Today at 10:53 PM They're all so impressively useless. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:53 PM I know, right I mean, Horse kind of has an excuse Mimic — Today at 10:55 PM this is gonna end with all of them eating the beartaur isn't it thenightetc2 — Today at 10:55 PM No comment. highglossfinish — Today at 10:56 PM That is, indeed, a plausible outcome given everything else these characters have ever said or done. thenightetc2 — Today at 10:58 PM Why is he huge, though Looooore. highglossfinish — Today at 11:00 PM Here comes lore! Smokescreen — Today at 11:00 PM ooooo lore thenightetc2 — Today at 11:01 PM See, I didn't even realize at first that they were fighting minotaurs. I thought they were just... humans in armor Turn taken. Wazkalia — Today at 11:06 PM WHAT IN REZZAN'S NAME IS THAT GIANT THING? Is that a Bear???? Human??? thenightetc2 — Today at 11:06 PM A beartaur! Wazkalia — Today at 11:06 PM I hate it! thenightetc2 — Today at 11:06 PM It's CENTAURWORLD Wazkalia — Today at 11:07 PM :O thenightetc2 — Today at 11:08 PM Heheheheheh. highglossfinish — Today at 11:09 PM Farewell, carrot man. thenightetc2 — Today at 11:09 PM I'd feel sorry for him, but, you know. Varnish. Wazkalia — Today at 11:09 PM I am actually gonna pop back out before my homework deadline! Though now I have something to BINGE thenightetc2 — Today at 11:09 PM Honestly, poor Horse. Wazkalia — Today at 11:10 PM Night y'all! May you all be blessed by massive owl demons :3 Smokescreen — Today at 11:10 PM But that's a curse!! Wazkalia — Today at 11:10 PM For you, maybe! I want owl army Mimic — Today at 11:10 PM really just a lateral move where I live. we already get the owl demons. they'd just be bigger. Smokescreen — Today at 11:10 PM Owl army..... Wazkalia — Today at 11:11 PM 10,000 hoots of doom Smokescreen — Today at 11:11 PM Thank you for having us, Woojit!! highglossfinish — Today at 11:11 PM Thank you for letting me have you! Wazkalia — Today at 11:11 PM I'll keep em away from Knockout tho Mimic — Today at 11:11 PM you know barn owls are the reason we have the idea of aliens being big headed, big eyed freaks that get to places they shouldn't be able to stand drugs and owls = the grays, apparently Wazkalia — Today at 11:12 PM Hmm...maybe I should switch to bats... thenightetc2 — Today at 11:14 PM "someone's" gotta go extinct Wazkalia — Today at 11:15 PM h thenightetc2 — Today at 11:16 PM :thinking: tiny deer... Mimic — Today at 11:20 PM you don't say! thenightetc2 — Today at 11:20 PM Perfectly named! highglossfinish — Today at 11:21 PM If this "pepper video with praise for the sponsor" nonsense is going to be a recurring thing, we're finding something else to close out stream nights. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:22 PM question: what is being watched thenightetc2 — Today at 11:22 PM Their settlements all....... "intertwined" Mimic — Today at 11:22 PM we're watching a man of questionable morals play a game about human history mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:23 PM lets game it out? Mimic — Today at 11:23 PM yup mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:23 PM to quote knockout: Can't stand that particular human. highglossfinish — Today at 11:23 PM I know you can't. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:24 PM ... Okay is this just a joke or has the topic come up before? highglossfinish — Today at 11:24 PM It's come up before. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:24 PM Ah, apologies if i'm being repetitive then. highglossfinish — Today at 11:25 PM No worries. If he keeps his up, it will be a non-issue because we're never watching him again. thenightetc2 — Today at 11:26 PM Are you talking about the "combine up to sixty cultures!" thing? mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:26 PM do i even wanna click join stream just to see how bad it is? Mimic — Today at 11:27 PM if you're taking suggestions, this happened to be uploaded in the past week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjhcetxfOKo YouTube Screen Rant Transformers: Dark of the Moon Pitch Meeting

highglossfinish — Today at 11:27 PM That and the four other times he said something to that effect. mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:27 PM i can look up cool youtube videos highglossfinish — Today at 11:28 PM We'll pack it up after this one. thenightetc2 — Today at 11:28 PM "But no, everybody seems to have forgotten that!" mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:29 PM okay but just for future reference this is a playlist of absolute utter madness. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy--PyMHQQ9mHaUMO8ZgWM8ISO7OcX-sU YouTube Theorizer: Dreamworks Mort Theory This is one of my rare "special series" playlists, made for a specific subset of videos. This one is for my Dreamworks Mort Mega-Theory. This is for easy vie...

highglossfinish — Today at 11:30 PM "Unclear!" "Huh!" thenightetc2 — Today at 11:30 PM Why wouldn't they! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:31 PM the dude is actively working on over 2000 diagrams to explain how you can condense the 'entire pixar infinite mobius strip' down to just five universes i can barely follow what the hell he's going on about at this point but i can only believe that he's not kidding and is fully serious. i am now listening and that sounds exactly like what autobots would do. thenightetc2 — Today at 11:33 PM "Oh, my god" Mimic — Today at 11:34 PM not an untrue word out of hteir mouths highglossfinish — Today at 11:34 PM And that would be that! thenightetc2 — Today at 11:34 PM And what a that it was! mysteryfleshpitnationalpark — Today at 11:34 PM okay! highglossfinish — Today at 11:34 PM Such a that if there ever was! thenightetc2 — Today at 11:35 PM Thanks for bringing in Centaurworld! I am jazzed to watch the rest of this next time. highglossfinish — Today at 11:36 PM You and I both! Mimic — Today at 11:36 PM that show is wild highglossfinish — Today at 11:37 PM It's so many things. thenightetc2 — Today at 11:37 PM It IS.

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kunishirou · 6 years

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happy early xmas for me, since I really love WinterIron concept so much lately so why not?

Rating: General/Teen Characters: James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers Relationship(s): James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark, James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes & Steve Rogers Other Tags: Single parent!Bucky, kid!Steve, Family, pre-relationship, alternate universe - modern/no power, Christmas themed

・。・゜★・。・。☆・゜・。

“Stevie, take it easy, pal. We still have some time before dinner time. You can choose whichever slowly,” Bucky huffed, shaking his head as he looked at his little spitfire fondly, who seemed so unsure which toy he wanted to get. It had been a long while since they managed to shop together like this, especially as it was getting closer to Christmas holiday. Last year was a lonely one for both of them, as Bucky couldn’t go home from his tour and Steve stuck with his Poppa and Nana. It broke his heart so much when he tried to video call his family, only to see Steve wailed really hard for his Dadda until the boy fell asleep, still crying. But now he came home for real and could spend all time he had with his beloved son. Taking the little guy to the toys store to pick up what Steve wanted for his Christmas gift seemed like a great idea a few hours ago.

And it didn’t even take more than 30 minutes until Bucky completely lost him.

・。・゜★・。・。☆・゜・。

He knew he shouldn’t go to the store alone without any supervisions or guarding. Even Happy didn’t know that his employer just gone from the office, wearing the best civilian, cheap clothes he got and simply dashed into the said best toys shop in the city. Tony Stark probably could just get whatever he needed right now by ordering online. Heck, maybe even bought five the exact things. Maybe even the most expensive one in the world with just a single click from his tablet.

But no, Pepper would be so pissed if Tony tried to spoil her daughter, Gwen, by buying yet another expensive toy for the lovely baby girl’s Christmas present. But then again, Tony just wanted to be the coolest uncle ever (besides Rhodey, maybe, they could share the honorable title with him) for her. Also, again, Pepper would notice if Tony bought anything suspicious like the last time he bought the $300,000 Barbie doll for Gwen. Or that one time when he bought a dollhouse worth at least $250,000. Partially, it was his fault for just bought whatever caught his eyes in the first place.

It was just a present, Gwen shouldn’t care about how much they worth and simply played with the gifts!

Alas, the parents knew and Pepper banned him to buy anything online or way too expensive anymore. So here he was, at the suburban area that somehow had the best and apparently also the largest toy store in the whole city. Fair enough, since the said store was more like a renovated warehouse anyway. Thus, the adventure began from the time Tony entered the place, which rather packed with families right now because the Winter holiday was approaching fast.

Lucky for him, no one seemed to notice his face yet. So he could quietly slipped deeper into the store while looking around.

What he didn’t expect was that there was a little boy who was sleeping alone. On top of a big teddy bear’s belly. And no one else seemed to see it as a strange scene. Some questions had been inside Tony’s head already: who’s this boy? Why is he alone? How old is he, Jesus Christ, he’s so tiny and very skinny but adorable with those Captain America onesie getup hidden briefly under another layer of warm clothes awww - but where’s the parents? Tony didn’t hear any announcements or a voice of distress parents calling names for their child yet. But there was no way this boy was walking alone, right? Despite how much he didn’t want to get involved and only wanted to look for the presents, Tony could imagine how the parents would feel when they knew they just lost their kids inside the store. It wasn’t like the little boy was equipped with any kind of gadgets for the parents to call as well.

Groaning internally, Tony walked closer to the boy who started to stir awake. Let’s just hope he won’t cry or even wail enough for other people to accuse him as a kidnapper, geez.

“Heya, little dude. Sleep well? I assume you’re not walking around the shop alone, since you look really small and I don’t think any parents should allow you to do that yet.” Welp, that earned the man some sleepy glare, which should look a bit scary, but somehow made the boy looked even cuter. “Not that I think you’re small small, I mean uh - anyway, where’s you parents? Are you here with them, right? You got separated?”

And the little kid - Tony noticed how blue his eyes were - only stared at him, looking unconvinced. Slowly, the boy wiped his eyes with one hand before stepping down from the teddy bear. Blue eyes still looked up at Tony.

“...Dadda said not to talk to a stranger if I’m alone. And I don’t know you.” Oh good, the boy was speaking, yay. Tony was afraid what if the boy wasn’t old enough to even speak proper English yet, but it seemed he underestimated how fast children could grow nowadays. The man grinned, giving his best, mostly not - well, hopefully not that kind of awkward, smile and crouching down to the boy’s level.

“Your Dadda is a good man and you’re such a good kid for listening to him. So I suppose a proper introduction is in order, you know, so we can get to know to each other and we’re no longer strangers. Well, technically still strangers, but at least there’s a progress. So? I’m Tony, what’s your name, little guy?”

Another glare, before the boy said, “I’m not little, I’m 3,” well it’s still too little for Tony, but he won’t argue with that, “....’m Steve.”

Honestly, Tony’s heart melted a little when he saw how brave and yet still so shy this Steve boy acted towards the man. Now he really wanted to make sure the boy returned safely to his parents, almost instantly forgetting his own mission to the store. Well, it was a big store, he could still find something proper later on. Now, back to Steve.

“Oh, wow okay Steve, you’re a big boy then. My bad. Nice to meet you, glad we’re already on first name basis at our first meeting or we had to go through boring and awkward situation before getting where we are,” okay, no more rambling to the poor kid. Tony would just confuse him even more. “So, Steve, Stevie, can you tell me where the last time you see your Dadda? Or Momma? You go together with them, right?”

Tony swore the kid’s expression changed for a brief seconds there before he looked down at the floor, two small hands played with the hem of his sleeve. “Don’t have mommy. Only with Dadda,” Steve mumbled, which made a wonder, and another ton of questions but Tony kept them to himself.

“With your Dadda, then.” the man nodded, “What do you say if we go to the help center and wait for your Dadda there? I’m pretty sure it’ll be kinda pointless to search for him by ourselves in this big place, so we should go and make sure he can find you at one place. What do you say?”

“And how can I be sure that you won’t trick and kidnap me?” Wow, this kid was really perceptive and fully aware his situation could go wrong if he wasn’t careful to who he should trust. Tony absolutely underestimated this little guy so much. Quick, think of something.

“Because,” Tony shushed, looking around before beckoning the kid to come closer. He pulled his right sleeve a bit to reveal a rather gaudy toy watch with Iron Man design on it - courtesy of his lovely niece Gwen, and she insisted Tony to keep wearing it and somehow it became his habit now. Even if he had some proper watches collection. “Don’t tell anyone, but I’m actually Iron Man, Cap. I know you’re actually Captain America, right? I can see through you with those kind of red-white-blue outfit you hid inside that jacket, you know.”

“You’re silly,” Steve giggled, and Tony grinned again.

“Oh, am I now? I’m hurt, Cap, I thought you’ll be less judgmental in person.” He faked a gasp, one hand clenching his chest before grinning again, “Us Avengers have to watch each other’s back, no? So why don’t you let me help you for this once? Pinky promise no funny business, I can swear it by my Arc Reactor. I’d say my heart, but I guess my Arc Reactor is one and another my second heart and even more important to keep me alive anyway, so there’s that.”

“You’re still silly, but alright, Mister Tony. My Dadda likes Iron Man too and I think I can trust you not going to do anything funny to me.”

“I probably already said this, but your Dadda is a good man with a good taste,” he laughed, “Now I can’t wait to see what your Dadda looks like, I have a hunch that me and your Dadda can get along just fine with our similarity, then.”

・。・゜★・。・。☆・゜・。

Turned out Steve’s father had a pair blue eyes as well. Very blue eyes and Tony was entrapped. He probably lost a few first words here and there, okay, maybe a lot of words when they finally met at the customer help desk. The very first part that he was aware was those gorgeous blue eyes and deep, raspy voice probably roughed up because he shouted too much for his son, and -

“Mr. Tony?”

Oh, oh. Shit. How long he had been staring, again? “Yes? Yeah, uhm, I’m still listening. Got a bit distracted a bit just now. Too much noises around here, don’t you think - what was it that you said again?”

Tony thought the man would be offended at least, but he just gave Tony an understanding smile. “I can sympathize. Not quite a fan of crowded places with too much noises myself, but I’m trying. What I wanted to say was thank you for finding and bringing Steve here for me.” Bucky smiled at the little boy, who curled himself up on Bucky’s arms and wrapped his tiny arms around the man’s neck, looking ready to sleep again. “I was panicking and probably running around the store just to find him until I got back my common sense and went to the customer desk before I started crying myself.”

Oh, dear God, those laughter. Tony was pretty sure that it should be so illegal to laugh or even chuckle so beautifully like that. The father himself in overall had been already illegal. Not only just because of those blue eyes, but that strong jaw, those impressive cheekbones that probably could cut, rather long hair that look quite silky that he tied into a messy bun that suited the man so much, how the corners of his eyes crinkled when he laughed -

Wait, why was the father still laughing at him?

“Believe me, my hair usually ain’t as silky as you think. Maybe because I took the wrong shampoo rather than my usual one for a whole month and didn’t realize it. Who knows a baby shampoo can do such a thing.”

Tony smacked his face as hard as he could. “Oh, my God. Did I say it out loud in front of you? I said it out loud in front of you and your kid. Oh God. I swear I’m not a creep, I just have a tendency to say whatever came out in my mind and it’s not helping since I have a very big mouth - no other intention intended. I’m so sorry about this. I hope you won’t sue me. Please don’t sue me. I still have to attend the Christmas party with all my friends - which probably can be counted with one hand - and spend more time with my lovely little niece. What would she think if she knew his cool uncle just got into prison because he just accidentally compliments his sudden crush - I’m going to shut up now before you really want to sue me.”

To his surprise, the father didn’t seem to annoyed to the very least. He just simply...blushed and scratched the back of his neck with his free hand. “Uhm, thank you? I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that if you want. And no, I won’t sue you. You just saved my Stevie from getting lost too far. Besides, he said you’re, like, Iron Man?” he teased, starting to sound more confident, “No way I’m going to sue Iron Man who just saved my son, he’s way too cool for being taken into prison for that. And I’m a big fan of Iron Man myself. Isn’t that right, Stevie?” The said boy looked up at both Tony and Bucky, smiled sleepily and continued burying his face to the man’s shoulder.

Tony blinked stupidly, “Really?” he cleaned his throat before smirking at the man, “Really, now. Glad to hear that then, Steve’s father.”

“Bucky.”

“Bless you.”

“No, not that,” the man - Bucky - snorted. “That’s my name. Well, James, actually. But no one calls me that unless you’re my Ma.”

“Bucky, eh? Nice to meet you. I like the sound of it, suits you. I was gonna ask where you got ‘Bucky’ out of James, but I guess you got other people asking you that a lot and it seems like a question for a first date thing - I mean. Shi - shoot, sorry. No, not that I want to pressure you with such a thing. I just like talking whatever came out of my mind, again. This sounds awkward already, sorry about that.”

“No, that’s okay. Well, Mr. Iron Man,” Bucky bit his lower lip, considering, “I was hoping maybe you can join us for tonight’s dinner as a thank you, it’s the least I can do to repay you. Maybe by then we can get to know each other fairly well, don’t you think? Unless if you already had a plan.”

Again, Tony blinked, “Dinner? With you and Steve? You sure I won’t interrupting your family bonding time?”

“Absolutely sure. And I’m sure Steve will be so thrilled anyway. I can see he already likes you enough. He doesn’t trust people so easily like he does to you. Most of the time he will run away as fast as he can if he doesn’t feel safe around strangers, Stevie is intuitive like that.“

Tony was pretty sure his heart just swelled in pride. “S-Sure, yeah. I’d like that very much. So, like, numbers exchange? So you can send me your address and time? Promise I’ll be there on time.”

“Smooth, but alright,” Bucky chuckled, fishing out his phone to exchange his number with Tony.

“It’s a date, then,” Tony said casually when he pressed save button for Bucky’s number on his phone, but froze when he saw Bucky raised his eyebrow, realization of what he just said. “I mean, like, with family. So it’s a family date? Dinner? No? Alright, sorry, didn’t mean to say that.”

“Tony, calm down. You look like you’re about to burst into fire like that,” the brunet chuckled, shifting Steve on his arm. Cheeks flushed red a little. “It can be a family date if you want. We - well, I - I’d like to know more about you.”

“...really?”

Bucky nodded, and it was Tony’s turn to blush as he gave his charming smile.

“It’s a family date, then.”

#winteriron #drabble #hhhhHHHHHH self indulge fic once again because I need that once in a while #unbeta-d so all mistakes are mine

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