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[redrobin-detective]

Whoo!

TLWA #4, nicknamed Glory, is officially done! I had a lot of fun writing it and it definitly put me back not only in the world of BNHA but this specific universe which very much was the point. To think I finally came back to a WIP I started over 2 years ago and finished in about a month... miracles do happen. Sending off to my lovely beta, @alderaan-babe​ tonight so I’m hoping it’ll be up by the end of january!

[impalaimagining]

The Long Way Around - Part 5

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum

Word Count: 1,243

Warnings: minor angst, implied smut

A/N: Commissioned by @arses21434 <3 Thank you so, so much for your patience. I really hope you love the way this turned out, my dear!

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“So are you two like,” Sam gestured between Dean and Donna across the diner table as he sipped his coffee and swallowed, “a thing now?”

Donna grinned sheepishly and looked down, her fingers fidgeting in her lap. Dean reached over and laced his fingers with hers, nodding proudly at his brother. “Yeah, Sammy, we are.” Sam raised his brows. “Is that a problem?” Dean challenged.

“No, just, uh - just wasn’t really expecting that to come of all this. Happy for you, though.” Sam gave a tight, close-lipped smile.

Dean opened his mouth to defend himself needlessly, when the waitress came to the table. “What can I get for you?” She looked at Sam first. 

“Just coffee, thanks.” His forced smile returned as he quickly averted his eyes from the woman.

She scribbled something down and glanced at Dean through falsely lengthened, black lashes. “And for you, cutie?”

Donna’s grip on Dean’s hand tightened and he chuckled. “The double bacon waffle special. Eggs over easy.” He turned and looked at Donna, giving her a reassuring look.

“Got it. How about you, love?” The waitress’s smile shrank when he eyes landed on Dean and Donna’s hands linked together.

“The egg white and spinach omelette. Fruit instead of homefries, please?” Donna asked sweetly.

Dean frowned. “Really?” He scowled, but Donna nodded. “You don’t have to eat like Sammy, you know.” 

“I’m not eating like Sammy.” Donna rolled her eyes. “I’m trying to get myself back together, one piece at a time. I have to start eating right if I wanna be able to train with you guys and get back into hunting.

Dean drew his head back in surprise, his eyebrows lifting. “Excuse me?” 

“Will that be all for you?” The waitress gave a nervous laugh.

“Yeah, thanks.” Sam dismissed her and she walked away with a disapproving shake of her head. 

“You’re not hunting again. Not after all this.” Dean shook his head adamantly.

“Listen, Dean,” Donna pursed her lips and turned toward him, “you came in and got to be my knight in shining armor once. You’re a good guy, and I really like ya, but you can’t possibly thing I’m gonna give everything up because of one black-eyed doofus.”

“I’m not gonna have you getting hurt again. Or worse.” Dean insisted. 

“Dean.” Sam warned from across the table.

“Don’t, Sammy. Stay out of it.” Dean glared at him from the corner of his eye.

“She’s my friend too, Dean. And I don’t want her getting hurt either, but do you know how many times you and I have been in the hospital? Or how many we should’ve been and we just stitched it up ourselves? You can’t stop someone from hunting because of one hunt gone wrong.” Sam shook his head. 

“He’s right, Dean.” Donna squeezed Dean’s hand in hers. “Sam’s right. I want to keep hunting. I don’t need to, I want to. I want to hunt with you. Can you imagine? The three amigos!” She grinned and motioned between the three of them. “No one will stand a chance.”

“We’ll talk about it later.” Dean resolved temporarily as the food arrived at the table.

Later never came, and Dean knew it wouldn’t. He sank into his bed that night with a heavy sigh as Donna shifted beside him. “Hey, stud muffin.” She mumbled as she let out a soft yawn.

“Go back to sleep, Donna.” Dean painted on a half smile. 

Donna frowned and rolled over, propping herself up on her elbow. “What’s goin’ on? You’re down in the dumps.”

“Nothin’, sweetheart. Get some sleep.” Dean shook his head. 

“You’re almost as bad at lying as my great aunt Sylvia. That woman couldn’t lie if she was a rug.” Donna sat up fully and leaned her head on Dean’s shoulder. “Now tell me the truth.”

“I don’t want you hunting, Donna. That’s the truth. I said it before and I’ll say it again, until you finally understand.” Dean explained carefully, wrapping his arm around Donna’s shoulders. “I can’t risk losing you again.”

“Again?” Donna turned and looked up at him. “You never lost me, Dean-o.” 

“When Eligos had you?” He furrowed his brows.

“Yeah, you didn’t lose me then. I wasn’t yours to lose.” She shrugged.

“Oh yeah, you were. You just didn’t know it yet.” Dean smiled fondly and turned, kissing her forehead. 

“I know it now.” Donna sighed happily and brought her lips to meet Dean’s in a soft kiss. Dean reached up and tangled his fingers into Donna’s curly locks, pulling her closer as he maneuvered his body until he had Donna laying on her back, holding himself above her with their lips still connected.

Dean peeled Donna out of the t-shirt she stole from him, leaving her in a pair of black, lacy underwear. “These new?” He murmured against her collarbone as his fingers drifted over the thin fabric. 

Donna nodded shyly. “I bought ‘em when I started workin’ out. They didn’t fit then.” 

“They look incredible.” Dean raked his eyes down over her body and bit his lower lip. “You look incredible, baby.”

Donna slid her hands over Dean’s chest and shoulders, digging her fingers into the muscles. “You’re not so bad yourself, ya know.” She winked and pulled him down for another kiss, letting his tongue sweep across her bottom lip and his hands roam her body.

A month later, Sam and Dean were in the training room of the bunker, the other half of the shooting range. Donna made her way through the door, strapped to the nines with her hidden knives and gear strategically placed all over her body. 

“Ready, Freddies!” Donna threw her hands on her hips and stood in the doorway. 

Dean blocked Sam’s punch as they both turned toward Donna. “Really?” Dean chuckled. “I’m not complaining, you look good, but is all of that necessary?” 

“Go big or go home, Dean-o!” Donna grinned and stepped toward them triumphantly, the sound of metal clinking with every step. Sam and Dean shared a look before laughing and shaking their heads. 

“I’ll leave you two to it for a little while. Call if you need me to help?” Sam clapped his hand on Dean’s shoulder before walking toward the door. When he passed Donna, he bent down and kissed her cheek quickly, whispering in her ear. “Don’t kick his ass too hard.” Donna winked and giggled as Sam closed the door behind him.

Sam listened behind him as he heard the sound of the air leaving Dean’s lungs with an oomph. Before Sam made it to the kitchen to grab a beer, he took a pit stop at the bathroom. Sam turned the cold water on and splashed it over his face. As he dried his face on the towel and opened his eyes again, they caught a glimpse of something in the garbage can. Hesitantly, Sam’s fingers flicked away the plastic wrapping paper sitting on the top and found himself face to face with a small plastic stick. Sam’s face paled as his blood drained.

He took off running back toward the training room. “Dean! Dean don’t touch her!” Sam burst through the door as Donna laid a roundhouse kick to Dean’s side. 

Dean caught her ankle in his hand. “Sammy? Everything okay?” 

Sam panted and shook his head, holding up his recent finding. “Don’t touch her.” He ran his hand back through his hair. “Don’t touch her, Dean. She - she’s pregnant.”

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[redrobin-detective]

Hey Red, what actually happened with Eri in TLWA?

*platonically kisses your forehead and brushes back your hair* Lox always coming through for me.

Just a general FYI that I have So Much Background Lore on TLWA verse and will gleefully talk about it at anytime to anyone who shows the slightest interest.

Anyway! I made the decision early on in planning that the Raid arc would fail. The Shie Hassaikai arc was maybe hmm 1-2 months following All Might's (at the time not publicly known) death. Only a dozen people know AM is dead and a handful know about OFA and Izuku being its intended successor. Nighteye reacts to the death poorly and takes it out on Izuku who is NOT invited to his agency. Not to get sidetracked but I also really liked how that disagreement unfurled with Mirio finding out that Nighteye had been grooming him to replace AM and was unhappy Mido was chosen instead. This is what leads to Mirio leaving Nighteye's agency and developing a close, almost brotherly bond with Izuku.

Anywayyy, I needed Nighteye to fail to demonstrate the difference btw him and Izuku in Toshinori's life. Thus, Eri and Chisake get away. It's the first of a many unsuccessful jobs by Nighteye who has lost the heart for it but also, he didn't adapt to the loss of AM, couldn't see the world changing beyond his hero. He retired in disgrace not long after Izuku is named Symbol of Peace in Rise Up.

Gosh I keep getting sidetracked, Eri stayed with Chisake a few more, miserable, painful years. It sad and tragic but Eri eventually learns no one is going to save her so she has to save herself. It takes planning and perfect timing but one day, when Chisake was torturing her as always, he slipped and she was able to permanently rewind him. She flees. In the meantime, Chisake was now devoted all of his time to the quirk destroying bullets recognizing it as the game changer they are. There's now thousands of vials but, with the primary ingredient (Eri) gone, its now a limited supply. A bunch of ineffective, temporary knockoffs flood the market.

Eri is probably about 8ish? And lives rough for a while, she is forced to use her quirk just to survive and stay out of enemy hands. She is eventually taken in by a group of runaway/abandoned kids who band together and protect each other. It was there, through trial, error and practice she finally gets her quirk under control. She is used at first to run chores, to being the distraction as the cute kid to full on participating in petty theft and such to stay alive. She still fears the retribution of the 8 Precepts and doesn't want to go public so she stays in the underground.

She grows up, stronger and more confident but also bitter and jaded that no one helped her. She's against heroes, not in a villain way but in a 'they can't really help anyway'. In between her small crimes, she does little acts of vigilantism here and there, bc she can't stand to see someone mistreated in front of her, will not ignore suffering. On one of these bursts, she runs into the hero Deku, who's just opened his own agency. Queue a messy, several year long back and forth where Izuku tries to help her and she refuses it, untrusting of his intentions.

But she pays attention to the work he does, how he treats people. He even encourages her vigilantism by giving her info on things he legally can't meddle with. She doesn't quite trust him but she does respect him. She is an angry stray cat he can occasionally get to take a few scraps of love out of his hand. He offered her numerous times to get her legally in the system, to foster her and she never can never accept. She is happy, acting in her own capacity for herself. Just knowing that there are heroes out there like him, it gives her a bit more faith in people. She is happy and fiercely loyal to her people. Maybe someday, she'll want the stability of a normal life but for now, answering to no one and working through her own anger and grief through saving others is what she needs.

Her reputation grows, quietly and under the radar as a silent but incredibly effective vigilante who works the areas no one else does. The police are baffled, Deku has no comment on the matter but he does know this teen who is really kind and really powerful who wishes he had been able to save. But in the end while it wasn't okay, she survived and saved her. And now she's doing the same to other lost boys and girls.

#fic: the long way around #I need a verse tag #I have soooooo much dirt and nuance to the whole Nighteye/Mirio/Izuku relationship implosion #Nighteye is so much worse and Mirio nopes tf out #I didn't have the heart to kill Eri #but didnt know what to do with her until I write Dwell #and realized oh she saved herself and now is saving others #but the extra years damaged her #she doesn't trust anyone #but she'll get there #she's like 16 in Dwell #anyway tldr: she escapes (kills) Chisake becomes a thief then a vigilante

[redrobin-detective]

For the ask game: #3?

3. Something you wish a commenter had called attention to, but got ignored.

I've been waiting 2 years for someone to come out and ask me what happened to Eri in TLWA verse. I have so many thoughts on it and people complained she wasn’t rescued by the students but never really asked what happened.

Also, just in general, I am a persnickety, paranoid writer. One of the hardest parts of writing for me is that I agonize over sentence structure and word choice. You can pull out any sentence in any fic and I can write a paragraph explanation why its like that. I take my internal lore but also just general structure very seriously. Its why editing takes so long for me. I read and reread and adjust and reread and nitpick until I hate the fic so much I throw it at Ao3. In this upcoming fic, word choice is important! There is both acknowledgement of past events but also laying the groundwork going forward. I have slaved over making sure all my words are aligned just so.

[redrobin-detective]

Interactions in TLWA sequel can pretty much be surmised as 

Everyone: Midoriya no

Izuku: Midoriya yes

Bakugou: Deku yes

Everyone: Bakugou NO

Izuku, doing the thing: Midoriya yes!

Everyone: MIDORIYA NO

#tlwa 2 #spoiler alert: Izuku is always going to do the thing no matter how many people scream at him no #also baku is almost always going to be encouraging izuku to go ham #bc they are both chaotic entities who once baku stops being petty #become absolute bastards together #scarily efficent and in sync but bastards none the less #god i cant wait to share it #I'm hoping to be done writing by tuesday

[redrobin-detective]

So I’ve finished writing The Long Way Around sequel, I feel like I’ve just run a marathon but in the emotional sense. There’s a lot of humor and fun but I saved some of the heavier moments for last and phew. So all done, clocking in at just shy of 22,000 words but with edits, who knows. 

I hate making promises but with it done, me doing my obsessive edits, handing it off to be torn apart by beta-san (the lovely @bnha-shows who has been an incredible, wonderful help in bouncing ideas off of) and then reediting it.... My guess is early to mid-December. 

#fic: the long way around #tlwa 2 #im a little emo? #thre was a time I never thought this would get written so im just kind of basking in the glow right now

[redrobin-detective]

*stares at screen* I am legitimately almost done with my story and its kind of freaking me out. 

#I have twoish major scenes to write #maybe one or two other minor ones but thats pretty much it baby #then its just cleaning rorganizing and off to the beta #which is always nerve wracking #shoot I should be done writing this time next week #tlwa 2

[redrobin-detective]

When did this thing get so long?

#tlwa 2 #its been a few days since I last looked at it #i forgot it was 50 pages lol #I only have 3 sections left #all in the finale #I've been hopping all over on this thing and its going to be hell trying to organize all this shit #but *fingers crossed* I want to be done all the main writing by Tuesday #I'm gonna say 21-22k total #phew I need to talk less

[redrobin-detective]

I’m having so much fun writing this fic it should be illegal 

#at the rate I'm going it'll be done by the end of Nov #maybe before #I should start a tag for it #tlwa 2 #I dont want to release the title just yet even though its set in stone #seems like bad luck yknow

[redrobin-detective]

Hit 15k for my fic! It’s absolutely gonna be another 5k but man I really am making good headway

#tlwa 2 #Im so fucking proud of older pro baku #hes still a gremlin but he also learned to be a decent person when it counts

[redrobin-detective]

Whoo just hit 11k on my TLWA sequel, I think I have most of the main body done somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 complete. I have a few more little sections and then the ending bits which is going to be rather long so I’m predicting between 20-25k for the final product but we’ll see!

#In the last three days I more than doubled this fic #I've just been grooving it so much and its all been pretty good on my rereads #tlwa 2 #I keep adding little filler bits but I think I'm finally done with those #now to get back into the meaty stuff #also one of these days I need to organize all this #instead of just...... writing

[redrobin-detective]

On the one hand, its a touch sad that you won't be exploring the possibilities of Ki*ri*Ba*ku*go in the sequel. On the much, much larger other hand its probably for the best. You would undoubtably see the happiness involved as a wonderful opportunity to once more rip out ours hearts as you laugh your villainous laugh. xD

oh worry not there is PLENTY of opportunities for heart ripping out from face melting angst to the horrifying ordeal of letting yourself be vulnerable after you’ve been hurt before. 

And my approach on K*r*b*k* in the fic is there’s the same level as in canon so like, its up to interpretation. But there will be one canon ship and one background pining ship, up to you to guess which is which. Honestly Kiri isn’t in this as much as I’d like him to be but I don’t want to get too off topic. I’m real worried people might feel there’s B*k*D*k* bc I focus a lot on the growth of their relationship which is purely platonic and bonding by periodically trying to beat the shit out of each other. 

#tlwa 2 #Im def gonna need to write more in this verse after this fic #I have so much to say #I barely touch on Kiri but i have IDEAS #but this fic is specific to Izukus progress as a quirkless hero #and I dont want to stray too much from that #Anonymous

[redrobin-detective]

Authors! Do you ever look at your AO3 stats and get confused on which stories became popular? New ask game, tag your most popular works via kudos, comments or bookmarks and then tag what YOU think is your best work.

#I got very confused looking at my stats for the first time in a while #so comments TLWA is the most popular but bloody but unbowed & well meet again some sunny day #are by far the most kudo'd and bookmarked #MGM continues to get support despite it being?? a mess #MY personal favs happen to be some of the least popular but jokes on yall I get to reread them all the time #ad perpetuam memoriam & rise up and hear the bells for sure #probably I&E too #I&E is def my cohesive long fic #and i put so much damn love into my 2 media fics #rise up especially

[redrobin-detective]

I wonder if Izuku or Bakugou harbors any animosity towards Kamui Woods, Deathgoro, Backdraft, Mount Lady or that other hero who were present during the Sludge Villain incident. I mean its because of the their inaction that Bakugou almost died right in front of them, that a quirkless child was forced to act and risk his own life. Yes it worked out in the end because All Might was there and it convinced him to give Izuku his quirk but I can easily imagine those boys would remain bitter about it.

Those heroes watching the two boys become rising stars at Yuuei and thinking about how poorly they treated both kids. Izuku and Bakugou making comments about real heroes stepping in regardless of the compatibility of their quirk. Even when they’re all pros, I can imagine rampant fanboy Izuku would be a bit cool towards veteran heroes Kamui Woods and Mount Lady, never able to forgive or forget heroes that would just watch a kid drown in sludge.

Bakugou, I imagine would be a lot less subtle about his dislike. Ranting and raving about how piss poor heroes ought to retire and let the real ones through. “Is this about,” Deathgoro sighs for the hundredth time. “Yes it’s about the goddamn Sludge thing you piece of shit!” Bakugou snarls back.   

#I rewatched the first 2 eps last night and that scene always enrages me #yes it allowed Izuku to prove his worth but *holy fuck* they legit sat and watched a kid die #every time theyve appeared since I've been lowkey annoyed #I was *hella* mad when Kamui made it into the top ten like oh hell no you don't deserve that #the same anger which sparked TLWA carries on to this day

[redrobin-detective]

I had forgotten that I had the entirety of what would be the final installment (chronologically) in TLWA verse. Like it’s lock, stock barrel outlined I just need to… write it

#but Robin how do you forget an entire outline? #Bc I’m stupid moving on #also I’ve had like 80% of it planned for the last uggg several years? #pretty much when I wrote rise up I had this intended ending in mind #and it’s a good one IMO #just reading the notes I’m like super emo #I want to write it so damn bad #especially since I’m now realizing I actually did resolve that major plot hole I’d been stumbling over #for the 2 people who are interested in how tlwa ends #this is for y’all

[redrobin-detective]

Having trouble with MGM so here’s the tea on Tododeku in TLWA. Pro Hero Shouto is everyone’s dream: handsome, powerful, kind, rich. He’s on everyone’s ‘Superheroes I would Bone’ list. The public goes wild speculating on his love life which is surprisingly lacking. He’s been paired with most every major hero out there, Bakugou/Shouto is one of the most popular ships out there bc two hot, powerful guys with emotion issues? nut. But Yaoyorozu/Shouto, Iida/Shouto and Red Riot/Shouto are also popular. Shouto, meanwhile, is oblivious to all this having been pining for Deku for a solid decade. 

Deku has always been too busy for romantic relationships, his only notable one was his short fling with fellow hero, Uravity during their second year of school. Magazines pity speculate its because no one would want to actually date a quirkless partner. Still, Deku is a popular subject for submissive ships making him so laughingly ooc it’s basically a separate character sans the name. Izuku has long stopped reading mainstream tabloid articles about himself and, again, is so obnoxiously busy half killing himself to feel worthy of All Might’s legacy that romance is so far from his mind.

At the end of Rise Up, once Izuku is the Symbol of Peace and he’s feeling a bit surer in his own skin, he and Shouto finally start edging towards the gravitational pull they’ve always had. Shouto stays on long term at OFA and that leads to late night work sessions, dinner dates, nights spent crashing on the agency couch discussing their deepest fears at 2:48am which is turn leads to hand holding and cheek brushes and gentle kisses. Uraraka thought she was going to die of old age before those two stopped. messing. around. The first time she sees them kiss she almost passes out on the spot. Theirs is a slow, soft, utterly comfortable romance that has absolutely no pretense.

Now Shouto is shy (also jealously wants to hoard Izuku to himself) and Izuku is still busy af so they decide not to go to press immediately, wanting to savor the peace of their relationship for a little while. The world spins, Shouto takes time off to teach Intro to Heroics at a local (non hero) high school, Uravity and Ingenium have a world stopping wedding that everyone cried at and thirsty middle schoolers write inaccurate Shoutogou smut fics. Life is good. 

As time passes, Shouto and Izuku stop being so shy about their relationship. They slow dance together at the Uraraka/Iida wedding, Shouto gushes about his partner to his embarrassed students, Izuku (finally) moves out of All Might’s apartment and into Shouto’s larger townhouse. They’re not even close to hiding but all the newspapers talk about is “how nice that Shouto is so close to the Quirkless hero” and “Deku still without love, luckily former classmate, Shouto, was willing to accompany him to orphanage opening”. Shouto still is asked if he’s secretly dating Number One Hero, Explosion aka Kacchan and they can’t decipher his incredulous and slightly disgusted expression. 

Shouto talks at length about great his BOYFRIEND is and how much he LOVES him in a GAY way and they’re so happy TOGETHER and the media just... slides over it. “Sure is nice Shouto supports quirkless rights, how come he’s still single.” Shouto is at his wits end, Izuku, more than used to the double standard by now, still enjoys watching his partner just go off on romantic tangents when asked about his love life. Aro Ace Bakugou is also asked about his secret attraction to Shouto and responds “You idiots are stupid and prejudiced as fuck not to see Deku and Half and Half have been mooning over each other since Deku whipped his butt in the Sports Festival.” 

Every now and again, someone in 1A tries to explain that no, they’re not just good friends but actually really, properly in love. It never sticks as the media and fans frantically try to deny that the nation’s most desirable hero could be dating the chaotic quirkless hero who’s always doing cheesy public message ads. There are, obviously fans who understand and respect the relationship but it really is funny how many other people who ‘support Deku’ deny his love when his relationship with fan favorite Shouto comes up. And by funny I mean infuriating. 

“Sure is nice to see platonic love being expressed so openly,” a reporter says, sweating as Shouto and Deku kiss passionately after a hard won battle.

“Shouto is such a good friend to help babysit Deku’s adopted son,” a lovestruck Shouto fan says in denial when Toshirou calls both him and Deku ‘dad’.

“It’s too bad Deku couldn’t find real love but I guess it wasn’t meant to be,” bitter, quirkist fans say to themselves, turning their eyes at how achingly fond Deku looks at his partner. “Shouto is too nice to put up with him all the time.” Even if the world refuses to acknowledge their relationship, it doesn’t make it any less real, any less strong. 

#fic: the long way around #fic: rise up and hear the bells #I need to actually come up with a tag for TLWA verse #whoops I ended up dropping like 7 plot threads I want to address in future fics #anyway shouto and izuku are disgustingly in love and half the world just refuses to acknowledge #'sure I support Deku doing advocacy' a fake fan says 'ew but no way would someone cool and powerful like shouto actually DATE him' #1A is horrified and infurianted #Izuku who has dealt with this is whole life and is actively fighting this bullshit: do u finally understand why Im *like this* #its a painfully slow but lovingly steady romance gentle and unbreakable #petty whispers and jealous denials cant even come close to chipping the bond they've forged together #i took a nap and woke with *massive* TLWA tododeku feels #so here ya go