Thursday Rec: lonsdaleite by hemingyay

[chibifukurou]

Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Relationship: Bakugou Katsuki/Yagi Toshinori | All Might; past Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yagi Toshinori | All Might; Bakugou Katsuki/Monoma Neito
Length: 49k
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence; Danger to Children (consistent with setting); Passing mention of Suicidal Ideation

Author's Website: hemingyay's AO3

Summary: Katsuki says, ‘You’d think differently of me if you knew everything.’ If you knew how bad things are with my quirk now. Or about my massive disgusting crush on you, Katsuki thinks.

‘I wouldn’t. Whatever happens, I’m always going to be in your corner, Katsuki,’ All Might tells him.

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After Katsuki loses an arm saving Izuku, he drops twenty spots in the hero rankings and the world assumes his career is over. Forced back to Musutafu, he’s appointed a babysitter while he recovers: All Might.

It doesn’t help he never got over his giant, stupid teenage crush on him and his quirk isn't working the way it used to. In any case, Toshinori really doesn’t seem to mind.


Review: So I'm mostly in the teacher track part of the BNHA fandom. Where canon disabled characters abound even if not well explored in canon. Yagi Toshinori who is very obviously dealing with a degrading body in canon is a particular hot bed for deeply disabled and adult fics.

This is an unusual overlap between that and the younger generation. Where Yagi as mentor is acting as a mentor into becoming disabled and retaining heroic status. In mirror to his canon issues about being a mentor while dealing with his own issues around quirklessness.

Also some really raunchy and kinky sex. That acts as part of the character arc. Rather than sex and romance being the character arc.

lonsdaleite