If this were anything like the comics, Izuku Midoriya being quirkless would be the norm while heroes would be treated as a rarity. As it stands, everyone’s got a super power, except for Izuku, of course. No worries, though, because he’s over it (nope) and has moved on to bigger and better things (again, nope) like working at a tiny comic book shop and indulging in stories where being able to lift a bus with your bare hands was deemed impossible until proven otherwise.

Oh, and running into your heroic ex-boyfriend? Also unlikely. But Izuku’s life isn’t like a comic book (maybe?) and Katsuki Bakugou is standing right in front of him: still perfect, still handsome, and still putting his combat booted foot in his mouth.

[Or: AU where Izuku works at a comic book shop because that’s as close to a hero as he’s gonna get, and Katsuki plays the part of heroic ex-boyfriend who is good at everything except winning Izuku back… maybe]

Snippet:

The only thing damaged is the register, Izuku’s pride-

And whatever gets caught in the explosion that suddenly rattles the ground outside. It’s such a powerful force that a couple of comics fall onto the floor, Izuku having to press his hands against the counter in an attempt to keep his balance. He can hear people coming together on the sidewalk, trying to get a look at the source of the explosion. Curiosity gets the best of Izuku — though he’s not sure why, he hasn’t rushed out to see a hero take on a villain in years. He steps outside the store in time to see the villain who’d robbed him in the middle of the street, trying to stand up but he’s obviously taken a huge hit from-

Oh.

So that’s why there was an explosion.

“Look! It’s Ground Zero,” because of course someone has to announce it, as if the villain’s singed skin isn’t enough of an indicator. As Izuku watches the hero face off against the morbidly muscular thief — whose entire body looks like its been turned inside out, thumping like a beating heart — he realizes that this is exactly like the scene from a comic.

Because he’s standing there, watching a hero in action.

A hero who happens to be his ex-boyfriend, the Kacchan he loved from childhood through his entire high school career.

Super.

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Whee I shouldn’t be starting another fic but I am because my mama ain’t teach me no manners! So here’s a multi-chapter post-break up BakuDeku fic or whatever :)