Hi I love your blog! And I’m sorry if this comes off as kinda angsty. But just recently at my psychical therapy appointment for my neck they discovered that I have mild scoliosis in my spine and need X-rays. It came as a shock because that was the last thing on my mind and it got me wondering how would Bakugou, Midoriya, Shoto, and Dabi react to their Fem!(s/o) telling them the same results.
Not a problem, some of these are so very old now oof dunno if you’ll see them but I’m trying to clear out some of my asks and stuff so I can get to slightly more current stuff quicker, once that all settles I plan to get a post out once a day again like I did before. (By the by I don’t know that much about Scoliosis so sorry if everything is all wrong)
When you first tell Bakugou about the diognosis he doesn’t really say much, he doesn’t know much about it if he’s being honest.
He does some research though discovering your spine isn’t wholly straight and if tweaked in the wrong way could cause you some pretty intense back pains.
He’s a bit weird about it then, as someone also in UA you don’t get to get away with opting out of activities that could hurt your back.
He regularly spars you and while he doesn’t know how to go easy on you he also doesn’t pointedly target your back, he won’t ever say it but he doesn’t like when you’re in pain.
When a spar with Deku; who doesn’t know, causes your back to hurt for a week straight, he gets really pissed off though and hollers at Deku for hurting you; making Deku immediately find you and apologize, he didn’t know so he couldn’t try and be careful. You tell him it’s fine and from then on most of the time in a spar your classmates avoid purposefully hurting your back. Anyone who does hurt you though promptly gets yelled at by Bakugou or blown up, depends on if he’s in a good mood or not.
You’re a bit ashamed of the newly discovered medical problem you have. it’s not major but it also can’t be fixed so when you tell Midoriya he is very sweet about it and says he’ll look into ways to help protect your back from hurting you. He knows a little about the subject because it had popped up once in a hero article he read when he was little.
You guys research it together, eventually learning that a back brace could help with that. You buy a plain back brace and wear it under your clothes for a couple of weeks, it’s cheap and not all that good but it’ll do for now.
Midoriya is a sneak though and goes to the support class’ Power Loader and trying desperately not to let Mei hear whispers to the teacher how he was hoping they could invent a brace that gave you more support in your hero costume. Once Midoriya tells Loader it’s for a medical purpose he agrees to help, though before the upgrade is approved he needs your permission to make your costume different.
Power Loader creates the brace Midoriya has asked for and gives it to him, telling him to have you try it out. He’s more than happy and eager to do just that! He races off to your room the lightweight but sturdy and supporting brace in hand and knocks on your dorm door. You’ve been in some pain for a few days so you’re a little slow to answer the door but when you do to see a shining and happy looking Midoriya holding out a new brace you sort of look confused. “Try this and tell me what you think.”
Slightly concerned you take the brace and close the door for a moment to take your other brace off. You put the new one on and it starts whirring quietly. It was loose before but now something inside the brace is powered and adjusts itself to fit you snug and comfortably, helping to straighten your back out some. The relief is instant and without tossing your shirt back on you open the door and tackle Midoriya to the ground. You’re really grateful he thought to do this for you! You easily agree to the change in your hero costume though you do get yelled at by Aizawa for being in the halls without all your clothes on.
Shoto was there in the waiting room when you got diagnosed, you were sort of in shock because you’d had no idea you even had anything wrong with you. It actually takes a bit of prying for Shoto to get a response from you and when you do tell him he seems sympathetic, if a little distant; though you’d long ago realized that was just how Shoto was.
The first time your back starts to hurt and you say you need something warm on your back to relax you he places his hands on your back and focuses his flames internally, regulating the temperature to basically act as a living heating pad. You’re super grateful with the warmth and it helps soothe your pain. He won’t tell you but it greatly pleases him he can help make you feel better and nobody else can.
You do eventually get some support for your back but having Shoto as a boyfriend is a blessing. He can regulate his temperature to be either an AC or a heater and it’s so nice for helping to soothe your pain. He’s so sweet even but he doesn’t show it to others. His face always remains neutral even when you’re snuggling up to him and he always rubs your back softly.
In training he doesn’t really trust anyone else to keep a good eye on you, though recently he’s begun noticing their team mates; whoever they happen to be will take out those who try and get behind you. Midoriya specifically seems to have picked up on his need to protect you or maybe that’s just his natural state, either way he’s super grateful for the help.
Unfortunately Bakugou is a bit a jerk and scarily observant. He ducks around Shoto and Midoriya and slams full force into your back. The pain is blinding, not just because of your spine but because Bakugo hits like a damn train. You aren’t paralyzed but the pain sure is high, unfortunately for Bakugou you’re in full combat mode now and with some reflexes you didn’t know you had you twist your body around and slam the open palm of your hand into Bakugou’s jaw sending him flying. The move tweaked your back however and you fall over breathing hard. Shoto is not pleased though and if you hadn’t been hurting so badly he might have got into a fight with Bakugou. With Shoto’s help though the pain fades but you’re down and out for a few days not really able to move. You begin to wonder if being a hero is the right work for you now though.
Well that one sort of ended ambiguously...and not on the nicest note, whoops. Dabi is finally up.
It was some mysterious intense back pains that prompted you to go to the doctor, it was beginning to interfere with your villain work with your s/o, though you’d originally wanted to get him out of the work you found yourself helping him, he hasn’t told you why he was a villain yet but that was fine, you’d gone down this path because of who you’d chosen to love.
Once you get the results back and require some X-rays of your back you had to call Dabi and tell him quietly over the phone why you couldn’t help him deal with Hawks right now. “Be careful.” Is all he says before you both hang up. You’re suggested a back brace to help keep your spine aligned. You get the brace, some pain medicine, and huffing go back home to find Dabi there waiting for you. “Is the problem major?” You shake your head and tell him it’s not super awful but it can’t be fixed either. “Do you need to stop working with us?” You immediately yell ‘No’ in response to this, you liked the work surprisingly.
Nodding then he steps closer to you and hugs you tightly. “If it gets bad let me know. My fire is too hot to soothe but I can get you medicine or a heating pad if you need it.” You laugh and nod, grateful that he’s offering to help if need be, though you’re response is “Sorry babe, you stand out too much, but thank you for thinking of me.” He nods again his expression still neutral though he does hold onto you for a long time, just rubbing your back, though his hands were a little hot to the touch it soothes your pain slightly.
You wear the back brace at all times, continuing to help Dabi and the League of Villains with their work, you’ve got to do things alone so you’ve developed ways to move quickly and efficiently without harming your back. Nobody can get behind you or follow you, so maybe it’s not such a bad thing you’ve got to keep your guard up far more now.
Dabi is more protective of you than before, although he never really says much about it. He just suddenly appears at your back sometimes and heroes are always a problem, thankfully you’re rather plain looking and your quirk is not all that unique so you’ve met some of the heroes you’ve fought with and they just think you’re a very strange fan, it’s useful for getting close to them though. You’ve managed to take out a few heroes permanently because of it, though you’re always wondering if eventually you wouldn’t be anymore help to Dabi and he may leave you. You hope it doesn’t ever get that bad and continue to do what you can.
Well this took me ages to write, cuz I don’t know much about the physical problem and well I wrote it at work between phone calls sooooo anyway I’m coming back slowly but surely I’m sorry you’ve had to wait for so damn long.
