Quirkless Accident

   Main is trianglegoddess. Other Avengers/DP side blog is scientifically-strange. Just taking my obsession with Danny Phantom and taking my obsession with My Hero Academia and running with it

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MHA Fic List pt 2

I'm going out of town for another week so I won't be able to write until I get back. So in the mean time, here's another rec list!

For all those who didn't catch the last one you can find it here!

It's mostly gonna be MHA stuff but the SP stuff I have on this list are all super good and should be read asap. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Also, I won't be able to write but if you guys wanna talk my dms are always open

Hope you enjoy!

My Hero Academia

One Shots

1. a backward poet (writes inverse) by reachingforthestardust

Izuku becomes Aizawa's TA and it's cute and funny and I love it so much

2. To Finally Rest by aroacecanon

TW: Major character death Shigaraki and Izuku are tired of fighting, and on their last battlefield they find common ground

3. a bit of a genius by Bruja_ofthe_Midwest (Watashi_wa_Okami)

This one highlights Izuku's analytical genius and honestly we need more like it

4. every line you crossed (every place i could never return from) by artofflorescence

Shigaraki finds Izuku on various rooftops and decides to take him back to the LoV with him. He becomes their friend and treats them with a care nobody else has. TW: Major character death but holy hell is it worth the read

5. Observations by xo_QueenieVee_xo (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2322947)

Dadmic au! This one is actually a series where Mic and Aizawa adopt Izuku and it's so sweet and I've reread this series like four time now

6. The Right Thing To Do by Emily_Elizabeth_Fowl

For all you Stain fans, this is a mentor!Stain fic that leads up to the night they fight each other in the series. These aren't ordered by rank but if they were it'd be in my top three

7. run, run, as fast as you can by CloudedStripes

This is one of the funniest fics I've read in a while. Little middle school Izuku runs around in the middle of the night looking for hero fights and Feral Pro Hero Eraserhead hunts him for sport

8. Paper Agency by The Feels Whale (miscellea)

ShinDeku! Shinsou's graduating and has to figure out his relationship with his not-dads, his quirkless boyfriend, and a new agency he just signed up with

9. You Can Tell Everybody This Is Your Song by dreamsoflovingness (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2031787)

The Lavender Tears series is one of my favorites. It's super heavy so TW for child abuse/neglect, bullying, character death, depression and suicidal thoughts. Shinsou nearly dies but then gets adopted and deals with the trauma afterwards, with his new dads and his new brothers Bakugou and Todoroki

10. All Bite And No Bark by CurrentlyCaffeinated

During a class outing there's a villain attack and Izuku may or may not bite off the villain's fingers

11. i gave the voices in my head a megaphone by hannahbal

Shinsou brainwashes away Izuku's anxiety for a day and holy hell is it fucking hilarious

12. now they’re all dead hearts (to you) by Canonymous

Izuku dies at the USJ incident and gets his revenge by haunting the dusty motherfucker that did it

13. Rest Well by Anachitseri

TW: Major character death Izuku is dying in his fight with All for One and AfO makes sure he passes as peacefully as he can

14. The Frustrating Ordeal Of Not Being Known (Beyond A Tail And Whiskers) by Otaku6337

Izuku gets his with a quirk and gets turned into a cat for a day. Cue him trying to tell all his teachers with almost no luck

15. Am I Dead? (But I Don't Want To Fall Asleep Just Yet) by TicciJack (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2767141)

This is a Class 1-A ghost au that's based off of a tiktok series! TW: Character death. All Might goes around killing/sending various students to their deaths and they come back as ghosts to haunt his ass

Full Length/In Progress Fics

1. Fellow Feeling by Black_Briar

In an effort to get Bakugou and Midoriya to get along, Aizawa takes them on patrol, but a villain attack makes everything go sideways in nearly every possible way

2. every road you take will always lead you home by z_money

Teenage Midoriya gets transported to the future where he finds out that the Number 1 Pro Hero Deku is dead. Todoroki and the others get to tell him one last goodbye before he gets transported back

3. Splintering Ice by emmals16

Aizawa, Yagi, and Mic take 1-A on a week long trip for winter survival training but a villain attack makes everything a bit more complicated. Aizawa saves Izuku from hypothermia and some other things

4. The Disappearance of Midoriya Izuku by town_without_heart

Midoriya went missing when he was fourteen years old, and it doesn't get investigated until fifteen years later by one Detective Tsukauchi. It also has a sequel and both are equally amazing

5. Hello, Senpai! by FaeQueenInu

Izuku was the soul survivor of Class 2-A, and because he was able to streamline his training, he kind of learned everything. So to pass the time until he can get his license, he becomes Aizawa's TA

6. Haunted by Artistic_Gamer

TW: Major character death Izuku takes Bakugou's advice and jumps but with his hero obsession it's only natural that he decides to haunt 1-A

7. Cats and Coffee by SilvermistAnimeLover

Another winner by Silvermist where Aizawa gets turned into a cat and is picked up by Izuku. Slow to update but holy hell is this cute

8. once forgotten, twice removed by blueh

Pro!Deku gets pulled into a different world by All for One and his student, Shigaraki Izuku during the Kamino incident. Also Tenko gets adopted by All Might and Gran Torino, and is a part of class 1-A.

9. Skvader by BelleAmant

Izuku is the brother of Hawks and Mirko and has a mix of their quirks. He's also raised by the hero commission and gets the opportunity to go to UA. Lots of Dadzawa, and lots of lots of fluff 11/10

10. A Path To Recovery by whathappenedbro

Instead of the usual Izuku gets adopted by Erasermic, it's Todoroki that gets adopted! Because Endeavour is a piece of shit! I love it so much and it's a wonderful Todoroki character study

11. What is, Was, and Never Will Be by DreamStar37

Aizawa and the last remaining survivors of Class 1-A get hit by a quirk and they get transported from the apocalypse to right before the USJ incident. Slow updates and if it weren't for the fact that AO3 has a subscription feature for fics I'd be stalking this fic like nobody's business

12. Aizawa Definitely Doesn't Care by teaandtumblr

A bunch of Dadzawa fluff where he helps out all the kids of 1-A. By far one of my favorites

13. A Steady Stream of Salt by ideaoforder

TW: Minor character death Izuku goes home and finds Inko dead, and this is the aftermath of that. Guys, I literally am just a ball of tears with every update. It's so fucking good. Top 3 for me

14. release the dogs of war by IceEckos12

Dimension hopping Izuku is hunting down a frenemy and it takes him to the My Hero world and please, im begging yall, please read this. It'c completed and ive read the fuck out of this at least half a dozen times

15. Izuku is a Therapist For Villains by Passing_Ghost_Friend

Exactly what it sounds like. The League of Villains bunk with their therapist as a part of a new rehabilitation program

16. Checks and Balances by indirectkissesiniceland

For all my fellow ToduDeku people, this is a hockey/cheer college au that's so fucking sweet and funny and I love it so much

17. Tea in a bar by Atiya_Blackcharm

THIS. FUCKING. FIC. Omg yall I'm a sucker for Izuku being friends with the LoV and in all the ones I've read this is the best one yet

18. How To Get Adopted Without Letting Your Dad Know He's Adopting You, A Guide By Class 1-A by lesbianclerics

Dadzawa is Dadzawa and 1-A takes full advantage of it

19. Black Keys Make Music Too by RohanBerry (Lyna_Laufeyson)

Erasermic au where Aizawa is a history teacher and Yamada is is a radio star who just moved in next door. It also deals a lot with Aizawa's trauma as he still gets over Oboro's death

20. The Night We Met by majjale

Immortal!Bakugou bkdk au where Izuku keeps getting reborn and they keep finding each other. It's wonderful and sad and I cried and also TW: major character death multiple times 12/10 please read

Danny Phantom Crossovers

1. Heroes About by ASharksReadingGlasses (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2045206)

This series is a Marvel/DP crossover based off of @the-stove-is-on-fire artwork! It's some good good soup

2. Vacation Crashers by Imp_y

A DP/Batman crossover with amazing art attached to it! @impyssadobsessions is an absolute gem of an author, and this is definitely in my top five danny phantom fics

3. Vertical Limit by hppjmxrgosg

Another DP/Justice League fic where the League accidentally summons Danny and hijinks ensue

4. You Can’t Punch a Ghost by Internal_Screaming

A DP/MHA crossover where Danny goes on an involuntary field trip and ends up in the My Hero world. Aizawa takes him in and Class 1-A gets a new addition

5. Half Dead Phoenix by SilkNettle

This is a Harry Potter/Danny Phantom crossover set in Harry's fifth year. Trelawny summons Danny to spite Umbridge and he's welcomed with lukewarm arms to Hogwarts!

Also, I'm updating my own fic Constellations early because I won't be able to do it at the usual time. Enjoy!

[transphobiaclown]

Holy shit did I…?

FINISH A PIECE OF DIGITAL ART INSTEAD OF JUST STOPPING HALFWAY???

[dragonno1412]

Remember lab safety everyone 👍

Some thought process under the cut!

I've always wanted to depict chronic pain or waves of pain with red circle-ish pattern, well There's finally a piece where I can use it! Super happy! It's the big chunks of circle shapes centered on him, and they're supposed to represent radiation & radiation pain!

Also I have no idea how to represent the "human turning into ghost" theme outside of his body, I used red blood transitioning to green blood in the end and it just looks like his human blood was blasted out of him lol, I hope I get it across

[spookberry]

Been playin fortnite with my brother

[aterfish]

i love ways the word 'halfa' can be interpreted

[fishyartist]

I am real and you are not

[notsotinyblob]

Ectober Week Day 31: Blood Moon

Happy Halloween!!

[little-pondhead]

It's a mutual hatred.

The elves deserve it.

[the-stove-is-on-fire]

Aurora Borealis Crown has been haunting my thoughts…..

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Dannys favorite color is red

Please discuss

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I love all of these responses. I think it's red because everybody around him has some kind of red and hes secretly a sap. Val has her Huntress uniform, Tuck has his hat, Jazz's hair is red etc

In my head, Danny sees red and thinks home

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Dannys favorite color is red

Please discuss

[roadstostray]

he float

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Danny secretly reforming LoV

(aka there are benefits of having 2 forms and being an underground hero/ spy other than flushing out human trafficking rings)

Danny is a secret powerhouse.

Sure, he's got the powers and personality for his daytime endeavors, but that's always been Phantom.

Fenton, however, is a different story.

He's got a few useful powers, and he's been asked on several occasions to work with some underground heroes that he just ended up being some sort of a double agent. Phantom is daylight, Fenton is nighttime, and neither are getting any kind of sleep.

Tonight, he gets a tip from about a bar.

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Meeting the League of Villains like this was not something he had mentally prepared himself for, but due to his general experiences he's able to school his expressions pretty well.

He's advertised his quirk to his contact as a general enhancer. His senses and strength are different enough from his more physical ghost powers for this to be a solid play, and keeping these particular cards close to his chest has gotten out of more than a couple scrapes. So when he walks into the bar owned by the League, he stands a bit taller, quirks his head a bit more, sniffs the air, and narrows his eyes at everybody.

He's a big guy. He got his father's genetics when it came to height, and he comes up to a respectable 6'7", and with his many years of training and hero work, he's bulked out quite a bit. All this to say is, even Fenton is a formidable foe. In the lion's den, he's gotta show that he's not one to be messed with.

"Name's Yokai," Danny tells them. "I heard you might be looking for new members?"

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It goes well enough. Danny proves he can bring his own natural talents to the table, and lies through his teeth enough to convince them he's fully on their side. And though he didn't lie about hating the government and the Commission, it's still a pretty solid performance.

There's a weird energy around Kurogiri that sends a cold shiver down his spine. It's enough to clock that there isn't something completely human going on, but not enough to actually activate his ghost sense, which in and of itself is a relief. He has no idea how he would explain that when it's not a part of his known quirks.

Instead, he talks with Spinner first.

He's a stoic kinda guy who seems to be higher up in the ranks due to his ability to keep up with Shigaraki in various video games. He doesn't say much, but when he does speak it's practiced, calculated, as if one wrong word will get him thrown out. Danny knows it's something he's probably had to deal with his entire life. Not everybody is so accepting of mutation quirks that are as drastic as Spinner's.

He's also one of Stain's followers, which will either make things incredibly complicated, or a little easier on him.

Toga is, too, and it looks like Dabi has his own plans. The League for him just seems to be a way to enact them without much getting in his way.

He shares hobby with Spinner and gossips with Toga while they do each other's hair. While he can't let her feed on him for obvious reasons, every time he visits them he makes sure to bring a bag with him that he steals from a random hospital.

With Magne they talk about different parenting tactics, because while neither of them technically are, they're close enough. Danny's got Elle and Magne has this colorful crew to look after. They also talk about sexuality and gender, and Danny has had no discomfort in showing her the twin scars on his chest.

If they hug it out after that particularly emotional conversation, well, everybody is smart enough to keep their mouths shut.

With Mr. Compress, he's more of a theatrical kind of guy. Danny brushes up on his Shakespeare, giving a million thanks to Mr. Lancer as he does so, so he can converse with the man. Danny shows him a few complicated card tricks that make Compress chuckle at him as if he's a child, but Danny doesn't find himself minding one bit.

He goes through the whole League like that, more or less. He doesn't know when this became less of an information-gathering mission and more of a gentle-reformation one instead, but he can't say the results aren't there. They all look a bit more relaxed and at ease. Danny finds himself wanting to take care of them.

He of all people understands what it's like being different. Growing up quirkless and then struggling after his accident, he's never quite fit in. Unfit for regular society, not human enough or ghost enough to properly be in either world. He finds that most of the League have the mindset they'd of because of how society has treated them. And while their actions haven't been okay, he can't say he doesn't understand. If he had had a worse support system he probably would have ended up just like them.

Kurogiri is the one he doesn't hang out with much. Not because of any particular reason. He's usually busy cleaning, or breaking up fights, or setting up meetings or off doing who knows what. Because of his fast travel ability he's constantly running errands for everybody.

But when he does take a moment and slow down, he and Danny share some tea together. Or rather, Danny drinks tea in Kurogiri's quiet comfort. His motivations seem more protective than they are malicious, and that's something that Danny understands all too well. Even if the one he's protecting is a mislead murderer.

Because of their naturally ghostly nature, the two can communicate seamlessly without words. There's this underlying current of emotions that only they're aware of, and Danny's not sure if Kurogiri really even notices. Having not been around ectoplasm or ghosts in general, it can be hard to put a name to what this weird emotional feedback loop is. But Danny's got plenty of experience under his belt to realize that it's ghost related.

With this feedback loop and Kurogiri's general vibe, he eventually figures it out. It takes him a long time, but once he learned it was possible, the answer seemed obvious.

Two souls forcibly inhabiting one body, and neither one of them are in true control. He's not really sure how it was done, and he's not sure how to fix it without completely blowing his cover. Going in and separating the parasite from the host wouldn't be too much trouble with his overshadowing ability, but it's not something he can just do in the presence of the League.

He sips his tea instead.

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There's something familiar about the name Shigaraki but Danny can't for the life of him place it. Maybe it's because he raided the USJ during a training exercise in a desperate attempt to kill All Might. Maybe it's because he's the leader and figurehead of the League. But it's more than that, isn't it?

He just can't figure it out.

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Months go by like this. Danny brings them things like medical supplies, gloves for Shigaraki, books for Compress, some high end burn cream for Dabi to prolong the effects of his quirk. He takes care of them, and in turn they trust him with information. Not enough to really do anything with it, but sometimes they tell him about a drop that happened, or a supply run they're hitting. A man named Sensei is mentioned more often than not, and he has to wonder if they've told this guy about Danny as much as they've told Danny about Sensei.

He's more than a little intrigued by this mysterious boogieman, and more concerned by the second about the mental toll he's taken on Shigaraki.

It's obvious the kid-because that's what he is to an immortal like Danny-didn't have a nice childhood. With a quirk like his, he probably had a rough awakening. His parents either didn't accept it or they were killed, or maybe they abandoned him. Either way, the clear malicious intent Sensei has with Shigaraki rubs Danny the wrong way, but he's not sure how to broach the subject without setting him off, and tipping everybody off that he's not really who he says he is.

It all comes to a head when Danny is invited to meet this Sensei character. He goes through Kurogiri's portal somewhere in the middle of the pack, with Shigaraki leading the charge. They enter into this large, cavernous room with giant Nomu test tubes lining the walls. In the very back, sitting on a high chair above the reason of them, was a man that just had an overwhelming sense of wrong. Hooked up to dozens of machines, Danny could tell that this man was more powerful than most of the S-Tier villains and ghosts he's fought. And judging from the weird energy that's similar to Kurogiri's, with an underlying current of maliciousness, it's not a surprising realization to Danny that this person should be dead.

"Ah, the famous Yokai," the villain drawls. Danny narrows his eyes as he feels a prodding sensation in the back of his mind, and firmly puts up all of his mental defenses. He's been mind controlled enough to know what it feels like, and he's not about to let some boogieman get the advantage on him.

"Ah, it seems like your heightened senses are good for more than just surveillance," the man says.

"It's a fun little party trick," Danny replies, trying his best to keep the edge out of his voice. Judging from the side eye that Dabi gives him, it's obvious he doesn't do a very good job of it.

The League up to this point has always been pretty laid back. Dabi especially usually has this aloof vibe he puts off, but all of them seem to be on high alert now. Backs are straight and their attention is forcibly stolen by the man in the chair.

"It's not very often that my young pupil finds someone worth his interest."

The nagging feeling in the back of his head is back, a more forceful prodding this time, and Danny closes his eyes to focus on blocking the intruder out. When he opens them again, there's a distinct chill in the air, and everyone has taken a step back from him.

He doesn't need to look in a mirror to know that his eyes are a ghostly green.

Fuck.

"You should be dead," Danny tells Sensei. His voice has this unearthly echo too it, laired in a way that tells everybody he's got just as much power as the man sitting in front of them. There's a sense of danger coming from from him, but it's directed at Sensei. His protective aura washes over the League, wanting to keep them from this battle for their own safety.

He takes a deep breath in, and lets his transformation take place. As he does so, it's like a little piece to the puzzle has unlocked itself.

Years ago-nearly a hundred years ago now-Clockwork had told Danny about a man named Shigaraki. About how he's cheated death time and time again, and how he will continue to do so. Danny had asked if he needed to go and stop him, and Clockwork had said it wasn't the right time.

With the man right in front of him, Danny can't think of a better opportunity.

The League steps back and braces for battle, and as much as Danny understands, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.

"I'm sorry for lying to you all," he tells them. "But for what it's worth, I truly do consider you to be friends."

Without anymore fanfare, Danny launches himself at All for One.

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It's a long battle that takes down most of this mysterious warehouse they're in, as well as several of the nomus.

Danny pulls himself out of the rubble, stumbling as he does so. he's heavily injured, and ectoplasm is leaking out of him at an alarming rate, but dying is quite possibly the least of his worries.

During the fight, the League had tried to help, but it seems as though All for One wanted Danny to himself. He had protected them from AfO for as long as he could, but in the end Kurogiri was forced to take everyone away.

They would never trust him again. They would never want to be around him again. Danny should be okay with that because they're villains and he's a hero but he knows deep down that it's far more complicated than the black and white world most people want to believe in. Just because they're villains doesn't mean they're inherently bad people.

All for One is gone. Died and ended, with no hopes of ever coming back as a ghost, but in doing so he pushed away his friends. This little family he's found himself in.

There are helicopters and news anchors and paramedics and whatnot, and it's all too loud, too much, and it nearly overwhelms him.

So he disappears.

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He doesn't want to go home to his lonely apartment so he doesn't. He can't call anybody or tell anybody because this is off the record and confidential to the nth level. So he goes to the one safe place he can think of.

Floating into the bar, he's not surprised to see it abandoned. Everything is still there, left behind by the previous owners, but nobody's there to greet him like usual.

It's fine. Danny expected this.

He didn't expect the ache in his core to come with it though.

He goes through the motions of hunting down a half decent first aid kit and gets to work, dumping alcohol on his wounds and sewing them up with practiced precision.

He's about halfway through with a particularly nasty gash on his arm when Kurogiri's portal opens in the middle of the bar, and the League steps out.

They look pissed, and Danny can't blame them. If he were them, he'd be pissed too. But now that his secret is out, he can finally do something he's been itching to do for months.

He ties off the stitches and wipes it down with a relatively clean rag before stepping up to Kurogiri. Everybody tenses, but with a nod from Kurogiri, they don't attack.

Danny transforms once more, and places his hands inside of Kurogiri's chest.

With his experience, it only takes a couple of minutes to separate the two. He pulls this purple, pulsing blob out of the host, and without anything to feed on, it dissipates.

Who's left is a man with clouds for hair and a bandage over his nose.

"i-I'm me again," he says, almost in awe.

"Took me a while to figure it out since I was undercover, but I figured that might help you out. Having a parasite forcibly put into your body like that can't exactly be good for your health."

"Thank you. Name's Oboro Shirakumo. Legally dead, I guess."

"Well, that makes two of us, I suppose."

"What do you mean? You're a daylight hero at the top of the charts, there's no way you're dead!"

Danny gives Toga a small, sad smile.

"Phantom is a daylight hero. Fenton, though...He's been legally dead for nearly a hundred years."

It takes a while to explain the accident and his growing up quirkless, but in the end, the League doesn't kill him. Maybe because they know it won't do them much good. But by the time he's done, he gives them an opportunity.

"Listen, I know things are complicated now, but...I've got a big house with more than enough rooms for everybody if you need a place to stay."

Wordlessly, the League looks to Shigaraki, who mulls over it for quite some time before shrugging.

"As long as it's better than this dump."

Danny can't help but give a relieved grin.

"Let's go home, then."

[cheshiresartblog]

Danny Phantom AU

I did a ref of them a while ago, but I decided to I redo my ref of the dumbigos for this Danny Phantom based au I have. 

Oboro and Kirisame are based on Johnny 13 and his shadow powers wise and Hizashi’s obviously based on Ember powers wise. Meanwhile Shouta’s his own thing. 

E y e s. 

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MHA danny phantom AU

Exept the phantom thing isn't his quirk. His quirk was actually something really inane like being able to hold his breath for an hour or a very weak teleconetic ability. Honestly, people weren't even sure what fentons quirk was since he never actually used it.

Nono, the phantom thing happens independent of that. The super hearing, the strength, the ectoblasts, those are ghostly abilitys, not a quirk. Quirk cancelling stuff dosn't work on him.

This leads to alot of hyjix where people try to steal phantoms quirk and just end up with the ability to perfectly ballance small things on there finger, everytime, or something.

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its been so long since ive been able to be on tumblr, i was not expecting great value twitter when i fucking came back

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Ease the Pain

TW: Recreational marijuana use -----

Danny breathed in deep, taking in the crisp, cold air nipping at his ears. Despite the chill he wore no shirt and no shoes, much more comfortable in the colder weather with the least amount of clothes he could get away with wearing.

He took a second, just like he always did on nights like these, to sit back and appreciate the moon in all of her glory. She was a waning crescent tonight, partially covered by clouds that threatened rain in the morning.

He took another deep breath in, held it for a moment, and let it out slowly. It was late-or early depending on who you were-and despite the peaceful night and the comforting cold, he couldn't sleep. Everything just hurt so much today. And it's not unusual for his body to reject him like this. being electrocuted will do that to a person, after all. So will the hero training and internships and secret missions he's going on. His joints are for sure upset with him.

He's tried several types of different medications, but due to his metabolism none of them seem to work for long periods of time. And because it's chronic pain that he has, there's not much Recovery Girl can do.

Sam came through, though. It was one overwhelming night of pain where he couldn't stop the crying or the emotional spiral, but in the end she had just what he needed. Or rather her grandmother did since she was the one with the med card, but that's neither here nor there. What matters most is that he has one pre-roll left, and he's fully intending to use it.

He checks the pockets of his sweatpants for his lighter that he forgot, before sighing in frustration. He puts one end of the joint in his mouth, and pinches the other with his thumb and index finger, using his powers to light it. It glows green for a moment, and then bright red. Danny takes a drag, inhales one more time for good measure, and lets it out slow.

The first hit never does much for him, but it's a meditative part of his process that he appreciates just as much as the high itself.

He started smoking in secret about a year ago, when the pain started to get unbearable. By itself, before all of the constant hero shit, it was no problem to deal with. Just a little nagging sensation in the back of his head that was easy to tune out. It wasn't supposed to be a long term solution, especially when he's technically doing it illegally, but it's the only thing that works for longer than a few minutes.

Besides, he graduates from U.A. in three months, and turns eighteen in one, where he'll then be able to get his card. So no harm no foul, really. And even if he does get in trouble with the school, it'll probably just be no more than a slap on the wrist. He's so close to finishing, and he's got a steady hero he's working under until he can save up for his own agency.

he takes another drag and taps off the ash from the end of his joint. There's a cold tingle starting to go up his temples, and a pleasant buzzing in the back of his brain that quiets his louder, more harmful thoughts.

Another drag. He closes his eyes, focusing on the way the cold wind feels against his exposed skin, savoring it like a weighted blanket. His core hums. The pain starts to ease.

"Couldn't sleep?"

Danny flinches hard, not having heard his teacher come up behind him. He drops his half-finished joint and it falls onto one of the other's patios. Danny whirls around, trying to act casual even though he knows his teacher definitely saw all of that.

"Mr. Aizawa! What are you doing up here so late?" He asks, trying to will the smell of weed away.

His teacher quirks an eyebrow, but he doesn't look upset. Though it's a little hard to tell. One eye is covered by the eye patch, and he's bundled in warm clothes, with a thick, grey scarf that's not his capture weapon wrapped around the bottom half of his face.

"Came to check on you," his teacher says as he walks up to Danny. "It's late. Couldn't sleep?" he asks again.

"Not tonight," Danny answers.

"Hm."

They stand there for a moment, Aizawa casually looking him up and down while Danny's anxiety spikes, because even though he's not worried about getting in trouble with the school, he's still very terrified of getting in trouble with Aizawa.

"Relax, kid," Aizawa tells him. "I'm not here to bust your balls about weed."

"You're not?"

"It would be pretty hypocritical of me, don't you think?" Aizawa asks him. he reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a new joint, and a little yellow lighter. He lights it, takes a drag, and hands it to Danny, who, for a moment, is too stunned to do anything.

"I didn't know you smoked," Danny says as he finally takes the offered weed.

"Usually I use edibles, but Hizashi almost mixed it up with the regular brownies the other day. Nearly gave me a heart attack when I saw Eri eating like, four of them."

Danny chuckles at the image as he hands the joint back to his teacher. It's no secret that he and Present Mic are married, but it's not often that Aizawa tells them anything like this about his personal life. Usually this kind of thing comes from Mic during the downtime they sometimes have in class.

They sit in silence for a few minutes, just passing the joint back and forth. Danny forces his muscles to relax as he focuses on the tingle in his temples, and his mouth is twitching up into a smile without his control.

"I get it, you know," Aizawa says after a few minutes.

"Get what?" Danny asks, taking another drag.

"The need," Aizawa says, nodding towards the joint. "I smoke to take the edge off the pain, or just to relax because my hell class is about to graduate and be out on their own. Weather's been changing a lot, though. Makes my leg ache more than usual."

Danny sometimes forgets about his teacher's prosthetic, but now that he's pointed it out it makes a lot of sense. Metal being joined to the skin with the healing fast tracked by certain medical quirks is bound to have some lasting effect. And if he's actually saying something about it to someone who isn't recovery Girl or Present Mic, it must be pretty bad.

"It helps with my chronic pain," Danny tells him. "The neuropathic pain caused from the accident."

Aizawa, as well as the whole class, found out about Danny's secret during the War, when they were tossing around suggestions about bringing ghosts in to the fight since the League had briefly recruited Vlad. It had been a...Interesting conversation.

"Does it flare up a lot?" Aizawa asks him.

"Some nights are worse than others," Danny offers. "The cold sometimes helps. But the marijuana is more consistently effective.

"And regular pain killers?" Aizawa asked, but Danny doesn't mind. It's not invasive or judgmental, the way his teacher asks him. He's just curious.

"My metabolism is too fast for them. Even the really strong stuff only lasts about an hour at the longest, and it doesn't do much overall. Weed is nice, cause it relaxes my body, and my thoughts go all quiet, and my pain eases a bit. I can actually get a full night's sleep with it."

"It makes Hizashi really loopy," Aizawa tells him. Maybe it's the weed, or maybe it's just the solidarity of using it to ease their respective pains, but Danny's happy that Aizawa is opening up to him like this. In just a few short months they'll be more colleagues than anything. And they'll probably work together a lot, too, since Danny has one foot in the underground scene. "He gets really giggly, then really hungry, and then he passes out for twelve hours."

"I got Jazz to try it once," Danny says through his laughter. "But it was through brownies. And there was a batch for me and my friends, the strong stuff, and a weaker batch, and she thought they were both the same. She was way more paranoid than usual, but her second trip went way better."

They were up their for a while. They finished the first joint not long after, and Danny went down to get the one he dropped when Aizawa had accidentally scared him, and finished that one, too.

Later, in his bed staring up at the glow in the dark star stickers, he felt his whole body relax into the mattress. The pain had been dulled, almost nonexistent for now. There's an almost overwhelming sense of relief. Of peace. Like everything is a little more manageable for a little while longer.

He manages to sleep through the whole night.