The Power of Love and Therapy vs The Abusive Stalker
Content warnings: Stalking, sexual harassment from aforementioned stalker, language, implied smut, descriptions of past abuse and effects of trauma, gaslighting, confrontation with abuser (none of this is in regards to Hawks, by the way).
"Hey, this is Y/N L/N. It appears I was not able to answer the phone in time. Please leave your name, number, and a brief message, and I'll call you back as soon as I can. Thanks!" Beep.
"Hey, Y/N, is ShadowsFire. Did you receive any of my letters? I meant what I told you  in those letters. Being together would be as natural as breathing. You have my number, so I canât wait to hear back from you, gorgeous." beep.
Consequently, my hand was shaking as i reached for my phone to send a quick text to my friend, Toshinari Yagi, also known as All Might: 911. Come ASAP!
Consequently, Toshinari showed up, sweating, two minutes later.
âI have never been so glad to be with you in my life,â I cheered as I buried myself in his hug.
âY/N, itâs alright now, I have arrived! Will you tell me what is happening?â
âToshi, one of the people who regularly watches my content on YouTube has become a stalker and itâs creeping me out and scaring me! He somehow figured out my phone number, listen!â I played the voice message for him. He kept his usual wide smile on the entire time, but I was familiar with his face enough to notice that there was definitely a glint of anger in his eyes.
âHow long has this been occurring, Y/N? What have you learned about this person?â
âThis has been happening since shortly after Keigo left for his mission a month and a half ago. This person has a fire quirk, and also pays attention to my videos enough to give feedback both in the form of praise and criticism. Additionally, I know he has a knack for motivating people, since I have noticed the vast majority of the new subscribers I have gotten recently were directed to my videos from posts he made on his Facebook fan page. Heâs extraordinarily charismatic when he desires to be, and articulate. He creeps me out! I canât tell him that Iâm dating Hawks since weâve decided not to tell the public about us, or to back off since heâll retaliate by turning my fan base against me!â
Subsequently, Toshinari gently squeezed my shoulders. âEverything will be all right, Y/N, now that I have arrived! What do you want me to do?â
At that moment, the doorbell rang, so I opened it.
âDelivery for Ms. L/N!â a mailman announced cheerfully.
âThank you!â
It was a letter that had my name and address stamped onto it, but the envelope had no sender listed. If I could do it again, I would have asked Toshi to read it for me first. But I did not, so I opened the letter, and as soon as I noticed the name DarkShadow written in that familiar handwriting, everything went black.
A few hours later, I regained consciousness to the sound of someone whistling softly, and subesequently signing in relief.
âY/N! Youâre awake!â He sighed in relief, as he held his wings and arms wide open.
I blinked in confusion.
âYeah, itâs me, baby bird. All Might called me after you fainted, and we decided to switch places. Now, come here for a bunch of free cuddles.â
I launched myself into his waiting arms and buried my face in his shoulder. âYou came!â
âOf course. Love, I will always have your back. Now, will you tell me what is happening?â He asked as he rubbed my back soothingly.
Therefore, I took a deep breath to steady myself as I leaned back to talk to him face-to-face. âIn order to answer that, I need to tell you the story of the relationship I had before I met you. You will not be pleased to hear about this, but I swear Iâm telling the truth, so please hear me out!â
As I expected, he nodded. âOf course.â
âA few years before you and I met, I became gardener for Endeavorâs family. Thatâs how I met him. At first, everything was fantastic between us. In fact, Endeavors son, Shoto, would occasionally even help me fill my gardening hose with his quirk. But one day, Endeavor noticed me manipulating the watering can with my psychic quirk. Thatâs when he asked me to retire as gardener and become his girlfriend instead. I accepted, since similar to you, I had admiration for him. In fact, I still admire his hero work.â I took another deep breath to steady myself. âBut reality came to smack me in the face when I walked into the house to find ShĆto and Endeavor loudly arguing. Basically, Endeavor was planning to operate me as his own personal incubator to breed the perfect child to raise and subsequently exploit as his pawn to defeat All Might.â I clenched my fists. âThat is also when I learned that Shoto was previously supposed to be that child, but he refused, and Endeavor gave up once he realized how strong I was. At that point, Shoto was-and still is-son figure to me, and all of Endeavors other children had moved out or died. So, I packed bags for both me and Shoto, dumped him, and left. Later, I moved to a different city and selected a new phone number but decided against telling the police since I lacked proof that couldnât be easily explained away by Endeavor. The problem is, Iâve been stalked by a person for months now, and I know now itâs Endeavor. Iâm sure of it. Listen, Keigo, I need you to understand that no matter how exceptional he is at being a hero when he chooses to be, his quest to be the best by having my best friend murdered needs to be stopped. Even if it means he needs to be thrown in jail. Nevertheless, I understand that would prevent him from helping you and the other heroes keep crime under control, but if I choose not to give in soon or report him, Iâm terrified heâll resort to trying to groom ShĆto into his own pawn again. But Iâll never trust him again-he made me believe he was my dream come true, but in reality, he was my own worst nightmare disguised as a volatile shooting star. But Endeavor is already responsible for the burn scar on ShĆtoâs eye as in addition to all of the trauma he has, and Sho is still so young and inexperienced! Even if All Might were a villain, heâs not ready to handle such a hefty burden! Itâs not right!â I had worked myself up to be on the verge of tears, so Hawks quickly kissed my forehead.
âFirst of all, Y/P/N, I have no limits when it comes to protecting you, whether it be staying by your side or punching anyone who persistently and purposely violates your boundaries in the face. Of course, I believe you-baby, you are everything to me. So I wish you had called to let me know what was happening. This explains so much about the tension in your body. Would a shoulder massage help?"
âYes, thanks for asking," I answered as I turned around in his lap to give him access to my shoulders. "I feel less on edge now that you are here, and your massages and bird hugs encourage everything awful to suck less. The reason I chose not to call was to avoid disturbing you while you were working.â
âY/N, I will always be a phone call away when I'm not sleeping, even if you lack a specific reason to call me. But especially if you do, since you are my priority and I love listening to the voice messages you leave on my phone. If I happen to be sleeping and there's an emergency, feel free to call, though. Call 911 first if you can, though. But that's not everything that is bothering me, love," he murmured gently. "I'm having trouble finding the words, though. Iâll explain in a minute, love.â
"Sure. I am not in a rush." I took that opportunity to relax completely into Keigo's arms. He kept rubbing my shoulders, but unfortunately, my relaxation was interrupted by a rude awakening: Endavor must've called without us noticing, and one of us must've pressed the accept call button by accident.
"While Bird Brain is thinking, would you mind explaining where the fuck you obtain the audacity to do this?!"
Keigo's hands suddenly stiffened, and I felt him tense against me. Even with my back to him, I could feel the possessive anger radiating from him, so I quickly picked up my phone.
"Listen, E-endeavor, what I fail to undersetand here is which part of 'leave me alone' translated to 'terrorize and stalk me for months until you accomplish your goalâ in your mind?! I hate it when you behave as though you own me!"
"In any case, I hate pretending that we're not together MORE!"
"This is not a game of pretend, it is a reality that we are not together anymore. The Y/N you knew all those years ago has evolved into the Y/N of today, a much healthier person that is all done being your doormat. Basically, I believe that the smartest course of action for you right now would be to abandon your quest to overcome All Might. That means cutting off contact with me entirely, and not tormenting Shoto with your petty desire to be the best. There's a difference between guiding your son away from danger and grooming him into your own pawn. It is important that you understand and respect his right to be his own person, now and always. Goodbye, Endeavor." I pressed the end call button and turned my phone all the way off. I faced Keigo, and pressed my hands against his reddened face.
"Are you alright, honey? You are shaking and your face is red."
Keigo pulled me into his arms-not strong enough to prevent me from pulling away if I needed to, though.
"It is infuriating to hear that there are people in general, much less HEROES, out there who talk to people like that-talk to you in that way! Sky above, I despise that man, and I have no idea where he gets the audacity to call himself a hero, knowing he has no remorse for terrorizing you this way!"
We sat there for a few minutes, until I heard Keigo's breathing slow and felt his body relax. "Can we continue the conversation we were having before Endeavor interrupted?"
I leaned back a little read the expression on his face. "Sure, babe. What's on your mind?"
He took a deep breath and leaned his forehead against mine. "Baby bird, I do believe that you have the right to share your trauma with whoever, or no one. In fact, Iâm not mad at you for not talking about this when we have been together. But it bothers I donât like considering the possibility that I ever gave you any reason to believe I would not side with you in this matter, no matter what has happened between Endeavor and I in the past. It is important that you that you trust me implicitly, with both the pleasant and the terrible, even if you choose not to use that trust."
"Honey, I do trust you," I insisted. "On the contrary, I trust you with my life. It is extremely difficult for me to explain why I never told you, even after all the therapy I went through to heal from it. Give me a moment." I closed my eyes and thought back on everything I had been through the previous eight years- the blessings in addition to the awful, the abusive, and the stressful experiences. "You remember when I said that I was tricked into believing that he was a dream come true?"
"Yeah. What about it?" "The Y/N that was in a relationship with him genuinely thought that he was my dream come true. I know it sounds dramatic and corny, especially considering we were only together for around seven or eight months. But on the one hand he would love bomb me so intensely that when he would say horrible words to me, it was almost as though I was having a nightmare. I've since learned that that was one of the gaslighting techniques he used. But even after all we have been through, and all he has done, I still have a tiny measure of loyalty for him -no, I donât mean what you think, Keigo," I declared hastily as I met his gaze with mine. I pressed my hand into his cheek. "The odds of what you are thinking is nonexistent. You have taught me what how it feels to be genuinely loved by a person with whom you share mutual trust and respect. That is one reason why I love you and our relationship so much more than I ever imagined I could. Perhaps a more accurate way to articulate the point is that I believe there's always been genuinely terrified of the consequences for us all if I were to share my story with authorities or anyone who would tell them. The only exception was my therapist, for the reason that she was obligated by law to keep her mouth shut until she was given reason to believe I was in danger, a danger to others, or I gave her permission to do otherwise in writing! But right or wrong, that's how I felt."
"Aww, I'm flattered, Y/N. Personally, Iâm convinced that you have not tattled about this is due to the fact I'm so handsome and you're too much of a prude to be able to have sex in jail with others watching without dying of embarrassment-"
And in that moment, the entire atmosphere of the room changed, the tension in the air so nthick I needed to concentrate even harder than normal to create a vacuum around him to prevent his quirk from burning us all alive-and no, I did not suffocate him, nor was I trying to kill him-in fact, I left a few feet of air all around him to let him keep breathing.
Almost at once, Keigo noticed the expression of concentration on my face and the change in my posture, and I could tell he knew what it meant.
"May I?" he mouthed. It was clear that he was asking for permission to fight Endeavor in my stead, so I nodded.
Immediately, he pinned Endeavor against the wall with a bunch of his feathers. He tried to retaliate, but the flames dissipated once it reached the vacuum I created around him. That only made him angrier.
"Bitch, so you're taking HIS side?? After all I have done for you, you ungrateful-" I failed to hear what he said next, due to the fact that his words unceremoniously launched my mind into a flashback. In my mindâs eye, I began to watch all the horrific treatment he's ever given, one after another, until I managed to engage my coping techniques enough to hear him say one more sentence: "How the fuck do you suppose that affects me-?""
That did it. In that moment, I was convinced I had lost my mind. And maybe I did, but the exciting news is, I grew strong enough to maintain my quirk barrier while railing at him. "How you feel? How you feel?! I have felt for years that all you ever cared about when it came to our relationship was you-I donât want to hear any arguments about that,since we both know I have plenty of reasons to be convinced that the only times you ever bothered to listen to what I would say was when you thought you could gain something from it or when you felt the need to exploit my words as ammunition to further gaslight me! I COULD ASK YOU THAT ALSO, YOU CREEPY, PIGHEADED BALL OF FIRE! What about the nightmares, the mutilated self-worth that took years to rebuild, the shame, the guilt, the heartbreak Iâve experienced as a consequence to the way you treated me? What about the flashbacks, the unwanted thoughts, the struggle to feel positive emotions even when I normally would??? What about the years I spent re-teaching myself during therapy that I have always and will always be a human being that is worthy of boundaries and of having her own destiny? What about the fact that you are the reason why I believe I understand why Stain thinks some heroes are phonies? What about all the work I'm still having to put in myself to learn to trust people outside of my innermost circle? What about the hours you spent throwing put down after put down mixed with empty praise in my face, such as the slut shaming? What about the rest of the gaslighting?" By that point, I was sobbing out of years of pent up anger, humiliation, shame, and frustration that I hadn't gotten to work through in therapy yet. "What about the terror you caused by stalking me all these months? How do you imagine I feel, knowing that you are here in my fiancĂ©âs and my house in order to force me to give birth to your child so you can kill groom them into killing All Might-?!"
"I heard that! I wasn't lying when I declared that I loved you, Y/N-the audacity-after all I've done-"
"You were meant to! What do I need to do to force you to understand that I desire absolutely nothing from you-not your awful excuses, your alleged 'love', the gaslighting, the presents, your company, the feedback on my videos, nothing! I HATE YOU, YOU ENORMOUSLY STUBBORN PAIN IN THE ASS! I hate you due to the fact that you tricked me into believing that being by your side and listening to you was my only chance for a fairytale ending, when in reality, you were my own personal nightmare disguised as a volatile and self-serving shooting star. Now LEAVE, AND DON'T FUCKING COME BACK!" After that rant, I used my quirk to pick him up and throw him out my front door.
There was dead silence. It was silent on the outside too, so I suppose I might've stunned Endeavor temporarily into silence. But the silence was broken after a minute when the police had shown up to arrest Endeavor. Hawks had utilized his phone and his quirk to send the police a video of Endeavor breaking and entering into our home. As it turns out, I did not even need to show the police the letters he sent or the voicemail-I was granted a restraining order against him, and he was put in jail.
After the police left, I tentatively turned to face my open-mouthed fiancé.
"Do you hate me now?" I asked quietly. "Was I too harsh-" He abruptly pulled me into his arms-again, purposely not holding me strong enough to prevent me from pull away from him.
"Of course not, love. You stunned me into silence. Iâm so proud of you, Y/N-not only did you just set a boundary with your abuser without even apologizing, but you stood up for us, all the while improving your control of your quirk. I love you so much, Y/P/N, I could never hate you. Hell, I still donât know what I did to deserve a first date with you, let alone three years of memories," he murmured as he swept me off my feet, then leaned in to whisper in my ear. "Give me your color, Y/P/N. After all, I would love to bring you into our bedroom to fuck you so intensely you forget that asshole even exists."
"Green, babe. Green," I murmured as I leaned in to kiss him. As the two of us made out and our tongues danced together, he carried me into the bedroom. As to what happened between us for the rest of that night. Well, I am tired of doing all the talking, so use your imagination. ;) Alternatively, you could get theories from anyone who might've heard us that night.















