I don’t normally do individual fic reccs but this fic The Disappearance of Midoriya Izuku by town_without_heart has left me shaking with awe and I’m still blown away hours after reading it. Note that the series is unfinished but boy oh boy is it good.
“Fifteen years ago, a boy disappeared. Ripples in the water, the butterfly flaps its wings, and everything changes.
The notice is unremarkable, one face lost among a sea of lost faces. It is a yearbook photo of a young boy in his school uniform. His eyes are wide, shadowed by dark half-circles. His hair is green, wild and curly. He does not smile as he stares into the camera, and the somber expression makes him looks far older than his purported thirteen years. The text below the photo reads: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY?”
This fic is not for everyone: its got a major character death, Izuku being pushed to the breaking point with questionable morals, some torture, some mutilation. But the story! and the storytelling! I was riveted the whole time I read it and could hardly put it down (I was at work and I *never* read fic at work so that shows you how INTO IT I was). Give it a shot if you’re interested and then give the author some love!