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Someones valentines attempt went wrong!!! Oh no!

Now they gotta deal with a metric ton of ants (non stingy-just annoying) and their partners reaction is ....

"If I hear one more sound, I'll show you why my subordinates are so afraid of me."

There was a beat of silence before the round of giggling suddenly turned into a flood, causing All Might to sigh. "I'll remember this. Just you wait."

The blonde had thought this act of benevolence to be foolproof. He'd procured some American candies and snacks, and had planned to give it to Rian, Rian's sister Lilly (10), and their temporally ambiguous daughter Hinata (7(?)).

Unfortunately... Ants had gotten involved. The foodstuffs much like the cabinet they occupied, were crawling with insects.

"How the hell did they even get in here? This is a secure bunker!"

"Papa, you should have hidden it all in the freezer!" Hinata chided after her giggle fit subsided. "Haven't you ever done this before?"

"...Not technically."

The older man sighed again as the young girls broke back into their peel of laughter. He was still getting used to these flashes of unbridled compassion for his would-be family, and the shame of failure wasn't helping. It had been two years now since this timeline had started and these three had appeared in his life... And he could see now why he'd waited longer to try to woo his future husband in previous lifetimes. This shit sucked. And to top it all off...

All Might glanced over to the other end of the counter, where Rian sat in silent contemplation of a sunflower that the blonde had given the younger man seconds before discovering the ant infestation. Hazel eyes framed by strong cheekbones that nearly eclipsed them as he gave a blushing, soft kind of smile. Rian was evidently completely lost in thought, the small gesture of the single flower taking up all of his attention.

"How did you know I love these?" The brunette asked softly.

The larger man shrugged, fighting away some of his reflexive gruffness. "You just... Seem like the kind of person who enjoys looking towards the sun."

Rian turned towards the blonde, the full force of his grin knocking the wind right out of his victim. "You know... You might be right, All Might!"

"Trust my brother to completely ignore the fact that our kitchen's in jeopardy..." Lilly mumbled. But the only one who heard was Hinata, who simply shrugged.

"Sometimes you need to ignore the bad so the good can feel good."

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Vows

“Hey papa, did you and dad ever renew your vows?”

Toshinori nearly dropped the plate he was holding and his eyes flew to Hinata, his twelve year old daughter, who perched suspiciously daintily on the kitchen table.

“...Little shit, didn’t even hear you come in. Should you really be using your powers to sneak up on your parents like that?”

She rolled her eyes. “Didn’t answer my question.”

The villain sighed, going back to doing the leftover dishes. “Technically, every time we get married in a new timeline it’s a renewal of our vows.”

“Okay, but what were your FIRST vows?”

Toshinori thought about it, speaking softly. “... I suppose the first vow I ever made to Rian was that I promised to protect his sister. That was a lifetime before we got married…”

He sighed. “When we first got married… it was as villains, in the bar. I don’t think we ever managed it as heroes… we vowed to support each other in all our endeavors. To never give up on one another, and to never lose the faith we’d built up. To protect each other, and those that followed us, with everything we had. We vowed to remain devoted until the day we were both in the dirt.”

The young girl looked at her feet as they swung back and forth, obviously considering something deeply involved. Toshinori simply shrugged, finishing his chore.

After a moment, Hinata boosted herself onto the counter next to him. “And… you’ll promise the same stuff when you get married again, right?”

“Naturally.”

“That’s good.”

The older blonde quirked an eyebrow. “Why are you bringing this up tonight? I get that it’s Valentine's day, but you aren't usually this… sentimental about things you haven’t seen.”

She quirked her eyebrow as well, like a mirror image. “Because… I’ve never gotten to be old enough to love someone like you and Dad love each other. There were times where I MIGHT have felt something like that, sure, but… not strongly enough to kill for.”

Toshinori thought, for a second, about pointing out the way she trailed after Midoriya and the miniature Todoroki… but instantly decided he wasn’t ready for that conversation and pivoted. “That’s probably for the best, little flower. Devotion can easily turn into obsession, and I don’t doubt that I'd sound a lot more like a lunatic if it wasn't for my memories.”

She giggled. “Dad’s already suspicious… but I think that he thinks that YOU just really like sunflowers too, and that’s why you always get some.”

“He should honestly be more suspicious about—”

“How you sleep together? How you sit with him in your lap? How you give him googly eyes? How you always make sure our bases have soundproofed Master bedrooms? How you have a budget specifically for—”

The older man grumbled, ruffling the girls hair as she giggled. “Mouthy little shit… Twelve year olds aren't supposed to comment on their parents’ sex lives, Hinata.”

The young girl just laughed, wiggling away. Then, she stopped, looking up at him. “...You know… we should tell Dad more about me.”

“... I agree. But we have to do it carefully. Not just all at once.”

“Aren't you going to ask him to marry you?”

Toshinori blushed. “It’s… not the right time yet. I have a date in mind for a wedding, and if I ask now it’ll be too fast.”

“I mean… that depends on the day, I think.”

The older man froze, heat rising up behind his eyes as he slowly glanced back at the sound of footsteps. There, walking slowly from the kitchen doorway, was Rian. He had obviously just ended his shift at the bar downstairs.

And his face looked as red as the blonde’s felt.

The girl’s eyes darted back and forth quickly, before she slinked down from the counter. “Oh boy! I better go watch TV!” She announced loudly, darting out of the room.

Silence.

Silence.

An awkward cough.

Rian fidgeted, looking frantically around the room. “S-so… what day were you thinking of…?”

Toshinori leaned back against the counter, his voice more gruff than he would have liked. “April First.”

The brunette blinked lamely, then looked up. “Why April first? I mean... be a use it's the day you saved me?”

“... Because if enough of our lackeys think it’s a joke, we might be able to keep the party small.”

One beat.

Then two.

Then the younger man burst out laughing, soon joined by his taller counterpart.

“Do you at least have a ring…?” Rian asked shyly, wiping his eyes.

The blonde smiled fondly. “Yes, but since I've had it for three years, we might need to get it fitted.”

The smaller man blanched. “THREE…?”

“The timing never felt right, Kitten!”

“W-well does it feel right NOW?!”

“... If you’ll say yes.”

Rian slowly looked up, his hazel eyes crinkling as he smiled. “...Always. Toshinori... I already vowed to dedicate my life to you years ago... And I don't plan to break that promise.”

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Starting Over

Hinata Abigail-Jinx Yagi, 5 years old, cried silently as she trudged through the darkness of her quirk.

How did this happen?

Why did this happen?

And how did this man know to find me?

"Ah, truly I should have known something strange was happening," the scary quirk-stealing man said, his grip on her arm far too tight as he walked beside her, "All of those prophetic nightmares… of course someone was interfering! How could I have been losing otherwise! Now all I need is for you to put us on a more correct course… and then, it will be checkmate."

As if I will let you win.

Hinata, 5 years old on the outside and mentally nearly 20 after rewinding her body's timeline during the chaos of this man's assault on her family, let her tears fall. It was easy to play the scared little girl— she was a scared little girl, truly— but she'd been through enough to have already made a plan for this type of scenario.

Following the soft tug, she found it. The timeline she needed.

She led All For One down the path to his doom, hiding her smile as the sleeping iteration of her dad came into her line of sight.

It was time to start winning.

~~~

All Might carefully maneuvered the small scraps of a human being he was supporting with one arm, skin still prickling from the things he'd seen in that lab, as he locked the door behind them and walked into the hideout's entryway. He'd only been going there to stake things out a bit-- he wasn't planning on demolishing it yet, but... But then he'd snuck his way into the viewing room, right as they were about to start cutting into the largest of the kids. He could tell from scars and little marks around their body that it wouldn't have been the first time... But when he heard that scream, the villain had snapped.

He gently set the bundled up… people down in his couch, turning on a lamp and reaching into his pocket as he unrolled a set of files he'd snatched.

Name: Lilly S.

Age: 8

Gender: F

Quirk: phasing (able to move through objects and cause objects to be free from the laws of physics)

American Import. Caught trying to sneak in to find R#####.

Name: R##### S. (Will fight unless referred to as Ryan Rian)

Age: 21

Gender: # M?

Quirk: Trans-Spatial/Dimensional Warp Gates (portal maker) ((Suppressants required every 10-12 hours to maintain control of the subject))

American Import. Subject chosen for experimentation before being given to…

Toshinori saw the name in the "subject description" and nearly ripped the paper to shreds. Fucking monsters. The notes written throughout the older one's document in red ink were... Odd. Confusing. Why cross out the Female marker, instead of just fixing the document? And the original name was violently scratched out. The age was also surprising. He certainly didn't look like he was in his 20s... He barely looked like a high school kid. The two young girls weren't in any better shape, either… though he had not found a file on the blonde one. The other two were easily recognized as siblings, while that one...

It was odd… she looked at least half Asian. It was a rare thing for blonde hair to mix so thoroughly with Asian features. He didn't really know anyone besides himself with those traits.

The vigilante sighed. He hadn't planned on taking anyone in, let alone three kids. Did he have enough food? He certainly didn't have any clothes that would fit any of them... But they would all definitely need them. And a good scrubbing.

And why the hell was he so ready to let them stay here…?

Why did those faces, that name Rian, look so... Familiar?

Why was that scream so earth-shatteringly similar to something he'd heard before?

All Might tiredly rubbed his temples, heaving a sigh as his phone suddenly rang. He flipped it open— he carried numerous old models that he could easily toss if necessary— and growled. "It's 3am, Nighteye."

"Yes, and you just got back from a surprise raid of the research facility, bringing back several people. I'm three— two blocks away from your location."

The blonde frowned. "What?"

"If you ever listen to a word I say, listen to what I'm telling you right now. All Might, do not touch the blond—"

"FWEEZE!"

Mirai's voice broke off abruptly, and the very air tasted stale as the old vigilante's hair stood on end. Slowly, he turned around, and Toshinori Yagi nearly dropped the phone as he met his own eyes lodged into the face of that cute little girl as she woozily sat upright.

"I don't want anyone ewse tewwing you befowe I do."

Toshinori swallowed, biting back a threatening headache as he inwardly asked himself if he had it in him to punch a toddler.

"... Who are you, and how the fuck did you just stop time?"

"I didn't stawp it…" the little girl grumbled, clambering almost clumsily down from the couch. "I wemoved us fwom it. I need to tawk to you befowe unky Nighteye gets hewe and has a heawt attack."

All Might's eyes narrowed, one eye squeezing shut as his head throbbed. "You didn't answer the first part of my question, squirt. Who the hell are you? You realize I can kill you before you can blink, right?"

The girl sighed, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, I'm vewy much intimate with that knowwedge, owd man. It won't be the fiwst time you kiww me."

That gave the vigilante pause, and he hesitated. "... Come again?"

The little girl stood straighter, her hand thumping her chest as she gave the widest and cutest little grin he'd ever witnessed in his life.

"I'm Hinata Abigail-Jinx Yagi! And papa, I'm youw daughter fwom the futuwe!"

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FIVE AND SEVEN BESTIE what is in him pockets and whats his tedtalk about you? 💕💕💕💕💕

KWHWKWJWKWND

I'll expand on these if someone asks me to.

5: Tour of F/o's purse/bag/pockets/etc

Rian sighed softly to himself as he picked up his boss's surprisingly heavy pants. He'd been under All Might's wing for a few months now, and has come to realize that the older man had the bad habit of leaving his pockets loaded when throwing his clothes in the hamper.

"Let's see what it is today...."

The brunette pulled out a pair of leather gloves, an oddly packed money clip, some enormous brass knuckles, a comedically worn and well-used train pass, a small notebook--

"I appreciate how reverently you handle my stuff, but you really can just toss it on a table."

The younger man squeaked, dropping the notebook, which All Might expertly caught with a smirk. "S-Sir...!"

"This is where I write down things I have to grab at the store," he said, putting down the notebook. Then, he pulled out two separate phones. "One of these is for business, and the other is a direct line to our phone here, in case I need to get a hold of you."

Rian blushes, fidgetting a little. "That's kind of you..."

"No... It's the bare minimum," the blonde said with a soft smile. "Real kindness isn't something I freely give out... Keep up the good work, Kitten."

With that, the older man ruffled Rian's hair and walked away.

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7: F/o talking about you or s/i while you aren't there

"And how is our future prince doing?"

Toshinori rolled his eyes, talking himself down from tossing his subordinate off a building. Nighteye was not subtle about his investment in Rian and the young girls, and part of him appreciated that... But it made work hours annoying.

"He's doing fine."

"Has he picked up any hobbies, yet?"

The blonde paused at that, giving it some thought as he continued filling out paperwork. "... He's been reading quite a bit. Also picking up video games... He missed a lot of creative development while he was trapped in that place, so I've been trying to find stories for him to dive into. His younger sister has already put what she experienced behind her, but..."

"But he has more to deal with...."

"Yeah..." Toshinori murmured, then smiled softly. "But he is healing. And I'm proud of him. It's happening much faster than in previous lives."

"That's good to hear..."

The older man realized he was smiling, and forced his face to contort into a scowl. "Now get back to work."

"Of course, All Might."

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If it's not too late to send you an ask from these prompts... 3- Write about your ship holding hands in a tense moment?

Shwhidwhdg being able to write this actually helped me feel better about something so thank you!

~~~

"Hey... You know you don't have to do this. I will never judge you, Kitten."

"No... But I'll judge myself."

"Then... Come here. You can hold my hand, and we'll go as slow as you need."

Rian, sweating bullets, carefully reached out to grip Toshinori's hand. If the grip was too tight, or clammy, or trembling, the older man didn't say a word about it as he watched his counterpart carefully inch his way onto the balcony of their new apartment safehouse.

This was a big step for the brunette, and the fact that he himself had requested they go to a place with a way for him to safely be 'outside' showed how serious he was becoming about his recovery.

"It's... Loud out here."

"We're in a downtown area, surrounded by properties and businesses I control. It will be loud here, but you're still surrounded by safety."

"I... Think I can get used to it."

The younger man squeezed Toshinori's hand, and the tall blonde gently squeezed back. Slowly, Rian began to relax his posture.

"I thought... That it would be worse..."

The waning light of dusk over the Japanese cityscape made it hard for Rian to make out details, and he welcomed that fact. This would have been much more difficult if he could see people... But when every shape he saw was a sillhouette, it was easier to forget that the people were there.

"You're doing amazing, Kitten," Toshinori said softly. "I'm proud of you for taking this step."

The shorter man stepped up against the blonde's side, leaning into his bulk and hugging that impressively muscular arm. "It's not that impressive, Toshinori... I know you'll never let anything hurt me. That makes it easier."

"But still... I'm happy you're healing."

The brunette blushed as he suddenly found himself being held, lifted to sit in the crook of the large vigilante's arm. He hugged his boyfriend around the neck, slowly forgetting how open the air was when he looked up at the darkening sky.

"Do you really think I'm healing...?"

"Yes... Yes I do, Kitten."

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🍰🥄💭 for the ask game!! :3

🍰 - Have you ever fed them? Have they ever fed you?

Rian: yep!

Toshinori: We do cute shit occasionally, and teasingly shoving spoonfuls of whip cream into each other's mouths is on that list.

🥄 - Who's the big spoon and who's the little spoon?

Rian, 5'6: /)//////(\

Toshinori, 7'2: *snicker* I'd love to see you try to be the big spoon, Kitten.

Rian: that's just mean...

💭 - What are constant thoughts you have about them? What constant thoughts do they have about you?

Rian: I love you I love you I love you I LOVE YOU I love you I love you

Toshinori: You are so unfathomably precious to me, Rian.

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