An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
If Katsuki was a hero, he would have made helping Deku his first priority. He would have taken him to the bathroom, maybe the principal’s office to report it. He would have asked him if he was okay, if he needed to see the nurse. Instead, Katsuki rose up from his seat slowly, and tried to keep the red monster in his stomach at bay.













