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don't go so soon by Withstarryeyes for InsomniaToad
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Jun 2026
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He counts down in his head, waiting out Shigaraki’s movements. Shigaraki inches nearer, two fingers on Asui’s face, then three. Shouta holds his breath, readying his quirk. At the fourth finger he lets it activate, pleading with his body to not blink, to never blink.
But then there’s a blur of green and a splash, and Midoriya is where Asui once was. It throws his timing off. Shouta blinks, opening his eyes just in time to see the fifth finger land around Midoriya’s throat.
Time slows down, as if to mock him. Shouta can’t make out Midoriya’s pained cry, can’t hear Asui’s uncharacteristic curse through the pounding of his blood in his ears. The only thing he can do, with the last beats of his consciousness, is watch in slow motion as the skin and muscle unravel from Midoriya’s throat. Glassiness blooms in Midoriya’s eyes as his body falls into the water, limp. Shouta’s heart leaps and sticks in his throat. Overcome with the knowledge that even in his last moments, his sacrifice wasn’t enough to save Midoriya, Shouta shuts his eyes.
Or...Izuku's feet move on his own at the USJ and he takes Shigaraki's quirk for Tsu. His death is and is not what it seems.
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25 Jul 2026
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to share the weight of it all by Withstarryeyes
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
19 Jun 2026
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Tensei doesn't expect to find an abandoned child in the alley he uses to reach his apartment, but he does. With the bruising on his neck and small size, it's clear that Izuku's been abused. After taking him home, Tensei decides to make Izuku a permanent figure of his family.
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23 Jul 2026
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When an interview goes horribly wrong, Jane is left injured and fleeing for his life alongside a traumatized young witness. A Season 2 adventure, set between "His Red Right Hand" and "A Price Above Rubies."
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20 Jul 2026
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Five Times the Team Saved Jane’s Ass at the Perfect Moment, And One Time They Nearly Didn’t by Word_Woven
Fandoms: The Mentalist (TV 2008)
31 May 2026
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Patrick Jane has always treated danger like an interesting puzzle with poor manners.
Unfortunately for him, the CBI team has started taking that personally.It would almost be funny, if it did not reveal something much more frightening underneath.
Patrick Jane has become family.
Not neatly. Not easily. Not as a replacement for what he lost. But truly, stubbornly, impossibly. He is in their bullpen, their routines, their arguments, their late nights, their worry, and their home.
So when everything finally goes up in flames, the team is forced to face the truth they have been circling all along.
If Patrick Jane dies, he will not leave behind emptiness.
He will leave behind grief.
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- Part 2 of 5+1 Jisbon Universe
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19 Jul 2026
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Kageyama blinks once before a grin of his own spreads over his face. Shouyou’s breath halts in his lungs at the sight, and he wills for time to stop, just so that he can drink it in. He sees it sometimes when they’re playing - Kageyama’s fierce smile when they pull a combo off just right, when they show their opponents how possible the impossible can really be. But then there’s another serve, another rally, and the moment is gone.
'Shame,' Shouyou thinks to himself, as he lets his eyes roam over Kageyama’s stupidly happy face, taking in the creases that are from joy rather than frowning for a change. 'It’s a really nice smile.'
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In which it's their third, and final, year in high school and Hinata has only one goal: to make Kageyama smile outside of volleyball.
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- Part 2 of One Hundred and Seventy-Two Centimetres
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05 Jul 2026