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    It’s ironic, he thinks, how bright his father burns. How his presence commands an entire room. How much of his life is occupied by him. Endeavor’s fire burns through them all, in flames, in anger, in the hurt they bring. He’s the reason Touya died, the reason his mother is locked up in a hospital and the reason Natsuo and Fuyumi could never have a proper family.

    Shouto’s imagined his own undoing so many times. He often wonders, as Endeavor’s creation, if he’ll go up in flames, a spectacle for all to see, or if he’ll fizzle out in silence until there’s nothing left but ash. A masterpiece falling from grace. Sometimes he even wonders if one day he’ll burn himself up like Touya had. He imagines Endeavor’s reaction, as he once again conceals a dead Todoroki and continues to live without guilt for the children he destroyed.

    In the end, his unravelling begins with a single drop of blood.

     

    Alternatively: after moving into the dorms and finally learning how to relax, the years of abuse Shouto suffered at the hands of Endeavor finally start to catch up to him and he finds himself not knowing how to handle it.

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    He’s so tired. Of being gentle with himself, of giving himself time. Of all the helpful, exhausting little rituals that make it better but don’t make it go away. Of the distance between knowing the way home and actually being there.

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    Sequel to Somewhere in Mid-Air, because enough people said they wanted to see more of the recovery and I found I did too. Nicky and Nile deal with the fallout.

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    “How long have you even known?”

    Jonathan’s mouth opened, closed, then opened again. “Known?”

    Will’s sigh was sharp, frustrated. “You know what I’m talking about, Jonathan.”

    Jonathan’s brows raised slightly. They were really gonna talk about it. “Okay, fair enough. You’re right. I think I have a pretty good idea.”

    Will’s attention snapped to him, surprised at his quick admission.

    Jonathan lightly brushed Will’s watch that he knew matched Mike’s. “But I want you to say it, in case I’m wrong.”

     

    OR: The drive back to Hawkins we never saw pre-S4 epilogue, in which Jonathan and Will talk for real

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    He looks up at him, eyebrows drawn together. “Do you not love her?”

    Mike shrinks back. “What?”

    He hadn’t meant to say it. He wouldn’t have, if he’d stopped to think about it for half a second. But it’s too late to take it back, and he can’t breathe until he knows the answer, and he looks at him resolutely and says, “Do you only love her because of what I said?”

    Something darkens on Mike’s face, twisting it into a shape Will’s never seen. “Get out.”

    It’s not a no.

    or: Mike and Will share a room, and Mike finds out the truth about the painting.

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    “Will, this isn’t about me,” he responded, a little bit too blunt for his own liking. “We don’t know if Max is going to wake up. Let’s focus on that.”

    “Lucas, she wouldn’t want you to–” Will began, but was quickly cut off before he got the chance to finish.

    "Don’t speak for her like she's dead!" Lucas snapped, voice raised and full of agitation. His nerves were well and truly frayed from the sleep deprivation, meaning that his temper had been considerably shortened. "Because she's not. She's not. She's still in there, I know it."

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    When visiting Max in the hospital, Lucas and Will have a long overdue heart-to-heart, soon realizing that they understand each other a lot more than they initially thought they did.

    (or my attempt at compensating for the lack of fics about this underrated gem of a friendship)

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