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Summary:

Bakugou looks back to where he and Shouto began. It's strange how something can accumulate meaning even when tethered to a past that's long gone.

Notes:

I've been taking twitter prompts for drabbles in the hopes of feeling creative again.

Based on Chuu's intriguing prompt- "round." Chuu, it took me a while to figure out an interpretation of this that I felt I could work with, especially cause I felt it had a lot of potential, and I quite like how this turned out. I hope you enjoy it <3

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It sits in Katsuki’s palm- a memento of high school achievement, never wholly deserved, never actually resolved. Like a yell caught in his throat, never reaching its destination because his mouth is sealed shut.

This is where he and Shouto started. But a start would imply an end, a resolution, linearity. And when has anything between them ever been simple, when has it not twisted back on itself, over and over?    

Katsuki drags his thumb along the edge of the medal- smooth, sharp, round. This is where they started, but perhaps the two of them can also just be- never-ending.  

 

 

Notes:

The more these characters grow, the more meaningful the Sports Festival Arc becomes in my opinion. It's a touchstone moment that's always insightful to look back on.

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