aerie
I could say that this is nothing, and that I can face all of this bullshit with a smile like I usually do, that it's just pain, and I've been through worse. Hell, I've been beaten senseless by Tomura for years! I was hit with Katsuki's explosions at full capacity! I was thrown out of a moving car for Christ's sake! This is nothing!
But I would be lying.
It hurts. It hurts like nothing I've ever experienced. I thought I'd be used to it by now, but I'm not. It hurts just as bad every time, and it never ends. The sensation of the red hot metal searing my open wounds is by far the most excruciating sensation I've ever felt. Even when the healer comes to take the burns away, I become so exhausted that I almost immediately fall into a dreamless unconsciousness, leaving no time to feel any sort of relief. It feels like I'm in a constant loop of suffering, with no end in sight.
However, surprisingly, my limbs being brutalized over and over again isn't the worst part of this method of torture. It's the look of devastation and hopelessness in Katsuki's eyes as he looks on helplessly that's beginning to wear me down. I almost want to say fuck it and have him throw in the towel, because even if I'm executed the moment he leaves, I just can't watch the poor thing go through this anymore. I honestly believe that he's in more pain than I am, and I think never seeing me again would be better on his psyche than watching me be tormented like this. The fire in his eyes that I fell in love with is nowhere to be seen, and it's starting to scare me. The greatest tragedy of them all would be if Katsuki lost his fighting spirit and that attitude of his. The world would be a much dimmer place without him parading around declaring is superiority.
I try to talk to Katsuki in between my sessions of torment, but he doesn't say much. These may be our last chances to ever speak to each other again, but he doesn't engage no matter what I say or how optimistic I try to seem. I know that this is getting to him, and it breaks my heart.
I wish he could see things from my point of view. I wish I could make him understand that this isn't his fault, and that I don't blame him for a second. I wish that he could see that, even if he can't save me this time, he is, and will always be, my number 1 hero.
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I wake up to the sound of my chamber door swinging open, and my heart sinks like it does every morning. I reluctantly lift my head to lay eyes on the sadistic son of a bitch, but my usual tormentor is nowhere to be seen. I'm almost excited to see the two goons that brought me into this hellhole enter the room instead, and the tiniest speck of hope finds its way into my heart.
The two of them approach my chair, and begin to undo my restraints.
Katsuki jumps to his feet. "Where are you taking her?!" he shouts.
The minions pay him no mind, as per usual. The two of them finish unstrapping me, then the slightly larger one drags me to my feet by my arm.
This is the part that I'd usually struggle, but if these guys want to take me out of this hellhole, they can be my guest.
I'm dragged into the dingy hallway, and when the smaller one begins to open Katsuki's door, the tiny speck of hope grows into almost a sliver.
My heart begins to race in excitement at the thought of finally being in the same room as my Katsuki, and I find myself silently praying for a chance to touch him, even if it's as small as a brush of the hands in passing.
When the door is opened fully, and I see him standing there in the middle of his room with wide eyes, only a few feet away, finally without a thick pane of glass between us, I just about jump for joy.

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aerie (bakugo katsuki x oc)
Fanfictionkaiya miyasaki, teleporting nuisance, loves nothing more than to get on bakugo's nerves. but after an accidentally intimate night together, they go from unlikely friends to something more. but once everything is finally seeming to come together, sec...