Through Hell For You

Panic

Deku was quiet as he held his wife in his lap and kissed the top of her head.
"What if the tv is a distraction and-"
"Shh. No one is in the house." He sighed, kissing the top of her head, "And if there was, I would want you with me."
"I can take care of-"
"Shut up!" Deku's face appeared on the tv screen "Hello Uraraka."
Deku tensed "What do you want?" he said, trying to keep the anger out of his voice, couldn't really hit this thing right now.

"I was talking to my wife."

"She's not your wife!" Deku huffed, trying to calm himself down, it was trying to work him up.

"Really? That's funny because I'm pretty sure I knew about our baby before you did. I was there for your wife when you abandoned her. Are you sure you're that kid's father?"
"Yes! I am!" Deku said, wasn't sure why this was making him as angry as it was, he had known about this thing for days now.

"Uraraka."
"That's not her name anymore."
"It's what you call her."
Deku huffed "Just tell me what you want!"
"Uraraka. You've been pretty quiet through all of this. Does he always speak for you?"

Ochako looked at the screen with tears in her eyes "What did you do to me?" She whimpered

"Nothing you didn't ask me to do, Mochi."
Deku's stomach hurt, seeing himself talk to Ochako like this, was devastating, "where are you? How are you-"
"Don't worry about it."

Deku stood up, he wasn't about to sit still while someone threatened his wife in her home.

"I wouldn't recommend that."
"Where are you?"
"You won't want to leave your wife alone for the time it takes to find me, and given her condition, I don't think she should be running around looking for a fight, do you?"

Deku frowned, how could they see their reactions if they weren't in the house? His danger sense indicated that there wasn't anyone in or near the house, but it had indicated the same the night he caught this thing with Ochako. He wrapped his arms around Ochako and sighed.
"What do you want!" he yelled, "just here to tell me I'm a bad husband? I know I am! What do you want?"

"You'll find out soon enough. So. How long do you think your kid will live? Do you think it'll live at all?"
Deku wasn't listening, he was trying to, but he was so angry he couldn't think straight. He saw Ochako's tears, and had no idea what to do.

"Don't listen, Ocha." He whimpered "It's okay."
"I know I don't want it to. I don't think you do either, Izuku. I, personally, hope that child never sees the light of day and I think you do too. Although, if Ochako died along with it that would be a bonus."
Deku tensed up hearing his own voice say it, it made him sick. "I would never wish that on anyone! Much less my own family! And my wife knows that. Right Ocha?"
Ochako didn't answer, she was too busy sobbing

"Although, if the kid is born, they're bound to be fun to play with. Especially if you were to die Izuku. Kid never meets you. Only has what's being said in the media right now. Sounds like a recipe for the perfect pawn. Uraraka is pretty frail, heart condition and all.. I could make quick work of her. So really, this baby is an absolute win for me. Thank you, Uraraka. I love you." Deku yelled as he punched his wall he was worried about his family, and there didn't seem to be anything he could do about it.

"Should I tell him what you shared with me, Uraraka?"
"What do you-"
"The night we found out you were pregnant, do you remember?"
"No please I was so upset don't-"
"No. No. It's funny. She said. She's going to be a mother, but you're not going to be a father."
Deku frowned, what did that mean? Was he not the father of that child? No. That couldn't be.. He cocked his head to the side

"Because when the kid's born everything will change for her, but nothing will change for you. The kid won't know you any better than your fans, and you won't know it better than you know them. Right?"
Deku didn't think anything could upset him more than hearing himself say such vile things, but at least he knew that none of those things were things he actually believed. Hearing his wife, his actual wife, who he had loved since he was a kid thought he would be a negligent father.. It had the potential to break him. "Ocha.. Did you.. Did you say that?"
"I was upset. Deku. I was scared and-"
"And you ran away from me to make sure it was true!" Deku was heartbroken, he stared at his knees as he started to sob.

"Thank you and Goodnight. I'll see you soon, Uraraka." The tv went out and the power came back on. Ochako frowned when she looked at her phone, messages were flooding in to both of them.
"Dekukun we-"
"No." Deku whimpered "no. I-I need a minute. Please."
Her arm wrapped around him and he pulled away. "Stay in the room but don't touch me. I can't. I can't." He shook his head

"Deku. I was scared. I was worried about my future, my career, my baby.."

"You should have come to me! Your husband! The baby's father! But you didn't! You confided in a villain but hid my child from me! Ocha.. I-I what have I done to make you think so little of me?"
"I was scared. I-I wasn't ready to be a mother, and I was scared I would be on my own. I knew that your career was important-"
"Not more important than you! Not more important than-"
"Dekukun.. I asked if you wanted a baby and you asked for a divorce. is that something people do if their marriage is important to them?"
Deku looked at his knees sadly "I-I'm sorry. I am. Do you still feel that way?"
"What?"
"That you're the only one who is going to make changes for this baby? That it's all on you?"

"I don't know."
"What can I do? How can I prove myself."
"Just be here. Come to the doctor's appointments.. Be in our child's life. I.. There isn't a quick fix."

Deku nodded "Okay." he looked at her sadly, "are you happy with me? Are you- Do you want a-" It felt like his throat was closing, it was hard to get the words out "we can go through with the divorce if that's what you want. I-I would still want to be in the baby's life but if you're unhappy-"

"No Deku. I-I don't want a divorce. I never did. I just thought it might be what was best for our baby."
"But why would you think that? Why would you think the best thing for our child was for it to grow up knowing who I was, but not getting to have a relationship with me?"
"If you didn't want them, than maybe it would be better if they never met you." She shrugged

"But you didn't say you were pregnant. You asked if I wanted to have a baby. I didn't want to try to get you pregnant, but I wasn't relinquishing my paternal rights!"
"I'm sorry." She sighed gesturing with her head "We need to look at these messages."

Deku frowned, looking at his phone and seeing all of the calls he had missed, he hadn't been talking to that villain long, had he? He started to listen to the messages, everyone was panicking. It seemed like every pro hero in Japan had gotten some sort of off putting public service announcement about their personal life while Deku and Ochako were sitting through theirs. It also seemed like civilians had gotten one from Deku, that Deku hadn't put out. He wasn't sure what he had said in it, but he was sure it wasn't good. He hugged Ochako sadly, kissing her cheek and huffing. They had a lot of hard conversations ahead of them, but they weren't conversations they could have right now.
"Let's go." he sighed, "Katsuki said he's meeting with us at his mom's house. He doesn't think the villain will have eyes there." the villain seemed to have eyes everywhere. They had also clearly had an amount of information on proheroes on par with his own. That was impressive.
"He wants me there?"
"He explicitly said to bring you, and even if he didn't I wouldn't leave you alone right now."

"Why not?"
"Because you're my wife, and you're vulnerable." Deku frowned "You really think I don't care about you, huh?"

"I mean.. No. I just-"
Deku shook his head "Let's just go." Deku sighed they weren't going to solve the problems with their marriage that night.