The final year of middle school arrived in a flurry of anticipation and uncertain dread. In their hearts, Bakugou and Midoriya held the tangible weight of Ren's influence; he constructed their fear into something daunting. Without Ren's presence, middle school felt like drifting alone on a vast, unknown ocean.
"It's not the same without him," Bakugou admitted one day, tucked beneath the branches of a weathered tree. Fear rippled through him as he faced the void that Ren had left. "What if we mess up? What if... what if I've failed already?"
Izuku nodded, for he felt the anxiety coursing through his veins. "We need to remember who we wanted to be. We can't let someone else dictate that."
But doubt seeped into their thoughts, as Ren craved control—not violence, but the kind that wove through their hesitations and doubts.
"What if he comes back?" Bakugou worried, trembling at the implications. Izuku's eyes glittered with determination but hid a shadow that pierced through them. Bakugou had stripped himself of fear over the years, but Ren's influence had conditioned them both to second-guess everything.
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The Undercurrents of Frost Fire
FanfictionRewrite of he came back but Ai because I'm Bad with words. There will be multiple versions of this plot that can be seen as aus.
