Delinquent (Marshall Lee x Reader)

Part 24

bro it's been t h r e e years

i doubt the older readers will notice I updated :( but you should reread past chapters if it's been a while

all the support i've missed on my hiatus is much appreciated and is the reason I'm updating. i wish i could reply to everyone <3

yo i really made Marshall Lee fall in love with you and do all this shit in o n e w e e k ??? after gaining 3+ years of maturity this story is HELLA unrealistic and cringey at parts. Let's just pretend their interactions are spread through a couple weeks ok??

but this isn't bad! I'm proud of myself, idk why i kept saying i was a bad author i think i hated myself or something 😂

in retrospect i find it weird that this is a Y/N story not an OC, because i apply a very specific backstory (and in some places appearance) to Y/N. it's too late to switch it tho so sry if you can't relate to Y/N

as for me...i'm turning 20 this year that's insane! i thought i was gay and depressed lol I was fine and I'm even better now! my dads sober and out of jail! i did end up dating that girl "best friend" actually, it was great but i realized i'm straight and that it was just a phase, cycled through two boyfriends, became a BIG stoner, lived in a tent with no phone for three months to c l e a n s e myself, decided to go to college across the country, and there i ended up getting back into my nerdy hobbies (like this)...life comes full circle. lesson learned: don't give up your nerdiness to be in relationships or get into drugs or partying. i'm happier letting myself be a loner so i can fangirl and cuddle my pets in peace <333

ps. talk to me about my hero academia

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I must've been hearing things.

Did he just...did he say love?

No.

There's no way. "...huh?" I muttered stupidly through my tears.

His stare was piercing. "You heard me, (Y/N)."

The words 'I love you too' were ringing in my head. That's how I'm supposed to respond, right? But I hadn't even considered it. I didn't even know what love was.

I couldn't speak, couldn't move, just laid there, gaping at him like a fish out of water. I suddenly started crying harder. Happy tears, regretful tears, overwhelmed tears...some combination maybe. I wasn't sure but I was choking out sobs and couldn't stop. Again.

"Y/N? Stop. Try to calm down, it's okay. Should I not have said that?"

This only made me more frustrated and cry harder. He just said the sweetest thing to me and this is how I react? I spoke through my ugly crying, probably barely understandable "I‒it's not you...I don't know why, I j-just can't believe. This ha-happened. You. Everything."

And then he wrapped his arms around me, urgently but gently, so we were laying with my head tucked into his chest, just like earlier.

In that moment I was hit with reality: I felt safe, for the first time in a long time. I felt so grateful I was in shock and all my buried emotions exploded. I managed to sob out a "Thank you" and I kept repeating it.

"I know," he whispered "I know this is a lot and you're probably overwhelmed. It's okay. I understand."

He stroked my hair patiently while I calmed down.

When I had finally stopped crying, except for the occasional hiccup, he pulled away just far enough to look at me. I tried to look down because I knew my face was a tear stained mess, but he pulled it backup so we were eye to eye.