𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎 - 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨 𝐱 𝐎𝐂

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐘𝐮𝐮𝐣𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟖𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐔.𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨�...

𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 | 𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙜𝙤𝙪 𝙭 𝙤𝙘

the SEQUEL to ZING BOOM! "So... this is the end, huh?" His voice vibrated the very bones in her body. "Ye..Yeah." He softly laughed as her voice cracked. "Katsuki, don't laugh at me." "Let me laugh, you bitch." After a near death experience fighting her biological father, Kazumi finds herself trying to heal and turn...

𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮! | 𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙜𝙤𝙪 𝙭 𝙤𝙘

"Oi! Turn around, ya Mute!" "I see that your manners only got worse, Katsuki." "And I see that you only grew uglier." When Katsuki Bakugou's missing childhood friend suddenly reappears at the U.A. Entrance Exam, he realises that the little girl who used to be afraid of her own quirk has become just as powerful as he i...

Can I take your order? (BakugoxOC)

Sakura Hoshino (桜 星野) is 25 years old, a young woman who recently left behind the quiet rhythm of her rural hometown for the chaotic pulse of Tokyo. She now works in a small, tucked-away restaurant, almost invisible amidst the towering cityscape. Coincidentally, the restaurant happens to sit directly beneath the agenc...

Burn Me (Bakugo x Reader)

In a world where quirks grant extraordinary abilities, freedom becomes a precious commodity, and the pursuit of heroism takes a daunting turn. "Burn Me" unravels a gripping tale of liberation and resilience as you break the shackles of oppression to discover the true meaning of heroism. Forced to seize your freedom...

𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬

Opposites

𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 ᝰ k. bakugo

"𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪'𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩." ╰┈ ➤ katsuki bakugo x fem!reader ╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ ⋆.ೃ࿔* ˗ˏˋ 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃 ˊˎ˗ in which (l/n) fakes a relationship with bakugo to make her ex, todoroki, jealous ╰┈ ➤ 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 2/9/2023 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥, 1/19/2025 ────── ⋆⋅...

EYES TELL ALL ᝰ k.bakugo

❝𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓❞ -@keikaminari - date: 11/05/24 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐋 ╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- -ˏˋ こんにちはˊˎ- in which a pro hero meets a woman in unworldly circumstances, and finds himself becoming a roommate to her. but...is that all there is to it? ╰┈➤ ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩...

𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 ᝰ 𝐤.𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐮

𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐮 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 the two of you hated each other, simple as that. but the line between hate and love easily blurs. "𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧." 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 #...

𝗠𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 ⌗ 𝗄. 𝖻𝖺𝗄𝗎𝗀𝗈

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ 𝟬𝟭 ♯ 𝗠𝗛𝗔 "𝐈 𝔇IDNT PLAN S H I T" - 𖤐 ፧ 𝗠AINLY BASED ON MHA - 𖤐 ፧ 𝗞. BAKUGO x FEM READER - 𖤐 ፧ 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: CONTAINS ፧ STRONG LANGUAGE & ፧ SENSUAL ACTS 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿...

The Tinker

Bakugou needs some new gear. Lucky for him, a new engineer has made her way to UA-- but God, does she push his buttons. This is a SLOW BURN Bakugou x Female Reader fanfic. There is SMUT, so if that isn't your thing, don't read. Characters are 18+ and in their final year at UA. Art for this series is on my Instagram an...

𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 || ᵇ.ᵏᵃᵗˢᵘᵏⁱ

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠." ˑ༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ "𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞." ˑ༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ In which a confident, popular girl develops a crush on the angry problem kid in her class and flirts with him despite his bad attitude, hoping for a chance to win his heart. This fic only loosely follows the plo...

seen | k.bakugo x f!reader |

๋࣭⭑ "you have really pretty eyes" ๋࣭⭑ "shut the fuck up..." ╰┈➤ an average girl, a second year in UA, constantly struggles to keep up in her class where people in her class are ten times better than her. sure, making it to UA takes a lot of strength, but in the class, she felt like nothing but a speck...

The Favor [Bakugou x Reader]

"Any last words Hero?" "Do you like to breathe?" [Y/n] transfers to UA in her second year and quickly solidifies her position as one to watch, especially in the eyes of the resident angry boy, Bakugou Katsuki. [Y/n] must come to terms with her power, her past and her heart all while something sinister simmers under th...

MANIA - Katsuki Bakugou

𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀 U.A. High is the birthplace of legendary pro-heroes and a bountiful source of memories. Memories are meant to be cherished! Memories are what make our lives worth living! Remembering the past is what makes us realize how far we have come in our present. But the past finds ways to taunt even the kindest of...

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐈: 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 (𝐆𝐨𝐣𝐨 𝐱 𝐎𝐂)

𝐆𝐨𝐣𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐮 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 [Fanfiction] Book one of The Curse series. (Required to read from the beginning to understand better.) Shirazaki Hinari is a woman who is insensitive about love, whereas Gojo Satoru is a man who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'give up'. Both of them struggle to achieve beautiful ha...

Rockstar! | Rockstar Gojo X Reader

Rockstar Gojo falls for an ordinary guitar maker. But is that all? What happens when he proposes a beneficial relationship, and what happens when you accept? Cover art by _3aem I do not own JJK or it's characters, all I own is the fictional plot of this story.

Ocean eyes | S.Gojo

𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯' 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯' 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. ...

𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐭 | ＧＯＪＯ

ꜱᴀᴛᴏʀᴜ ɢᴏᴊᴏ x ꜰᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ᴄʟᴀɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴋʏᴏᴛᴏ. ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜰᴏʀɢᴇ ᴀɴ ᴏʟᴅ ᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇʟʏ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇꜱᴛ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʟɪɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴊᴜᴊᴜᴛꜱᴜ ꜱᴏʀᴄᴇʀᴇʀ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ...

𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 ✧𝐆𝐎𝐉𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐔✧

"𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮" ┌─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───┐ 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐣𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠...

𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 || 𝘀. 𝗴𝗼𝗷𝗼 ✔︎

𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍 ⤷ IN WHICH HIS STUDENTS WONDER WHY THEIR TEACHER LIKES TO GO WATCH THE SUNSET AND SUNRISE ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ GOJO X FEM! READER STARTED ━ 10/1/2021 ENDED ━ 12/27/2021 WILL CONTAIN MANGA SPOILERS!! ╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍ 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥 ↴ 𝗂 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍...

30 𝓓𝓐𝓨𝓢 { Megumi x reader }

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓽𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝔂𝓼 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ y/n l/n starts a new life in Tokyo at jujutsu tech that's when she sees him, he stood across the street, black hair styled a bit odd, stoic expression but he caught her eye. Everything seems perfect but things take a massive turn in y/n's life when she discovers that...

Saikyō || 最強

"ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ..." sᴀᴛᴏʀᴜ sɴᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴅᴏʟʟ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ, ᴄʀᴜsʜɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴅᴜsᴛ. "ᴛʜᴇɴ ʟᴇᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ." ɪ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴛᴏ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ. ɪᴍʙᴜɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ, ɪ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀ, "ᴛʜᴇɴ sᴛᴏᴘ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ." sʜɪᴠᴇʀs ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ...

❛ 𝘼𝘽𝙎𝙊𝙇𝙐𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙉 ❜ miya osamu

❝ 𝙔𝙊𝙐'𝙍𝙀 𝘼𝘽𝙎𝙊𝙇𝙐𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙔 𝙎𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙉, 𝙔𝙊𝙐'𝙇𝙇 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙂𝙊 ❞ ⤷ wherein the protagonists that frequent the same café ― one by obligation, the other for sanctuary ― find themselves pleasantly drowning in the possibility of them. short and sweet oasmu x fem reader ...

𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 ღ 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝘅 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿

"𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪,𝙔/𝙉." ╰┈➤ 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧...

✶ 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 / fushiguro megumi (✓)

aren't you too busy taking care of everybody to take care of yourself? · femreader

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 [𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘶 𝘎𝘰𝘫𝘰]

[𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘫𝘰 𝘹 𝘧!𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳] ↳𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦�...

𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 | 𝗠. 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗼

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