For years, Katsuki forced himself not to smile, or laugh. All just cause of a small, simple reason. He didn't like the small dents that formed by the sides in his mouth. It's not that he had anything against people who had dimples, he just felt like it didn't suit him. They looked like weird little holes drilled into the two sides of his lips, that just didn't suit his serious looking face. Everything about his face had screamed "Don't fuck with me." He didn't want some weird looking holes destroy that, these dimple things were meant for cute people. For girls. (He'd mostly see girls have dimples) Not people like him. That's what he thought until a certain greenette helped prove it wrong. He was just that one person who slipped away. #2 in bkdk - 05/27/2023 & 10/02/2023 #3 in katsuizu - 05/27/2023 #3 in katsudeku - 01/16/2023 NOT MY CHARACTERS OR PICTURE (in the cover)

A childhood car crash left Izuku Midoriya profoundly deaf, but the scars ran deeper than just his hearing. In junior high, he was ostracized and ridiculed for being different, learning quickly that silence was easier than standing out. Now at U.A. High, Izuku is determined to start fresh by hiding his deafness from everyone-even his closest friends. But hiding comes at a cost. Suspicion grows as those around him notice the cracks in his facade, and the weight of keeping his secret threatens to overwhelm him. Izuku fears that revealing the truth will bring back the same rejection and cruelty he endured before. As tensions rise and relationships are tested, Izuku must decide if he's willing to trust those who care about him or remain trapped in his isolation. Content Warnings: - Suicidal thoughts and themes of unworthiness - Bullying, violence, and abusive language toward deaf individuals (No quirk AU)

|angst| |no quirk au| |bakudeku| |TW: neglect/abuse, death| |college au| ───✱*.｡:｡✱*.:｡✧*.｡✰*.:｡✧*.｡:｡*.｡✱ ─── They were everything to each other-until everything fell apart. Katsuki and Izuku had always been close. Born just blocks apart, raised side by side, their lives were threaded together from the start. With families intertwined by old friendship and wealth, it seemed like nothing could touch them. But something did. One day, Izuku vanished-no warning, no goodbye. Just gone. Two years later, he's back in Japan, quiet and alone, trying to disappear into a town that barely knows his name. What drove him away is a secret he won't share. What he left behind is a bond that never really broke. Katsuki swore he'd become someone powerful enough to protect the people he cared about. Now a rising name in the music world, every song he writes still carries the echo of the boy who left. And when fate draws them close again, the past begins to unravel. Love never left them. But neither did the pain. As old wounds resurface and shadows close in, will they find their way back to each other-or be pulled apart once more? A slow-burn, second-chance romance laced with longing, secrets, and the quiet desperation of two boys trying to find home again-in each other. ───✱*.｡:｡✱*.:｡✧*.｡✰*.:｡✧*.｡:｡*.｡✱ ───