Merfolk were the very foundation of Shota Aizawa's childhood. Growing up with an absentee mother and a father who worked hard to keep them comfortably afloat, Aizawa found himself growing up faster than most kids his age. Mature beyond his years, he still derived joy from the stories his father would tell him at night. Sitting on the end of his bed, his dad would spin tales of finned creatures who convened with dolphins and wrestled sharks. Shimmering scales and magic that surpassed what was thought to be possible with quirks alone. Stories of seashell hoards and kingdoms built of colorful coral and carefully polished stone. It was one of the few things Shota could look back on and smile. The mere mention of them brought a light feeling to his chest and a shine to his eyes. Though, he never would've thought those myths could be true. (I do NOT own the cover art)

𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙮/𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙠- "𝙃𝙚𝙔!" 𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙟𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. ╔.★. .═════════════╗ 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘦... ╚═════════════. .★.╝ "𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲..." "𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻' 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁." "𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲?" "𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲." ═════ ♢.✰.♢ ═════ (𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙟𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧) (𝘽𝙉𝙃𝘼 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧)

Harper Rye can, to put it simply, read minds. It's not something she consciously does. Her quirk simply allows her to pick up people's thoughts, regardless of whether she wants to or not. The fact that she can't turn it off makes having such a power nearly unbearable. To make matters worse, she's somehow managed to fall under the radar of the super-genius principal of UA high, Nezu. He's sure there's a traitor amongst them, and is convinced Harper is the key to finding them and shutting them down. Plunged into a world she never wanted to be in, Harper finds herself on the fast track to becoming a hero, maybe managing to make some friends for once in her life, and quite possibly saving Japan from near-certain destruction.

❝ I'M TECHNICALLY A LAWYER TOO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO UNPACK ALL OF THAT. ❞ It was easy. Get to the hero who saved the victim, ask a few questions, get to the victim, ask a few more questions. Threatening to get the number two pro hero fired and then go out on what was practically a date was most definitely not in the plan. Then again, neither was meeting his friends and falling into a web of lovable idiots, but here we are. ❝I'VE NEVER HAD A LOVER MAKE ME QUESTION MOTHER NATURE'S PLAN... I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN!❞ MHA x detective!reader Trigger warning: gore, rape mentions, murder, sex mentions/jokes, kidnapping mentions, strong language, descriptions of vicious crimes and drunk behavior. Please take this into consideration before reading. Thank you.