Every Scar He Gave Me, I Named Love

Bakugo Katsuki has never asked for mercy. Not from his classmates. Not from society. Not from Midoriya Izuku - the boy who's known him since childhood and has bullied him since middle school.

It would be easier if he hated him. But Bakugo doesn't. He can't.
Because deep down, under every cruel nickname and smug grin, under the reminders that he'll never be "enough," Bakugo is in love with him.

And Deku knows it.

In a high school world where everyone wears masks - of gender, strength, and self - Bakugo is forced to confront the ugliest truth of all: sometimes the people we love the most are the ones who teach us to hate ourselves.

This is his story.
The one he never wanted to tell.
The one Deku made sure he couldn't forget.