ɴᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs sᴏʀʀʏ || 𝕂. 𝔹𝕒𝕜𝕦𝕘𝕠 𝕩 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲"

"𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩.. 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤"

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At twenty-seven, (Y/N) is done.
Done with doubles.
Done with understaffed night shifts.
Done with scrubbing questionable substances off hospital walls.

Her quirk-Chiropractor, the ability to relieve pain and tension with a touch-might make her a miracle worker, but it can't save her from burnout. She's exhausted, sarcastic, and one cracked vertebra away from quitting healthcare entirely.

Then life throws her the world's most explosive curveball:

She moves into the house right next door to Bakugo Katsuki-now the No. 5 Pro Hero, fully grown, annoyingly gorgeous, and carrying a secret guilt he's tried to bury for years.

They haven't seen each other since their early twenties.
Since that night.
Their reckless, drunken, unforgettable one-night stand.

To her?
It was hot, wild, and not worth a shred of regret.

To him?
It was a mistake-not because of her, but because he thinks he didn't treat her right.
Didn't ask her out.
Didn't make it special.
Didn't deserve it.

And now that she's back in his life, his guilt turns into something unexpected:

Homemade bentos.
Left on her doorstep.
Every morning.
Like an apology he can't stop giving.

But as her terrible shifts pile up, her quirk starts easing his old injuries, and their tense doorstep conversations turn into something dangerously warm, one thing becomes clear:

This isn't about regret anymore.
It's about healing-his body, her burnout, their past.

And maybe, if the universe doesn't interfere first...
something worth fighting for.

A slow-burn, neighbors-to-lovers, post-timeskip romance full of tenderness, explosions, bento boxes, back-cracking quirks, Bakusquad chaos, and two adults learning how to show up for each other-for real this tim