tddk / tw child abuse
the lines were beginning to blur.
shouto had never thought of himself as a victim. it was always just his mother that needed to be saved from this hell, abused by her husband and locked away against her will.
shouto wasn't in the equation. he was the hero who was going to save his mother.
he wasn't a victim. he was used to it, he could handle it.
"you don't deserve this, shouto. it's not right"
said a teary-eyed izuku one night as he saw the bruises on shouto's arms,
he wasn't a victim. he was used to it, he could handle it.
"you don't deserve this, shouto. it's not right"
said a teary-eyed izuku one night as he saw the bruises on shouto's arms,
both standing in the dorm room that was shouto's safe haven for vulnerability.
"i'm so sorry, shouto" his mother cried as she held him in a tight embrace, "he's abusing you, he's still abusing you" she wailed trapped in her cage helpless.
"i'm so sorry, shouto" his mother cried as she held him in a tight embrace, "he's abusing you, he's still abusing you" she wailed trapped in her cage helpless.
and shouto realized as he stood in the entrance of his father's home that maybe they're right.
"shouto, come" his father bellowed, leading them to the familiar dojo before shouto stopped in his tracks.
"...no."
his father turned around, eyebrow raised, "what do you mean 'no'"?
"shouto, come" his father bellowed, leading them to the familiar dojo before shouto stopped in his tracks.
"...no."
his father turned around, eyebrow raised, "what do you mean 'no'"?
shouto gulped, "i refuse."
his father narrowed his eyes, "this isn't the time for your childish rebellion, shouto now come /here/" he pointed a finger down at the floor
shouto stood his ground not moving an inch.
his father narrowed his eyes, "this isn't the time for your childish rebellion, shouto now come /here/" he pointed a finger down at the floor
shouto stood his ground not moving an inch.
his father quickly grew pissed, walking over to grab shouto's arm as he flinched "i'm not training with you!" shouto spat, struggling out of the hold "i-i don't deserve it! this is wrong!"
"what the hell are you talking about, shouto?"
"mom, she said, she said this is /abuse/-"
"what the hell are you talking about, shouto?"
"mom, she said, she said this is /abuse/-"
his father suddenly laughed and it made chills go down shouto's spine
"your mother? give me a break, shouto. what kind of sick ideas is she putting in your head?"
"you beat me just like you beat her-" shouto felt a sudden smack to his face
"your mother is a lunatic, shouto.
"your mother? give me a break, shouto. what kind of sick ideas is she putting in your head?"
"you beat me just like you beat her-" shouto felt a sudden smack to his face
"your mother is a lunatic, shouto.
why do you think she's in that hospital to begin with? don't tell me you're crazy, too."
"i-i'm NOT.. i'm not crazy"
"oh really, shouto? maybe you need to be locked up right along with her."
shouto shook his head, pleading and struggling.
"i-i'm NOT.. i'm not crazy"
"oh really, shouto? maybe you need to be locked up right along with her."
shouto shook his head, pleading and struggling.
he didn't get out of training that night.
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shouto gasped awake, clinging onto the bedsheets as his breaths became fast and overwhelming.
"shouto, it's okay, i'm here, look at me, just focus on me" izuku soothed, grabbing onto shouto's face so he had something to
--
shouto gasped awake, clinging onto the bedsheets as his breaths became fast and overwhelming.
"shouto, it's okay, i'm here, look at me, just focus on me" izuku soothed, grabbing onto shouto's face so he had something to
ground himself as he came back from the incoming panic attack. eventually his breaths slowed as izuku stroked his thumb along his cheek, them sitting together in izuku's dorm bed.
"are you alright, shouto? you want to tell me what happened?"
shouto's nightmare came to mind,
"are you alright, shouto? you want to tell me what happened?"
shouto's nightmare came to mind,
his mother being beaten as he cried for his father to stop before the beating turned on him. the scene morphed into the sound of a kettle and the feeling of burning
"izuku, i think i'm going crazy"
izuku startled at that, not sure what to make of it "what do you mean?"
"izuku, i think i'm going crazy"
izuku startled at that, not sure what to make of it "what do you mean?"
shouto sighed, his eyes downcast as he stared at the bedsheets, hand coming up to cover the left side of his face.
izuku quickly interfered, holding shouto's hand in his as he sat patient for shouto to speak
"my mother... i've told you how she ended up in that mental hospital.
izuku quickly interfered, holding shouto's hand in his as he sat patient for shouto to speak
"my mother... i've told you how she ended up in that mental hospital.
she endured so much from my father.. there's only so much a person can handle.
one day she just snapped..
and now i feel like i'm just waiting for when it will be my turn"
the room was quiet as shouto laid himself bare, his darkest insecurities brought to light
one day she just snapped..
and now i feel like i'm just waiting for when it will be my turn"
the room was quiet as shouto laid himself bare, his darkest insecurities brought to light
he felt izuku squeeze his hand and lifted his head to look at the boy who saved his heart
the same boy who was looking at him now with those same determined eyes
"you're not crazy, shouto. it's normal to have the reactions you do after going through what you did.
the same boy who was looking at him now with those same determined eyes
"you're not crazy, shouto. it's normal to have the reactions you do after going through what you did.
and even if that day does come.. you won't be alone. i'll be right by your side, shouto, for all the ups and downs and the good and bad and ugly. you will never be alone again, i promise" izuku dove in for a hug, wanting to protect and love this boy for the rest of his life.
shouto squeezed back, digging his face into izuku's neck and grabbing fistfuls of his shirt.
he may be broken, but he is loved
and izuku helps him hold the pieces when he can't put them back together, but one day he will
/end
he may be broken, but he is loved
and izuku helps him hold the pieces when he can't put them back together, but one day he will
/end
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