Magnus Archives AU Where Everything Is The Same Except Jon Can Somehow, Inexplicably, See The Ao3 Tags

The ghost of a gay cat haunted/followed you?

That answer might be better than the actual story 😂

There’s this cat that comes up to my back porch all the time to see my cat, and I started joking around with my family that the cat had a gf that kept coming to visit. Well last night (still can’t believe this happened) I was outside and saw her standing by my screen door. Now this door can be opened by just something being pressed against it, awful security I know, but that’s not the point. I, being obsessed with cats, spend the next forty minutes creeping slowly closer (she’s shy and runs off easily). It was the one of the weirdest things I ever saw, I always joked about her being my cats gf but she genuinely reminded me of someone waiting for their date to show up. She didn’t go inside and just sat out on the porch looking inside at first with great posture and fixing herself every five minutes, but then slowly starting to get visibly upset the more time went on. She was out there for forty minutes. And then she stretched and realized she could go inside, stuck her head in real quick to look side to side, and then just went back to her spot to sit 😂 ten minutes later she gets up and goes into the house finally, after nearly an hour of my cat watching her. I’m of course over joyed to have another cat in the house, but I realized that this might create a series of problems, so I went in and called my sister over telling her about the mysterious cat gf. We checked the entire house but couldn’t find her, and my house is really small with not many places to hide even for extremely moldable cats. There were no entrances to escape from, and my sister started saying I made it up, except I took a little video of it to show my great friend @francisballoonpants my only option to believe is that this cat was at least partially a ghost.

So that’s the story of the ghost lesbian cat, tonight has been wild

This is several days late but I caught feelings and ended up writing a little scene for what if Jonmartin encountered TWO beds at the safehouse, inspired by this wonderful post by @dickwheelie ! 

Jon runs through his list of reasons again and again and again, the same way he wishes he could run his fingers through Martin’s hair. Excuses excuses excuses. Ways to talk around it, around himself, around the truth that’s opened up beneath the two of them like The Sunken Sky ever since they escaped Lukas’s Lonely. Ways to give Martin the emotional space he surely needs after months of Loneliness, or maybe ways to keep himself from having to be brave.

Jon isn’t about to walk in with a love declaration anymore than he already has, anyways - he’s nowhere near brave enough for that, not to mention Martin almost certainly doesn’t need to hear it right now - yet somehow asking to share a bed with Martin feels like doing just that. Jon doesn’t want to do that to him, not now, but, selfishly, he isn’t sure he can take being separated from Martin for even one night after everything. He Knows that vestiges of the Lonely still cling to Martin’s breath, sees it in the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it translucence of his fingertips, hears it in the clumsy way his small laughs stumble out of his unused chest and seem to startle him. The idea of leaving Martin alone frightens Jon to his core.

He doesn’t want Martin to be alone ever again, and now that they’re so close, with memories of the Lonely fresh in his mind - Martin’s face in his hands, warm brown returning to his cheeks as he gasps and Sees, his smile, oh, his smile - it feels like extracting another rib to think of being apart from him. Jon had been so close to losing him. A part of him is worried that he still might.

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a concept. richie's ending scene except when he finishes recarving R + E and gets into his car, we see, further down the bridge, e + r

I WILL READ THIS WHEN I FINISH TMA

Do you think there's a specific moment in the show that Jon fell hard for Martin and/or Martin for Jon? Or was it gradual for both?

This has been in my inbox for so long but I’ve been storing energy to answer it ever since, because I have SO MANY FEELINGS about the timeline I have in my head.  

I picture it as gradual for both, with varying levels of awareness of their own feelings, but with a surprising similarity for what stage each one is at along the way.   This is SUPER LONG  (it accidentally turned into a double character study spanning three seasons) and pretty different than popular fanon interpretation so hang onto your hats!!

MARTIN

TMA liveshow - Has a “this guy is kinda hot 👀” moment when he first meets Jon, but it’s very much a “I am acknowledging that this guy is attractive” thing rather than a crush.  This just becomes a point of exasperation as time goes on and Jon is bossy and rude.

TMA 22 - Martin is READY TO FIGHT his rude and skeptical boss after his ordeal with Prentiss, starting off his statement by chucking a bunch of worms on his desk, but then...what?  His boss believes him?  His boss is...suddenly serious and protective?  What is happening.  He was not prepared for this, and is taken off guard.  He’s still frequently frustrated with Jon and his skepticism and prickliness, but is starting to take a second look.

TMA 39 - Martin doesn’t have a crush quite yet at the beginning; when Jon is screaming in pain over worms being cut out of his leg, Martin is over in the corner fussing over a tape recorder and not too bothered by it.  He’s been suppressing frustration with Jon playing the skeptic for ages, and as soon as he has an opening he lays into him with his frustrations.  

AND THEN...

And then!!  

HEART-TO-HEART TIME.  

Suddenly the facade breaks and Jon is telling him he’s scared and vulnerable, admitting to his weaknesses and struggles, confiding in him everything he’s bottled up for months.  Oh no.  And then his severe, academic, professional boss Jon looks up at him with soft, worried eyes and asks if he died here and--OH NO.  Now Jon is attractive AND vulnerable AND ridiculous, and....FUCK.  BAD TIME FOR A CRUSH.  Tim is hammering on the wall to bash it in and Jon is gearing up for some last-second “I’m going to tell you my last words” and Martin is just a crush?  Now?  Really??

TMA 41+ - Martin has been swamped with guilt over abandoning Jon and Tim, and he has this growing crush that obnoxiously won’t go away.  Seeing Jon stubbornly coming into work, covered in bandages and shaking like a leaf, twists something fierce and protective in him.  He acknowledges it but buries it--there are more important things to worry about, like making sure Jon recovers instead of driving himself into the ground, and Jon’s mental health crisis, and the growing conflict in the Archives team.  Jon spends a lot of time with him, but it’s just because Martin makes him, right?  Jon doesn’t feel about him any differently than he does anyone else, right?

TMA 48 - Martin reports Jon’s behavior Tim, and then to Elias.  He refuses to let his crush on Jon prevent him from holding Jon accountable.

TMA 82 - Jon and Sasha are missing, and everything is falling apart, and the fucking police are interrogating him and threatening him, and suddenly-- “Everyone I’ve talked to says you and him were close.”  

Suddenly his current situation falls right out of head and he KNOWS he’s blushing and he hears stammering coming out of his mouth because people think he’s close to Jon?  People think he’s important to Jon?  He’s glad the interview ends shortly after that, so he can lock himself in the bathroom and die of embarrassment.

TMA 92 - JON IS BACK.  He’s full of righteous anger and holy shit that’s even more attractive and--  and Martin was right to have faith in him!  Martin was the only one who insisted Jon wasn’t a murderer, and he was right!  It’s almost enough to distract him from the horror he learns along with it, and certainly not enough to distract him from how lost and wounded Jon looks after his conversation with Elias.  Martin just wants to wrap Jon up and protect him, but once again sets his feelings to the side.  There are more important things.  There are always more important things than his feelings.

TMA 102 - Jon’s been gone for a month, and Martin is drowning in so much guilt he can barely think to face him despite how much he’s missed him.  Surely he’ll be resentful that Martin has been playing interim Archivist while he’s been gone.  Surely he’ll be bitter and angry that no one looked for him as he was kidnapped for a month.  But Jon somehow looks even more nervous to see Martin than he was of Jon, and there’s a stammering gentleness that knocks the wind out of Martin.  Jon isn’t bitter about the statements--he’s worried that Martin has to endure them?  He wants to make sure Martin’s getting help and support?  

He soothes Martin’s guilt over the kidnapping, and wants to know how he is.  His voice is so gentle and soft and Martin can barely recognize it.  Jon’s tripping over his words and awkward silences abound, but there’s a level of care radiating off of Jon that Martin doesn’t know what to do with.  He’s not used to anyone looking at him like that.  He doesn’t sleep at all that night, and he’s pretty sure he can’t call the twisting feeling in his chest a crush anymore.  

...But at the same time, it doesn’t feel hopeless.  “It’s not too late,” he told Jon in a dizzying fit of bravery.  “Unless the world ends.”   Jon only looked stricken at the attempt of a joke, but Martin refused to stifle the painful swell of hope.

TMA 106 - Literally everyone knows that Martin has feelings for Jon.

TMA 112-117 - Martin and Jon prepare for the end of the world together.  Jon is distant and furtive in the Archives, but the look of fear and worry he wears every moment melts away when he sees Martin.  Everyone avoids Jon, so it’s easy to get time alone with him.  The little bubble of hope hasn’t burst and Martin isn’t sure if it’s wishful thinking to say something is hanging between them, but neither dare to say a thing.  He’s in Capital L “love” at this point--what he will later refer to in the Lonely with I really loved you, you know.  

TMA 118 - Martin doesn’t even bother denying his feelings for Jon, and practically dares Elias to try to use them against him.  He isn’t stupid, he was never ignorant about how Jon treated him.  “I am well aware that you’d do just about anything for him,” Elias taunts, and Martin is furious that he’s being reduced to a boy with a mindless crush, but also furious that the statement isn’t wrong.  

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JON

TMA liveshow - Martin is the first thing to Go Wrong after Jon becomes Head Archivist, throwing off everything he prepared for and literally showing up with a problem Jon doesn’t want to deal with.  He becomes a target for Jon’s stress, and a subconsious “this would go so much more smoothly if Martin hadn’t been forced on me” association.

TMA 1-21 - Building off the bad first impression, Jon is drowning in imposter syndrome.  He’s completely out of his depth, working with a purposefully disorganized system with no guidance and no qualifications and no assistants with qualifications.  Martin’s still faking it ‘till he makes it, but every little mistake results in Jon projecting his frustrations at his own insecurities and shortcomings onto him.  It’s a godawful coping mechanism that he mostly complains about out of earshot; it’s not so much that the team can’t all go out and have fun together (TMA 161), but it’s enough for Sasha to pick up on (162).

TMA 22 - Borrowing from one of the season 4 Q&A’s, Jon got flooded with guilt during this statement for how one of his people was in danger, and even more so in response to how hard he’d been pushing him.  Jon’s priorities change in an instant--he no longer cares about looking like the perfectly professional Head Archivist, and is willing to make a fool of himself to Elias to make sure his people are safe.  Jon doesn’t know how to deal with feelings, so deals with it very clinically--let’s make an itemized list of options for your well-being.  Let’s ensure we have gone to every length possible to ensure you are safe.  Elias seems to think I’m overreacting, but I WILL push him until he caves and installs a CO2 system.  Guilt is smothered in action, and while Martin is slowly realizing there’s more to his cranky boss than he assumed, Jon is repressing, repressing, repressing.

TMA 41 -  Jon has a whole new understanding of Martin.  Competent, brilliant, firm, and a bit bossy in a way that Jon doesn’t dare say no to.  The crush hits when Martin all but carries him out of the workplace when Jon tries to run himself into the ground.  Martin checks on him to make sure he’s eaten, and spends time with him as they get lunch together regularly, and listens to him as Jon rattles off theories.  

It’s overwhelming.  The idea that Martin cares for his well-being so suddenly and intensely is hard to grapple with--it’s almost easier to question it, because surely Jon has done nothing to earn it.  There has to be another explanation, and as paranoia creeps in it’s easy to fill that confusion with fear.  This is when I place “guilt grows into something more” referenced in the Q&A’s, and the start of Jon’s crush.  But repress, repress, repress.  He can’t let his guard down.  He can’t let himself sink into that warm feeling that rises up each time Martin checks on him.

TMA 42 - Jon finds Martin’s confession that he’s been lying.  The idea of Martin lying to him upsets him on a dizzying level.  Part of him feels so safe with Martin, and even more of him wants to trust him, but the letter pours fuel on the fire of it can’t be real, it can’t be real.  

TMA 53 - Jon is having a hard time fending off Martin’s shrewd concern, but can’t help but gravitate towards him.  Martin offers to bring him food from the cafe, and Jon invites himself along to eat with him instead.

TMA 56 - Finding what looks like another lie from Martin pushes Jon over the edge.  The idea that Martin is tricking him wounds him in a way he doesn’t want to examine.  He lashes out viciously, but deflates as soon as Martin explains.  He feels dizzy with relief; hysterical laughter is threatening to bubble up, and the smile he can’t fight back only unnerves Martin.  

Forget the fact that Martin just confessed to being a habitual liar over the course of a decade, and could easily trick him on any other matter--Jon’s given an excuse to trust Martin, and he latches onto it like a lifeline.  There are Feelings now, and he no longer has a reason to fight them off, but is on a mission he doesn’t want to get distracted from.  Repress, repress, repress.

TMA 79 - Jon is certain he is about to die.  He records what he’s sure are his last words--a weeping apology to Martin and Tim. 

TMA 81+ - Jon is staying with Georgie.  Despite trying to avoid specifics about his workplace, he Cannot Shut Up About Martin.  He talks about him so much and in such detail that Georgie is able to recognize him on sight something like a year later (TMA 149).  Drawing from the Q&A’s again, Jon hasn’t processed that he has feelings for Martin yet, but Georgie picks up on it.  

TMA 92 - Jon returns to the Institute.  He keeps his distance from Martin despite his feelings, afraid to pull him into the same danger and suffering he’s faced (TMA 98).

TMA 99 - When Jon insists on moving out, Georgie reminds Jon he needs to reach out to people, needs anchors.  Either they already had a separate conversation where Georgie told him to talk to Martin specifically, or Georgie said “talk to people” and Jon heard “talk to Martin,” as he later refers to promising her he’d talk to Martin specifically (TMA 102).  *Basira voice*  This boy’s got it bad.

TMA 100 - Peter Lukas visits the Institute to strike a deal with Jonah.  This deal is none other than Jonah’s gambit to get Jon his Lonely mark--meaning that by this point, Jonah’s willing to bet his life that Martin’s feelings are strong enough for Jon that he won’t succumb to the Lonely, and that Jon’s feelings are strong enough for Martin that he’d willingly enter the Lonely to save him.

TMA 102 - Everything is chaos when Jon returns from his kidnapping, but he finds time to talk to Martin.  He has so much to say, but it comes out in halting awkward stammers.  It isn’t nearly enough, but Martin seems to understand.  Martin is so patient, and kind, and resourceful, and resilient--and looks so forlorn when Jon says he has to leave again.  It’s not too late, Martin says, and more than anything Jon wishes that were true.    

By this point I think Jon realizes he has feelings for Martin--whether it was during this scene, or while alone with his thoughts for a solid month with Nikola

TMA 112-116 - Jon and Martin have their last chance to spend time together before the Unknowing.  Something hangs between them, fragile and delicate, and he’s afraid to touch it lest it shatter.  Jon wants to reach for it, but it seems cruel with what could be his death waiting just ahead.  If they survive this, maybe he’ll be brave enough.  Martin said it wasn’t too late, but Jon has to make sure it won’t be the end of the world, first.  Repress, repress, repress.

TMA 117 - By this time, Jon’s listened to the tapes and heard the office gossip which he’s “not sure is necessary or t-- tr-- conducive to a workplace--”  He’s leaving a last message before going to his own death, but still can barely hold back the giddy does he like me back?? feelings when he talks about it.

TMA 122+ - Jon comes back to life.  Everything is changed and wrong, but nothing hits him harder than Martin’s absence.  He was so sure that Martin would be there, that they’d be able to pursue that unspoken promise.  Here is when I think he realizes he’s in capital L Love with Martin.  As he wallows in his worry for him, he doesn’t bother trying to distract himself from how he feels about him.  He loves him, he needs him to be okay, he trusts him despite the pain, he’d do anything for him.

TMA AU where jon comes back from america with a really tacky hot topic ring on his ring finger. months later someone finally asks and hes just like. oh, yeah, i married gerard keay in las vegas. he wanted to spit on his eugenics obsessed homophobic mothers grave one more time. dont think its legally binding since he was dead at the time, but i changed keay to sims in all his database cross-references in honor of his decision. trevor herbert and julia mauntauk were our witnesses - oh, they’re avatars of the hunt now, by the way. very close father-daughter relationship, it was really sweet to see once they stopped holding us hostage. trevor gave a really nice best man speech, i was touched. julia let me wear her leather jacket for the ceremony so gerry and i could match. one of the anatomy students was there, and later i got a congratulations card from nikola orsinov,,, actually, i have the wedding party on tape, as well as the screaming phone call i got from elias ten minutes later do you want to listen to it

Im only 7 episodes into the penumbra podcast and im already attached to this Peter guy. And if anything happens to him I WILL cry.

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Have you ever wanted to listen to just the magnus archives episodes regarding one specific fear? Well look no further

The Eye -  I am to be a king of a ruined world, and I shall never die.

The Dark -  “The blanket never did anything.”

The Vast -  Enjoy Sky Blue

The Lonely -  “No one is coming.”

The Flesh -  Come, meat, be my guest, and let thy gifts to me be blessed.

The Desolation -  Don’t Be Afraid To Burn

The Spiral -  “How would a melody describe itself when asked?”

The End -  “The Moment You Die Will Feel Exactly Like This.”

The Stranger -  “Be Still, For There Is Strange Music Here”

The Hunt -  “What’s the time, Mr Wolf?”

The Slaughter -  “Silk will not stitch The Butcher’s meat”

The Corruption -  “Love that consumes you in all ways.”

The Web -  “It is polite to Knock.”

The Buried -  “The only thing you have to do is DIG.”

The Extinction -  “We can’t escape the ruins of our own future.”

hades explaining that he’s the god of the dead, not the god of death

kamishin fic recs!!!!!

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“paging dr. oblivious” (G) by dreamtowns

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18770095

Warnings: none

Hitoshi, slowly, delicately, puts his fork down and squints. Denki regrets maintaining eye contact, but, also, he doesn’t because damn, Hitoshi has pretty eyes – and focus, Denki, focus! “I’m sorry,” Hitoshi starts, quietly, almost threateningly, and tilts his head. “Would you like to repeat that? People think we’re what?”

“Pining,” Denki bursts out, almost too loud in the hospital gardens, and then he hunches forward and continues much more quietly, but no less heatedly: “They think we’re,” he swallows and finishes, almost lamely, “pining.”

Hitoshi says nothing. Waits.

“They have a betting pool,” Denki practically wails.

(or: the entire hospital staff has a betting pool on when Denki, resident trauma specialist, and Hitoshi, the neuropsychologist, will start dating.

The punchline is that they are married.)

“don’t think twice” (G) by dreamtowns

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18723295

Warnings: none

What does it take to break the internet?

A slip of the tongue, apparently.

“caught in my own web” (T) by anxioussailorsoldier

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19037812

Warnings: none

Shinsou needs some help after getting caught up in his capture weapon. Kaminari enters from stage left.

“Pickup Lines for the Soul” (T) by MustardSoup

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18925678

Warnings: none

Denki is twelve when he is flicking through the TV channels and lands on an old RomCom movie about soulmate marks – specifically the same type that he has.

“I can’t believe I’ve had to walk around with a cheap pickup line written on my ankle my entire life because of you!” The leading lady yells at the leading man as he stares at her in awe.

Denki laughs.

“Oh no.” His mother says, watching him.

“Oh no, indeed.” His sister repeats quietly.

“amusing observations” (G) by fromthemoon

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19423105

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

“Cats. Hm. Yeah.” Kirishima watches as Denki turns around and continues humming along to the song. He glances over to Shinsou and back at Denki. He’ll have to test if it’s really the cats the boy comes back for, or if it’s something other than that.

Something tells him it’s not the cats.

for shinkami week 2019

“Sleepy Nightlight” (T) by PinkGreens

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15869280/chapters/369709

77

Warnings: none

Hitoshi loses his nightlight, but finds another.

“Systems of Confession” (NR) by soybean-fics (mischuis)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15995414

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

“You’re totally asking me out on a date.” Kaminari grinned, and Shinsou felt his face heat up.

“Do you want to go or not?”

“Yeah, yeah. On our date.”

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Shinsou takes Kaminari out on a totally-not-a-date at the aquarium. Somehow, he can’t stare at the fish when he can watch his adorable blond definitely not-crush being unfairly adorable at everything.

“Your Name In Paper” (G) by xemrox (Roquel)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18355292

Warnings: none

There are two people in this world who orbit at the opposite ends of Denki’s spectrum of love and he never thought he would have them sitting at the same table at the same time.

“How Many Cats Is Too Many?” (T) by TheSpaceAceTM

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19418521

Warnings: none

Hitoshi and Denki live together, and progressively get more and more additions to the family.

ShinKami Week 2019!

“Start Digging” (T) by IiIia

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16050866

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

Kaminari and Shinsou are now dating and it is time for the customary Bakusquad Shovel Talks. Shinsou’s not worried.

“Not-So Surprise Party” (G) by MintIceTea

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19442827

Warnings: none

Hitoshi loves his boyfriend, even if he’s terrible at keeping secrets.

But then again, so is Hitoshi’s family.

[Erasermic Week ‘19, Day 9: Celebrate]

“party favour” (T) by pixiegold

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16166816

Warnings: none

Another soulmate AU where the first words they say to you are etched onto your skin.

Shinsou isn’t particularly thrilled by the idea.

“Not Broken, but a Little Bent” (NR) by FriendlessAnimeLover

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19748674

Warnings: none

Kaminari Denki ends up leaving the hero course after a certain incident takes place. He instead joins the general studies students, where an unlikely ally reaches out to him, not leaving him alone when everyone else is. His overwhelming guilt and sadness is slowly tamed by general studies student Shinsou. But, even if Denki can find a new path in general studies with Shinsou, he can’t help but think of those he left behind.

Bakugo and Kirishima are devastated by the loss of Kaminari. Bakugo’s furious that Kaminari left, and Kirishima’s…well…broken by the loss of his best friend. How can they call themselves heroes when they couldn’t help their friend when he was at his lowest point?

Aizawa has a plan. Before Kaminari left, he struck a deal with him. Four weeks. If after four weeks Kaminari wants to come back, Aizawa will welcome him back. If he wants to stay, then he can never return to the hero course again. Aizawa’s confident in his knowledge about his students, and he understands that what Kaminari needs is time. He has certain forces in play behind his actions…after all, it can’t be a coincidence that Kaminari just happened to end up in the same class as Hitoshi.

“Thus With a Kiss, I die” (T) by DomineeringScarves

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15993539/chapters/37314002

Warnings: none

Kaminari finds himself head over heels for the newest addition to their class, Shinsou Hitoshi. Normally the flirty blonde would just present himself with open arms but there’s a major problem with his infatuation. There’s unspoken rules in 1-A and Kaminari is part of the Bakusquad…whereas Shinsou is a part of the Dekusquad. The two can’t be together. It’s just not possible. There’s no way Bakugou would ever allow one of his extras to date Deku’s friend.

There’s only one thing left to do, give up and move on. Too bad Kaminari can’t seem to escape Shinsou.

Aka the fic where Kaminari is Romeo and Shinsou is Juliet and they have to secretly date so their squads don’t fall into an all out war.

“No More Fragments” (M) by Ischemia

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16057748/chapters/37489790

Warnings: none

Shinsou Hitoshi has finally gotten his wish and is now officially a part of Class 1-A. It was everything he’d wanted, but all of these obstacles keep finding him.

Sometimes this means a cute blonde boy he doesn’t know how to talk to and other times it means possibly losing the trust of the class he so badly wants to be a part of.

Cue awkward dates, Shinsou having the best dads in the world, and learning what friendship means.

“Eventuality” (T) by KikaTouka

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15895002/chapters/37042446

Warnings: none

Shinsou learns more than just hero lessons after being transferred to 1-A.

“As You Wish” (T) by All_My_Characters_Are_Dead

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16301087

Warnings: none

“Be sure to wake Sleeping Beauty with a kiss,” Kirishima said with a knowing grin. Hitoshi considered stabbing the captain, but that would just get him on Commander Bakugou’s bad side, and it would only break his blade because it was Kirishima and Hitoshi was pretty sure no normal weapon could hurt him.

“You shouldn’t say things like that,” Hitoshi said, pointedly adjusting the position of the blades concealed at his wrists while holding Kirishima’s gaze. “You know I would never do such a thing.”

“Kaminari’s Declassified Coming Out Survival Guide” (T) by MustardSoup

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17204222/chapters/40453802

Warnings: none

Local disaster bi, Kaminari Denki, is yanked right out of the questioning stage of his life and now has to navigate the process of coming out.

He decides to do it step-by-step, with each step taking more courage than the last.

And if coming out equates to slaying the dragon, then perhaps by the end of this he’ll get the guy, too.

“Kiss Me Through The Screen” (M) by Ischemia

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17289734/chapters/40664117

Warnings: none

Shinsou remembers when he first saw the ad for Ch4rgeb0lt’s services. He was just messing around online when a pop-up appeared with his smiling face, one eye winking and the other brightly flashing with happiness.

“Lonely? Tired of coming home to an empty apartment? Can’t find anyone to listen to your problems? Say no more! For the low cost of $10 per stream, you can have all the company and love you ever wanted. Get a best friend for the best price!”

His first reaction was, “what kind of depressing loser needs to buy a boyfriend?” before he looked around at his empty home and realized he might be that depressing loser.

“My Best Mistake” (T) by SammyD

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17374055

Warnings: Major Character Death

Shinsou takes a secret to his grave

“How to save a life” (T) by anxioussailorsoldier

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17379239

Warnings: none

Shinsou doesn’t expect to find Kaminari on the roof of UA.

“Follow You (Like Morning Follows Night)” (T) by Anonymouspotato

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16994013

Warnings: none

When Shinsou finally found Kaminari, he was on the roof of the dorms, leaning against the railing. He almost didn’t want to interrupt him. But he had a job to do.

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Based on the song ‘Like Morning Follows Night’ from the RWBY soundtrack, but you don’t need to know anything about that show or that song to read

“geyser.” (G) by fuckendeavor666

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17934377

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

shinsou hitoshi has had a hard life. though, now, he is not as alone as he once was.

“If I’m The Thunder You’re The Lightning” (NR) by Taintedazure

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21212525

Warnings: none, creator chose not to use archive warnings

Kaminari has always been a chill kind of guy. Always taking it in stride and acting a little weird to make his friends laugh. His entire world gets turned upside down when he finds out who his soulmate is.

“Thus With You, I Smile” (T) by Kawayls

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1546096

Warnings: none

A bunch of ShinKami centered One Shots, that are set up in the same universe. Each one can be read as an individual work, though I order them chronologically.

“Nightmares” (NR) by Elux

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16801231

Warnings: none

Shinsou Hitoshi wake up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare.

“BakuSquad Initiation” (G) by PoorUnfortunateSoul

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21652948

Warnings: none

Shinsou is initiated into the Bakusquad, per Kaminari’s request.

[Now with fanart!]

__________

Shinsou Week 2019 - Day 6 - Blanket Forts

“You Seem Familiar” (G) by PoorUnfortunateSoul

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21673501

Warnings: none

“You have an affinity for Black Magic?” he asks, sounding unbelieving.

“Yeah!” Denki says, and it feels so surreal to argue for it, instead of promising that he doesn’t. “When I was younger I figured out that Black Magic just sort of feels, I dunno, alive? To me? I guess? I don’t really know how else to explain it, it’s a little electrifying almost. I dunno. But, when you look at me, I get the same feeling? So that’s why I thought you had an affinity for it, I’m sorry if I-”

“I do,” Shinsou cuts him off. “I’ve known since I was six. I just - can’t feel it on you, like you do me.”

Denki feels himself deflate immediately. Is this one of those unrequited soulmate things? It’d be just his luck, honestly.

_________

Shinsou Bowl Week Day 7: AU

“It Sucks, Really” (G) by Kawayls

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20465996

Warnings: none

Kaminari can’t sleep at nights because of stomach aches and burdening thoughts. Shinsou is a worried boyfriend. Both are dorks in love and have no idea what are they supposed to do with the rising problem.

“Holy Shi- YoUrE gAy??” (NR) by seizethosegays

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21780742

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnins

Holiday, fight, blood, Eri, hair clips, aizawa

“Fragile Lightning” (G) by Treesha

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21863329

Warnings: none

With Denki’s quirk causing rapid deterioration of his memories, Hitoshi struggles with finding a way to help him.

“baby let me ride your wave” (NR) by beelue

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21893185

Warnings: none

Kaminari Denki’s days are filled with summer sun, laughing with his friends, and occasionally saving lives. He knew he was Bisexual- He had since he rescued a (smoking hot) guy from drowning and two seconds later asked for his number.

But he truly realized he was a disaster after seeing Shinsou Hitoshi for the first time.

title - wave by blanks

“Blamed” (T) by coldandhotsoba

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16644668

Warnings: graphic depictions of violence

This was not how the day was supposed to end. They were supposed to end the day like they do most nights. Kaminari clutching onto him like a koala as he slept, wrapped in the millions of tacky blankets Kaminari had bought. Warm and safe in their bed. It was not supposed to end with both of them tied up in some cold metal room.

“Love Is A Strange Potion Ingredient” (NR) by soybean-fics (mischuis)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16609040

Warnings: none

Shinsou Hitoshi is a local potion brewer. Kaminari Denki is a witch.

And, in Shinsou’s opinion, a witch with a really cute smile. Wait. Is this a crush? Fuck.

Alternatively: The One Where Shinsou Falls Head Over Heels For The Witch Who Visits His Brewery Every Day.

“The Best-Laid Plans of Shinsou Hitoshi” (T) by aces_low

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19052008

Warnings: none

Kaminari has a habit of ruining Shinsou’s plans.

“Lighting Scars” (T) by Present-Mics-scream (write_your_way_out)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17720768

Warnings: none

It’s hard to be confident in your abilities when you’re surrounded by people with incredible quirks. Shinsou Hitoshi would know better than anyone. Sure, he was admitted to the hero course in his second year, but being admitted to the hero course, and keeping up with the rest of the class are two different things.

Lucky for him, Kaminari is there to prove that the flashiest quirks come with the largest drawbacks.

“Mysterious as the dark side of the moon” (T) by beetime

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15968039

Warnings: none

“I wasn’t attacking you then,” he responded, cracking his neck from side to side like he always did when they restarted. Aizawa moved his feet back into stance. “I noticed this time when you gave me that look you do when I do something wrong.”

Aizawa blinked. He knew exactly the angle the kid was playing at, but it didn’t stop him from being the least bit curious. He narrowed his eyes, “What look?”

Shinsou shrugged but there was an edge to his mouth that Aizawa had come to recognize as a smirk, “Eh. Already forgot it. Guess I’ll tell you next time,” he matched Aizawa’s stance, “though there won’t be one.”

✦

aizawa continues training shinsou

“Fear Is Just Your Mind Being A Bitch” (NR) by MinzeySparkleIsPerfect8

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19965337

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings, none

Fear is something that your mind makes up. You get scared thanks to your brain. Phobias can easily be overcome.

But what can you do when a phobia gets the best of you and brings you down?

“Sleeping Guitarist” (G) by Momjeansdeku

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19950076

Warnings: none

Needless to say, Kaminari never thought he’d find love at a Sleeping Guitarist concert.

He’s glad he did.

Or

AU where Shinsou Hitoshi is a fucking rockstar.

“One Day, Maybe…” (T) by eelora

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20874689

Warnings: none

… he’ll finally propose.

[Or, how Shinsou spends three months documenting his proposal.]

“Obliviously in Like” (T) by BadonKaDank

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20562731/chapters/48812711

Warnings: none

Alternate title:

5 times the Kaminari and Shinsou were oblivious to their feelings for one another and 1 time they weren’t because communication is a thing that for some reason they didn’t try all the other times before???

OR (take your pick)

5 Times Azaiwa and Mic told the boys to COMMUNICATE their feelings and 1 time they actually did!!

“Protect You” (G) by IcyHotHeart

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20185825

Warnings: none

Denki has a nightmare, but luckily, his boyfriend is more than happy to calm him down.

“Debunked Nightmare” (G) by MinzeySparkleIsPerfect8

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20909432

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings, none

After waking up at 3:27 from a horrible nightmare, Denki is unable to sleep and searches the dorms to find if his friends and boyfriend were safe.

Thankfully, Aizawa steps in and makes sure that Denki is able to feel more comfortable before bringing Hitoshi to help more than he can.

“1,000 watt smiles” (T) by All_time_low3st

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22195747

Warnings: none

A prompt I forgot to actually post (oops)

For prompt: kamishin- an unexpected twisted ankle leads to one being piggybacked to Recovery Girl’s office across campus. Everyone takes photos of the event because (1) it’s cute as hell (“they look just like a shoujo couple!”) and (2) “damn I didn’t know denki could lift bro!” (Basically, all the blushes ensure)

“Brain Damage” (T) by Kawayls

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20325559/chapters/48190303

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

This is supposed to be the best day ever, or so Shinsou is trying to do. It isn’t his fault that villains never rest; it also isn’t his fault that electricity is a dangerous game and that karma is a bitch.

“More Than Alone” (G) by Ischemia

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22061683

Warnings: none

Kaminari is determined to make sure Shinsou has a fun New Years, despite his desire to be by himself.

They both win.

“Nobody Plans A Murder Out Loud” (NR) by HeyItsHoot

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20530805

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings, none

Shinsou isn’t jealous, what are you even talking about? No, Jirou, he is not. How dare you.

“Electric Connection” (G) by Onlymostydead

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22012375

Warnings: none

Kaminari’s quirk has always had… Weird side affects. Like his ADHD. And his constant energy.

And his insomnia, which wouldn’t leave him be right now, when he really needed to just get some sleep.

But, thankfully, he has good friends.

“Mistlet-Oh?” (G) by AbithaLynDrankonclaw

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21759316

Warnings: none

“I think we’re in a stable enough place to adopt one, if you’d like.”

Hitoshi’s heart stops.

Denki brightens and leans down to kiss his forehead.

“Merry Christmas, 'Toshi.”

(aka it’s christmas so Denki lets Hitoshi adopt a cat and accidentally makes him cry)

“‘Studying’” (T) by emmyrox22

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21744931

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

Shinsou and Kaminari have been “studying” together for a while (but not for school). Shinsou gets stopped by his dads on the way to another “study” session and mistakes are made

“electrify my heart” (T) by hypocentres

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21727036

Warnings: none

Shinsou, who has monochromatic vision, doesn’t need to see the color yellow to know it’s his favorite.

“Of Telephone Calls and Teacher’s Pets” (G) by BigDangoFamily

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21906928

Warnings: none

“You know I love you, dude, right?”

It takes a few seconds for Kaminari’s words to pierce the sleep-thick veil surrounding Shinsou’s brain. When Shinsou finally does register what Kaminari is saying, he feels an immediate desire to hang up and go back to sleep. As it is, he can already sense a headache starting to form. Biting back a groan, Shinsou rubs his bleary eyes in an effort to keep them open.

“What did you do this time,” Shinsou replies, his voice lacking any sort of inflection.

OR: Shinsou answers Kaminari’s phone call and immediately regrets it.

“I don’t care if the world knows (what my secrets are)” (G) by greatcloudninja

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21888871

Warnings: none

The first time Hitoshi came to the mortal world, he was amazed by how bright it was.

Hizashi, the god of new life, always left for part of the year; only occasionally popping back down to the underworld to visit with Hitoshi and his husband, Shouta, god of the dead. Every year, Hitoshi asked if he could go to the mortal world with his papa, and every year Hizashi told him, “Maybe when you’re a little older.”

Finally, after twenty years of asking, Hizashi replied, “I think you’re big enough.”

Or, godling Hitoshi visits the mortal world, falls in love with a human musician, and learns that sometimes, people really are what they appear to be on the surface.

“An Insomniac’s Dilemma” (G) by Toboe1087

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21957589

Warnings: none

Shinsou never thought that he’d find his soulmate. After all, how was an insomniac supposed to find their partner when their only hints come to them through dreams?

“maybe planning dates isn’t your calling, bro” (G) by meiishu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22440232

Warnings: none

Kaminari presses his lips into a thin line. “Sero, you’re missing the bigger issue here.”

“Oh, yeah.” Sero leans forward a bit. “What’s up, bro?”

“So I asked him out to dinner and he said yes but he gave me this weird look when I told him where I was taking him.”

–

or: kaminari the chaotic dumbass asks the hot vampire from his intro to wolf culture class out on a date to olive garden.

“Irrationality and Comfort” (G) by MinzeySparklesIsPerfect8

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22392550

Warnings: none

After settling into 1-A, people don’t seem to notice how Eri suddenly began growing fearful of the boy with a certain lightning bolt in his hair.

But the said boy does notice.

Or

Eri grows afraid of Denki Kaminari out of fear of that one Shie Hassaikai member.

“Much To Learn” (G) by Rusty_schreech

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16003151

Warnings: none

Kaminari Denki and Shinsou Hitoshi need some advice from their favorite teachers.

Inspired by all the "Erasermic 2.0” talk surrounding Shinkami!

“welcome to the world little one.” (NR) by baby345

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22326472

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

The day Denki water breaks his at his parents-in-law’s home with only eri and Yamada. Shinsou is at work with his dad and it’s 3:00 in the morning.

“What the fuck?” Denki slurred. he tries to get up only for him to feel a pop and a trickle of liquid flow down tanned legs. 

 “Oh shit.”

“Heart, lead me home.” (NR) by baby345

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22308586

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

It was over for Hitoshi before he even knew he was a goner for the blonde. Now they were married and living the stuff of fairytales. Hitoshi’s biggest fear has always been that he was unloveable, that he would never know true and pure love because of his quirk. But as he looked around his childhood home at the pictures of his loved ones, his and Eri’s adoption pictures, at his and his parent’s Wedding pictures, his graduation photos and the birth of his son, he found that love surrounded him in every aspect of his life.

“To See Without My Eyes” (G) by corbeod

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20298883

Warnings: none

Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me

The first time that you touched me

Oh, will wonders ever cease?

Blessed be the mystery of love

Five times Denki falls in love with the future and one time he falls in love with the present.

“Purple Butterflies and Bursting Sparks.” (G) by daisiesandstars

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22741180

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

3 times Shinsou fantasied what it would be like to be in those situations Kaminari’s friends so easily get to experience. + 1 time he doesn’t.

“the good side” (G) by junichirou

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16787428

Warnings: none

“Please teach me how to kiss!”

Hitoshi has heard so many bizarre comments come out from Kaminari’s mouth, has heard him spout out bullshit and jokes that even him cannot comprehend. He has heard Kaminari say things that his brain is incapable to process, but this one is the one that causes Hitoshi’s mind to blank out. He expected anything, but never this.

So it’s not really his fault when his vocabulary seems to disappear and the only proper words he can let out is “What the fuck?”

“A Cold Polish” (G) by pinkskadan

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17714039

Warnings: none

Shinsou has never had his nails painted. Kaminari offers to be his first.

“Mind Defibrillator” (T) by DinoGraveyard

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19470070/chapters/46345510

Warnings: none

For reasons Kaminari Denki couldn’t understand, people enjoyed watching him die repeatedly and shit talk NPCs as they owned him. What started as a joke evolved into a surprisingly lucrative career as the game streamer Chargebolt. By some miracle, he was one of the most followed gaming channels on the internet.

He knew that streaming an indie queer game by the unknown developer Shinsou Hitoshi would be a change of pace for his channel. He didn’t expect to start re-thinking certain aspects of himself as well.

“angel” (G) by flightlesscrow

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17832134

Warnings: none

Shinsou fights with class 1-A’s Team 1 in the joint training exercise between classes 1-A and 1-B, and meets an angel in the process.

“Come to Bed” (NR) by Dadzawa

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18368678

Warnings: none

Kaminari can’t sleep, even though he’s fucking exhausted. Good thing Shinsou knows the best way to get him to unwind.

“For You Even Chocolate” (G) by xemrox (Roquel)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18396866

Warnings: none

When Hitoshi Shinsou receives chocolates on White Day, Denki panics.

“in a cafe i watched it begin again” (T) by freofreak

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21142094

Warnings: none

Omega Kaminari Denki runs a coffee shop with his Pack. He’s the only single one however, and feels as if his biological clock is running out and his insecurities don’t make anything easier. It’s just his luck when he meets a tired, overworking Alpha during a night shift.

“shinsou hitoshi: emotional disaster” (T) by bittermacchiato

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21712336

Warnings: none

Follow the adventures of Shinsou Hitoshi (emotional disaster) pining his way through Kaminari Denki’s heart!

ps: they’re in love

pss: neither of them know that

“Totally romantic style” (T) by emmyrox22

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22528351

Warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings

Shinsou and Kaminari have formed a nightly routine of sorts. All it takes is one unscheduled mental breakdown for the truth to come out.

“Anyways, I’m stalling. Um… I like you dude. Like, for real. Totally romantic style.”