#quirk side effects

[eraserror404]

a few headcanons on how aizawa's quirk works:

• his quirk is of the radiating type

• when it is activated, the radiation from his eyes blocks the areas of the brain responsible for using the quirk. roughly speaking, the brain of the person aizawa is looking at "forgets" what needs to be done to use the quirk. as an executive dysfunction, extending only to the use of a quirk

• (yes, the explanation from the canon about "gene suppression" is ignored here, because suppressing the expression of a gene does not necessarily lead to the immediate blocking of the quirk. and it is doubtful that the work of the quirk is encoded by one specific gene. and the mechanism of its suppression by the look is very incomprehensible)

• to activate the quirk, aizawa needs visual stimulation, i.e. he needs a physically preserved optic nerve + visual cortex of the brain. why am i saying this? to the fact that even some types of blindness (associated, for example, with impaired recognition of visual information that comes normally, but is not processed) will not necessarily lead to the loss of a quirk. i even have an au about it

• since visual impulses are received continuously, the erasure is in a state of "constant readiness". not exactly permanent activity, but something close. because of this, aizawa often has tension headaches

• he has several particularly sensitive points on his head, the massage of which can either relieve unpleasant sensations, or vice versa strengthen them. his friends use this to improve his mood when he is particularly unfriendly

• he almost completely inherited a quirk from his mother (she erased the quirks of others with a touch)

#bnha #bnha hcs #aizawa shota #eraserhead #aizawa headcanons #quirk analysis #quirk headcanons #quirk side effects

[ghostream]

Request: MomoJirou; Momo explaining to Jirou the dangers of overusing her Creation quirk (like said quirk resorting to having her body burn her muscles, leading to cardiac arrest/heart failure); Jirou is understandably worried about the possible scenario of Momo's heart giving out from quirk overuse as Momo tries to reassure her that she'll be fine.

MomoJirou Discussing Momo’s Extreme Quirk Drawbacks

A/N: Oooh, this is such an interesting concept! Of course I'll write about it!

Warning(s): mentions of heart failure, burning muscles.

Character(s): Momo and Jirou

Jirou was interested to know what her beloved girlfriend had to say, when she told her she had something important to tell her

Momo started talking about certain drawbacks of her quirk that no one else knew about

Everyone knew she sometimes used too much of her body fat and then couldn’t make more items, but that had an easy fix, just eat more

But this side effect was a bit more extreme

Sometime, her quirk wouldn’t just use her body fat, but her body’s muscles instead

Which was much more dangerous

It is not natural that her body tries to burn her muscles without burning all her fat first

Nor does her quirk offer any protection against it

It is quite unhealthy, and too much of that can lead to a reduced functionality and other severe side effects

Momo has been good at maintaining it, and hasn’t had any major problems 

But she wanted to let Jirou know

Another side effect that Momo told Jirou about is that she experiences heart failure due to her quirk

She experiences mild symptoms, but it could always get worse if she overuses her quirk, especially since her quirk was the main reason for her experiencing it

The entire time, Jirou listen attentively (basically a given due to her quirk!)

Jirou knew how much trust Momo had in her to tell her this

But she felt so conflicted about this information

On one hand, she wants Momo to stop using her quirk as much, and stop being a hero

Momo is plenty good at other things, she doesn't need to be a hero

But Jirou knows that is a selfish way of thinking, and she wouldn't go in the way of Momo's dream, when so many have

But could you blame her, when the risk of her quirk is so high

Jirou voiced some of her concerns to Momo

And Momo understood her worries, but reassured her that she would be fine

It would just require more effort, which she is totally okay with doing

In the end, just how Momo trusted Jirou enough to tell her, Jirou is trusting Momo enough to know her own limits

That is what Jirou would do for someone she loves

likes and reblogs are appreciated, thanks for reading!!

do not plagiarize, reupload, translate, and use my work for audio readings without my permission!!!

#ghost’s writing 𔓎 #momojirou #jirou x yaoyorozu #yaoyorozu x jirou #momo yaoyorozu #kyoka jirou #yaoyorozu #jirou #momo #kyoka #momojirou headcanons #bnha headcanons #mha headcanons #headcanons #jirou headcanons #kyoka jirou headcanons #yaoyorozu headcanons #momo yaoyorozu headcanons #quirk side effects #bnha #boku no academia #mha #my hero academia

[tabbyrocks]

Mostly a joke monodeku au where monoma is like one of those freaky alternates and he's just hiding among UA waiting to strike

but izuku, instead of being scared when monoma does scary things he just thinks its a side affect to his quirk. also he's gay for him.

so like the only think keeping alternate monoma from like brutally killing everyone in UA is some stupid oblivious nerd who isn't scared of him for some reason.

#monodeku #monoma neito #neito monoma #izuku midoriya #midoriya izuku #honestly izuku probably thinks monoma acts so awkward and off-putting/socially awkward because hes autistic #“haha dw you dont have to touch the cross #basically evil monster gets so confused by some guy that he ends up not being evil anymore #and becomes gay #can alternates be gay???? #Alt monoma could smile up to his ears #and instead of getting freaked out izuku would be like #“oh sick is that a quirk side effect??” #and wip out his notebook #thought of this idea while listening to heaven says lmao

[20001541]

since there's still debate as to whether afo's official eye colour is white or red I just like to imagine his natural eye colour is white but he changes them to red sometimes because he thinks it makes him look more evil and cool

#sometimes he makes one eye red and one eye white for fun #but I also like the idea of them changing based off his mood because of a quirk he got #I've seen people also use blue green yellow and purple for his eyes so those could be the other colours they change to #I think this would be annoying for him tho if he's trying to mask his emotions and the eye colour gives away how he's truly feeling #but imagine if he couldn't figure out which quirk is causing that to happen so he's just stuck with it 💀 #prob a side effect of some telepathy quirk he got or something

[cyber-phobia]

Rreeading Showman au tag.

Is his quirk attract heat???

No <3

#dont focus on the side effects too much #they are simply side effects that dont have much to do with his quirks actual function #the showman au #asks

[problemswithbooks]

It’s so obvious hori only has no problem with killing off non lov villains, if it’s hero or lov they all got ridiculous amounts of plot armor. stain getting killed off by afo is exactly what I expected, how else can hori show that afo is not just a punching bag for every damn hero of every level? look! afo can actually kill someone super easy!

sorry, just can’t find this exciting

Yeah, I totally agree.

As I said in my previous post I always expected Stain to die (or just be forgotten about/thrown back jail). I was never someone who thought my fav would have a happy ending. In most media I consume my favorite character is usually a low level villain that gets killed, so I'm more then used to it. Him dying isn't my issue--it's how lazy and little story impact it had.

Some of my other favorite characters that have died have been Greed, and Kimblee from FMA, Nnoitra and Tesla from Bleach and Han'nya from Rurouni Kenshin.

All of these had deaths that either matter plot wise or were given emotional impact. None of these characters are particularly big players when it comes to screen time, especially Han'nya and Tesla who were essentially side-kicks. Yet, their deaths are given a decent focus and/or effect the plot/themes of the work.

Hori did try--I will give him that. He did have Stain think something somewhat sentimental and sort of pray, but it's just not really enough. All might wanted to save him, sure, but after he gets killed, All Might is then the main focus and his death is pretty much dropped. It doesn't effect All Might and why should it when Stain wasn't really given much personality besides 'crazy guy' even right before he died.

And I saw that someone said in my last post, I was jumping the gun and Stain could be alive--which, yeah, I guess Hori could pull another Gran Torino and hand-wave him back from what clearly looked like his upper body being turned into mush, but why would he?

The reason I think Stain is super dead is because he's so unimportant. Hori has given him zero story value. Even him helping the Heroes with Info was rendered pointless because Star reset the clock for them. Nor has he done anything to expand his character past 'insane murder man'. Heck, I'd argue he actually had more nuance when he first showed up then he did in his last chapter, that continued to paint him as an All Might obsessed weirdo (which isn't me saying he shouldn't hold AM up as an ideal, but maybe not have him remember his scent and sniff rocks--he could have just watched and seen which blood was AfO's).

There's very little reason to bring him back in, especially since he has no Quirk and would be super injured. The only reason to have him pop back up alive is to save All Might again and get a slightly better death scene. But then the one we just watched is rendered even worse because it was a waste of time.

And I guess Hori could just say he survived at the very end, but again what would be the point? To go back to jail? I don't see anyone but the main LoV getting off scot-free, so this would only make the situation look worse, since Stain actually tried to the Heroes (twice) and gets prison time, meanwhile the LoV who were helping AfO up until the very last minute get nothing. It would be equally weird to have him just pop up at the end and get a panel saying he was also rehabilitated when Hori never painted him as anything but a crazy killer. Like it'd need a bit more of an explanation, then i think Hori wants to spend time on.

IDK, I just think he could have given Stain's death a bit more oomph--mainly by giving a little flashback to his childhood. It would have helped with the theme of villains having been kids once, while also showcasing how much AM mattered to him.

But I guess we'll see how things go. Maybe Hori will surprise us and have Stain do something in the vestige world because AfO stole his Quirk. I doubt it but who the hell knows, Hori is unpredictable.

#ask #thanks for the ask! #bnha spoilers #mha #bnha 401 #bnha #bnha critical #I mean I am disappointed that we didn't get to see kid stain at all #like we saw overhaul as a kid #it would have been cute if Stain's last thoughts were of him holding an AM plush or something #also a bit sad we don't get to see what stain looks like without his Quirk #like does his tongue go back to a normal length and texture? #cuz how it looks is a side effect of his Quirk #and Hawks lost his wing nubs #so would Stain have a normal tongue? #I wanna know!

[boomgubbins]

As Kirishima’s quirk gets stronger, he starts to develop some odd side effects.

#there's like 7 layers of context for this sorry #Kirishima Eijirou #Bakugou Katsuki #kiribaku #bakushima #krbk #bkkr #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #bnha #mha #quirk side effect #he's a funny aminal #mspaint #doodles from twt

[virmire]

#mass effect #me3 #meedits #meedit #femshep #ch: nora shepard #*edits #*gifs #my mass effect #doing that eyebrow thing again aaaaa #also i now realise that something's wrong with the weights on one side of her mouth #oh well let's call it a quirk for now

[presentfuckingmic]

Angst au where Mic travels back in time before Oboro died and has to deal with the knowledge that a) AFO is after Aizawa, b) if he doesn’t get Aizawa, Oboro will probably die and c) no one believes him when he says he’s from the future

#also for extra angst if the war was already over and they won before he got sent back he has to deal with the fact that if he doesn’t let #everything happen the way it did they might not win #anyway I finally watched haikyuu season four and it’s so good #also every time I try and mess around with another fandom my brain makes up the worst mic angst aus so like. it’s a sign ig #ugh but imagine he has to choose between his friends #bad ending: he gets taken instead #good ending: it’s a dream ig idk #anyway I need to stop thinking of long angst fic ideas cause. i CANT #also the nobody believes his is a side effect of the quirk shhhhh #and Nedzu isn’t around yet or something idk #angst #mha au #mha #bnha #present mic #hizashi yamada #yamada hizashi #eraserhead #shouta aizawa #aizawa shouta #loud cloud #shirakumo oboro #oboro shirakumo #rooftop squad

[mwg-out-of-context]

#mwg out of context #discord #boku no hero academia #bnha #my hero academia #mha #katsuki bakugou #trans katsuki bakugou #hrt #okay this is about katsuki who drinks activated charcoal smoothies every day to prevent any side effects of ingesting his quirk

[snowblueowl]

BNHA Theory

{I know this is a long read. There is a TL:DR at the bottom.}

OK, so here me out. First, I really don’t think Izuku is quirkless, I don’t think he ever was.

Before you start, No. this isn’t about that theory ‘All for One is Izuku’s dad and stole his quirk.’ No.

This theory actually has nothing to do with All For One.

This theory is based on if Hisashi Midoriya was just a regular person with a quirk that let him breath fire. I pull a Deku and started doing a deep dive on what the quirk, Fire Breathing, could be and possibly be expand too. Breathing Fire reminded me of Dragons, and the line of thought of Hisashi Midoriya’s quirk not being fire breathing but instead a small draconic mutation quirk.

All Might explained that people update their quirk status more than one would think, especially heroes. As they are continuously pushing their quirks to the limit and as a result learning new things about them. Something that a civilian wouldn’t do. (Given the whole ‘illegal to use your quirk in public’ law). Civilians don’t really have the ability to experiment with their quirks, so Hisashi likely never pushed his quirk beyond the basis of fire breathing. Inko, herself, confirms that both she and her husband are fourth generation quirk holders. Statistically speaking it is extremely unlikely that Izuku would be born quirkless. It is more likely that he had a small unnoticeable quirk. something that wouldn’t be that strange in the BNHA world, there are many people shown who do not have a quirk that is visibly obvious.

But, if Hisashi Midoriya had a Mutation Quirk and said mutation was passed onto Izuku, it changes so many things. It would explain why Izuku never seemed to ‘gain’ an ability, after all he was born with it, so there would be no change. This idea could also explain Izuku’s x-ray. Mutations change a body physically. I don’t think the toe joint test would be all that reliable when you have a mutation based quirk. Maybe Izuku has two joints for extra balance, but majority of the mutation effected something not seen in an x-ray. Like, perhaps, his brain?

{Also, do you really think that Tsuyu Asui would have a normal x-ray? Do you know how many toe joints a frog has? I’ll tell you this, her pinky toe would defiantly have two joints, if not more. Don’t see any doctor’s claiming her to be quirkless.} 

So, what if Izuku was born with a draconic mutation quirk? Something small, like his father’s mutation.

Maybe something like hoarding?

Izuku, in a way, hoards not only hero merch, but also knowledge on Heroes and Quirks.

What if Izuku’s quirk has him hoarding information, this is physically represented by his notebooks?

TL:DR - Izuku Midoriya could have been born with a Dragon Mutation Quirk.

#BNHA #bnha theory #izuku midoriya #mha deku #izuku has a quirk #headcanon #All for One is not the father #my hero acedamia #my hero academia theory #Mutation Quirk #Dragon Deku #Izuku Midoriya: His Quirk: Dragon Hoard #muttering is a side effect #father breathes fire; son breathes information #dragon quirk #BNHA au #just a theory #snowblueowl makes theories #SnowBlueOwl

[brainrothawks]

i think constantly about Shigaraki’s itching just being stress induced. it’s so relatable as someone with skin problems that get worse with stress. he’s me actually.

#love my itchy man #that’s me #shigaraki #tomura shigaraki #mha #bnha #my hero academia #i also think it’s literally his skin dying from his quirk too #like all quirks have a side effect #isn’t it possible that his side effect is his skin dying->regrowing which would cause ut to be itchy #literally he just has eczema

[musemilitia]

Denki’s Birthday 2k22 || Accepting

@dadzxwa​ asked:

Aizawa handed Kaminari a small wrapped bento box. Inside was a healthy Pikachu themed meal. "Happy birthday."

When Aizawa handed him the bento box, and as he heard the ‘happy birthday’ coming from his teacher he had started unwrapping the item. Opening the bento box, Denki gasped in excitement seeing the Pikachu theme in it as he grinned. 

“Wow!! Thanks Sensei!”

#yes.. give him proper good food #because he doesn't know what good food tastes like #and i'm convinced that his quirk's side effect did more than just short circuit his brain for 'dumb hour' #dadzxwa #{ answered; denki } #{ pikanari } #{ denki's birthday 2k22; }

[princess-of-the-corner]

Honestly between y’all mentioning it and then a conversation with Cap earlier, I am definitely going with the headcanon of ‘there's someone in the bnha universe who is a doctor with a genderswap quirk that specializes in transitions.’. 

#and then having two of the class already go to said doctor lmao #irl doiing any kind of transition surgery is banned for kids but like #using a genderswap quirk has few side effects and if they want to detransition there's a refund policy #so no risk for a kid to do basically

[cerealandchoccymilk]

xaneiro and melonade really put their whole entire pussies into the new song+mv its insane

#also is it just me or has xaneiro's batshit insane typing quirk thing gotten worse i love it #lost it when reading melonade's blogpost about the eyesight love mv #and it literally said ｻ(砂ｧ)凡凡の、ж🎈ﾁ゜ like as a direct quote from xaneiro #like it was nothing #i need to study xaneiro under a microscope but i have a feeling theyre radioactive or smth and keill give me severe physical side effects #- shadow #- cosmo

[angelfic]

— IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU BABY

pairing: mattheo riddle x nott!reader

summary: you weren't quite used to the attention of other boys, and it seems your brother's best friend isn't too fond of it either

warnings: brother's best friend trope!! swearing, kissing, not much else, very much unedited

author’s note: i don't tend to stray outside of the marauders era characters buuuut i've been a bit obsessed with mattheo and theo recently so this was for my own selfish needs lol as always let me know what you think!!

He had barely looked away from you all evening.

You knew the only reason Mattheo’s eyes had been fixed on you for the entirety of dinner was because of a certain type of attention you had unconsciously garnered on your first day back at school. Particularly male attention. It wasn’t any less disconcerting, however, knowing that your brother’s best friend was prepared to fist fight any potential romantic advances towards you because he was just as protective as your actual older sibling.

Your brother Theodore is no better, a displeased frown appearing every five minutes when he looks over to where you sit at the Gryffindor table.

“Merlin, boys are pathetic,” Ginny mutters, spearing a potato with her fork. “You go away for one summer and come back slightly prettier and they flock to you like bees to honey!” You’re about to weakly protest that she’s exaggerating, but at that exact moment you’re interrupted by a tap on your shoulder.

You slowly turn on the bench, reluctantly lowering your goblet of pumpkin juice to face Michael Corner, a Ravenclaw boy who you’d only ever spoken to when he was going out with Ginny.

“Hi, Michael,” you sigh, offering him a bland smile.

“Hello, Nott,” Michael replies, with what he probably thinks is a winning smile. “Had a good summer? I was just going to ask if you wanted to go on the first Hogsmeade visit of the term with me.”

You stare at him, unblinking. “Er- well, as… nice as that sounds,” you say slowly, not meaning a word. You glance at Ginny as pointedly as you can manage and raise an eyebrow. “I don’t quite relish the idea of going out with my best friend’s ex.”

“Oh! I, erm, I didn’t actually see you there, Ginny,” he stammers, laughing sheepishly. “My mistake.”

“Quite,” Ginny says drily, turning back to her plate of food.

“Well, er, see you later then,” Michael mumbles, nearly tripping over himself as he rushes back to the Ravenclaw table.

You bite your lip to stifle your giggles but it’s not long before you catch Ginny’s eye and the both of you erupt into fits of laughter.

“I can’t believe I ever went out with him,” Ginny groans, wiping her eyes.

“Was he always such a tosser or is that new?” you ask, snorting at the way Ginny scrunches up her face in embarrassment.

You’re still laughing when your eyes happen to pass over the Slytherin table just to focus on Mattheo.

You notice with a jolt that he’s looking at you again. This time, his eyes flick over to the Ravenclaw table for a second where Michael has settled back onto, then back to you and he quirks a brow quizzically.

Frowning, you mouth at him to stop in hopes that he ceases his scrutiny, just for him to roll his eyes and return to whatever one-sided conversation Blaise Zabini was attempting to engage him in. You hope you don’t look as flustered as you feel after realising Mattheo has just witnessed such an embarrassing encounter, but you’ve found over the years that you’re not the best at hiding the effects he has on you. Theo has never mentioned it in front of Mattheo as far as you’re aware, but he definitely hasn’t shied away from teasing you about the childhood crush you have on your brother’s closest friend. Not that you’ve ever admitted it to him anyway, and you’ve gotten a lot better at hiding it since nothing could ever come of it.

“Your brother and Riddle have been looking like they’re ready to halve the male population of Hogwarts since we got on the bloody train,” Ginny says, pulling you out of your thoughts.

“Tell me about it,” you sigh, cutting into your carrot a little more viciously than needed. “They keep looking over at our table. I feel like I’m on one of those Muggle reality television programmes Hermione was telling your dad about the other week.”

Arthur Weasley was absolutely transfixed when he was learning about reality television from Hermione during breakfast the week you both stayed at The Burrow, and although you zoned out after his sixteenth question about a singular programme, you feel as though you caught the gist of it.

“Hm,” Ginny agrees, grimacing at the memory. She had nodded off at the table during that conversation and fallen asleep on her slice of toast. “In fairness, that’s not really a new thing.”

“What, being watched by my two guard dogs?” you ask in a mock-serious voice.

“Yeah, but…” Ginny chews thoughtfully for a second before answering. “I’m not just talking about today, or even recently. Your brother mostly minds his own business. I’m talking about Riddle. He’s always looking at you, I noticed it last year. Wherever we are, kind of like he’s checking up on you,” she says like it’s common knowledge, shrugging. “It’s sweet, I guess.”

You blink at her, a little speechless.

“What?” Ginny frowns after a few seconds of your silence. You look at her with raised eyebrows, not really taking her seriously. In your first few years at Hogwarts, you had confided in Ginny regarding your silly, little girl feelings for Mattheo and she would read into every action he took towards you in an attempt to prove he liked you too. Obviously, he saw you as nothing but a younger sister figure and once you grew up a bit, Ginny had let it go too.

Ginny reads your dubious expression now and sets down her knife and fork to cross her arms. “Oh, for heaven’s sake. I’m serious! I’m not just saying it because you were helplessly in love with him until you were, like, fourteen.”

“Shush!” you hiss, thwacking her arm. “Why don’t you just get up on stage with Dumbledore and ask him to include that titbit of information for the entire school to hear in his speech!”

“Good idea,” she says, nodding seriously and starting to get up. You know she’s just teasing, but you start spluttering and frantically grab at her sleeve to sit her back down, causing her to topple onto you slightly. This sets you both off laughing again and you find it hard to stop for the rest of dinner and desert, thankfully staying far away from the topic of Mattheo. You also pointedly avoid looking at him again.

Once dinner is over, you head to the Gryffindor common room with the rest of your house and catch up with everyone for a while. After a couple hours of socialising and fifteen minutes of helping Neville Longbottom search for his pet toad, you head up to your dorm with Ginny and Lena, one of your other dormmates, to unpack.

As soon as you open your luggage, you search for your pyjamas and immediately change out of your robes and into a t-shirt and baggy shorts for comfort. You’re in the middle of unpacking some textbooks when you hear Lena whistle from behind you.

“I do not remember those pyjamas looking like that,” Lena comments, grinning at you. Rolling your eyes, you comply with her request to do a little spin and you can’t help feeling pleased when Lena and Ginny start whooping and hollering. “You’ve always been gorgeous, but you really grew up this summer, huh? Look at those legs!”

“Tell me about it,” Ginny pipes in, flopping down on her bed and abandoning her unpacked suitcase. “She came to stay for a week and Mum looked like she was going to cry every time she saw us. Something about ‘blossoming into young ladies’ or whatever bollocks.”

“You ‘blossomed’ last year,” you point out, and Lena hums in agreement. “I haven’t forgotten how Zacharias Smith fell off his broom trying to wave at you during Quidditch practice.”

Ginny groans and starts ranting about teenage boys again. Lena joins in and starts teasing her about how Harry Potter is the only boy she hasn’t complained about and you’re about to set down your belongings to help Lena dodge the pillows Ginny is throwing at her when a flash of green and silver in your suitcase catches your eye.

“Shite, I have Theo’s uniform,” you huff, grabbing the clothes out of your suitcase and sliding your slippers on. “That means he has mine and I am not dealing with this at seven in the morning. I’m gonna go drop this off, be back in a minute.”

Ginny says goodbye before resuming her pillow attack on Lena as you make your way out of the room and down into the common room. It’s nearly empty, with most people having gone to their rooms to pack and a quick glance at the clock tells you its past curfew. You decide to take the risk since you have a reasonable excuse, but you hope that if you do get caught, it isn’t by Filch or Snape.

By the time you’ve reached the dungeons, you thank Merlin that Theo had the sense to tell you the password for the Slytherin common room before dinner in case of emergency.

“Pureblood,” you mutter, fighting the urge to scoff when the door swings open. You enter the common room and brighten up when you see that the only students still hanging around are Theo and his friends. Your brother seems to have already started unpacking since he’s standing and holding your uniform, presumably about to come and find you. His friends all mumble polite ‘hello’s and he walks up to you with a smile.

“Oh, hey, I was just-” Theo cuts himself off when he properly looks at you and frowns. “Wha- Why are you wearing pyjamas out and about?”

“You’re wearing pyjamas too!” you exclaim, slightly embarrassed that your brother is doing this in front of your friends. They all turn to look at you again, hearing the indignation in Theo’s voice and you notice Mattheo suddenly sits up straighter. Suddenly aware of your bare legs, you tug down the material of your shorts, despite the fact they aren’t even very short to begin with.

“Oi. Stop looking at my sister!”” Theo snaps, glaring at Blaise, Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. You know the only reason they glanced at you in the first place is out of curiosity regarding Theo’s question, but Theo and Mattheo scowl at them all the same and they all start sputtering, Draco in particular when Pansy narrows her eyes at him. Theo sighs at you, quickly exchanging your uniforms. “Just- at least take something to cover up back to your room.”

“I’ll walk her back,” Mattheo says, out of nowhere. He stands up and makes his way over to you, face carefully blank. Theo nods, agreeing quickly before he ruffles your hair goodbye to go and finish packing. You’re too surprised by Mattheo’s offer to protest until you’re already out of the Slytherin common room.

“I don’t need someone to walk me back, you know,” you mumble after a minute of charged silence.

“It was either me or Theo,” he shrugs, completely unapologetic when his mouth quirks up in a smug smile. “And I know you prefer me.”

“You’re both equally annoying,” you say, rolling your eyes, happy that he’s talking to you like normal again. You hated it whenever Mattheo was serious – it was rarely ever towards you and you much preferred when his whole face lit up with a smile. He begins to tease you about your bunny rabbit slippers and you’re in the middle of pretending to be irked when you both run into Ernie Macmillan, a Hufflepuff prefect doing patrol duties.

“Hey,” Ernie offers you a friendly smile and gives Mattheo a brief, slightly nervous glance. While you prefer not to get into trouble for breaking curfew, Mattheo clearly couldn’t care less and his relaxed, yet intimidating stance must be off-putting to Ernie. Thankfully, you’re on friendly terms with the Hufflepuff and you give him an even brighter smile to make up for it, to which he beams at. “How was your summer?”

“Good, yeah! Erm, listen Ernie. We didn’t mean to be out at this time, it’s just that I accidentally had my brother’s uniform and needed to-”

“Oh, forget it. Don’t worry, I won’t dock you any points,” Ernie reassures you, waving off your excuses and you instantly relax. Ernie gives Mattheo another unsure glance before leaning in the tiniest bit closer to you. You try not to pay attention to how Ernie has been glancing at your legs and how Mattheo tenses up when Ernie starts speaking again. “I was actually wondering if you were available next weekend…?”

Ernie trails off when you don’t show any indication of replying straight away and you snap out of your surprise to say something, but Mattheo beats you to it.

“She’s busy then,” he says coldly, working his jaw. “Now, if you don’t mind, it’s late. Kindly get lost.”

“Wha- Matt!” you hiss, smacking his chest to which he barely flinches, nor does he look at all apologetic. “Ernie, I-”

“Never mind,” he says quickly, seemingly eager to just leave. “I’ll, er, see you later.”

You stand frozen in shock while Ernie rushes down the corridor and turns the corner, leaving you and Mattheo alone. Turning slowly, you look at him with barely contained anger.

“Why the hell did you do that?” you demand, voice sharp as nails. If it weren’t past curfew and you weren’t in the middle of a school corridor, you would most definitely be yelling. Mattheo stands with his hands in his pockets, clenching his jaw and his silence makes you even angrier. You accepted long ago that you’d never have a chance with him, but now he was getting in the way of you having a chance with anyone. It was completely unfair. “What if I actually wanted to go out with him?!”

Mattheo scowls at this, but his impossibly dark brown eyes flash with a hint of uncertainty. “Did you?”

“What?” you ask, impatient.

“Did you want to go out with him?” he says, voice low and dangerous. He walks forward, towering over you and you refuse to be intimidated so you start walking backward until your back is against the wall. Despite having cornered you, he maintains a fair amount of distance between you, leaving plenty of space if you want to move away. You don’t.

“That’s none of your business,” you say stubbornly, raising your chin and trying your best to keep your voice steady. Mattheo narrows his eyes and reduces the distance between you ever so slightly with another small step. You nervously keep talking. “I can go out with whoever I want.” Another step. “And you can’t just-” One more step. “Matt.” His shoes are flush with your slippers.

“What?” he whispers, tilting his head and looking at you calmly, while you feeling anything but calm. “I can’t just… what?”

The previously respectable distance has gone out the window and instead you barely have space to breathe with the way Mattheo is leaning in, head dipped toward you but never touching, hands resting on the wall either side of you. He leans in, eyes dropping to your lips and your heart leaps in your chest with anticipation, but he ghosts his lips over your jaw instead and the barely-there contact has you breathing unevenly.

“You can’t…” you exhale, trying to finish your sentence with some dignity and failing miserably. “You can’t just scare people off like an overprotective older brother.”

Mattheo stills, lifting his head enough to meet your eyes, but making no move to distance himself any further. He scoffs quietly. “Brother,” he says the word with a mildly disgusted scowl. “Is that what you think I want to be?”

“I- I don’t…”

“You don’t know,” Mattheo finishes for you, the corners of his mouth turning up, yet his expression is devoid of humour. “No, you don’t know how badly I wanted to hex Macmillan just now. How badly I wanted to try out some new, experimental spells on that fucking Ravenclaw earlier. But none of that had anything to do with brotherly feelings.”

“They were just being nice,” you say stupidly, with not a clue in the world as to why you’re defending them right now. If anything, you’re just confused.

Mattheo quirks a brow, tongue pressing against his cheek as he considers your words. “That Ravenclaw from earlier was talking about you on the train. He said he was going to ask you out at dinner because you’d ‘gotten hot’ over summer,” Mattheo sneers, like he’s suddenly regretting not hexing Michael Corner in the Great Hall. “They weren’t being nice.”

All of a sudden, you feel irritated because you have no idea why Mattheo is telling you any of this. “What’s wrong with a boy finding me attractive? Is that such a crazy idea?” you demand, part of you not wanting him to answer.

“Merlin, do I seriously have to say it?” he groans, sighing when you glare at him. Mattheo takes a breath, meeting your eyes and you marvel at the sincerity you see when he speaks. “You didn’t ‘get hot’ over the summer. You’ve always been beautiful and they’re idiots for not paying attention then.”

Your breath catches in your throat, whether it’s from emotion or from the close proximity with Mattheo, you aren’t sure. “You think I’m beautiful?”

Mattheo nods, leaning back in to brush his nose against your own, his breath mingling with yours. “Always have.”

You take this as a cue to grab the collar of his shirt and pull him in and the next thing you know, his mouth is firm against yours, and his hands are finally touching you, grabbing you by the waist and sliding up your back to hold you closer. You’ve thought about kissing Mattheo before, but the thoughts feel utterly stupid compared to the real thing. Mattheo kisses you fiercely, mouth sliding hot and wet against your own making you come alive and weakening you at the same time. He nips at your bottom lip and you gasp, causing him to smile into the kiss. Your hands are sliding up his chest to snake around his neck when a thought suddenly occurs to you and you pull away abruptly.

“Oh my God, Theodore,” you hiss, covering your mouth with your hand. Mattheo furrows his brows, looking a little dazed and confused. “What are we going to tell him?”

 “He knows I’ve loved you since we were kids,” Mattheo says flippantly, waving you off and impatiently starting to lean in again, but you stop him with a hand on his chest. “What?”

“You’ve loved me since we were kids?” The words hardly register, but before you can feel any sort of elation, you mostly feel pissed off that your brother has clearly had his fun with the situation for years. “And Theo knows?”

“Yes,” Mattheo says slowly, as if he were talking to a child. He brushes the hair out of your face and his gaze turns a little uncertain when he speaks. “Er, this is hopefully the part where you say you feel the same way.”

“Well, of course I feel the same way,” you huff, still thoroughly annoyed at Theo. “He knew I was crazily in love with you too and the bastard was so irritating about it!”

You’re about three quarters of the way down a list of ways you want to get back at your brother when Mattheo gently turns your face by the chin to look at him. “As much as I’d love for you to plot against your brother right now, it’s kind of a mood killer thinking about him when I’m kissing you.”

“Sorry, sorry. Continue with the kissing.”

“How romantic,” he says drily. His smirk turns smug, however, when he processes your previous statement. “So… you were in love with me too. What was the word you used, again? Crazily? Crazily in love…”

“Don’t make me take it back, ‘cause I swear I will.”

© angelfic 2023.

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