SOBS. KRILLING MYSELF RN.
Ooh, excellent question! Poor Hawks, he can't catch a break, can he?
Characters: Takami Keigo/Hawks
Contents: fake dating, angst
Takami Keigo/Hawks
This is absolutely the kind of stunt the Commission would try to pull. Hawks, like most high-ranking Pro Heroes will have a publicist and chances are high for that person either working for the Commission directly or the PR agency being a third-party contractor of the Commission. Once they have their hooks in you, they do not let you go.
For whatever reason, they decide their top Pro needs to be seen to be dating another Pro Hero. Maybe the other Pro has tanking ratings or it’s part of some deeper game. Whatever it is, Hawks doesn’t have much choice but to go along with it.
Another factor is whether or not the Commission knows you’re in a relationship with Hawks. He might have no choice to tell them, but I feel that if there was an opportunity to keep you a secret from them, he would. He doesn’t want them to have control over your life as well as his. And I’m sure he’d want to have a piece of his life that’s just for him, not for the Commission’s goals or the public’s consumption.
It causes him no small amount of angst, having to sit you down and explain to you what they’re going to make him do. He dreads having to tell you, having to see the look on your face when you hear that he’ll be posing as some other person’s boyfriend. It’s hard enough, having to share him with the Commission and his endless work and his ravenous fans. Now you have to watch him post couple pics on Instagram with someone else. Or go on cute little dates where the paparazzi just so happen to stumble across the two heroes enjoying totally not sponsored smoothies.
It’s maddening, to say the least. Hawks hates every second of it.
While he’s not rude or hostile to the person he’s fake-dating, he’s not his usual lively, flirtatious self, because he knows every minute he spends with them is affecting you. His very little free time is being eaten up by this media-pandering bullshit, and he hates it.
There are a few ways he can go about making things easier.
One, he’ll never take fake-girlfriend anywhere that he takes you. Your favourite little haunts and hangouts will never be tarnished by a photoshoot that ends up splashed across the front of Hero Weekly.
Two, he’s honest with the fake-girlfriend. She has to know this is just a business arrangement, a contractual obligation. He already has a partner, and he’ll only be doing the bare minimum to make it look real for the cameras.
Three, he’ll set a deadline on it with the Commission. He can swing it by saying that all this prancing around for the cameras is affecting his performance. How’s he supposed to fight villains if he has to spend all his time doing photoshoots with Ultragleam or Mochigirl, or whoever they want to set him up with this week.
Four, he can try and introduce the fake-girlfriend to you, so there’s no weird feeling of sneaking around. So you can set your own boundaries on what you are and aren’t comfortable with.
Despite all this? It’s still gonna suck.
There’s no way it doesn’t hurt to see your boyfriend posting cutesy photos with another hero. Fans will be gushing on social media, coming up with ship names, posting edits with sparkly effects and slow-mo reverb love songs playing over the top, filled with comments like “OMG THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HER!”
The only way to make it bearable is to imagine he’s playing a character, like he’s the male lead in a romantic K-Drama, and fake-girlfriend is just his co-star. It’s true, in a way. Even if they’re attending events together and posting (staged) shots on the beach, holding hands, it’s all fake.
When he comes home to you after a long day of patrolling, exhausted after an intense villain fight, and collapses facedown on the couch, head on your lap, wings askew, only to tiredly ask about your day and beg you to order chicken skewers? That’s real.
(kofi request) the scene we had all been anticipating 💙
i like to imagine that somehow the true events of the hosu incident got leaked to the public causing a lot of controversy for shouto and tenyas hero careers
meanwhile izuku is in his classroom just being asked if stains tongue was really that freaky in person by his students
THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO MEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭
|| pairings: hawks x gn!reader / keigo takami x gn!reader
|| synopsis: reader has had bad days before, some that makes them feel unworthy. keigo will always be there to try and help you through it though. (comfort)
|| word count: 0.5k
It was a bad day. something you weren't strangers to. Something Keigo wasn't strangers to either, he knew how to help. On days you would get out of bed and the day would just shit on you. Or days where you couldn't get out of bed period. Today was one of those days you genuinely tried, but the world was still unkind.
"You're okay, dove," Keigo whispered into your ear as the two of you sat in bed. You were curled up, a hood over your head as you kept yout eyes closed. The winged hero faced you as he had a wing over the both of you, acting as a warm red blanket. "I'm right here with you."
"'m sorry." You muttered, toying with the strings of your hoodie as you kept your eyes shut.
You hated that Keigo saw you like this. Shit, he was probably tired from hero work. He just got home, and that guilt ate at you. A small pit in your stomach had created when he asked you beforehand if you were in bed all day. It wasn't condescending, no quite the opposite. He wanted to knkw what type of day it was, just to know the best way to try and help you.
"Don't say that, my little dove," His fingers brushed through your hair, a way to try and calm you. Something he found out helped when you were going through shit like this. "You have nothing to apologize for."
"But you're probably tired from hero wo-"
"Nah, I'm super strong so I'm barely tired," He shot a playful wink to you. A small attempt to try and lighten the mood. "So right now, you're my top priority."
"It's probably-"
"Don't even try and say it's annoying, little dove." He held you closer, his gentle hug tightening around you. A way to help ground you, or a small comfort. Either way, it helped. "You matter to me. You will always matter to me. You mean so much to me and would ditch any hero meeting to come and help you if you're having a shitty day."
Before you could try to say something he pressed a small kiss to your forehead and took a big inhale before speaking more.
"I love you and care about you. Nothing will ever change that. The world is so much better with you in it. I know you won't believe me, but I want you to know that. I'll repeat it everyday if you need me to." Keigos words sounded so genuine, so true coming from his lips. "I'm so proud of you, little dove. Even if you just stay in bed all day or if you find out to cure every disease in the world. I will always be proud of you."
Small tears welled in your eyes as you pulled Keigo closer to you. A few moments of silence passed as you let Keigo's words sink in. Somethings you needed to hear today, and mlst likely things you'll need to hear in future days as well. But Keigo will gladly repeat them a million times over.
"Thanks, Keigs.."
"Don't thank me, little dove.. I love you."
"I love you too."
|| didnt have a good day, wrote this on a whim, suuuper short, lowkey needed this :( keigo ily
Thought I'd take a crack at the Life Series In Your Style board (courtesy of @/xmaruu11)
Tell me which ones your favorite :)
One admires Perfection the Other Embraces Imperfection
Murder, murder in my mind ♫
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lmaoo
YOOO CONGRATS ON 1K !!! <333 i’ll totally send in an ask for funsies hehehe (but ofc no pressure to write it!)
sooo how abt a one shot with reader and teenage hawks (like 17 or 18? but definitely before he has his official hero debut) and him and her started as partners at the commission, but they click from the start and are total trauma bonded best friends to lovers
ANYWAYS THEY’RE TRAINING TOGETHER BC THEIR HERO DEBUTS ARE COMING UP SOON AND SO THEY SPAR 🤗 he flirts, she flirts, he get flustered, she pins him and wins the match, they both go quiet and stare at each other longer than “just friends” would—
the age old story that i eat up every time tbh 😪 bonus points if he confesses and lands an actual non-platonic date with her, but i’ll leave it up to youuu <3
impending lovers.
hawks
-from partners in the commission, to friends, and maybe something more.
part of my 1k event! submit your asks!
‘ready to get your ass beat today birdboy?’
keigo stands around 15 paces in front of you, an amused look on his face.
‘i thought i told you to stop calling me that’
the gym is empty other than you two, it gives you the ability to speak freely, act freely, a small sense of freedom. but only when it’s just you and him.
you had originally thought it best to ignore him, all those years ago when he was brought into the commission just a couple of months after you were.
he was.. a distraction.
you think he still is.
but when he smiled at you on the first day you met him you knew it was no use.
‘you finally decided on a hero name?’
‘oh um yeah- i think im going for hawks.’
hawks. it suited him. it felt powerful, matched his huge- beautiful red wings. it’s why you had suggested it in the first place.
‘you went for my suggestion huh?’
he looks away- maybe a little embarrassed. bashful and blushing at your realisation that he picked the only name you suggested.
it’s always been like this. you tease and you laugh, border on flirting until- nothing. nothing ever happens, your beginning to think nothing ever will, although that’s probably for the best.
‘of course i did- come on, we’re wasting good sparing time’
the first part of his sentence is hushed, whispered, as though he doesn’t want you to hear it.
you don’t comment on it, instead you get into position, fists in front of your face to avoid a potential quick attack from him.
you’ll always find yourself here, standing in front of him, a couple feet away, just slightly out of reach.
he doesn’t count down, instead lunging towards you in one quick movement. you watch his hands, he’s not looking to punch, it’s more of a grab, a push maybe.
you move to the left- not quick enough, he trips you up with the side of his wing but the impact sends you both tumbling in the same direction.
neither of you give up, tossing around on the ground- hands reaching to grab the others in an attempt to stop them moving.
you hook his legs on yours, immobilising his lower half before you climb over him, giving yourself the upper hand.
it’s harder for him to fight you from below you, he’s trying to push you off, but your legs have his in a vice and it becomes clear to him that your not going anywhere.
you have his hands now, pinned together above his head, he’s attempts to move his wings, but their trapped under both of your body weights. you have him.
you haven’t really been looking at him- other than predicting where he was going to put his hands, he’s unmoving now, accepting defeat. it gives you a second to look at him, his face.
he’s staring at you, your faces are alot closer than you thought. your nose is inches from his, you can feel his breath on your face, you can feel his chest rise and fall.
your staring at each other now- and he has this look in his eye, you’ve seen it before, for split seconds. it’s admiration- but there’s something more. he looks almost dazed.
you want to move- but you can’t. there’s nothing holding you down but the idea of ruining this moment- so delicate, soft. it breaks your heart.
you can’t indulge, you’ve never let yourself before. you see him, of course you do. you’ve always saw him.
you see him fly, you see him laugh, and cry- your the only one who ever sees him.
it hurts that he’ll never see you too.
it’s better to push him away, don’t let yourself indulge.
in one quick movement your separated from him, you miss the look of panic in his eyes as he jumps up after you.
walking away, going to grab your water or a rag to dry the sweat, just anything to have a little space from him.
you don’t make it far.
‘wait- stop-!’ his voice is a little frantic- whatever he’s about to do is unplanned.
‘how long are we going to pretend?’
it catches you of guard- he’s gripping your hand, spinning you towards him. the look of upset on his face breaks your heart all over again.
‘what are you talking about?’
he shakes his head, even lets out a little laugh, as though he’s saying something obvious that your not understanding.
but there’s something desperate about the way he’s holding your hand in his, about the uneven breaths he’s letting out, about the way he’s looking at you.
he’s desperate- and suddenly it all makes sense.
‘i can’t keep pretending you don’t mean everything to me.’
acc the team up missions were like- kinda a spin off series? but not really? kinda like fillers but in manga form :3
i love when ppl write Hawks to be a little bit morally corrupt. like cmon, this man CANONICALLY has a restaurant that he takes ppl to when he wants information out of them. He's gonna lie... maybe even a lot.