Yesterday I Drew This For Sirius Birthday (posting It Here One Day Late) Happy Birthday My Beautiful

a lot of people have said this already but

warrior!penelope with ares as her mentor

bust... or maybe i'll take it all!

post-gym wwe match (they're grounded for a week)

Ody in the Cyclops Saga:

Ody 10 Years later:

i know the sane assumption is that aventurine was hallucinating but i dont know. something about a baby running around the dreamscape is funny.

Underworld

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Part XXVIII

Between his training and the courtship, Izuku has been really busy lately. Aizawa takes him to the Olympus more often to spar with All Might himself; it's honestly really exciting.

Katsuki spends his days off with Izuku and also pays a visit to Inko every now and then; his mother enjoys talking to the King of the Underworld, and Izuku can tell she doesn't do it because of him. She genuinely likes Katsuki.

Aizawa and All Might like him too, Izuku is sure of it; they're just too busy being overprotective to remember it.

However, despite the frowns and the suspicious eyes, they allow the two of them to spend time alone together because they can also tell how much Katsuki loves Izuku.

So, all things considered, everything's going quite good in Izuku's opinion; he's very happy.

He just misses his friends.

Aizawa gives him a few days off. The first one he spends it with Katsuki in the underworld; he gets to visit him every now and then in that realm.

He's glad he never needed the pomegranate; he's not entirely sure what will happen if he takes a bite of it. Maybe it's time to give it back.

He'll do that next time. At the moment it's safe in his bedroom.

"Dynamight!" Izuku chuckles, hugging every single one of that lovely hound's heads. They're big enough for Izuku to use both arms around them.

He makes a couple of flower crowns for each one of his heads. The hound looks quite happy with them; Izuku does that every time he pays him a visit. Dynamight seems to like all types of flowers.

"He's supposed to look intimidating, you know?" The God of the Dead often watches when Izuku plays with the hell hound. He's trying to sound irritated, but his fond expression betrays him.

"He can still look intimidating," Izuku argues as the huge hound wags his tail.

"If you say so, flower nerd."

"It's time to say Hi to the kids!" Ashido cuts in, carrying that heavy book of her in her arms. The one that has the names of all the people arriving to the Underworld that particular day.

She's excellent at her job and a very good friend too.

Without realizing it, that part has become Izuku's job too, at least whenever he's in that realm; he doesn't mind it. Actually, he enjoys making little kids happy.

Contrary to most adults, the kids' souls get lost, confused, and scared when they appear down there; Izuku does his best to make them feel a bit better.

He also likes to chat for a bit with Kirishima and Kaminari; they're always making him laugh, mostly because they like to make fun of their boss and mention how besotted he is every time they can.

Izuku ends up in Katsuki's bedroom by the end of his visit. They mostly kiss, but the kisses have turned a lot desperate and hungry lately.

It's even worse (better) when they're on his bed and Katsuki is on top of him.

"Is this okay, Izuku?" Katsuki asks, voice turning deeper, lips slightly red because of all the kisses he has given to him in the last hour. His hand is sliding up the demigod's leg before squeezing it.

"Yes, Kacchan," he whispers the name, sounding very pleased with what's going on.

Katsuki seems to love his legs, especially his thighs. Maybe that's why he always gives Izuku side slit dresses; he likes when he can see at least one of Izuku's legs.

He keeps kissing Izuku's neck, the demigod is sure he's leaving a few marks and that he'll have to use the dresses that actually cover his neck for a couple of days.

He doesn't want Aizawa or All Might to see the hickeys.

Izuku has become a little bit bold too; he loves Katsuki's broad shoulders, he especially enjoys feeling his muscles under his fingertips whenever he gets to stroke them as Katsuki keeps kissing him.

"I love you, Izuku."

"I love you too, Kacchan."

There's a knock at the bedroom door that makes Izuku gasp and turn completely red before he gently pushes the god off him.

Katsuki growls.

"It better be something important otherwise I'll kill you!"

"Sorry to interrupt your sweet time with the Queen, boss!" Ashido's amused voice comes from the other side. "But a couple of confused souls are causing trouble outside and they're scaring the kids!"

Katsuki gets off the bed immediately, followed by Izuku.

"Stay here," the god says, voice turning a lot softer as he looks at Izuku again. He takes both his hands and kisses them. "I'll be right back."

Still, Izuku follows him outside and he regrets it when he notices Ashido's eyes staring at his neck and the marks on his leg.

She seems to be enjoying herself.

It's even worse after Katsuki vanishes and leaves the two of them alone.

"Aizawa is not going to be happy with me if he sees those," she mumbles, pointing at Izuku's neck.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm supposed to keep an eye on you two when you're here," she explains with an amused smile. "I'm your chaperone!"

Izuku chuckles, although he does roll his eyes. Of course Aizawa told her to keep an eye on them.

He really does think of everything.

***

On his second day off, Izuku spends it taking care of his field. Uraraka promised to visit him and drink tea with him.

It's been a while since he's seen his friends; the absence of one of them is completely his own fault since Aizawa told him not to talk about Katsuki's courtship in front of him.

So far Uraraka is the only one who has listened to Izuku gush about Katsuki, but she has told him several times he should tell Todoroki as soon as possible.

With those thoughts in mind, he walks down to the river to check on the plants there and make sure all of them enough nutrients from their surroundings.

"I'm glad to finally find you here."

Todoroki's voice doesn't startle him, but it surprises him a little; he wasn't expecting to find him there at that particular hour.

"I've been visiting your field a couple of times this week, hoping to find you," his friend smiles, mismatched eyes glimmering with joy. "But I haven't been lucky until today."

"Sorry, I've been busy," Izuku blushes, feeling slightly guilty for not saying the whole truth.

"I know you're training with Aizawa and All Might," Todoroki grins, taking a few steps closer to Izuku. "I'm glad. Iida has mentioned you have made a lot of progress lately."

The blush spreads down his neck at the compliment; Iida is honestly too kind, Izuku doesn't think he has worked that hard to deserve such kind words.

Besides, he hasn't only trained these past weeks; he's been hanging out with Katsuki a lot.

"My family has missed you. They want to see you again."

"Tell them that I hope to see them soon," Izuku mumbles immediately, feeling bad about that too. "By the way... how is everything at home?"

The demigod presses his lips tightly for a moment, regretting asking that question.

"I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that–"

"It's okay," Todoroki cuts him off, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You can ask me anything you want."

Izuku nods, soft smile tugging the corner of his lips up again.

"Do you have time now?"

"Sure!"

They sit next to the river side as Todoroki talks about the discussion he had with his father. Nothing has actually been resolved between the two, but at least Endeavor won't get close to Izuku again.

"You didn't have to, you know that, right?" The demigod says after a while. "I... that's why I've been training. I can take care of myself."

"I know. But that man has always tried to control every single aspect of my life," Todoroki says, taking a deep breath. "And I'm tired of it. I wanted him to understand that he couldn't make decisions for me anymore."

"You're right," Izuku nods, smiling at him. "I'm really proud of you, Shoto!"

For a moment, it looks like Todoroki is about to reach a hand out to him, but he reconsiders and moves it back.

"What about you? Is the training hard?"

"Absolutely!" He chuckles, prompting Todoroki to laugh with him too. "I mean, we're talking about Aizawa and All Might!"

"I should've guessed. Aizawa used to train me too, and it was anything but easy," he grins as his shoulders relax completely before looking into the demigod's eyes.

"I have to tell you something, Shoto," Izuku begins, feeling nervous out of the sudden. He shouldn't. Todoroki is his friend; he'll be happy for him!

Besides, it looks like things with his father have gotten better so Izuku doesn't see why he should keep hiding information from him.

"What is it?"

"Kacchan started courting me!" He blurts out with a huge smile on his face. "I know you don't like him that much, but he has a good heart and I think we'll be... uhh... Are you okay?"

Todoroki is not moving anymore; he's not even blinking, Izuku is not entirely sure if he's still breathing.

There's no trace of that happy smile on his expression, the one he had just a few minutes ago; he looks like he's in pain.

"Is this... please, tell me you're joking."

"I'm not. I'd never joke about something like that!"

Todoroki looks paler now somehow; a shadow obscures his eyes, and his hands start shaking a little.

"Shoto?"

***

You can read part XXIX, part XXX, part XXXI, part XXXII and part XXXIII on my Patreon already.

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james potter is sixteen the first time he looks at regulus black and sees the most beautiful boy in the world.

he is sixteen when lily's slytherin girlfriend, pandora, leans in as she passes behind him on her way to the supply cupboard in potions and whispers, "chocolate frogs are his favorite."

he's sixteen when he spends a full day walking around hogsmeade with regulus, neither of them saying much and both of them wanting the day to continue. "this isn't a date," regulus insists. "not till i leave my parents."

and sirius said he would never do it.

james is sixteen when regulus first sends him a wink that makes his knees go weak, and he's sixteen when the smallest touch sends shocks through his spine.

"don't hurt my brother," sirius tells him through a bitten-back grin.

"don't get too attached," regulus tells him through a too-sweet smirk.

the black brothers, peter told him once, getting all philosophical as he does, they'll be the death of you. james doesn't think that'd be so bad.

james is sixteen when gryffindor loses the quidditch cup to slytherin. he runs across the field to regulus, but when he goes in for a hug, regulus pulls back, smiling.

"not yet, mon amour," he says, and it's not until marlene dumps her water bottle on his head fifteen minutes later that james fully comes to.

james is sixteen when he goes home for the summer before his seventh year and regulus squeezes his hand before he leaves the train. "soon," he says, and then he's gone. james curls into remus and prays that this means what he thinks it does.

it's a week away from his seventeenth birthday when the owl comes, bringing with it a letter in regulus's perfect scrawl reading, i did it. see you on the first. james spends the entire evening telling first an exhausted sirius and then is mum about all the dates he'll take regulus on once they're together.

james is seventeen on the first of september, and when regulus jumps into his arms, it feels like coming home.

Here me out, hear me out:

✨️remus✨️

Agreed. Remus.