Thread by @convenientflame

Izuku answers his phone but is met with a heavy silence. He doesn’t hang up. Instead, he waits.

“This is stupid,” Katsuki finally says, breaking the tension just a little.

Izuku doesn’t agree out loud. But it is curious. Strange and unexplainable.

#dkbk exes to lovers

minor character death, grief
(but a hopeful ending)

With a quiet little hum to show he hasn’t hung up, Izuku stays quiet. Tiny noises are loud in his ear as Katsuki shuffles around.

“I don’t why I called. I shouldn’t call you.”

Bristling, Izuku finally speaks up: “Okay. Goodbye, Kacchan.”

But doesn’t even pretend to hang up.

A frustrated groan is the only sound that meets his ears for a long moment.

“My old man. He—” Katsuki finally starts to say before his voice drifts off again.

“I know.”

Despite everything that’s happened between them, ir perhaps because of it, Izuku worries.

Inko had called in a shaky voice only a day earlier and told him about Katsuki’s dad. He never thought Katsuki would call him, but here they are. On the phone, sitting in silence.

A thousand versions of condolences run through Izuku’s mind, but none of them feel right.

“This is fucking stupid,” Katsuki finally bites out. “Makes no damn sense.”

“I know,” Izuku says again. “I’m sorry.”

Even over the phone, Katsuki’s sigh sounds irritated. Izuku waits, half expecting for the connection to go dead whenever Katsuki regrets calling.

((I posted this all at once so idk how the thread broke 😭 but here’s the rest!))

https://twitter.com/convenientflame/status/1619542546488885249