Rec: To Drink a Thousand Needles by Ihavecoldhands

Title: To Drink a Thousand Needles

Author: Ihavecoldhands

Canon: My Hero Academia

Pairing: Touya Todoroki/Keigo Takami

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 32,429

Summary: “My reason for helping the League of Villains? Well, a long time ago, I had a friend.” Hawks says, smiling widely at Kurogiri. “It’s a common story. Bullied kid meets another bullied kid, they become each other’s first and best friend, bullied kid #1 finds out bullied kid #2’s abuser is actually a hero, and so bullied kid #1 decides that hero society needs to be destroyed.” Hawks first meets Todoroki Touya when he is eleven years old, on a humid afternoon by a concrete staircase. He meets the villain Dabi eleven years later, on a chilly evening by a decaying building.

Recommendation: This was so wonderful!! Touya and Hawks are the most adorable, and it hurts so much that anything terrible happened to them. I love that they are both like, no that would be creepy if we still loved each other while all the while they totally still love each other or at the very least have falling in love again. I love Hawks relationship with Shouto, too!

Link to the Story on AO3

Recommendation #2,756