Aizawa tells Eri fantastical stories about how he lost his leg.
“A dragon bit it off,” He tells her with a nod at the cane that’s already decorated with Eri’s stickers. “I barely felt it.”
He isn’t sure if she believes him but at least she doesn’t know the truth.
He can’t bring himself to ever tell her- that the real reason it’s gone is because he had to cut it off himself to stop the spread of the quirk erasing bullet, a bullet made from Eri’s own body.
He’d much rather her think that a dragon bit it off, as illogical as it sounds.
No one else is allowed to tell her.
“What kind of dragon was it?” Eri presses him one morning when Aizawa’s still in the rehab hospital. “What color?”
“Red,” Aizawa immediately answers. “It was a big one. It didn’t breathe fire but it had the biggest teeth I’ve ever seen.”
“It didn’t breathe fire?“ Eri is incredulous. For a six year old, she’s smart. She’s probably never heard of a dragon that doesn’t breathe fire.
So Aizawa tells Mic to get her a book on dragons and he brings back a huge, thick hardcover book that Eri immediately delves into.
The girl can barely read and she’s got her nose in this huge 500-page book filled with pictures and stories about dragons. Aizawa has to help her with words every few seconds and eventually she curls up with him on the hospital bed so they can read together.
At one point, Aizawa sees a picture of a giant red dragon with huge teeth.
"That one,” He says, pointing at it. Next to him, Eri startles, turns her wide red eyes to the drawing. “That’s the one that bit my leg off. But I won.”
“Woah,” Eri cooes, staring at the picture as she holds the giant book in her tiny little hands. “Those teeth are big. Did you kill it?”
“No,” Aizawa says, thinking of Shigaraki. “But he won’t be coming back anytime soon.”
At least, that’s what he hopes.
Aizawa can hope, can’t he? He can as long as Eri’s here, curled up at his side, her mind full of ideas and images of dragons. She’s probably picturing the battle right now, of Aizawa fighting a giant red dragon.
It doesn’t hurt her to let her believe this.
But it would hurt her if she knew the truth.
So Aizawa lets her believe that some fantasy creature bit his leg off- because he doesn’t want her to know that it was a bullet made from her own body that made him cut it off.
As long as Aizawa has a say in it, she’ll never find out.
Whenever she becomes skeptical…
…He’ll just make up another story for her.
summary: can you do a reddie x daughter, halloween w the losers edition?
A/N: I’m sorry it’s so short, I hope you still like it though!
Ellie bit from her candy covered apple, hurrying to wipe away a piece of chocolate that broke off from the rest of the snack and onto her costume, hoping her dad hadn’t caught on. A quick peek up proved that he hadn’t, to busy gripping her hand so tightly her skin turned white around the pressure. Her pops, on her other side, was holding onto her shoulder, talking with uncle Stan, ushering her closer any time Ellie slightly stayed from his side.
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When it comes to your writing, you are allowed to do the following:
Be proud of your work.
Have fun.
Enjoy the process.
Celebrate milestones no matter what they are, whether that’s 100 words written in a day, 5k words finished this week, or a final draft.
Take breaks.
Rest.
Do other things that have nothing to do with writing.
Work as fast or as slow as you like.
Write “cliches”.
Outline.
Fly by the seat of your pants.
Partly-outline it and fly by the seat of your pants the rest of the way.
Rewrite.
Write to publish.
Write with no intention to publish.
Write for only yourself alone.
Feel free to add on!
Aizawa and Eri sketch
here’s chapter two! this is dedicated to @stardustsroses , happy (late) birthday my love!! <3
masterlist | ao3 | part 1
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Cassia.
Her named suited her. Soft. Ethereal.
Awkwardly, Manon extended her hand in an offer to help her up from her cowered position. Cassia’s stare immediately glued to the razor sharp nails curving wickedly from her pale fingers.
“I won’t hurt you,” she repeated again, cursing the touch of shame that sent a pang down to her very core. Since when did she feel bad about her terrifying exterior?
Cassia visibly swallowed, nodding hesitantly before accepting Manon’s hand, her body so light Manon barely had to exert any energy pulling her up.
“Um, I-” she stammered, timidly meeting her gaze. “Thank you for not killing me.”
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do i need to say more
I was shocked when I realized this 😳
I haven’t posted snippets from my WIPs in a while so here have a few lines where Zenobia is being 100% that bitch, as a treat
Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “run” (or “ran”) in your writing? Try using these words instead:
sprint / sprinted
dash / dashed
dart / darted
bolt / bolted
race / raced
speed / sped
hurry / hurried
jog / jogged
bound / bounded
hustle / hustled
scurry / scurried
tear / tore
rush / rushed
charge / charged
barrel / barreled
zoom / zoomed
scuttle / scuttled
scamper / scampered
book it / booked it
leg it / legged it