better late than never by bonnia ❤

• word count : 12.7k
• tags : #body swap au #third year tdbk #fluff #light angst #aggressive hand holding
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : the inherent homoeroticism of getting to know someone so intimately in a way that should be impossible but this is bnha so quite literally anything is possible and that includes being able to swap bodies with a rival-turned-crush. yeah.

recapture by kaleid369

• word count : 8.8k
• tags : #age regression/de-aging #toddler!shouto #fluff #soft bakugou katsuki
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : absolutely love bnha for the simple fact that its universe made it canonically possible for all types of quirks thus allowing for there to be an abundance of silly age regression fics. shouto is so cutie in this one and katsuki is well. katsuki but like slightly toned down because his bf just got turned into a toddler

i want you (to want me) by shaekspeares

• word count : 21.7k
• tags : #canon compliant #enemies (rivals) to friends to lovers #idiots in love #introspection
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : the dynamic of early seasons tdbk is seriously so interesting and funny because katsuki is still a little shit who gets angry at everything and shouto (post-sports festival) is much more mellow and like his true self who takes things way too literally (among other things). in other words they're great and stupid (lovingly) and this story captures their early seasons silliness in the best way

loss and recovery by capncapnk

• word count : 6.5k
• tags : #aged-up characters #hurt/comfort #light angst #introspection #dissociation #established relationship #family meetings
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : despite how this fic is a tiny bit angsty, i always think it's cool to read about canon divergent scenarios like this where it allows the author to really analyze a character and their relationship to another, which make for pretty interesting interpretations. tdbk also have a little heart-to-heart moment in this after everything so overall it's cute

without hesitation by xenophonspeaks

• word count : 8.1k
• tags : #near death experience #hurt/comfort #love confessions #fluff #getting together
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : you already know there will be emotions. and going to desperate measures to save the one you love. and then talking it all out in the end causing you both to realize how stupid you were. but what is tdbk if not being idiots in love. (alternatively: katsuki: *is dying*; shouto: *sobbing* don't leave me...; katsuki: i'm sorry. i love you tho; shouto: ???)

appassionato (for a halcyon winter) by bonnia ❤

• word count : 28.7k
• tags : #inspired by shigatsu wa kimi no uso (your lie in april) #pianist!shouto #violinist!katsuki #high school #angst #fluff #hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : combining my favorite bnha pair with one of my top favorite animes (tell me you're a musician without telling me you're a musician) is both the best and worst thing ever only because ylia is fucking sad. but also so beautiful and it's an anime i could rewatch all the time. i really like the way the author went about making this au because it does stick closely to the original anime, but they add in their own scenes and diverge a little so the plot is not completely identical. the whole story was executed so well and if you like ylia definitely give this one a read (p.s., i'm choosing to not use certain tags like the author just in case there are people who've never watched ylia and don't plan to. i don't wanna spoil it—iykyk.)