When I'm With Them, I'm Free

please read!!

hello, im alphabetcereal :))

i decided to add my fanfiction onto wattpad (after it being on the website, archive of our own, since december 2020) during a time of boredom, as well for the hope this will allow more people to read and enjoy my fanfic!!

because of this and the absolute love i have for ao3's tagging system, i will leave the tags (the descriptors for the specific fanfic, for example, friends to lovers) and/or information down below ↓↓

rating:

teen and up audiences (with no specific archive warnings)

fandom:

boku no hero academia/my hero academia

relationships:

(in case you don't know, using the "&" between two characters means platonic relationship/friendship, while using the "/" between two characters means a romantic and/or sexual relationship)

shoto todoroki/reader

izuku midoriya & shoto todoroki

characters (that are mentioned most):

shoto todoroki

izuku midoriya

ochako uraraka

mina ashido

(this includes the reader, as well!)

tags:

- fluff and angst

- shoto todoroki is bad at feelings (ofc he is)

- angst comes a bit later

-  eventual happy ending

- slow burn (kind of??)

- i'm bad at tagging

- pining

- mutual pining

- denial of feelings

- failed love confession

- follows most recent arcs in the manga

- but there will be a non-canon arc at some point

- gender-neutral  pronouns (for the reader) (please check the "also" on this page)

- friends to lovers

- the story starts mid-year because shoto and [name] didn't talk too much before

- i have edited the summary multiple times (but do not worry because the story has stayed the same the entire time)

-when i said 'kind of' on the slow burn i didn't mean it (its more of a 'taking a long time to make it official even tho they do datey stuff)

here are some warnings when reading this story as well:

- mha manga spoilers (though it's not 100% manga accurate)

- mentions of blood, as well as murder

- past child abuse

- and other warnings that will be stated before the chapter begins

also:

gender-neutral pronouns (they/them) are used for the reader, as well as descriptions with overall appearance (for example, height, eye color, hair).

[edit 8/8/21: there  used to be a scene where the reader was using the same washroom as the girls. bc it was unimportant, i just deleted it. it was made before i went through and tried to make my fic more inclusive for people who weren't a girl/wasn't comfortable with she/her pronouns]

update schedule:

updates are every other saturday at 1/2pm ET

(a few other time zones down here ↓↓)

12/1pm CT

11am/12pm MT

10/11am PT

final notes:

i am 100% open to consturctive critisim (as i am young and still learning). i and also open to being called a dummy for spelling errors LMAO, or being corrected/eduacted on things if need-be.

but, i will not tolerate any mean people (ha) because i am simply on here because i enjoy writing!! and i really hope that we can all just be kind to each other :)

that is all i have to say besides i really hope you enjoy my fanfiction! and..

HAPPY READING <3 <3

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[6/24/21] PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM GOING THROUGH AND CLEANING AS OF RIGHT NOW!! i once all currently posted chapters are cleaned all the way, i will update on here

[7/3/21] because i am currently on vacation, i don't have my computer. i'm trying to continue editing and writing without it, but it VERY difficult to paste the cleaned text from ao3 onto wattpad without going through and cleaning it again. i might edit and clean more of the previous mistakes i made with this fanfic on the initial website it was put onto, and will paste them onto here later. or i might just go through and edit them both at the same time. either way, i'll try.

4/17 + newest chapter(s) have been cleaned