Siren Song (All Might x Reader)

Chapter 28: Brienne

All of those people at the prison with quirks you'd drained, the money and time spent on you because of what they thought your quirk could do. All of it. A waste.

Your tears dried eventually and the sadness and panic ebbed, replaced by a deep and inescapable self loathing.

"Why can't anything ever work out?" You whispered to yourself, not hearing the door open and close behind you, or the footsteps that approached you. You leaned your head against the railing of the stairs, sighing and closing your eyes.

You were only broken from your trance when the figure sat beside you, forcing a Capris Sun into your hands. You opened your eyes to look at it, and then looked at Brienne as she peeled the straw off of hers.

"You used to love these nasty things. You'd drink like four a day." Brienne murmured, aggressively stabbing the straw into hers. " You'd leave the reinflated pouches everywhere in our room and it drove me nuts. Remember the time you drank two whole boxes in one day and got sick? I always thought they were so nasty... but after you left for some reason I couldn't stop drinking them."

You couldn't help the small smile that turned at the corners of your lips, your worries momentarily forgotten in the comforting presence of your friend. "They aren't nasty, you just don't have refined taste like I do."

She laughed heartily and took a loud slurp of her drink. "I guess I must've gotten more refined with age, cuz they aren't as nasty as I used to think they were. A lot of things have changed with age..."

You nodded somberly. The two of you sat, the silence only broken up by the occasional slurp of a capris sun.

"I really didn't mean to hurt you, Bri... Or run away... I just thought- after what I did I thought maybe it would be better if you never saw me again, that you thought I was dead. I didn't want to have to face the mess I made. I guess it was pretty cowardly."

"Yeah- it really was. But now you're here, you're alive and well, and that's all I care about." She sighed, bumping your shoulder with her own. "What have you been doing now, anyways?"

"Well... Up until a month or so ago I was just living in the ocean. Then All Might contacted me and I started working at his agency. It's a temporary thing, but-"

"When did you start dating him?" She butted in, a bright smile on her face.

"How did you know we are dating?" You asked, rolling your eyes as a bright blush broke out onto your cheeks.

"It's totally in the body language. I could tell as soon as I walked in. He looks at you so intensely. He must be crazy in love." She gushed.

"He does not. We've only been together for a few days!" You argue, punching her arm to get her to stop teasing you.

"What?? Only a few days? I could swear you two were engaged already or something." She pinched your side mischievously. "Do you guys live near each other? Do you have an apartment? Where are you living, anyways?"

"Uh- we actually... live together..." You mumbled.

"WHAT?? OH MY GOD GET! IT! GIRL!" She screamed, slapping your arm. "HOW BIG IS HE? WAIT! I WANNA GUESS? EIGHT INCHES? TEN?"

"BRI! SHUT UP! HE'LL HEAR YOU!! We haven't even done anything yet!!!" You tried in vain to cover her loud mouth, but she used her quirk to ghost right through your fingers.

"Nah! You're totally getting dicked down good! Is that why you look so good after living in the ocean forever? Is his dick giving you life?"

"Can you stoooop?" You groaned, flopping back on the porch. "I only look good because Saffron made me look good."

Brienne quickly followed suit, chuckling all the while. "Sorry, sorry. I was getting carried away. I just missed you."