Warning! This is an angst, but of course because it's me there is a happy ending!

Note: Ryu is short for Ryunosuke - not massively important but just something I thought I'd say.

Requested by: something12345678hi

Quirk: Shadow Control

"WHAT IS THIS?" Endeavour screamed at me, holding up my positive pregnancy test. I was currently at my boyfriends house, however he was out at a UA alumni reunion party, although he told me that Endeavour wouldn't be home. Unfortunately for me however, he was. I had taken a pregnancy test at my house and had brought it along with me to his, ready to show him and hope that he'd be happy about it, although it was now that Endeavour was screaming at me; he had never taken a liking towards me.

Shoto was my boyfriend, the two of us having gotten together when he was in his first year of UA. I had gone to a different high school, but we met through our mutual friend Izuku Midoriya, and we had been happy together for the past four years. It was by accident that I had gotten pregnant, as I was on the pill but of course it isn't 100% effective.

Endeavour was beyond furious, and I was already scared of the man so right now I was pathetically cowering in the corner. How dare someone like him be called the number one pro hero. "Shoto, my successor, can NOT be held back by a child! He must focus on his own path! You and your child will be too weak, too weak to carry on my success. If you know what's good for you girlie, I suggest you leave!"

"N-no! I love Shoto-,"

"HOW DARE YOU! You are not worthy of him! I will find him someone who can give him powerful offspring. Now I suggest you leave him, leave this place and let him live happily without you or your weak child, unless you want to face the consequences," Endeavour threatened, lighting his arms on fire. He wasn't really threatening me like this... was he? Would he really go that far?

"I can't leave Shoto!" I tried to shout in defence. He suddenly grabbed my wrist, the heat of his hand burning my skin immediately. I screamed out in pain, tears leaking from my eyes as his hands burnt me, and after what felt like too long me he let go of my arm and pushed me to the floor, my eyes flowing with tears.

I looked at my arm to see it horribly blistering, the skin looking utterly deformed. I looked up at the man - no - the monster who was towering over me. In my eyes, this man was a villain, not a hero. "I'll give you 200,000 yen. Stay away from Shoto, do not contact him and do not tell him of this child, unless you want the child to go through the same thing," he nodded down at my blistering and painful arm. I gulped, realising that that was the truth - if I did stay here Endeavour was going to hurt my baby, his own sons baby. I had no other option, as much as it pained me.

I though back to that time often. It had been five years and during the first I was a horrible mess. It had been the most painful year of my life, and it made me wonder whether it was the right thing to do or not. 'Of course it was, Endeavour threatened to hurt Ryu if I didn't move away,' I scoffed internally. Our four year old, Ryu, was currently in primary school and I was waiting for him in the playground. He looked a lot like his fathers right side: he had metallic grey eyes, shiny white hair and an infectious playful smile. He had a mix of our quirks though, he could create shadow people that could shoot ice, basically having the ability to form his own army of right-sided Shoto's.

My heart ached for Shoto. Not a day had gone by where I didn't think of him or miss him terribly. Ryu would often come up to me and ask why I was crying, and sometimes that only made me cry more. I tried my best to put on a brave face for my son, but it was just too difficult sometimes.

I had heard that Shoto had been trying to track me ever since my disappearance. Midoriya had somehow managed to get in contact with me, and I confided in him, telling him everything about the situation. It was fair to say he was shocked, and after half an hour of crying over the phone and begging him not to tell Shoto, he finally agreed, especially when I told him Endeavour had threatened to injure Ryu.

I left Shoto a note before I disappeared - probably not the best thing but I wasn't sure what else to do, especially with Ryu's life on the line. In that note I told him that I loved him dearly, and that I would never stop loving him, but that I had to go away for reasons he couldn't know. I promised him that I would be safe and that I would miss him more then anything else. Midoriya had told me that Shoto was broken, borderline hysterical, and hearing that both surprised and hurt me.

I had spent the last four years being confused, wondering about what would've happened if Shoto had come home that day before Endeavour did, and found me first so I was able to tell him the news. I wondered what life would've been like had he of known and had I of not been threatened by the so called number one pro hero.

"Mummy!" Ryu's voice came and I opened my eyes to see my four year old son running up to me. I smiled brightly, his arms soon wrapped around my waist.

"Ryu, did you have a good day at school?" I asked him, rustling his hair playfully as the two of us left the playground. He held onto my hand tightly and nodded enthusiastically, beginning to ramble on about how he designed his own superhero costume today. He was always so cheerful, which was something that made me feel better whenever I was feeling down, which was often. His cuddles and playful stories always made me smile, and I was so thankful to have him in my life.

- Timeskip -

Ryu and I were in our new, fairly small flat that was in a complex just at the edge of a large city. My job required me to move away from the small town, which I was sad about leaving but I'd now be earning more money which Ryu knew and understood, now that he was seven. "Have you finished unpacking?" I asked, leaning against the doorframe to his room.

"Almost!" He said, scattering stuffed animals all over his bed.

"How about we get a takeaway tonight. I don't really feel like cooking," I said and his smile grew larger.

"Really? Yes please!" He beamed, jumping off his bed and hugging me tightly. My heart swelled whenever he hugged me, and I wrapped my arms around his small body and knelt to his height to properly hold him.

After a fortnight Ryu had settled into his new school, which I was thankful for. He was telling me all about his day as we walked back to our flat from his school, his grip on my hand tight. We were chatting about his new friends, and I was so lost in conversation that I wasn't paying attention to the world around me. That was until...

"(y/n)?" A recognisable voice suddenly said, it being much closer then I expected. My body went rigid and I looked up to see the man I never thought I'd see ever again. Shoto, Ryu's father, stood before the pair of us wearing an expressions filled with many different emotions. My heart was feeling it too, as love, confusion, happiness, heartbreak, sadness, guilt, relief and many other feelings coursed through my body all at the same time.

"Mummy?" Ryu caught my attention, nervously looking at Shoto. Shoto was standing unbelievably still, apparently unsure on what to do or say. My mind was fogged, I too didn't know what to do as I never expected anything like this to happen.

Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, I felt warm arms wrap themselves around me tightly. Immediately I started to cry, wrapping my arms around him also, burying my head into his neck and breathing in his familiar scent. I had missed it, missed him, much more then I thought I had. I wailed against him and heard him crying also, his grip on me being tight and strong.

A moment later I felt a tugging against my top, and pulled away from Shoto to look down at a very confused Ryu. "Mummy, what's going on?" He asked.

"S-sorry Ryu, sweetie," I mumbled, ruffling his head.

"(y/n)... why did you... do you know how much you hurt me?" Shoto's attitude suddenly changed, his teeth gritted, his head down and his bangs covering his eyes that were still leaking tears. Heartbreak and guilt were washing over me in buckets, and I didn't really know how to tell him. Out here in the middle of the street definitely wasn't the place to do it.

"S-Shoto... I-I can't explain it here... my apartment is round the corner, come inside and I promise to tell you everything. I understand if you won't forgive me, but please let me explain everything," I whispered, trying to keep my cool. I was surprised when he nodded, admittedly expecting him to make a scene.

"Would your boyfriend mind?" Shoto suddenly said bitterly. I knew he was referring to Ryu, obviously not realising that Ryu was his own son and not someone else's.

"I-I don't have a boyfriend Shoto. Please just come back and I'll explain everything," I hiccoughed, gripping onto Ryu's hand. He was still so obviously confused, but I assured him not to worry as the rest of the (thankfully short) walk back to the apartment was quiet. Ryu was obviously nervous about the stranger following us, and I was too, my feelings were going haywire and my heart was beating like crazy. I knew I was going to burst into tears soon but I held it in for my sons sake.

When we reached the apartment I told Ryu to go and play in his room for a while and that I would explain everything later. When I came back into the lounge I saw Shoto standing there awkwardly, his eyes red and puffy. Immediately tears feel from my eyes as he looked at me with a lost expression, and there was clearly only one question on his mind: why?

"(y/n), you have no idea how much you hurt me that day. And to just leave a note? You didn't even say goodbye! If you didn't want me then you could've just broken up with me! Not only that but you just disappeared! Do you know how hard I tried looking for you? I only gave up about a year ago when I finally came to my senses and realised that you left for a reason. I need to know that reason (y/n), I demand to know!" He shouted desperately. I had to grip onto the wall to stop me falling to the ground in a heap as I cried, but I was nodding, trying to say through gasps that I would tell him everything.

Once I had managed to find my voice again I took his hands and sat him down on the sofa. I wasn't sure how he felt about having physical contact, but after the tight hug earlier and the way he was gripping onto my hands now it made me think that he had missed it as much as I had.

"I know that no matter how much I apologise that you will never forgive me, but I want to say it anyway. I'm sorry Shoto, I'm so sorry. I didn't leave because I had stopped loving you, I didn't leave because I didn't want to be with you-,"

"Then why-,"

"Please let me finish!" I begged and he stopped talking, then nodded to show he was listening. "What I'm about to tell you... it'll surprise you. A-and please let me finish talking before you say anything, I want to explain everything, I want to get everything off of my chest because for the past seven years it's been haunting and weighing me down. I know I hurt you Shoto, immensely, and you don't know how sorry I am for it. I hurt myself in the exact same away, but I needed to escape."

"Escape?" Shoto interrupted, confused.

"Y-yes... escape. Shoto, I want you to know that everything I said in that letter was true. That I still love you, even now, and I don't know whether you want to hear that or not but it's the truth. I still love you and I always have, I missed you like crazy," I could tell he was about to interrupt me so I spoke quicker. "But I had to leave because I was pregnant."

His eyes widened and his mouth hung open. He pulled his hands away from mine and collapsed his back against the sofa. "Ryu is your child Shoto." It was obvious he was having trouble letting this sink in, and I didn't blame him. I knew now that I needed to tell him absolutely everything, despite knowing that every inch of what I was about to say would shock him to his very core. "I had symptoms a few weeks before your UA reunion, a-and, well, it was that day that I took the test and it came out positive. I waited in your house for your return, b-but your father found me first. He found the test, and he threatened me, he said that if I didn't leave you and the city that he'd hurt me and Ryu when he was born." A look of pure horror was written on Shoto's face as he learnt the truth. "He threatened and bribed me to leave, a-and he also..." I lifted up my sleeve to reveal the burn scar Endeavour had left behind on my arm.

Shoto audibly gasped and I could tell by the look on his face that he was having incredible trouble letting all of this sink in. "I'm sorry I only left a note, that was foolish of me. I've regretted the way I left things for the past seven years, but I didn't want to risk coming back incase he... incase he hurt Ryu like this, or if not worse. So... so that's why I left. I'm sorry Shoto... and I understand if you can never forgive me, I don't forgive myself and I never will, but it'll never stop me from being sorry," I realised just how much I was crying once I had finished telling him everything.

He remained frozen, both shocked and horrified at the truth. I could see anger boiling up inside of him at the realisation that his father was to blame for everything. He clutched onto his hair and let out a shout, seemingly just to get his furious emotions out. "I'm gonna kill that bastard," he growled. "I'm gonna kill him! How can he be so backwards? I'm-," he started letting out shouts again, having to scream into a pillow to try and calm himself.

It pained me to see him so hurt and angry, and after about five minutes of him constantly screaming, he lifted his head from the pillow. His eyes were brimming with tears as he looked up at me, and in less then a second he had pulled me into his embrace.

I clung onto him as though my life depended on it. The last time I felt this happy was back when Ryu was born. Feeling Shoto's arms wrapped around me tightly made me feel complete, made me feel whole, and when he kept whispering in my ear that I had nothing to apologise for I couldn't help but burst into tears as I still felt an immense weight of guilt upon my shoulders. We spent an emotional ten minutes in each others hold, our head buried in each others next and our bodies so close that not even a sheet of paper could pass through.

He kept on whispering sweet nothings into my ear, rubbing my back as I gripped the back of his jacket tightly. "M-mummy?" Ryu's quiet voice sounded, making Shoto and I pull apart. "What's going on... why are you crying?" He was obviously worried and incredibly cautious of Shoto. Shoto looked at Ryu, desperate longing in his eyes as he realised he was looking at his son.

"Ryu... come here sweetie, this is someone very important that you need to meet," I said, holding my hand out. Carefully Ryu approached and I knelt down to his height, a smile plastered on my teary face. "This is going to be quite a shock Ryu... but this here is Shoto Todoroki, or in other words, your father."

I looked up at Shoto who was staring down at Ryu, not knowing how to act. I could tell Shoto was nervous, and I didn't blame him, after all it was just an hour ago that he had no idea he had a son. After a moment however, Ryu had his arms wrapped around Shoto's waist. He too was crying now, and immediately Shoto knelt down and wrapped his arms around the little boy. "I'm so sorry I haven't been here for you Ryu..."

"It's okay... I kinda heard what you and mummy were talking about," he admitted, his arms wrapped around Shoto tightly. I was thankful that Ryu didn't blame Shoto for him not being there, and I'm glad he was able to understand why. Together the three of us knelt, holding onto each other tightly in a warm embrace. We spent most of the afternoon and evening like that, the three of us cuddled on the sofa, father and son getting to know each other whilst I watched. Tears of happiness and rejoice leaked from my eyes, and I had never smiled so much in the past seven years.

It had reached Ryu's bedtime but he didn't want to go, and I had already expected that. "Ryu, how about I tuck you in?" Shoto said, standing up. Ryu immediately followed suit, nodding and leading Shoto towards his bedroom. After a moment I followed the two and peeked through the door, seeing Shoto helping Ryu get settled down into bed. He was speaking to our son softly, but I couldn't quite hear what he was saying until he said a final goodnight.

Shoto stepped out of Ryu's room to face me directly, shutting the door behind him. "I love him so much already," he let out in a whisper and I couldn't help but smile.

"I'm glad... Shoto, I'm so sorry-,"

"Stop. Stop saying that word, you have nothing to be sorry about. Please- just..." he sighed. I could tell he was still hurt by everything, but I was glad he understood why I had to leave. "Can I kiss you?"

I was surprised by this question, my eyes widening with pure joy and I couldn't help but nod. Immediately he had his arms wrapped around me, lowering his head towards mine and as soon as our lips pressed against each other, it felt as though I had gone to heaven. His lips were warm, familiar and inviting, and this kiss felt even better than our first. "I love you (y/n)," he whispered, then burying his head in my neck.

"I love you too Shoto," I mumbled, knowing that if I had anymore tears left in my body, I'd be crying.

- Timeskip -

It had been a week since we were back in each others lives, and Ryu and Shoto were getting along perfectly. Shoto had stayed with us in our flat for the week, helping us pack up once more as we had decided to move in with him. We were a couple once again, and Ryu had claimed that he had never seen me this happy before. Currently however, whilst Ryu was at school, Shoto and I were on the train and heading to his fathers house, him being desperate to confront the man. "Shoto, I'm scared," I whispered, gripping his hand and holding onto my scarred arm.

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you or Ryu, that's a promise," he said confidently. It was beyond obvious that Shoto was furious with his father, and I was too, after all he was the cause of us both being miserable over the past seven years. Shoto however had a gleam in his eyes that looked like he wanted to kill his father. I was not only nervous about being face to face with Endeavour again, but also nervous about what Shoto would do to him.

After an hours train ride we had reached our stop, and hand in hand we walked towards his old home. I was shivering with nerves whilst Shoto was shivering in anger, and I was scared he was going to let it completely consume him when he was faced with his father again. He knocked on the door and slowly I stepped behind Shoto, unsure if I could actually bare facing the man who threatened me.

The door opened to reveal the kind face of Fuyumi, however Shoto didn't return her smile. "(y-y/n)?" She was shocked when she saw me peeking over Shoto's shoulder.

"Where is he?" Shoto demanded.

"I-In his office, why?" Fuyumi asked but Shoto didn't say anything else and dragged me behind him before I had a chance to say anything or explain myself to Fuyumi. He dragged me through the house, Fuyumi calling out to the pair of us as we went. Shoto burst open the door to his dads office, Endeavour looking up from his desk immediately to see who had intruded without knocking.

"YOU BASTARD!" Shoto shouted immediately. I hid behind Shoto but Endeavour still spotted me behind him. Fuyumi also ran into the room, wondering what the hell was going on. "How dare you even think you can threaten (y/n)! How dare you send her away all those years ago! HOW DARE YOU THREATEN TO HURT HER AND MY SON!"

"Y-you're what?" Fuyumi stood, shocked as Endeavour stood up, his fists clenched.

"I told you not to come back, girlie-,"

"SHUT UP! If you think I'm going to let you come anywhere near her or Ryu then you've got another thing coming! You're a bastard, a horrible person who is not worthy of being the number one hero if you threaten to hurt the girl I love! You fucking bastard! No wonder Touya left! No wonder your children and wife hate you! Have you ever, ever stopped to think about how you treat others? No of course not, because you're a hollow, pathetic excuse of a man, you're a fucking bastard and I'm ashamed to say I'm related to you!" Shoto spat.

"Y-you threatened to hurt (y/n)?" Fuyumi asked her father behind us.

"You're worthy of someone more powerful Shoto, so you can create powerful children-,"

"SHUT UP! I don't give a damn about any of that! Your twisted, backwards way of thinking is why everyone hates you! If you ever, EVER think about coming near (y/n), Ryu or me ever again I swear to god I will kill you, you old, pathetic excuse of a father. I will never, ever let you think you can threaten or hurt (y/n) or my son."

"You're the reason (y/n) left? You were going to hurt her...?" Fuyumi seemed to be having trouble letting all of this sink in. Endeavour on the other hand remained silent, apparently shocked at Shoto's outburst.

"If I ever see your ugly face in person ever again, know that I will make sure you're career ends right then and there, permanently. I will make the whole country, the whole world hate you. I'm going to live my life with the woman I love and the son I didn't know I had thanks to you and your twisted way of thinking."

I was shocked at the intensity of Shoto's shouting at his father, but I agreed with everything he had said. Without letting Endeavour speak one more word, he pulled me out of his office. A second later we were both surprised to hear Fuyumi shouting at Endeavour also, before she too stormed out and ran to catch up with the two of us. We had now managed to get outside in the garden of the house when she caught up with us, panting. "Shoto... (y/n)... you have a son?"

Shoto was too busy trying to calm himself down after his rant at his father, so I took the lead in the conversation. "Y-yes... Endeavour found out before Shoto could all those years ago and threatened mine and his life, that's the reason I left," I told her everything, and she gave me a tight hug once I had finished.

"Can I meet him?" Fuyumi asked, hopeful.

"Of course you can-,"

"Not right now though," Shoto interrupted and her face fell a little. "You can this weekend. We're still in the process of moving all of your stuff to my house remember? It'll be easier once you're fully moved in. This weekend Fuyumi, for sure."

"I can't wait! I'm so happy for the two of you, and I'm so glad you're back," Fuyumi gave me one last hug before Shoto and I headed back to the train station to head home before Ryu finished school.

"Thank you Shoto," I mumbled, holding onto his arm. He was still having difficulty calming down, but he suddenly stopped in the street. I looked up at him, confused and worried, but he turned to me with a teary smile.

"I'll protect you and Ryu with my life, you know that, right?" He asked, cupping my cheeks and looking deep into my (e/c) eyes.

"Yes Shoto, I do know that," I nodded.

"I'll never let that man anywhere near you two."

"I know that too."

We both shared a short but sweet kiss, both happy we could finally start our lives together, properly, as a family living happily under one roof.