Best Short My Hero Academia Fanfics
My Hero Academia novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short My Hero Academia Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length My Hero Academia fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
landscape after cruelty
by ohwickedsoul
“Bakugo, you need to update your costume.” Kirishima said, “There’s this one dude in the support class- he’s got a literal waiting list, that’s how good he is- but he did my new upgrade."“Yeah,” Bakugo sighs and leans back on his hands, staring at the bracer. “I know. I’ll go,” his mouth twists a li
Lifeline
by SilvermistAnimeLover
Midoriya Izuku has always had a sharp mind. He aims to transfer to the U.A. Heroics course from the Support Course. He knows he’s smart enough to get in, and he’s always been gifted with making things. He just never thought his items would be of use to him before U.A.Tsukauchi Naomasa never expected
"what's your type?"
by sapphicflower
“Congratulations on getting nine out of ten questions correct! Without further ado, let’s move on to the last question..” Hanazawa paused for dramatic effect as the lights dimmed and the spotlights overhead honed in on their podiums.“What is … your hero partner’s type?”A brief silence.“‘Type?’” Izuk
We Wear Chains on the Weekend
by surveycorpsjean
Well, in a day of revelations, it turns out that Izuku isn't as vanilla as Katsuki previously thought. Unfortunately, that fascinating discovery is overshadowed by Izuku's dumbassery, because he has zero concept of aftercare. "Don't go to anyone else," Katsuki says, because screw it. He can do a bet
Surprises
by MikeWritesThings
Moving into the dorms, the students get to witness a side of their teacher they didn’t even know had existed--a side much softer, and, dare they say, human, than any of them had ever expected to see.(Or, 5 things class 1-A never expected from Aizawa, and 1 thing he never expected from them.)
Second Lap Around The Block
by teaandtumblr
“No.” It’s a fair response. “And you found him because…?” An even better response. Hawks isn’t in the mood to answer it though. “I heard a cry; I was first on scene.” Naomasa nods and everyone else buys the tale. They’re all looking at one thing only. Specifically, the A-Rank villain known a
hiding in plain sight
by saturnsorbit
denki: IM THE FIRST ONE OF THE BAKUSQUAD TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP?????????katsuki: try a-fucking-gaini’ve been in a relationship for two fuckin years dumbassi’m always number 1 motherfuckershanta: IM SORRY WHAT DID U JUST SAY (a.k.a. katsuki and izuku are dating, they thought everyone knew. apparentl
If I'm Being Honest....
by I_dont_know_man
Midoriya scrunched up his nose in confusion. “Uh, Shouto, why are you glaring at me like that?”“I-” Todoroki began to lie, until nausea slammed him like a door to any room that Bakugou entered. “I--” Todoroki grit his teeth, and glared daggers into the wall behind Midoriya. Goodbye, friendship.
The Different Ways In Which I Can Call You Mine
by EquinoxSolstice
Apparently, Bakugou Katsuki is the kind of person that uses pet names when he's in a serious relationship. Who knew?Certainly not Izuku. But he would have sincerely appreciated the head's up.Because he's seriously dying right now.
Living with Thorns Crushing My Heart
by writerllofllworlds
He was not an idiot, and soon enough, he noticed it too. When Mina broke up with Kiri, Katsuki was the first one at his side. He stayed in the redhead’s room for hours, consoling him and giving him a shoulder to cry on. He canceled training with Izuku to get Kirishima back on his feet. He pushed bac
Overworked & Underfucked
by Kumikirin
“It’s just not manly to leave your bro like this, after knowing he can’t do anything about it, you know?” Kirishima blabbers some kind of bullshit excuse, and the worst part is that it looks like he’s totally convinced of it. “It’s just a— handjob,” he stumbles over the word, the weight of what he’s
slow it down (go easy on me)
by newamsterdam
It’s at that moment that Bakugou realizes something is very, very wrong. He glances down at himself and sees scars he’s never had before along his arms, little nicks and scratches he’d never have been oblivious to. When he reaches up, his limbs feel longer, and as he staggers to his feet he stands s
Schrödinger's cat
by AyzuLK
The cat is in the closed box, with a 50% chance of being alive and a 50% chance of being dead. According to the principle of uncertainty in quantum physics, he is alive and dead until someone opens the box.Izuku doesn't want to open the box.ORIzuku didn’t return home after school. Two months later h
history has its eyes on you
by aloneintherain
Midoriya looked over the occupants of the room with butter soft eyes. “We should do this again. Seeing everyone in one place … it’s like we’re back in school again.”Todoroki said, “It feels like a family reunion.” (Social media fic, counting down the five months to Class 1-A's ten year reunion.)
nothing's gonna hurt you, baby.
by supercrunch
His assailant leaps at him while he's distracted. Izuku shoves him on instinct, and the stranger shrieks when he hits the ground. He tries to roll over. There’s a vegetable knife sticking out of his back.“Fuck,” says Izuku. “Fuck, oh god, I killed someone.”(Izuku does have a quirk - it's the power t
A Trip Up No-Memory Lane
by acernor
Midoriya loses his memory to a villain's quirk in senior year and re-meets his classmates for the first time. With 20x the confidence, he takes absolutely 0% of Bakugo's shit, and pushes back when Bakugo tries to push him around. Bakugo likes it.Uraraka/Asui is the side pairing.
I Exist, in You
by Acchidocchi
"Having a quirk like this, it's worse than not having one at all," the doctor says, handing some papers over to Inko, whose worried expression has not once wavered. "You'll have to keep a close eye on him to prevent him from hurting himself."Izuku tunes the doctor out.With a quirk like this, he is
You Think We Need One More?
by brichibi
Bakugou, Kirishima, and Kaminari are living their best, twenty-something-year-old life. Nice, spacious house. Attractive roommates to split the mortgage with. Video game discounts. Pizza. Sex. Did we mention sex, because yeah, that's happening on the regular. But things take a turn for the "hot damn
Yikes™
by Powerhh
Iida added All Might Jr, Uravity, Zuko, knuckles, electabuzz, Alien Queen, tentacool, sugar spice, Prince Charming™, Snow White, duct tape dude, o shit waddup, Edgelord, bassic, Momo, karate kid, Invisible Girl and grape grabber to the chatIida: I thought it would be a good idea to keep track of the
you vs the guy he told you not to worry about
by deadwriter16
Kacchan grins and says, “this is the best day of my fucking life.”“Bakugou!” Iida hisses, “that’s rude to say!”“Deku’s first date saw me as a threat,” Kacchan laughs, “I’m a fucking threat. Do you know how fucking great this is? The power I hold. I’ve never been happier.”“You’re a horrible friend, K
every road you take will always lead you home
by pusser
Midoriya Izuku passes out in his world and wakes up in one where Number One Hero, Deku, has been dead for three years.
Bridges
by supercrunch
Yaomomo sighs. “We’ve got a little bit of a situation, Bakugou. Ashi—uhm, somebody might have accidentally signed you up for that modelling gig.”Katsuki holds up a hand. "So what you’re telling me here," he says, "is that you told Calvin Klein I would model for them. In my underwear.”Ashido sinks be
quid pro quo
by Quintessence
"They’ve been together for a week and Todoroki is almost dizzy from it, from Izuku taking his hand unprompted, or pressing a kiss to Todoroki’s cheek whenever the urge strikes him, or smiling a small, secret smile at him from across the classroom. It baffles him every time he thinks about it. Out
A Kiss On the Hand
by MissCellany17
There’s a new nurse aide in the infirmary and class 1-A do all they can to spend time with him, even if it means a few extra cuts and bruises.OrIzuku has the healing kiss quirk without the nasty side effects, and everyone’s crushing on him.
The One Where Deku Adopts A Lot Of Animals
by TheBrokaryotes
Midoriya Izuku has a secret. He’s had a quirk all along, except it wasn’t as cool as Kacchan’s explosions or as unique as Uraraka’s gravity powers. No, Deku has the ability to talk to animals, and yeah, they can talk back too. So when All Might gives him the “One For All” quirk, how does his own qui
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This list of 25short My Hero Academia fanfics spans 568,788 total words. Kudos range from 7,503 on the newest entries to 44,599 on the most established. Nearly all (92%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (17 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Future Fic · Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk · Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead · Friends to Lovers.
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