spicy angst
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once upon a time there was a king who was foolish and forgot the price of magic
once upon a time there was a foolish king who forgot the wonders of love
once upon a time there was a foolish king who forgot to remember time
once upon a time, time ran out
or: a debt is finally collected
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bang chan loved lee minho.
lee minho loved bang chan.
one problem: they both had boyfriends- that weren't each other. -
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Sawada Tsunayoshi was Dame-Tsuna.
His soul was ripped from him and nothing was quite right anymore.
When he walked and everything was a bit too left and so he tripped.
The sky was grey.
And he was chained.
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was it reverence (or were you just tired?) by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
12 May 2021
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“Are you tired, Tenko?” Izuku asks as he stumbles to the nearest piece of rubble, collapsing as his legs give out to lean back against it.
Tomura immediately gets angry, “What? Don’t call me tha—“
“We’re both dying, Tenko. It doesn’t matter what I call you, or how much I hate you, or how much you hate me.”
In which there is a slumber those cannot wake from. And two children, so very tired.
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home where you were not there by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
14 May 2021
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“Why am I not dead yet?”
“Death cannot hold you. Not yet.”
“Will you come get me when it’s time?”
“Always. In every universe.”
(Unspoken: you will never die alone, forgotten).It’s enough.
(he’s so lonely, it aches.)Izuku sees Death from a young age, and their relationship changes everything and nothing at all. He ends up with a different understanding of death and a quiet obsession with graveyards. None of that is enough, in the end.
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the quiet never left (it just got good at hiding) by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
19 May 2021
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Izuku has never had a good track record with teachers. But this is UA, right? He has to at least try for Todoroki.
Todoroki, who is hurting and so, so quiet. Who slips away a little too easy into the background for someone who should be larger than life.
Todoroki, who Izuku sees pieces of himself in. Who tells him about his father and reminds Izuku of the way he used to hide at school, how broom closets became safe spaces because the quiet was better than the pain.
No one ever listens. No one. Izuku prays, for Todoroki’s sake, that UA is different.
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between all these undefinable, impossible odds by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
31 May 2021
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There is a green-haired boy with a blindfold. He’s got a pistol in his hand.
(He’s got a pistol to his head).Six chambers. One bullet. No will to live, no reason to stay.
There’s a crowd watching the stage he stands on. He hears them, the whisper of fabric, the low murmur and brushing of hands. Money exchanging hands. His hand doesn’t waver.
Why don’t we raise the stakes?
Otherwise known as: Izuku plays Russian Roulette as a form of highly illegal entertainment for an anonymous crowd gambling on his life. He doesn’t have much to lose.
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promise me you'll make it out of here by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
12 Jun 2021
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Izuku is quirkless, but that doesn't explain why he can't seem to stay dead.
He always gets a choice, between two doors. One to move on. One to stay behind (to stay alive).
There’s some days he doesn’t want to come back, and the longer he spends in that room between two doors, he thinks that that part of him is right. He’s still got a list of what he wants to get done first, but when push comes to shove...Izuku will fall first.
(Home has not been alive in a long time).
(Izuku has always been good at saving everyone except himself.Even in death, he is a miracle).
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every line you crossed (every place i could never return from) by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
28 Jun 2021
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Izuku's image of heroes is shattered. He's disillusioned. But instead of getting bitter, he's just...tired.
He'd just like to stop thinking about it. Maybe it's better, to lock himself away where he is safe from the biting teeth of the outside world.There's a strange boy he keeps meeting on rooftops.
Izuku thinks that they should really stop meeting like this.
(Even after all this, Izuku handles people kindly, careful hands cradling their potential between his palms. His touch is soft where no one else's is.)
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and i am tired of the way you think by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
18 Jun 2021
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The final exams swing around and Midoriya Izuku gets paired with Bakugou Katsuki against All Might. It goes how you would expect (that is, quite terribly).
They all deal with the fallout.(Izuku stalks away angrily out the door as All Might is frozen in shock. Scrubbing furiously at his eyes, he looks back, “No one deserves to be treated that way. Do better.”
And All Might raises a hand as if to reach out, but Izuku has already walked out the door, back facing All Might, who can’t help but feel that he has lost something important today.
Later, Todoroki acknowledges that not all of Midoriya comes back from those exams.)
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carry me from the shores of the river styx by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
04 Aug 2021
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Strangely enough, Izuku meets Charon before he dies. Charon is both everything and nothing he expected.
Contrary to what the myths would have like him to believe, the Underworld is a gentle, gentle place. It's a resting place. A home for all those that are lost and still wander. It teaches him that death has always been, and will always be, an ending with many faces.
(The fruit of the Underworld is forbidden because it seeks to keep. Izuku does not mind. He likes being wanted.
The first bite of pomegranate is tart and sweet and tastes like relief.)Series
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tell me you love me before i let go by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
21 Jul 2021
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Midoriya Izuku’s father is Midoriya Hisashi, and Izuku remembers love. Love in spite of his quirklessness, in spite of his uselessness. When he’s six, his father disappears.
Seven years later, it is his father that saves him. And when he gives Izuku the chance to disappear with him, well, the choice is easy.
The story in which All for One loved his son, even when the world didn’t. And fate changes.
(The devastating universe where Izuku goes willingly when All for One vaults him, and it’s a soft, grieving kind of tragedy.) -
should the sun still rise tomorrow by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Aug 2021
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Even in a world where Midoriya Izuku does develop a quirk, life is not kind.
Somehow, ineffably, he still finds his way to being a hero, even when his body fails him. Even if it's the last thing he does.
(where quirks are not always kind, and the author ruminates on the idea that trauma can be a list of smaller things that grow into something bigger and all the more willing to swallow someone whole. But it’ll be okay, eventually, because Izuku’s got Mirio by his side, and Mirio has got him).
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i am the piece of you that never made it home by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Aug 2021
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One for All has always been a gentle killer. A litany of apologies and the looming end. It whispers, “I’m sorry,” every time he goes to bed, and every time he still wakes up.
Midoriya Izuku has always known he was meant to die. It was only a matter of when.
(Against all odds, they win. The victory is hollow.)Series
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we were never meant for living by artofflorescence for Yahooleyo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
29 Sep 2021
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They shatter so gently.
Sweetly.
Whispering, “I love you,” to each other as they hold the other close and fall to pieces.
Izuku looks into Shouto’s eyes and thinks that endings can sometimes be beautiful.It's quiet, at the end. It's only them, and the sky that holds them close.
**reading previous parts not required, but might provide additional context. Be mindful of the tags.
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what i gave to you (what you stole from me) by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Oct 2021
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Izuku knows he will burn fast, but he wants desperately to burn brightly.
To give something to the world before he runs out of fuel.But some dreams should stay dreams, and Izuku really should have learned to be more careful with his heart.
(A notebook can be a damnable thing, I suppose. And traitor is an ugly, ugly word.)
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Doom of the Devildom by kxylynni
Fandoms: Shall We Date?: Obey Me!, Doom (Video Games), 双星の陰陽師 | Sousei no Onmyouji | Twin Star Exorcists
07 Dec 2022
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Amara, after living in the Devildom for a good month or so, unexpectedly is turned into a she-warrior trying to protect the Human World as well as Celestial Realm. A catastrophic anomaly had taken place ever since the crazy soothsayer had foreseen a deadly disease that would have a terminal effect on all denizens (those who share demonic traits.)
Diavolo, Barbatos, Lucifer-all of them have fallen ill to the virus that continues to spread to demon after demon. Luckily for Amara she still has Simeon, Luke, Solomon, and Raphael... that is if the three angels can remain holy while under this spell.
**DISCONTINUED, see latest chapter
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- Part 1 of AMARA NICOLE NORA; A TIME TO LEARN.
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dust to ash, ash to embers by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!
26 Aug 2023
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In a world where quirks continue to grow in power, and the quirkless continue to grow obsolete, Dying Will Flames are nearly extinct. A relic from an old underground, surviving only in rumors and the occasional story. Buried records and conspiracy forums hold the last living reminders of a time gone by. The public never even knew something had been lost.
The chances that Midoriya Izuku should become an Active Sky are highly improbable.
The chances that Shigaraki Tomura is also an Active Sky of the same generation is...ridiculous.The idea that they, as two Skies, harmonize? Impossible.
(Turns out, they happen to be pretty good at doing the impossible.)*you do NOT need KHR knowledge coming into this fic. Midoriya-Izuku centric. I borrowed the concept of flames and flame lore (some of which is not even canon), but characters from KHR will NOT make an appearance.
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sanctuary is the sleep i do not wake from by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
14 Mar 2022
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If you stare into the light for too long, it blinds you.
If you stand in the light for too long, it burns you.Izuku finds the dark a much more comforting place. In the shadows, he finds acceptance.
Then the dark is just…haven. Home.
(It was never about dying. It was about feeling safe again.)*second chapter is not necessary, but acts as a continuation of the first chapter and includes both fluff and a sadder, angrier ending.
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all is light inside by artofflorescence
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
07 Jan 2022
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In a world where something quite like peace is found, Class 1-A has carved itself into the history books, and Izuku, wrinkled and wise, still has one last message to give to a world moving on without him.
(Old age was the last thing Izuku thought he would die to, but he’s always specialized in the unpredictable).
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give me a reason to stay (find me another way home) by artofflorescence
Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Jul 2024
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A series of stand-alone one shots focused around Midoriya Izuku suffering, a lot. With a heavy dose of angst and major character death. Exploring the many facets of death and how sometimes, it can be very, very gentle. Midoriya Izuku-centric. Please read tags and beginning notes for warnings. More detailed descriptions are under each work.
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Each of these hurt worse than the last and spicy angst will become my fav tag.
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But You’ve Got To Live Right Now by outromri
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Apr 2021
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“Did you,” Izuku pauses, clearing his throat “Did you come because you thought I might be here?” he thinks he sounds a little too hopeful.
"Yes." Eraser breathes out and he threads his fingers through Izuku's hair - gentle yet firm and grounding "I'm so glad I did."
Alternatively: Five times Izuku tries to jump off a roof and the one time he doesn't.
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03 Jul 2021
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I loved this, like the angst was angsty with a touch of spicy angst
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Where the grass is greener. by Budgie4life
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
23 Feb 2021
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Sometimes, people wish they could dream forever. In a world where they can have everything they have ever wanted, a world untainted by the harsh realities of our modern-day world.
Unfortunately, that's not possible...
A short story of how Izukus' quirk leads him down a long dark trail to suicide, among other events.
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prevent, protect, preserve. by ineffable_rats
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
07 May 2021
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Shouta starts working at the Mastafu suicide prevention hotline when he’s in his third year, for a school assignment. Somehow, he stays.
Eleven years later he finds himself picking up a call that he’ll never quite forget, from a small quirkless kid named Izuku.- Language:
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03 Jul 2021
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The first part was angsty enough and i could've stopped there, but a lil comfort for the hurt was needed
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Izuku was in denial. Of course he was. It was in his head, all of it. None of it was real. It wasn’t real. But why was he being told otherwise?
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03 Jul 2021
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The first one real deal hurted
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the bridges you burn by okayantigone
Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
21 Nov 2021
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a series of loosely connected fics where deku joins the hero public safety commission instead of pursuing heroics, and eventually becomes its next president.
all installments can be read on their own.
EDIT: IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE. IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE IT'S IN FUCKING LOWERCASE ON PURPOSE
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04 Jul 2021
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God this is so fucking good.
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(I Fought The War) The War Won by RayShippouUchiha
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man - All Media Types, Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types
01 Mar 2020
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“Finish it,” Tony tells him, face bruised, chest broken, and heart just … gone.
It has been ripped out by the roots again, like it had been once before not so long ago, on a couch in Malibu, with a familiar buzzing in Tony’s ears and betrayal high and sick in his throat.
And Tony doesn’t want to feel like this again, didn’t want any of the things that led to this.
Hadn’t wanted them right from the start.
All Tony had wanted was to keep their family safe.
Just like all he really wants Steve to do right now is stop.
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11 Sep 2021
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AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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the acrid taste of vodka (she picked my poison) by illu_gremlins
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Sep 2021
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Izuku Midoriya's always been his mother's son.
Through and through.
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He wants to do it all.
Or maybe it’s the way everything looks like it’s reflected in rippling water.
And maybe it’s the way Izuku thinks that if he plunges headfirst, he’ll finally drown.
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Inspired by "Alligator Skin Boots" by McCafferty
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- Part 8 of a vendetta against freckled constellations and green hair - izuku-centric
- Part 4 of lyrics written in black ink
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16 Nov 2021
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that.was.a lot like whew that was just
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Not All Cures Can Heal All People by Tht0neGal666
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Sep 2021
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"Ideally, I want some unforeseen medical complication to tragically befall you, so you aren't my problem anymore." He admitted easily, because the hope had crossed his mind more then once. Shigaraki's eyes snapped open in shock, but the light made him hiss and squeeze them closed again before tears leaked. Izuku managed not to laugh as he continued. "More realistically, though, I'll settle for getting you healed up."
"Why?" Shigaraki all but whined. Izuku snorted.
"Because as long as you're injured, you're a patient, and thus under my care. But after that, you're just a bastard I can pawn off on actual heroes who get paid to deal with stuff like this." He explained, tone slow and condescending, because it was obvious.
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or; someone finds Shigaraki in a gutter, sees his shoes, and turns him into the mostly-illegal quirkless clinic. Now, shortly after their friendly run in at the mall, he's offically Izuku's problem, and exactly no one is happy about it. -
Under Thy Stars by Homosexuality_at_its_finest
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jun 2022
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Lying under the twinkling stars in a dark and desolate ally way gives you a lot of time to think, one Yamazawa Izuku muses to himself. It's a lonely death he'll admit, dying alone in an alley way that smells like piss and blood, one unbefitting for a boy as purely good as the one crumpled against the unforgiving concrete. His friends, no his family are fighting a war a few streets over and by the time they find him it'll be too late, but the green eyed boy turns his gaze to the sky and can't help but smile.
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Everyone has a soulmark, and Merlin has five soulmates.
Here's the thing: they love each other. Not him.
Several years of lying, secrets and heartbreak later, Merlin has to learn how to let the Knights of the Round table love him
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like stained glass by SpiritusRex for Otaku6337
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Dec 2021
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“It hurts,” Izuku whispers to no one, voice thin and choked. Letting the words out makes it all feel real, and the tears he’d been holding back finally break the dam and roll down his cheeks. Wrapping his own arms around himself as he trembles in the storm of his despair is as close as he’ll be able to get to comfort right now. “It hurts, it hurts.”
He doesn’t want to have to do this alone. He’s so tired of having to push through pain alone. It’s something he’s been doing all his life, but can’t he, just once, have someone to hold him up when he stumbles?
Just once. That’s all he’s asking for.