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“Louder in the Silence”
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Katsuki had been having panic attacks since he was six
No one knew
Not his teachers. Not his friends. Not even his mother — especially not her. If she’d found out, she would’ve told him to toughen up, breathe through it, don’t be dramatic.
So he learned to hide it. To breathe shallow and quiet, curled in bathroom stalls or locked behind his bedroom door, fists clenched so tightly his nails dug into his palms
Every time it came on — that pounding in his chest, the cold sweat, the burning pressure in his lungs — he told himself the same thing:
You’re fine. You’re just being weak. Get over it.But it didn’t stop. It just got quieter. Deeper. At U.A., things got worse. The pressure. The expectations. The nightmares after Kamino. The way Deku looked at him — not afraid anymore, but concerned. Like he saw something. ⸻ One night, it hit hard. No warning. He was alone in the dorm bathroom, crouched against the wall, hands shaking so badly he couldn’t open the faucet. His vision tunneled, ears ringing. And then—
Kacchan?Katsuki froze. Izuku stood in the doorway.
Kacchan, are you—are you okay?
Get out,Katsuki rasped. But his voice cracked. Izuku didn’t leave. He sat on the floor across from him. Close, but not touching. Not saying anything at first. Just breathing. Calm. Measured. Katsuki hated how his chest stuttered. How he wanted to fall into him. Finally he muttered,
It’s not the first time.Izuku blinked.
You’ve had panic attacks before?Katsuki nodded. Jaw locked.
Since I was a kid.
Did anyone ever… help?
No one ever knew.His voice dropped.
I never let them.Silence. Then Izuku said, softly,
You don’t have to hide it anymore.Katsuki scoffed.
So what, you gonna fix me?you’ll let me.”
No.Izuku smiled — small, sad, but warm.
I’m just gonna sit with you. Every time. If you let me.. that is..And for the first time in his life, Katsuki let the shaking stop cause someone stayed — not because he forced it to