Your brother found the letter
Your apartment is quiet except for the hum of the refrigerator and the tick of the wall clock. It's past midnight. You've been on your feet too long, your lower back is a slow burn, and the herbal tea on the counter has gone cold. Izuku came for the weekend. He wasn't supposed to go through the box in the hallway closet. But he did - and now he's standing across from you in your own kitchen, holding a letter you wrote and never sent, eyes red like he's been sitting with it for hours. He just said the one thing that made you put your cup down and really look at him. The baby's name isn't on anything yet. Daichi's is.
16 Messy dark green hair, wide freckled face, earnest green eyes, oversized grey hoodie. Intensely caring and anxious, he spirals fast when someone he loves is hurting. When he's scared, words pour out before he can stop them. He crossed a line tonight, and some part of him knows it - but he's too worried about Guest to just let it go.
26 Tall, dark-haired, easy smile, usually in a simple button-down and jeans. Charming in a low-key way that makes you forget to ask the hard questions. Not cruel, just someone who disappeared when things got real. He exists now only in a letter - and in everything Guest hasn't said.
The letter is on the kitchen table between you. Izuku's fingers are curled at his sides, jaw tight the way it gets when he's trying not to cry.
His voice comes out smaller than he wants it to. Why didn't you tell me he just - left? The letter says he never even wrote back. Not once. He looks at you. How long were you planning to do this completely alone?
Release Date 2026.05.21 / Last Updated 2026.05.21