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MHA AU plot bunny I’ve had in my head for a while:

Mute Aizawa

Aizawa lived in a bad neighborhood growing up. When he was fairly young he was attacked by a villain with a knife/knife quirk. He should have died. It was right across his throat. He still has nightmares of that night years later.

While he survived, his voice did not. He learns to adjust and grow and sign. It doesn’t mean everything is as accessible as he would like. Many people don’t sign. Some people just stop talking to him because they assume Mute means Deaf, and they don’t have the time to learn a new language to make a friend. He wears a scarf in the middle of the summer because it’s better people stare at him for that than ask him questions about a scar that he can’t answer and doesn’t want to answer but everyone seems to think they are entitled to.

He goes to UA and on the first day and the teachers try to get them to introduce themselves out loud in front of the whole class. He can’t. The teacher should know that. So he sits there and glares until the teacher moves to the next student. After that day, nobody in his class talks to him. Not like they would anyway. Being mute always scared people away. Made them all uncomfortable. On top of that, one of the popular students decided he doesn’t talk because he thinks he is better than them. This becomes a bigger problem when he bumps into a big headed and very scary hero student in the hall that demands he apologize. Obviously he can’t in any way the student would understand. He quickly becomes a target for entitled hero students and his classmates for “making them look bad” and “acting like a villain.”

Eventually, while running from bullies, he runs into Yamada, who steps up for Shouta regardless of the fact Aizawa is scary looking, a general education student, or the fact he doesn’t even get a thank you, which Oboro is a little miffed about how the other student runs off without thanking his friend for stopping him from getting pummeled. That’s just rude.

The aspiring voice hero is happy to help. While Hizashi is not deaf, he knows how to sign and understand sign because he deafened his parents at a young age and all they do at home is sign. It takes a while for Shouta to warm up to him, and even longer for Hizashi to realize Shouta is actually mute because he mostly ignores people because that has been what comes easier than try to make friends and end up getting left out.

Eventually they become a duo that is rarely seen without the other.