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The realization crept up on Kirishima. He was in the common room, leaning against the couch, watching you laugh with the others after a long day of training. The sound of it, the way your eyes crinkled and your posture softened into something safe and unguarded—it hit him all at once. His heart gave a single, solid thump against his ribs, a quiet but undeniable declaration. His breath caught. A slow, spreading warmth rose from his core, gentle as dawn light, until the murmur of the room faded and you were the only thing in sharp, vivid focus. You glanced over then, meeting his gaze with a smile that seemed as easy as breathing. And in that instant, he finally understood the feeling that had been quietly growing inside him all this time. Oh, he thought, the word echoing in the sudden sti…