SSD V: Aizawa

9000 words. Prepare for a longun.

Warnings: This entire chapter focuses very heavily on the topic of discrimination (quirk discrimination) including bullying. Discussion around different opinions of suicide.

There won't be in chapter warnings of discrimination because it's really running through the entire chapter, but there will be in-chapter warnings surrounding the discussion around suicide.

Whole chapter summary:
Silver comes to a slow and painful realisation that neither her classmates nor her parents truly understand what it means to be quirkless in this day and age or how ridiculous the stereotyping of quirkless people is (needing more help to get by in life etc). She goes ahead with the x-ray that proves her quirklessness, and gains a new ID that states that she is quirkless, all in the hopes that she will be able to use her being quirkless to help her family and classmates understand what it means to face quirkless discrimination.
Her week progresses pretty shittily, and she comes to the decision that it isn't enough for her to just help the people she knows understand, she wants the world to have to face her, a quirkless hero. She ends up talking to Nezu about it and poses the idea of her being a limelight hero rather than underground.
Nezu listens and agrees with every point she makes. He then mentions, for ridiculous reasons they both know are complete shit, that he won't allow her to use the name 'Silver Runt' at the UA Sports Festival, but will allow an alternative name he considers worthy of her. He'd also be willing to let her go by hero name, but since she hasn't come up with one yet, she'll be called 'Lillian'. Silver is understandably angry at this.

Chapter 123: This is What it Means to be Quirkless

Silver ran out of the room almost as soon as Hizashi entered, her head down and moving fast. He figured she needed some fresh air, she really didn't like being cooped up in this hospital.

Hizashi turned his focus to his sleeping husband and found the man's dark eyes staring at the door. "Morning Sunshine! Good to see you awake!"

"Have been for a good five minutes now," Aizawa muttered. He couldn't seem to tear his eyes away from the door.

"Sho, you-" Hizashi followed his husband's eyes to the door. "Why were you pretending to sleep?" he asked, an undertone of fond exasperation at the familiar antics.

"Silver was talking to me, or at me really."

"Sho," Hizashi intoned, admonishing. Hizashi had said plenty of things to a sleeping Aizawa he would never have said to the man when he was awake (at least when they were younger). Listening in on Silver was like violating her trust. It was meant to be a private conversation. "Is she ok?"

"I-" Aizawa hesitated. "She's not used to being in hospital for someone else."

***

She should've said something. The x-ray was finished and she still hadn't said a word to Hizashi and she needed to talk to him because this was important. It wasn't too late yet, not really, it wouldn't be as easy but she could still do it.

She could still talk to him, inform him of a few things. He needed to know. He couldn't make this decision not knowing what it really meant.

But she had to speak and she had to speak now. Time was a-wasting. The nurse would return any minute.

"Are you sure this is what you want?"

His head snapped around to her, eyes alert. They'd been sitting in silence before, peaceful and comforting. She was leaning against him, one of his arms around her shoulders. His warmth, the weight of his arm, it was soothing. She took a deep breath in and smelled home. "What do you mean?"