## Preface

Side effects of being a child soldier
Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/45426526.

Rating:
  Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:
  No Archive Warnings Apply
Category:
  M/M
Fandom:
  僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Relationship:
  Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks
Additional Tags:
  Childhood Trauma, Sleep Deprivation, Some Humor, Some Plot, Not Beta Read, Villain Takami Keigo | Hawks, Established Relationship, League of Villains as Family (My Hero Academia)
Language:
  English
Series:
  Part 7 of Villian!Hotwings
Stats:
  Published: 2023-03-01 Words: 1,370 Chapters: 1/1

# Side effects of being a child soldier

by TheOtherHalfOfTheShell

Summary

> Hawks and Dabi are sleep deprived but functioning.

> Snippet of some plot in the villian!Hotwings series. Could probably be read alone?

Notes

> Hi this series is not dead, just took a little nap.

See the end of the work for more notes

## Side effects of being a child soldier

"How long have you two been up?," Shigaraki asks.

"38 hours," Hawks replies over Dabis muttering, "time isn't real."

"Laying down on the couch while eating lunch the other day doesn't count as a nap," Shigaraki said knowingly.

"96 hours," Hawks amended.

Shigaraki knew this was a very important meeting, and he knew that both Dabi and Hawks were essential to the meeting but looking at the two right now, Hawks face down on the table and Dabi half asleep already on Hawks back, he's not sure they'd make it through, they'd all been working over time to get this plan off the ground but those two were much more involved.

"You're going to bed after you debrief and that's an order, I don't want to see either if you for at least twelve hours."

Dabi snickered, "Whatever boss man, when was the last time you ate?"

"Traitor," Shigaraki growled, catching the protein bar slung at his face with some very angry chirps, "I swear I've eaten in the last day! I'm busy!"

Hawks opened one eye to glare at the other man, angrily twittering at him that Dabi translated to "why do you hate me? I work day and night to provide for this flock, only for you to not eat?"

"Stop being dramatic, I bet Dabi hasn't eaten either!," Shigaraki passed the shame.

A protein bar was shoved at Dabis' half asleep form, "noooooooo."

Spinner tried to hide his laugh, "dude where are you storing these?"

Hawks turned his face against the table to face Spinner, eyes still closed but actually speaking, "cargo pants babeey; they're functional and stylish."

"Wrong," Dabi interpreted.

"Pockets full of energy jellies and protein bars no wasted time during patrol," Keigo finished ignoring his husband. He then turned back to Shigaraki, "eat, if I don't see you eat I'm not gonna be able to sleep."

Shigaraki reluctantly started choking down the protein block Hawks claimed was food, "fine but you're both sleeping for fourteen hours now."

They seemingly conceded on this, "where the fuck are the extra bodies? Don't they know we've got shit to do?," Dabi growled around his own food.

"They'll be here soon, just take a nap," Shigaraki said, pulling out his tablet to look over the information they'd sent him, "it'll do you both good."

The pair agreed, almost immediately falling asleep as curled into each other as their chairs would allow.

"How are they even functioning?," Spinner asked in a hushed tone.

"Side effects of being child soldiers," Shigaraki answered, "Dabi told me they regularly kept them up for four to five days at a time to get them used to a 'hero's schedule'. You've seen the hours they make Hawks pull."

Spinner grimaced, wanting to ask more but knowing he'd hate the answers.

The 'extra bodies' started filing in ten minutes later quickly finding their seats under Shigarakis glare. The final person sat down and Hawks immediately sat up, gently waking Dabi.

"I told ya, child soldier side effects," Shigaraki whispered to Spinner.

"Shigaraki, sir, can you tell us why you called us to such an urgent meeting?,"

"Hawks found out the final piece of evidence we need against the Commission is being brought up to a low security level, low enough we should be able to get our hands on it," Shigaraki said, "and we will not fail this mission."

The others nodded along at Shigarakis death glare, "Hawks, tell them what they need to know."

Spinner kicked Dabis' leg under the table, waking both of the men that had fallen back asleep, Hawks chirped in question.

"Debrief so you two can get out of here," Shigaraki said.

Hawks nodded wiping his hands down his face, "Asset B-173 will be moved out of Asphodel at oh-two-hundred hours and be returned by no later than hour oh- four- hundred, Asset B-173 will have six armed guards at all times and only be accessed by madam president through Asset AA-006, location will be disclosed at zero hundred 23, 07 20XX."

"And for the idiots in the crowd, that means we have less than two hours to get in and grab the evidence before its returned to the paperwork version of tartarus or destroyed completely, we have a vague idea of who will be guarding it and where they might be," Dabi said, "all eight heads of the commission including the head bitch in charge will be attending this meeting so we will have to account for their security as well. The chances of them holding the meeting in the same building where they're holding the evidence is slim."

"Why do we have to grab it now? It seems like poor planning to infiltrate during the commission heads meeting. Wouldn't they be on high alert then? Why don't we go before the meeting to get the evidence or after?," Geten asked.

"I know the frozen dinner entree isn't talking," Hawks said, eyes closed leaning into Dabis' side.

Dabi laughed, "careful Birdie, you are what you eat and I don't want you to catch the stupid."

"Oh, is that why I'm such a dick?," Hawks asked.

"And why I'm such a hot piece of a-," Dabi started.

"Stop!," Shigaraki groaned, The two dissolved into manic giggles, further terrifying the non league members.

Shigaraki scowled at them, "like Dabi said this is going to be our only chance to grab the evidence, Hawks has been watching for them to bring this up from max security for years and we have reason to believe they'll destroy it rather than archive it."

"What exactly are we stealing then that makes you so sure you can bring down the HPSC with it?," Sceptic asked.

"Our old classmate," Dabi said.

"Asset B-173, Harada Itsuki; Quirk record, whatever she sees and hears is recorded and can be played back like a video recording," Hawks finished bitterly, "they used her to record all of our training in the Origin program. When she refused to comply they brought in Asset AA-006, the puppeteer and she's been kept in a pretty much brain dead state since."

"And what do we plan on doing with her?," Skeptic hesitantly asked.

"Same as the commission. Use her and kill her," Dabi said humorlessly.

"We let the world see everything they had her record and then put her out of her misery. Her quirk is the only record we have of what they did to us and everyone else in the program, they'll have to believe it then," Hawks added on, "and then we kill her, she's been under so long I don't think she'd even been classified as alive anyway."

Dabi chuckled, "you'll be the only surviving member of our class, look at you go star pupil."

Hawks laughed along, "damn it'll be one lonely reunion."

Destro made a disgusted face, "is this really a time for jokes?"

"I'm sorry, is this our trauma?," Hawks asked.

"It was my funeral and I'll laugh if I want to," Dabi added.

"Emo and edgy aside, we only have one shot at this, " Shigaraki said, pulling them back on task.

"The best plan of action is to send our heavy hitters to the commission heads, they will absolutely know that it is a distraction but if a small quick extraction team grabs the evidence before the attack we can throw so much chaos at them they won't be able to coordinate and catch us," Hawks said, "Kurogiri and myself should be the ones to grab her."

"I can lead the second team in the attack, that way our timing will be as accurate as possible," Dabi said, "I don't care who comes with me but everyone on my squad should be ready for death or imprisonment, I don't expect to make it out without losses on both sides."

Shigaraki saw the shift of Keigos wings indicating his discomfort with Dabis part in the mission, the hero stayed silent however knowing his mate was strong enough to make his own choices.

"You need anything else from us, boss?," Dabi asked.

"No, go the fuck to bed, well update you when you wake up and you can make adjustments then," Shigaraki dismissed them and got to planning.

## Afterword

End Notes

> This one has been sitting in my wip folder for a hot minute, I might add more as the plot develops. Thanks for reading!

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