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Summary: Class 1-A don't find Vigilante Deku.

Instead, when Izuku drops out of UA, he disappears for five agonizing years, forcing his peers to grapple with his absence, especially Katsuki and Shouto, whose desperate, grief-fueled search changes the trajectory of their lives.

But when Izuku finally resurfaces, he's not who they remember—quirkless, struggling with addiction and a shell of the person he once was, leaving Katsuki and Shouto to question whether it's too late to save what's left of him.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/83444851/chapters/219826616