It had been a day since the nomu incident and to say the least it had been one hell of a week for you. Fighting multiple nomus, running into Hawks and letting him stay at your place, having him stop by your place every other day, going to the Hero Billboard Announcements then going to eat out with Hawks and Endeavor which then led to a nomu attack where the three of you got seriously injured but luckily you were able to heal everyone besides yourself and now, you lying in a hospital bed unconscious. Great right?

Luckily enough for Hawks and Endeavor after the nomu incident they were emitted to the hospital along with you but were discharged within a couple of hours with only a few minor cuts and bruises. You however, weren't as lucky, large gash on your leg which needed stitches, minor cuts and bruises along with pain/ soreness from overusing you quirk and from your wings growing back.

Though Hawks and Endeavor could've left after being discharged they decide to stay by your side until you woke up since they were the ones who were sort of the cause of you being in that state, and if it wasn't for you they more than likely would've been on the brink of death.

Surprisingly enough as they stayed by your side while you were unconscious there wasn't once any yelling or lecturing between the two and they seemed to have gotten along pretty well, having a somewhat semi peaceful conversation sitting by your side. Or so they did.

At one point Hawks either hit a nerve or Endeavor was at his breaking point and was now whisper yelling at Hawks, if that's possible with that man. It was also at that moment when you began stirring in your sleep and your eyes lazily fluttered open, 'it's fucken bright' you thought to yourself as your eyes adjusted to the blinding lights of the hospital room.

While your eyes adjusted you could hear two voices one sounded angry while the other sounded as if it didn't give a care in the world, and of course you recognized the two voices. It was Hawks and Endeavor.

"Its nice to hear you two getting along" you said slightly annoyed and jokingly, causing the two to turn their heads in your direction. Their eyes widened in surprise and relief seeing how you're now awake and already joking.

"How are you feeling?" Both Hawks and Endeavor said in unison, resulting in both of them giving each other a quick glare in annoyance.

You chuckled at them but that quickly fell short as you winced in pain, "never felt better" you say sarcastically with a slight smile while examining your body that was littered with a few cuts and bruises along with a large bandage on your leg.

Both men gave you a lopsided smile seeing how you were smiling amidst the pain you must be in currently.

"Doctors said you can be discharged 2 hours after waking up and if you want you can heal that gash on your leg with your quirk but that's once your wings fully grow in, currently you only have a quarter of your wing span" Endeavor said as he got up from his seat and headed for the door, "I'll go get your discharge papers filed out", you nodded. "Also" he said before he left the room, "they said to say off your right leg for the day"

~Time skip~

After being discharged from the hospital you were now at your apartment, sitting on your couch staring at Hawks, with a bit of skepticism who sat on the side of you on the other couch, "tell me again why you're here?" you asked a little annoyed as you eyed Hawks who was in comfy attire and down by his side, a small duffle bag with his clothes.

Hawks leaned down, placing his elbow on his knee and resting is head in his hands, "Endeavor tasked me with taking care of an injured little dove" he answered while looking at you with a coy expression, making you roll your eyes. "That old man knows exactly how to get under my skin" you mutter to yourself as you got up from the couch, grabbing the crutches that sat besides you, "look Hawks" you said as you headed towards your kitchen, "I'm completely fine, I don't need you here taking care o-" before you could even finish, luck was not on your side and your crutches had caught onto something making you fall.

But before you could even hit the ground Hawks had caught you, your face became red as his arms were wrapped around you. He gave you his iconic smirk, "now, what were you saying about being completely fine?" he teased as he helped you straighten up. "You haven't eaten yet right? So you're probably hungry huh?" he asked as he walked into your kitchen leaving your standing there a little flustered and annoyed.

"no" you lied, not even a second after answering your stomach growled, making your face erupt red again and Hawks chuckle, "your stomach says otherwise" he teased. You lowered your head in embarrassment, "yes" you replied lowly in defeat.

'She so cute when she's embarrassed' Hawks thought to himself, "go back and sit down on the couch, i'll whip something up for you to eat" he shooed you and began rummaging through your fridge. "Fine" you said as you slowly crutched your cripple self back to the couch and plopped down. "You need something light since you just got out of the hospital, so how does chicken soup sound?" Hawks called from the kitchen, "anything's fine" you answered back.

After a while Hawks had finished cooking and you and him were now sitting at your kitchen counter/ island. You looked down at the bowl in front of your eyes slightly narrowed in disbelief and drool threating to fall from your mouth. Looking up from the bowl to him you furrowed your brows a little confusedly, "Did you really make this?" you asked, making Hawks chuckle, "of course I did little dove. Now dig in"

You took a bite and immediately your eyes sparked, it tasted heavenly, continuing to dig in you had a smile plastered on your face and your eyes sparked more and more each time you took a bite. Though he had his own bowl in front of him, Hawks watched you eat in enjoyment, 'there's her cute expression again...what is she doing to me' he thought to himself as he could feel his heart strings being pulled seeing your cute expressions. Eventually he began eating and as he did, occasionally he would steal glances to see your adorable reaction to every bite you took.

After eating the two of you were now sitting on the couch again in the same spots, you on one couch and Hawks on the other, watching a movie. Since your wings were growing in you began preening the feathers you could reach while watching the movie. At this point you had a little more than half of your wings grown in.

Aside from your typical preening, every time your wings and feather grow in, you always need to preen them, repositioning and realigning them as they grow in so they are in top condition for moving and fighting along with removing any bad feathers that can sometimes be annoying or painful on your wings.

As you were preening, you were too focused on your wings to not notice that Hawks was watching you as you did so, he had multiple questions in his head he wanted to asked you about your wings and quirk but not wanting to evade your personal space he stayed silent.

At one point you began scowling as you tried reaching for some feathers but couldn't. Hawks noticed you struggling and got up from his seat and walked to the back of the couch behind you, as gently as he could he began realigning a couple of feathers, making you squeak and jump in surprise then slightly glare at him warily, "what?" he asked nonchalantly, making you eye him suspiciouly as you slighlty pull your wings closer to your body.

"Did you forget who also has wings?" he asked as he flared out and puffed out his almost completely grown in wings and began fluttering them. You giggled a bit, for some reason you found that action cute.

You released your grip on your wings and let them droop behind you on the couch, allowing Hawks to continue and help preen the hard to reach areas of your wings. "I don't just let anyone touch my wings, okay" you said in a matter-of-fact tone as you turned to face him, "the last time I did it was with Mirko and she wasn't not gentle, let me tell you that" you huffed out in annoyance.

"Dont worry, I'll be gentle, I know how much a pain in the ass it is to do this" he reassured you as he continued reposition feathers and delicately plucking out the bad feathers. As he did so, you felt shivers down your spine with each touch, however it wasn't bad, it felt so soothing really, you literally melted from his touch. Your body literally sank into the couch in comfort.

While your body melted into the couch you could help but thing about the rather odd warmth and comfort Hawks radiated everytime you were with him. Though you've only gotten closer with him recently, it felt as if you've known him for ages, but you could put your finger as to why.

As he was preening your wings he unconsciously ran his fingers through your feathers feeling the silky and softness of them, "its so soft" he said in a slight whisper.

Him running his fingers through your feathers shocked you a bit, snapping you out of your thoughts and sending shivers down your spine which caused a slight red hue to appear on your cheeks. You cleared your throat as you shuffled in your seat, "I-I can feel that"

"Oh shit sorry" he quickly said, realized what he was doing and immediately stoped running his hands through your feathers and resumed realigning them.

"And....done~" he said happily as he gently plucked out the last bad feather. You turned your head to look at your wings, they were nicely done, perfectly repositioned and they felt new as ever, that brought a smile to your face, "thank you, they feel great" you said as you got up from the couch grabbing your crutches.

Wanting to do the same for Hawks you patted the seat that you just sat on, making Hawks eye you confusedly. "Sit down" you said gesturing him to the spot you just sat in as you crutched your cripple self to the back if the couch where he was standing earlier.

"Since you helped me out, let me return the favor" you said happily as he went and sat down hesantly, "but you're injured" he said but you shushed him, "you haven't preened your wings yet, they're a mess, I can tell just by looking at it" he sighed in defeat

You began preening his wings, your touch was so delicate and gentle, something Hawks hasn't felt in a long time and soon enough he melted to your touch. There was a peaceful silent between the two of you but that was soon broken by a weird chirp coming from Hawks.

You looked at Hawks, trying to stiffle a laugh from coming out of your mouth but couldn't, "what was *snort* that?" You asked while your body shook from trying to stiffle in your laughter. He turned around and glared at you, his face was slightly pink from embarrassment. Noticing the pink hue, you pinched his cheeks without thinking and mutter, "adorable" as you giggled making Hawks flush more.

He was speechless, he turned around quickly avoiding your gaze, what were you doing to this poor bird man? 'This reaction is too precious' you giggle to yourself as you resumed preening his wings. You couldn't help but let out small bits of laughter seeing how his ears where slightly red in embarrassment. Wanting to help him cool down but also calm yourself down, you changed the subject.

"You're probably curious about my wings huh?" You stated as you continued preening him, he turned his head to look at you curiously. He couldn't read the emotion on your face since your head was slightly down and you were focused on his wings. Noticing that he had turned his head to look at you, you looked up to face him, "do you want to go somewhere with me tomorrow?" You asked before he could say anything.

He cocked his head, "where?" He asked raising one brow, you gave him a faint smile "my favorite spot to fly to, its one of my comfort spots... I think you'll like it" you hummed.

He eyed you curiously, "but-" he started but you cut him off, "don't worry, I'll wing it" you say reassuringly, giving him a thumbs up while puffing out and fluttering your wings like he did earlier all while maintaining a grin. Hawks gave you a deadpan stare which made you laugh lightly.

"You don't have to worry, my wings will be fully back by tomorrow and this-" you said pointing to your leg, "will be gone tomorrow as well" you reassured him, he was hesantant at first but gave in and agree.

~🕊~

Sorry this chapter took a while to be publish and sorry if it's bad, my brain kept blanking on me and I got stuck contemplating how to write this chapter.

Again, thank you for reading and for the vote. Like I always say, if there's anything I need to change or if you have any feedback let me know, I would really appreciate it~

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Question: I know my chapter lengths aren't consistent, being different lengths and all but I was wondering, are you fine with chapters being different lengths ranging from 1000-2000+ words or would you prefer if long chapters were split up into two chapters?

When I write sometimes I end up writing up to 2000+ words and contemplate whether its better to leave them as is or split it into two chapters. So, I would really appreciate your feedback on that 😃💕