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  1. Public Bookmark 16

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    The beginning of this is a developing relationship between Charon and Hermes. Then there's a chunk of Hermes trying to find a way to talk to Charon, which, crucially, doesn't involve actually talking to Charon. Then Hermes gets cursed and Charon has to ferry him to the bottom of the Underworld to fix it.
    There's also a lot of Hermes interacting with other characters. And a dream sequence! It's fun, I promise.

    The death/suicide tags are references to mortals. It mentions their lives and death, but it's not discussed in great detail. Just a few sentences.

    "The Boatman still didn't really attempt to communicate with Hermes that much, but he was greeting him and nodding along once in a while. And sometimes, when they were exchanging coin, the tips of Charon's fingers would touch Hermes' palms.

    That's all Hermes wanted, really. A little bit of courtesy and recognition and… fingertips."

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    14 Jul 2026

  2. Rec 9

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    You do not know how many seconds lie between your birth, and the first time you spot the godling on the shore. You do not know how many seconds lie between the first moment you witnessed a glitter of gold and this one. How many years, how many eons. You have not begun to count time, yet.

    All you know is that there is a new gaggle of shades on the riverbanks, and towering over them, an Olympian.

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    13 Jul 2026

  3. Rec *

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    Hermes darted down on impulse.

    “Wait! I think I can help you out,” he offered, stopping just before the apparition.

    This wasn't any different than helping a stranded shepherd or traveler, right? He answered their prayers all the time. This was just another lost soul, literally. He wasn’t infringing any boundaries by doing this. Probably.

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    12 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Amazing read. I love how well the author built up the relationship, bit of a slow burn, but its foundation is so solid that you can't get worked up about it.

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    “Y-Yeah,” the slightly stuttered answer is beyond charming. Shōta’s already imagining a thousand and one ways he can hear that stutter again in more private settings. “Y-You’re my favorite hero.”

    See, that dark voice whispers delightedly in Shōta’s ear again, he’s already yours.

    “Hmm,” Shōta hums, all of Nedzu’s training scurrying to the forefront of his mind. Careful, careful, his old sensei’s voice hums in his ear, you don’t want to startle your prey. “Not many people know Underground Heroes, especially not me.”

    “I-I,” that stutter is back in full force along with a fresh wave of red across those cheeks, “I’m a-an analyst so I-I read a lot of your case files.”

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    01 Jul 2026

  5. Rec *

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    There are many things that Shouta knows to be facts, both about himself and about the world as a whole. For himself, he knows that his name is Aizawa Shouta, and that he's thirty-five years old. He's a pro-hero, a teacher, a husband, and a father. Of the world he knows that, among many other things, time flows linearly and death is the end of life.

    These are all facts; things that cannot be changed. Indisputable.

    So how in the ever living fuck did he find himself in the five year old body of Midoriya Izuku, fifteen years in the past and after presumably dying?

    (Alternate title: God Won't Let Me Die, and I'm Going to Make That Everyone's Problem. Or, Aizawa Shouta dies and is reborn as Midoriya Izuku.)

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    28 Jun 2026