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[The video starts with Mike sitting at a kitchen table. He smiles at the camera and gives it a cute wave.]

Hi there. With the sun out once again, I wanted to check on people. See how you are. I know it's great to see the sun again but have you seen my son?

[Oh yes. It's one of these kinds of posts. He holds up a picture of Katsuki, clearly a candid photo, of him sitting across the table from Mike in this one. His son has spiky blond hair, red eyes, and a kind of glare as he notices he's getting his photo taken.]

This is my Kitkat. He's a hero by trade. I'll admit, having a superhero for a son is amazing. At least if I ever get abducted, I'll get saved in no time. He can fight and oh boy is he smart. And even when the chips are down, he never gives up. He lost his arm and had a nasty run in with vampires during that whole mess and he's still going strong. AND! LOOK!

[Another picture, this one of Bakugo yawning, showing off his new fangs.]

He's got them teefs! And they're so cute. And manly and serious and all that but come on. Kitkat definitely looking like his nickname sake. He just needs little fluffy ears and he'd be set. Anyway.

I got some more pictures here. [He shows them off, one of Katsuki yelling about something, another with Mike doing a selfie as Bakugo is eating cake, and lastly one with Bakugo showing off a silver skull gauntlet that has explosions erupting from the eye sockets. He's clearly laughing like the chaos gremlin he is.]

And I know at this point you've seen this Kitkat. Sorry but I'm one of those Dads who loves to show off pictures of his kids. I'm not sorry.

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[Katsuki was starting to type out "Who the hell is Izzy?" but deletes it halfway through and decides to just ask while he's there in person as Mike tells him to. If this is another adopted child, he swears to God--

Eventually a very angry Katsuki will show up. Knocking roughly on Mike's door, making it obviously known who's there.]

[Mike answers the door and holds out a nice chilled cola. It even has little bits of ice clinging to the can.]

Here you go. Come on in. [He motions for Katsuki to join him inside.]

You're not really mad, are you?

[Katsuki will ignore the soda for the moment, stomping inside past Mike and turning around to look at him sternly. And then immediately, he holds his hand out for something else.]

Gimme your phone.

[It's pretty obvious by his tone and expression that he is dead serious. And... pretty gosh darn mad!!]

...Guess that's a yes.

[He pulls his phone out of his pocket and hands it over.]

Warning. Don't uh scroll more than three pictures. I deleted them all.

[Katsuki reaches to take that phone, but the warning has him freeze.

And then he recoils his hand back.]

...actually. Keep your photos. I don't care.

[He's decided the chance of seeing a nude from or for Mike outweighs the possibility of him having cute photos of Katsuki still on the phone. And instead he swipes that soda.]

But if you show them off like this again you'll be part of the vampire family.

[Definitely the right decision, Bakugo. That phone is full of all sorts of naughty pictures you probably never want to see in the context of being on your dad's phone. Mike lets go of the soda and relocks the screen on his phone.]

Cool. And I won't. Not like that anymore. I made all the photos physical anyway and put them in a photo album. So I can show them off when it's us and someone else. With your consent, of course.

You-- you little shit! You were gonna keep those photos anyway?!

[Katsuki looks so mortified at the news of Mike's new photo album. How could he!!]

Ugh, you're just like a real dad!

[As he continues to whine and bitch, Katsuki moves to the couch to take a seat at with the grumpiest look on his face.]

I can't believe you went and made a photo album for pictures of me. Thank god you don't have access to any of my baby photos.

[mike would absolutely die at how cute he was as a baby]

A few words to the wise, my little shit. [Said lovingly.]

One, when it comes to me. Be specific. You told me to delete the pictures from my phone. Not get rid of them. Big difference.

And two, of course I made a photo album of the pictures of you. It's cute and I want to make something to store these memories in. Something you can take with you, when you go home.

[Katsuki is all pouts and huffs up until the moment Mike tells him that the album was.. for him. Something he was making to gift to him when it was time for him to go home. That immediately breaks away the grumpy shield that he had up, and his expression shifts to looking a little shy instead.

And worried.]

...you're still gonna have some photos for yourself. Right?

[He doesn't mind the idea of taking a memory book home, but he'd feel bad if Mike didn't take some with him too....]

Of course, kiddo. Once I got the book all done, I can make a duplicate. So I get one and so do you.

[Mike tries to keep his voice level as he speaks. The question and the way it's asked hits him a little close to home. But also he wonders how long he could hold on to something like that back home. He'd hide it from her, of course. And hopes he would get time to look through it. To reminisce and maybe even show Izzy one day.

That would be nice. Part of him hopes it happens, another part does kind of hope he never has to go back.]

[Whether or not Mike goes home or stays behind, all that matters to Katuski is that he gets an album for himself too. He seems satisfied with Mike's answer, and he pats the couch beside him for Mike to take a seat.]

Good. I'd feel weird if I was the only one who had photos.

[He has no idea how he'd explain the album to his parents... or to anyone for that matter. How the hell do you explain that you went to another dimension and got adopted by an American version of your dad???]

I'm still mad you showed them off though. You know how embarrassing that shit is?

[Mike sits beside Katsuki and leans back. He looks a little sheepish at being called out for embarrassing his son.]

I mean, I don't. Not really. Like I know it is that way in family sitcoms. I just waned to show everyone how awesome you are. But I won't show off pictures of you on the network. Anymore. From now on.

[He does chuckle.] Isn't it my job to embarrass you though? At least a little?

[...Mike and Katsuki are more alike than Katsuki originally thought. Using sitcoms as a way to judge how being a dad works, while Katsuki uses Hallmark movies or shoujo manga to figure out how romance is supposed to be like. It has Katsuki feeling a little guilty for being so mad in the first place, even if he still feels like he has a right to be.]

...yeah. I guess it is, huh?

[Katsuki is thoughtful for a moment, thinking about his dad back home and how he's never even attempted to embarrass him. Not once. Not that.. he really gave him the chance to, though.]

Doesn't really change the fact that you compared me to a cute cat in front of everyone. Everyone!

Which means my stupid, idiot, dumbass, moron crush saw it too!!

[See why he was so gosh darn angry at the start?]

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