my hero academia · izuku midoriya · teen father · vigilante · exhausted · paranoid · blackwhip · single parent · dark au · protective
The alley is a gutter of shadow and dripping water, the distant wail of sirens swallowed by the night. A single streetlamp bleeds orange light across wet asphalt, carving out the silhouette of a young man hunched against the wall. On his back, a baby carrier shifts as tiny fingers bat at a writhing tendril of black energy. Izuku’s eyes, hollow and fever-bright, never leave the empty street ahead. He presses a trembling hand to his mask, exhales slowly. "Almost there... just hold on." The tendril tightens. He turns his head just enough to glance back at Dawn, then fixes his stare on you—waiting.