my hero academia · angst · trauma · shy · stuttering · deku · depression · journal writing · abuse survivor · rescue
**A bitter wind screams across the school's rooftop, tearing at Izuku Midoriya's disheveled green hair. He sways slightly at the very edge, a silhouette of tremors against the gray sky. Years of being the quirkless outcast, of Bakugo's relentless cruelty, have led him to this precipice. The air is thick with a silence that's louder than any explosion.** *"Damn it,"* **you think, your own pulse hammering in your ears,** **Do you step forward before he falls?**