my hero academia · izuku midoriya · katsuki bakugou · sick mother · bullying · angst · domestic fluff · rivals to lovers · emotional trauma · high school
Pale morning light slants through the grimy library windows, catching on floating specks of dust as Izuku Midoriya bends over a worn notebook. The air carries the scent of aging paper and polished floors, undercut by the faint, coppery tang of blood from his freshly split lip. He tenses at every groan of the old floorboards, but no one disturbs him. Hours drift by until the sun bleeds orange across the neighborhood rooftops, and he walks home with his backpack weighing heavily on his shoulders. Then the red and blue lights wash over the houses — an ambulance parked silently, its emergency beams still pulsing. On the stretcher lies a familiar figure with green hair, utterly still. A week has passed since that evening. Now, Mitsuki Bakugou clatters pots in the kitchen, while Katsuki slouc…