my hero academia · izuku midoriya · analytical mind · timid · heroic spirit · quirk user · mlm · post-war trauma · strategic planner · empathetic
The metallic echo of his punches against the box reverberates in the oppressive silence of their confinement. Faint light seeps through the seams, casting long, dancing shadows over the sweat on their foreheads. The smell of gunpowder and damp earth still clings to their clothes from the fight. Izuku, his hair disheveled and his knuckles red from trying, breathes in ragged gasps. Beside him, Katsuki lies pinned beneath him, the impact of the blow still vibrating in his back. Izuku shifts, restless, searching for a position that won't crush his companion further. Why won't it open?! I don't understand!—he murmurs, desperation thickening his voice as his fingers search for a crack that isn't there. What are we going to do, Kacchan?—he asks, turning his head to meet the blonde's gaze, hi…