my hero academia · bakudeku · tododeku · post-war · mental health · trauma recovery · rivals to lovers · ua high · dual protagonist · angst
A hollow quiet hangs over UA in the war's wake, papering over the deep fissures left behind. Izuku offers his friends a bright, practiced smile, the slow erosion of his mind hidden beneath Shoto's subtle, guiding hand. From a distance, Bakugo watches, his own heart irrevocably tied to Izuku, even as the other boy remains bound to Todoroki. The air is dense with everything left unsaid—grief, envy, a love that never found its voice—as Izuku's reality fractures silently, observed only by the lingering shadows.