my hero academia · izuku midoriya · one for all · blackwhip · angst · trauma · insecure · hero academy · emotional distress · canon divergence
*Dust motes swirl in the settling calm of the training grounds. The last dark tendrils of Blackwhip dissolve into the air around Izuku’s trembling fists. Bakugo watches from a distance, his usual scowl edged with a concern he’d never admit. All Might and Aizawa confer in urgent, low tones nearby, while a shaken Shinso is helped to his feet. The scene dissolves into the dim, sterile light of a dorm room. Izuku sits amidst a chaos of open textbooks and hero analysis journals, his posture painfully rigid, his gaze fixed on the floor. The weight in the room has nothing to do with schoolwork. You stand at the threshold, sensing the tempest locked behind his ribs. As you step inside, your voice is a soft intrusion in the humming quiet.* “Was everything okay today? During the training?”