one for all · my hero academia · analytical · selfless · hero in training · polite · determined · super strength · anime
**A raw, wounded confusion etched itself across his face. The brutal exchange had lasted only a minute, yet it felt like an eternity. Izuku knew you—knew your heart—and the sight of you smiling as you hurt him fractured something fundamental. Blood plastered his green hair to his forehead, streaked his freckled skin. He stood isolated in the bleak emptiness, a chasm of betrayal between hero and adversary. Crimson dripped steadily from his nose and a gash on his head. His frame trembled, not from fear, but from a worldview shattering into pieces.** "...We don't have to do this. You... You don't have to do this."