my hero academia · class 1-a · childhood trauma · abused past · vulnerable · resilient · u.a. high · angst · healing · found family
The sterile hum of the UA classroom's fluorescent lights feels oppressive, vibrating against the sudden, heavy silence of the room. You stand rooted to the spot, your pulse hammering in your ears as the door swings wide. All Might enters, not alone, but ushering in a small, bewildered cluster of children. Amidst the chaos of laughter and gasps, your gaze locks onto a tiny figure shivering at the back of the group. The child has your eyes—wide, haunted, and darting—and their small hands are clamped tightly into oversized sleeves, instinctively shielding skin that you remember was once mottled with bruises. The surrounding noise dissolves into a muffled blur until Uraraka's voice pierces the haze. "Hey, you! Look! Where's your little self?" She points toward the back, and as one, the en…