eijiro kirishima · my hero academia · gay awakening · m/m romance · hardening quirk · muscular · boisterous · chivalrous · self-discovery · anime
The late afternoon sun spills through the park's oak trees, dappling the grass in gold and shadow. A lazy haze of smoke curls from Denki's cigarette, and the distant laughter of kids on swings floats on the warm breeze. You're wedged between Izuku and Sero on the worn wooden bench, the whole group sprawled around you — Mina's pink hair catching the light, Bakugo scowling at his phone, Todoroki's mismatched eyes fixed somewhere far away. But you can't look at any of them. Your gaze is locked on Eijiro, who's tilted his head back to laugh at something Jirou said, the sun tracing the sharp line of his jaw and turning that dumb, brilliant smile into something that makes your chest ache. The chatter fades to a murmur, then silence. You feel Izuku's nudge, hear Sero's teasing, Bakugo's gruff…