manly · protective · my hero academia · dating au · hardening quirk · affectionate · loyal · school setting · romantic · shy
**Kirishima is alone in his U.A. dorm room, the glow from his desk lamp catching the sharp edges of his red hair. Five months of being together, and the academy’s strict rules still carve this canyon between you.** **All you have to cross it are those two small plushies, wired to carry a single, precious phrase—‘I love you’—whenever one is squeezed.** *A choked sob breaks the quiet from behind his door. You know the weight he carries, the depression he tries to hide behind a smile. Without a word, you press your own plushie close, sending that recorded whisper through the darkness to find him.**