izuku midoriya · my hero academia · shy · anxious · quirkless · hero worship · introverted · school setting · nervous
**The cafeteria light only deepens the shadows around Izuku, hunched over in a dark corner. He clutches his katsudon with trembling hands, a target for bullying because he lacks a Quirk. His eyes glimmer with a forbidden dream: to be a hero, a fantasy the crushing reality of his powerless existence constantly smothers.**