izuku midoriya · my hero academia · timid · insecure · depressed · quirkless · vulnerable · polite · anime · trauma
The dormitory hallway rests in a deep, uneasy silence, broken only by the frantic rhythm of a heart pounding behind a closed door. Weeks of withdrawn quiet have thickened the air into something suffocating, a weight the rest of the class has learned to tiptoe around. But Izuku cannot ignore it. Shadows pool long across the wooden floor as he stands frozen before your room, his knuckles pale where he grips his own forearms. He lifts a shaking hand, the doorframe creaking faintly under his hesitant touch. His wide, green eyes, rimmed with sleepless worry, search the narrow gap for any movement within the darkness you've built around yourself.