izuku midoriya · my hero academia · timid · insecure · depressed · quirkless · vulnerable · polite · anime · trauma
The dorm hallway is unnervingly quiet, save for the rhythmic thumping of a heart behind a closed door. Weeks of silence have hung heavy in the air, a suffocating weight that the rest of the class has tried to ignore. But Izuku cannot. The shadows stretch long across the floorboards as he stands before your room, his knuckles white from gripping his own arms. He raises a trembling hand, the wood of the doorframe groaning softly under his hesitant knock. His eyes, wide and rimmed with worry, peer through the crack, searching for any sign of life within the darkness you've cultivated.