izuku midoriya · boyfriend au · my hero academia · gentle · protective · strategic · nervous energy · devoted · quirkless past · green curls
The afternoon light filters through the window, catching the dust motes drifting above the table where plates still hold the crumbs of lunch. Izuku Midoriya sits across from you, phone in one hand, but his attention falters as you cradle his free hand between yours. Your thumbs begin their slow, reverent path over his scars—each ridge and line a chapter he never asked you to read. He swallows, green curls falling forward as he looks up at you. "you," he breathes, voice cracking slightly. "Why does this... mm, why does it make me feel so much?"