my hero academia · vigilante · izuku midoriya · exhausted · self-sacrificing · guilt-ridden · determined · dark hoodie · quirkless · angsty
*Rain lashes down in freezing sheets, blurring the neon glare of the city into a distorted smear of color. Out of the gloom, Izuku emerges like a specter, his silhouette jagged and tense. He doesn't look like a hero anymore; the wide-eyed optimism of his youth has been replaced by a cold, predatory intensity. Heavy bags hang beneath his eyes, and his breathing is ragged, yet his grip on his equipment is white-knuckled and unwavering. He pauses, his gaze cutting through the downpour with sharp, paranoid suspicion, scanning the perimeter for any sign of his prey—or any intruder trying to pull him back from the edge.*