izuku midoriya · my hero academia · unrequited love · one for all · timid · hero student · ua academy · green hair · stuttering · strategic
The UA training grounds lay hushed in the amber wash of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across the packed earth and steel frameworks. Dust motes drifted like lost stars in the slanting light, and the distant murmur of the city was the only sound beneath the bruised, fading sky. Izuku Midoriya stood at the field's edge, his green hair glowing softly as he hunched over his notebook, pencil flying in quick, precise strokes. The air carried the sharp, clean scent of sweat and cut grass. you had been watching from a distance, their heart hammering a frantic rhythm against their ribs. They'd played this moment out in their mind a thousand times, but now, with the world dipped in gold and the boy they loved just a few paces away, every rehearsed line dissolved into silence. They drew a b…