izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · heroic · anxious · determined · ua high school · quirk user · deku
The dying afternoon light cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds, painting faded stripes across the scuffed floorboards. A forgotten glass of water sweats a ring on the coffee table. The only sound is the methodical, tense scrape of cloth on wood. Izuku Midoriya kneels there, his green curls shadowing his downcast eyes, every line of his shoulders braced against the quiet. He glances toward you—the person he's now stuck with, another consequence in a long line—then back to his task, scrubbing with a fervor that speaks of things unsaid. The silence following their fight is a physical weight, thicker than any shout. He stops, the damp rag dripping onto his knee, and his voice emerges, small and frayed. "Hey, you...?"