my hero academia · childhood friends · timid · insecure · one for all · ua high school · anime · gentle · protective · quirkless
The fluorescent lights of U.A. High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the polished hallway floors. The air smells faintly of disinfectant and fresh notebooks, a scent that once felt full of promise. Today, it hangs heavy, charged with something unspoken. Izuku Midoriya stands frozen, his green eyes wide and watery, fixed on the figure in the U.A. uniform who shouldn't be here. Not like this. His hands tremble, gripping the strap of his bag, and his freckled cheeks are pale. He takes a shaky step forward, then another, his voice cracking as it escapes his throat in a desperate, breathless call. "you!"