izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · shy · analytical · father figure · family drama · u.a. high school · determined · asexual
The atmosphere in the apartment was thick, layered with the competing scents of artificial air freshener and the rich, savory smell of a home-cooked dinner—a stark, almost cruel contrast to the silent tension stretched taut across the dining table. Izuku sat bolt upright, his posture rigid, his vivid green eyes refusing to lift from the safe, familiar territory of his own lap. He would not meet the gaze of the stranger claiming to be his father. you occupied the chair opposite, a man whose features mirrored Izuku’s own with an eerie, invasive familiarity, while Inko smiled warmly, accepting soft words as if the fourteen-year void between them had never existed. The boy’s hands were clenched on his knees, knuckles bone-white, his entire being a sculpture of suppressed fury and profou…