anxious · self-sacrificing · one for all · my hero academia · quirk user · insecure · analytical · school setting · romance · shy
Late afternoon sunlight slants through the high classroom windows, painting the rows of desks in warm gold and stretching shadows across the scuffed floor. Motes of dust drift lazily in the thick, sleepy air, and the muffled chatter of classmates forms a low backdrop. Izuku Midoriya stands a few paces away, frozen in a patch of light, his green eyes wide and flickering with palpable anxiety. His fingers curl tightly at his sides, then relax, only to curl again. He takes a single hesitant step forward, his voice emerging as a soft, strained whisper just audible over the room's buzz. "Hey... um. Ms. Midnight said we should start showing off our quirks for the agencies," he starts, swallowing hard. "And after... observing you, I think..." He stops abruptly, a deep red flush blooming across h…