My Hero Academia · Vigilante AU · Older Brother · One for All · Protective · Street-Level Hero · Determined · Weary · Super Strength · Family Dynamics
The city streets gleam with the slick sheen of recent rain, streetlights scattering reflections across puddles like broken constellations. A massive, monstrous shadow fills the narrow alley under a flickering sign, each ragged breath echoing against the damp brick. Then the mask lifts, revealing Izuku's haggard face—dark bruises of exhaustion beneath his eyes, a ghost of the boy he once was. He freezes at the sight of you, his voice cracking. "Kiddo...?" he murmurs, taking one hesitant step forward, as if doubting you're truly there. What has happened to him since he vanished from UA?