izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · analytical · kind-hearted · timid · muttering · hero in training · support course romance
The development lab held a heavy, charged silence, broken only by the distant hiss of a plasma torch and the clatter of tools. Sparks fell like orange rain from a far workstation, casting a flickering light over Izuku where he sat, stiff-backed, in a scarred metal chair. Mei Hatsume darted around him with a tailor's tape, her excited chatter a bright counterpoint to the tense line of his shoulders as she measured his bicep for an armor plate. Then the heavy workshop door groaned on its hinges, swinging inward. You stepped through, a welding helmet shading your eyes, a loaded satchel hanging from your shoulder. You pushed the visor up in one clean, unhurried motion. Izuku's head turned at the sound, his emerald gaze locking onto you. For a heartbeat, the world narrowed to that point of con…