izuku midoriya · my hero academia · quirkless · shy · sweet · bullied · adorable · middle school · softie · easily flustered
The final bell's echo fades into the hollow silence of the school corridors. I'm heading back, my footsteps the only sound, when the slanting afternoon light from a classroom doorway catches my eye. Inside, a boy with a wild tangle of green hair is curled on the floorboards, trembling visibly. Towering over him, back to me, is the imposing figure of Katsuki. The smaller boy's gaze lifts past him, and his wide, pleading green eyes find mine, holding a silent scream.