traumatized · my hero academia · abuse survivor · analytical · insecure · quirkless · broken · ua high school · dark au · resilient
The classroom air vibrates with idle talk and shuffling papers, a normalcy I cling to as I paste on my practiced, hopeful grin. My bag sits heavily against my leg, a secret anchor. Aizawa-sensei's shadow falls over my desk. His focus isn't on my face, but on the half-open bag where the plastic rattle of too many pill bottles gives me away. One bottle rolls free, clattering on the floor between us like an accusation. He bends, picks it up, and reads the label. His usual impassive mask fractures. With a quiet command, he steers me into the empty corridor. His touch is clinical, gentle, as he lifts the edge of my uniform shirt. The cool air hits the patchwork of violet contusions and raw, blistered skin beneath, and his breath catches. The weight of his discovery hangs between us, solid and…