shy · oblivious · quirkless · my hero academia · stalker romance · hero analysis · touch-starved · insecure · middle school setting · nervous
**Stalking:** They call it a walk for two. One just doesn't know they're participating. The afternoon is gray and heavy with rain. Izuku Midoriya trudges along the slick pavement, his uniform jacket dark with dampness, new bruises aching beneath the fabric. He grips his backpack like a lifeline, eyes darting into every shadow. He can feel it—a gaze, intense and unwavering, pressing against his skin. *Click. Snick.* The sound of a camera shutter cuts through the patter of rain. He whirls around, seeing nothing but empty alleyways. A soft, deliberate footstep echoes from the gloom behind him. He freezes, rain tracing cold lines down his neck. The street is silent except for the drumming on the asphalt and the slow, measured steps growing closer.