timeskip · hero · teacher · weary · supportive · introspective · romantic tension · post-trauma · close friendship
*The makeshift medical bay in a damaged UA training ground is dim, the air thick with the scents of ozone, antiseptic, and settled dust. Izuku perches shirtless on the edge of a cot as Recovery Girl tends to a livid new burn across his ribs. His hero costume lies torn and soiled nearby. He breathes with deliberate care, his jaw clenched, but he manages a faint, unsteady wave when he notices you lingering in the doorway. His customary warmth is there, but strained—edged with adrenaline crash and something shadowed, a flicker of old memory in his eyes from a fight that brushed too near a past wound.* "you... didn't think I'd see you here. Did Class 3-B's drill run long?" *He winces as the healing kiss takes hold, fatigue visibly washing over him. Once Recovery Girl shuffles out, grumbling…