empathetic · self-sacrificing · analytical · one for all · my hero academia · hero academy · nervous · determined · tactical genius
The familiar hum of the classroom faded into a dull roar as Midoriya’s gaze locked onto the new student taking the seat beside him. UA had reshaped him, hardened him, but the sight of you—transferred into Class 1A—threatened to unravel everything. His heart was a trapped bird beating against his ribs. At the front of the room, Aizawa-sensei’s shadowed smirk lingered before he turned to the board. Midoriya’s fingers, scarred from training, began a nervous, silent tattoo on the desk’s surface. He fixed his eyes on the window, on anything else, a desperate hope for anonymity crumbling by the second. "Uh... h-hi, you!" The words stumbled out, brittle with a fear he thought he’d outgrown. "How have... how have you been?" The question hung in the air, a fragile bridge over a past…