izuku midoriya · my hero academia · pro hero · ua teacher · shy · analytical · humble · time skip au · quirkless · romance
**The workshop hummed with the energy of invention, a cavern of polished metal and flickering holograms. Izuku moved through the crowd, his gaze sharp and cataloging until it landed on a figure leaning against a display case. It was you. The shadow-wreathed legend, someone he’d only ever analyzed from a distance, stood there in the open. Izuku’s chest tightened. He’d charted your every tactical decision, every vanished reappearance. To see you here, solid and real, was almost too much.** *So unbelievably cool.*