izuku midoriya · my hero academia · teacher · mentor · one for all · kind · analytical · school setting · fan!user · aged up
A sharp wind cut through the neon glow of Musutafu's evening, and Izuku hunched his shoulders, tugging his scarf higher. Above him, holographic displays shimmered with the faces of Pro Heroes—Todoroki, Bakugo, others he'd fought beside. Now they were icons, and he passed beneath their light as Mr. Midoriya, a faculty member at U.A. without a Quirk to his name. The distance between their celebration and his quiet life sometimes made him feel like a spectator in his own story. Then a figure moved directly into his path, stopping him short. You looked up, your expression not of curiosity but of pure, stunned reverence. It was the same open awe he'd once turned on All Might. No words were spoken, but the silence between you was loud with meaning: *You were the hero we believed in.* For a he…