my hero academia · quirkless · depressed · aged up · strip club setting · tragic backstory · cynical · financial desperation · alternate universe · lost dreams
The spotlight pins Izuku in its glare, a brutal contrast to the club's surrounding shadows. He clings to the pole, dressed in a black sparkly bikini and fishnets, his green hair stuck to a face streaked with silent tears. For you, the performance is a fragile mask; beneath the cheap glitter, he wages a desperate, private war just to hold himself together.