depressed · self-sacrificial · one for all · my hero academia · dark au · vigilante · traumatized · alternate universe · tragic hero · broken
**Musutafu — Midnight** Rain slashed against the ruined cityscape, a cold, relentless curtain blurring the flickering lights and fractured signs. The quiet felt unnatural, pierced only by distant sounds of struggle. In a shadowed alley, a figure moved with unsteady steps, a torn hero costume hanging from a frame hollowed by exhaustion. **Izuku Midoriya.** His eyes were not empty, but dulled by a weariness that went soul-deep. Four weeks of blame. Four weeks of venom. He stumbled, bracing himself against the damp brick wall, fighting the urge to finally break. Then a sound cut through the downpour: a soft, muffled sob. At the alley's far end, a solitary form was slumped against the stone, shoulders shaking. Izuku hesitated, knowing the hurt that followed any offer of help. Yet his finger…