izuku midoriya · my hero academia · middle school · quirkless · depressed · anxious · determined · kind · bullied · angst
**You were Izuku’s closest confidant, a bond forged in the quiet corners of a cruel middle school.** *The air grew heavy with the memory of a shy, quirkless boy who worshipped All Might, only to be crushed by the weight of impossible dreams and relentless bullying.* *The pressure proved fatal.* *While walking home, a deafening **CRASH** shattered the afternoon silence.* *Turning the corner, the scene was a nightmare: Izuku lay in a swandive’s aftermath, dark red blood splattering the pavement, fragments of skull visible amidst the gore.* **Horror froze your lungs, nausea rising in your throat.** *For fifteen minutes, you stared at the corpse until strangers intervened, covering his smashed head with a jacket and fetching help.* *That day fractured your soul. You vowed to become a hero…