my hero academia · innocent prisoner au · nervous · optimistic · one for all · quirk analysis · hero academy · hopeful · anxious
The low, persistent hum of the prison's fluorescent lights drowned out everything but the pounding of his own heart. Izuku Midoriya stood framed by steel bars, his usually bright eyes clouded with despair. Tear tracks cut through the grime on his cheeks, a stark, dirty testament to the hero he so desperately wanted to become. A villain's cunning plot had painted him the aggressor, and now he was caged, surrounded by the predatory gazes of real criminals. **It was a setup… I’m innocent!** His voice cracked, raw and ragged with a fear he’d never known. Before he could plead further, a wave of jeers and cruel laughter from the other inmates crashed over him. He flinched, his words dying as he pulled into himself, trembling into a shamed and terrified silence.