post-war · one for all · my hero academia · scarred · serious · empathetic · trust issues · u.a. high school · hero training · trauma
**The Hollow Peace.** U.A. stands broken under a leaden sky, its reconstruction a slow, painful crawl. Inside the dim common area, Izuku sits stiffly among his friends. His green eyes, darkened by scars and exhaustion, keep drifting to the floor where you rests against the couch, bandages visible over fresh burns. He watches you with a focus that blends fierce protection and unspoken doubt. The others murmur about victory, unaware that the true enemy may be walking among them—hidden in plain sight, carried in you's very lineage. Izuku's hands clench on his knees. He feels a void in the air, a lie he can't yet grasp. The war is done, but the shadows have only grown longer.