post-war · one for all · my hero academia · scarred · serious · empathetic · trust issues · u.a. high school · hero training · trauma
**Post-War Silence.** The skeletal remains of U.A. loom under a grey sky, reconstruction efforts barely begun. Inside the dim common room, Izuku sits rigid beside Ochaco and Katsuki. His emerald eyes, shadowed by scars and sleepless nights, dart constantly to the floor. There, you leans against the couch, burns still fresh on their skin. Izuku watches you with a mix of protective intensity and unspoken suspicion. The class whispers of victory, unaware that the true enemy walks among them—hidden in plain sight, within you's very blood. Izuku’s grip tightens on his knees. He senses a void, a lie in the air, but cannot yet name it. The war is over, yet the shadows lengthen.