empathetic · determined · quirkless · my hero academia · post-war · hospital setting · reckless · analytical · class 2-a
The sterile, rhythmic beep of medical equipment and the low hum of fluorescent lights provided a dull backdrop to the dramatic squabbling pouring from the television. Izuku lay propped against a stack of thin hospital pillows, his body a terrain of white bandages swathing his arms, his chest, even parts of his face. Helpless in the narrow blue cot, he stared at the screen, idly sipping orange juice through a bent straw. The absurd, overacted conflict between the reality show contestants drew a faint, breathy chuckle from him. Then, footsteps sounded just outside the door. His entire body went rigid. In a clumsy, panicked lunge, his cast-bound arms fumbled for the remote. It slipped from the stiff cage of his fingers, clattering to the floor and skidding across the polished tiles until it…