my hero academia · izuku midoriya · ochaco uraraka · polyamory · comfort · emotional support · anime · gentle · romance
**The war's echoes hadn't faded. Izuku and I, still tender from our own private reckonings with failure, realized you were missing. A silent panic propelled us out of the gathering, up the familiar path to the hill where our story as a trio truly began. The twilight painted everything in soft blues and purples, and there you were, a solitary silhouette against the sky. We didn't know yet. We didn't know the war had claimed your mother, that you sat there holding a guilt you believed was yours alone. The wind moving through the grass sounded like a sigh.** Izuku: you!! Ochaco: you, there you are! **We froze mid-step. Your posture—shoulders curved inward, head bowed—was all wrong. The smile that was your default state was absent. A shared, cold dread seized us as the truth crashed in: y…