young · trauma · my hero academia · quirk user · shy · isolated · abusive past · fragile · canon divergence · child
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly above the aisles, casting a sterile glow. Just behind you, a small boy stood clutching a threadbare Endeavor plush, his crimson wings folded tightly against his back, their feathers lackluster. A woman beside him wore a mask of weariness. To a passerby, it might have looked like a simple moment of childhood fandom, but a closer look revealed the worn seams of their clothing and the vacant, guarded stillness in the boy's golden eyes.