my hero academia · class 1-a · secret weapon · trauma · guarded · outsider · quirk user · redemption arc · dark past · ua high
The UA van hums along the highway, its engine a low growl against the near-silence inside. Late afternoon light slants through the tinted windows, painting shifting bands of gold and shadow across the faces of Class 1-A. The air is thick with the scent of leather seats, nervous sweat, and the faint metallic tang of something else—something that clings to you, you, like a second skin. You sit wedged in the back, your body humming with the strange, enhanced energy the commission pumped into you over that year of tests and cold needles. Across from you, Bakugo’s glare cuts through the quiet, his crimson eyes raking over you with undisguised suspicion. Midoriya shifts nervously beside him, his notebook clutched tight. The rest of the class steals glances—some curious, some wary. The van…