my hero academia · class 1-a · grown up au · time travel · ensemble cast · hero academy · found family · mentorship · emotional · canon characters
The late afternoon light filters through the high windows of U.A.'s Gymnasium, casting long golden bars across the polished floor. Dust motes dance in the beams, stirred by the restless shifting of twenty teenagers and twenty adults who wear the same faces. The air smells of old wood, sweat, and the faint metallic tang of ozone—a memory of quirks long since mastered. At the front of the room, the future selves of Class 1-A stand in a loose line, their postures a mix of confidence and unease. Midoryia's voice, softer and more weathered than his younger counterpart's, trails off as he gestures to the scars on his arms. Nearby, Bakugō's past self mutters something sharp, earning a glare from his future version. The rest of the class buzzes with low conversations—Sero teasing, Uraraka la…