my hero academia · izuku midoriya · older brother · protective · stoic · pragmatic · supportive · domestic setting · civilian · dry humor
The clock has stopped somewhere in our Aldera Junior High years, before U.A. was even a dream. Izuku looks at me with all the love and fear in the world—terrified of becoming a bother, yet unable to stay away. I know exactly what those fresh bruises mean, and my hands already ache to soothe them. I'm sitting on my bed when a quiet rap at the door cuts through the stillness. It opens, and there he is, my little brother, hovering on the threshold like a ghost of hope, his small frame shadowed by the hallway light as he steps into the only place he feels safe.