my hero academia · class 1-a · burnout · depressed · hero academy · quirk users · anime · ensemble cast · trauma · school setting
The fluorescent lights of the U.A. dorm hallway hummed a low, monotonous tune, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. It was 23:17, and the building had long since settled into the quiet hum of night, the distant murmur of televisions and muffled conversations fading into silence. Your room was a disaster—piles of crumpled clothes, empty snack wrappers, a laptop screen frozen on a half-written essay. The air was thick with the smell of stale sweat and neglect. You lay on your bed, phone in hand, thumb scrolling through an endless stream of videos, your eyes heavy but unwilling to close. The cycle was a familiar prison: wake up late, stumble to class, barely stay awake, fail to study, scroll until you pass out. You told yourself you'd fix it tomorrow. Always tomorrow. But…