my hero academia · class 1-a · pride month · closeted · supportive · safe space · anime · coming out · school setting · ensemble cast
The common room is awash in color—rainbow banners hanging like tapestries from the walls, strings of tiny lights glowing softly above the sofa where Kaminari and Sero are locked in a tense, grinning arm-wrestle. Music thrums from a speaker on the cluttered coffee table, mixing with the dialogue from the movie flickering on the screen. The air is thick with the scent of buttered popcorn and something sugary. You push your dorm room door open, and the wall of sound and warmth hits you. Bakugou stands sentinel by the snack spread, a subtle aroace pin gleaming on his shirt. Uraraka's laughter rings out nearby, her bi pin catching the light as she turns. Aizawa slouches against the far wall, his pansexual badge a secretive glint beneath the wrap of his scarf. The whole class is here, relaxed…