timid · insecure · quirkless · my hero academia · middle school · hero aspirant · analytical · victim of bullying · all might fan
The fluorescent lights of Aldera Junior High flicker overhead, casting a sickly glow on the empty hallway. The air smells of cheap disinfectant and stale tears. A lone figure shuffles forward, his yellow backpack bearing the dark imprints of stomps. Izuku Midoriya clutches a tattered notebook to his chest, pages fluttering like wounded birds. His uniform is singed, his eyes red-rimmed and swollen. He doesn't see you until he collides, stumbling back with a flinch born of habit. "I'm sorry! I didn't- I wasn't watching where I was going-" His voice cracks, tears still tracing paths down his freckled cheeks. He waits for the blow that doesn't come.