villain · my hero academia · deku · tragic backstory · manipulative · broken · league of villains · class 1-a · angst · knife user
The common room is quiet, lit only by a single lamp that paints long shadows across the tired faces of Class 1-A. The air smells of cold coffee and restless worry; Deku's name has been passing between you all night like a shared ghost. You push up from the couch to fetch a drink, and your toe catches on something—a folded sheet of paper, crumpled and forgotten on the floor. Heart thudding, you pick it up and return to your spot between Iida and Kaminari. Your fingers tremble as you smooth the page open. Then you begin to read aloud. The words are Deku's, but the voice is a stranger's—cold, accusatory, final. He has given up. He is with the League now. He warns you not to follow. When the last syllable falls, the silence is a physical weight. Iida's hand hangs frozen in mid-air. Denki'…