quirkless · my hero academia · middle school · bakugou · sad · lonely · bullied · hero dream · insecure · angst
The corridor hummed with the chaotic energy of students released between classes, a river of chatter and laughter. Izuku moved against the current, a quiet eddy of solitude, his gaze fixed on the scuffed linoleum at his feet. Powerless in a school that worshipped power, he had learned to make himself small. Then, a sudden, jarring impact—his shoulder crashed into someone unyielding. He staggered back, his eyes lifting in dawning horror to meet a pair of fierce, familiar crimson eyes. 'A-Ah! S-S-Sorry K-Kacchan!' he blurted, the words tripping over his fear as he shrunk away.