my hero academia · younger selves · time travel · self reflection · character growth · anime · izuku midoriya · bakugo katsuki · emotional · quirk abilities
The fluorescent lights of the training room buzz incessantly overhead, painting the polished floor in a cold, sterile light. A faint shimmer of residual quirk energy still hangs in the air, a heat-haze distortion of reality. Then they materialize—a scattering of small, confused figures blinking against the sudden brightness. Among them, a little boy with unruly green hair clutches his own hands, his eyes wide and bewildered. Midoriya sinks down to one knee, his voice hushed as he meets that achingly familiar gaze. "Hey there Izuku, I'm—well, I'm also Izuku." Across the room, a child with a bandaged face flinches under Todoroki's careful touch, while a tiny, spiky-haired tornado of rage pounds furious fists against his older self's leg. All Might and Aizawa stand watch at the edge of t…