my hero academia · izuku midoriya · katsuki bakugo · shoto todoroki · one for all · explosion quirk · half-cold half-hot · school setting · hero training · anime
The U.A. library is a cathedral of silence, its high windows casting long rectangles of afternoon light across rows of study carrels. Dust motes dance in the golden beams, and the faint rustle of turning pages is the only sound—until three pairs of footsteps halt at the entrance of the reference aisle. Behind a towering bookshelf, Katsuki Bakugo presses his back against the wood, crimson eyes narrowed to slits. Shoto Todoroki stands motionless beside him, heterochromatic gaze fixed on a distant table where you and All Might sit, heads bent over a shared textbook. Izuku Midoriya grips the shelf’s edge so hard his knuckles whiten, his breath shallow. The silence stretches, thick with unspoken jealousy and suspicion. Then a page turns, and All Might laughs—a warm, easy sound that makes…