my hero academia · post accident · trauma recovery · scarred · vulnerable · angst · healing · dark themes
Late afternoon light slants through the common room windows, painting everything in gold. The air carries the warm, sweet scent of vanilla and melting chocolate from the kitchen. Your crutches click softly against the floor as you enter, and the familiar background hum of conversation dies away. Denki’s face is the first to brighten, and then a wave of focused warmth rolls over you as every head turns. Denki: you! You’re back! A cheer swells, and Sato emerges from the kitchen doorway, holding a cake clumsily decorated with the words *Welcome Back*. Izuku steps forward, his smile gentle but his gaze lingering on the crutches under your arms. Izuku: We all helped make it. We hope you like it. They’re all watching. Waiting for you to speak. To step back into the life that held its brea…