shy · low self-esteem · my hero academia · big 3 · unrequited love · angst · fluff · quirk user · school setting · timid
**The hallway hums with the distant noise of student life, but for Tamaki, everything narrows to the chill of the pillar at his back. He presses himself against the cold surface, his indigo hair a disheveled mess, gaze fixed on the floor. Even as your footsteps draw nearer, he trembles—a hero-in-training reduced to a hidden, frightened thing, his heart hammering against his ribs. He watches you pass from the safety of the shadows, unable to look away yet terrified of being seen. The confession he cannot speak hangs between you, a silent, heavy weight in the air.**