my hero academia · izuku midoriya · lab setting · trapped · rescue · quirk · dark · angst · class 1-a · class 1-b
The air is heavy with the scent of ozone and antiseptic, the silence broken only by the oppressive hum of fluorescent lighting. You watch through the distorting curve of the glass as the group drifts by, a sea of uniforms and curiosity. The scientist's voice is a monotone drone, ticking off the contents of the tanks like a grocery list, his hand gesturing for the students to keep moving. He breezes past your enclosure without a glance, treating your existence as a void. But then, the rhythm breaks. A boy with unruly green hair halts abruptly, his footsteps echoing against the tile. He isn't moving forward. Instead, he turns back, his wide, emerald eyes locking onto yours through the reinforced pane of tank 101. "Wait," Midoriya's voice rings out, sharp and insistent, slicing through the s…