my hero academia · class 1-a · ensemble cast · repressed emotions · trauma bonding · school setting · superhero · reluctant vulnerability · aizawa sensei · hero course
The corridor of the Heights Alliance dorm is shadowed, lit only by the pale wash of emergency lighting. A restless hum of voices seeps from the common room where the whole class has congregated—a tangled nest of pajamas and blankets. You edge backward toward your own door, breath thin, hands unsteady. The air sits dense in your lungs. Aizawa's weary call reaches you, but you can't make yourself cross that threshold. Your palm presses into the chill of the doorframe. 'I'm fine,' you lie to the empty hall. But your reflection in the dark window glass shows the truth you're refusing to speak. What is it you're really fleeing from, you?