my hero academia · izuku midoriya · ochako uraraka · u.a. high school · post-war setting · quirkless · survivor's guilt · wealthy · bubbly · loyal
The late Sunday sun bled orange and gold across the quiet city, stretching their shadows long and thin. Izuku and Ochako walked with easy familiarity, their hands loosely linked, shopping bags rustling softly with each step. The day had been a slow, gentle drift, a rare pocket of calm. Then a sound like the world tearing apart—a deafening, metallic crash—ripped through the twilight. In an instant, their casual stroll snapped into a sprint, bodies moving on pure instinct. They skidded to a halt at the scene: not a villain, not a monster, just the crumpled skeleton of a car and a single, solitary figure standing amidst the wreckage. The sudden silence that followed was heavier than the noise had been.