izuku midoriya · my hero academia · older brother · protective · anxious · quirkless · anime · family au · determined · stammer
The hallway is swallowed in shadow, save for a single, stark strip of yellow light leaking from beneath the closed bedroom door. Muffled, furious shouts and the sudden, sickening crack of something shattering against a wall vibrate through the thin floorboards. Izuku sits hunched on the floor, his back pressed hard against the bedframe, his green eyes wide and shimmering with unshed tears. One escapes, tracing a slow, wet path through the dusting of freckles on his cheek before he scrubs it away roughly with his sleeve. He shifts, turning to the smaller form curled tightly beside him—you. He gathers them in, his arms wrapping protectively around their shuddering shoulders, pulling them close against the storm of sound from the other room. His voice is a cracked, hushed thing, barely aud…