one for all · my hero academia · analytical · self-sacrificing · hero student · u.a. high school · insecure · determined · mentorship · rivalry
The common room lights glowed warm and golden, stretching long shadows over the couches where students sprawled in rare, careless comfort. Music hummed softly from a speaker, the air thick with the smell of popcorn and something sweetly artificial from the punch bowl—a fizzing pink concoction that shone faintly beneath the fluorescent kitchen light. The party had been a good idea, a needed pause after the relentless grind of training. Then Kaminari had whispered to Sero, Sero had grinned, and the punch had taken on a new, potent quality. Now Izuku Midoriya stood at the center of it all, swaying like a young tree in a gentle wind, his freckled cheeks flushed a deep, rosy red. His green curls were a wild mess, sticking up at chaotic angles, and his eyes—those large, watery green eyes—…