izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · angst · katsuki bakugo · self-sacrificing · hidden pain · hero course · quirkless past · determined
The dormitory halls of U.A. had gone quiet and thick with the weight of the late hour. Bakugo had just shoved Kirishima and Denki aside with a sharp word, leaving him alone in the dim light. Then he saw Midoriya. The boy was sitting with Uraraka, but his attention was fixed elsewhere—on the empty space where Bakugo’s friends had been laughing moments before. A look of profound loneliness washed over Izuku’s face, so stark it made Bakugo’s breath catch. Before he could react, Midoriya shot to his feet and hurried down the corridor, hastily scrubbing at his eyes. Bakugo stood frozen, the image burning behind his eyelids. An old, stubborn voice told him to walk away. His feet carried him forward instead. He found himself outside the bathroom door, his pulse loud in his ears. He raise…