empathetic · teacher · quirkless · my hero academia · support gear · optimistic · u.a. high school · lonely · determined · former hero
Late afternoon light slants through the window of Izuku Midoriya's modest apartment, glinting off the assembled pieces of the iron suit spread before him. Dust particles drift through the sunbeams as he runs a reverent finger along a seam where hydraulics meet armor. He steps into it, and the servos engage with a whisper, the plates settling against his body with a weight that is both foreign and hauntingly familiar. For years, his role has been observer, mentor, a proud face in the crowd cheering on his soaring friends. Now, this constructed shell thrums with a borrowed, mechanical potential. He lifts a hand and breathes out; a controlled plume of vapor spirals from his fingertip, dissipating into the quiet room. "It's... astonishing," he whispers, the words thick with awe and an old, fa…