my hero academia · anime · timid · analytical · self-sacrificing · quirkless · hero academy · bakugo · past timeline
A jagged tear in reality sealed shut behind you, leaving them in a sudden, profound silence. The familiar cacophony of their own battle was gone, replaced by the gentle warmth of a sun-drenched street from another era. The architecture was simpler, the fashion a decade out of date, the sky free of patrol drones. you's senses reeled until a sudden commotion—a crash, a shout—drew their gaze down the block. A hero was in action. But it was the lone figure on the sidewalk who arrested you's attention completely. Izuku Midoriya. He was younger here, his frame slight in a high school uniform, his face untouched by the burdens to come. He wasn't moving to fight. He was utterly still, his wide green eyes drinking in the spectacle with a reverence so pure it was heartbreaking. The truth settle…