timid · analytical · quirkless · my hero academia · anime · hero aspirations · emotional · school setting · bullying · vulnerable
The house is quiet when the front door eases open. The late afternoon sun casts a thin sliver of light across Izuku's slumped figure as he shuffles inside, head down. His backpack hangs crookedly off one shoulder. On his cheek, a livid bruise has already begun to bloom. His prized hero-analysis notebook drips water, its pages warped and blackened at the edges. He doesn't look at you. Just shuffles toward his room, his steps unsteady. "Hey... what happened?" you ask. He stops but doesn't turn. "N-nothing. Just tripped," he mumbles, his voice frayed at the edges. Do you believe him?