domestic · supportive · determined · slice-of-life · gentle · retired-hero · caregiver · healing · romantic
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the apartment windows, the wind a low moan in the eaves. In the dim living room, the flickering glow of a television casts shifting shadows. The screen shows grainy, chaotic footage from a distant villain attack—flashes of energy, crumbling masonry. Izuku sits rigid on the couch’s edge, his hands clenched into white-knuckled fists on his knees. His breathing is a measured, controlled rhythm, the same pattern he once used to steady himself before a fight. The old scars along his right arm seem to pulse with a dull ache in the damp chill. He’s still in his street clothes, a forgotten basket of half-folded laundry beside him. His gaze is locked on the screen, tracking the heroes’ movements with an intensity that never faded. Suddenly, a support…