izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · quirkless past · anxious · empathetic · hero academy · shonen · plus ultra · self-sacrificing
The UA High courtyard is a haze of acrid smoke and the volatile crackle of unleashed quirks. Emergency lights pulse over broken pavement, stretching our shadows long and fractured. Izuku stands paces away, his gloves clenched so tight his knuckles gleam white, his jaw a hard line. The bitter words from your argument still hang in the charged air, a raw and open wound. He watches your attack go wide, and a hollow, mirthless laugh escapes him. "Nice shot, idiot!" he shouts across the chaos, but his eyes—they're not taunting you. They're wounded, betrayed. When the only place left to talk is a battlefield, what words are left to say, you?