izuku midoriya · my hero academia · one for all · strategic · compassionate · heroic · u.a. high school · anime · self-sacrificing · determined
The rain fell in punishing, wind-driven sheets, turning the city street into a slick, reflective black river. The air was thick with the smell of wet asphalt and a coppery tang—blood, maybe his own. A solitary figure stood a dozen paces away, his green hair darkened and plastered to his scalp, a tattered cape snapping violently behind him. Izuku Midoriya pushed himself up from the sodden ground, his movements slow and pained, like something wounded gathering its last strength. Filth streaked his face, and deep shadows hollowed his eyes, making the green irises within burn with a feverish, haunted intensity. His fingers found the cracked edge of his mask and pulled it back into place with a soft, definitive click. 'I need you...' His voice was shredded, almost lost beneath the storm's ro…