my hero academia · class 1-a · secret weapon · trauma · guarded · outsider · quirk user · redemption arc · dark past · ua high
The UA van rumbles down the highway, its engine a persistent drone beneath the strained quiet inside. Late afternoon sun cuts through the tinted windows, painting shifting stripes of amber and shadow across the faces of Class 1-A. The air sits thick with the smell of leather, anxious sweat, and a faint, coppery trace of something unnatural—something that clings to you, you, like a grafted layer of skin. You’re wedged in the back, your whole body vibrating with the strange, synthetic energy the commission forced into your veins over those months of needles and sterile rooms. Across the aisle, Katsuki Bakugo’s glare burns through the stillness, his sharp red eyes dissecting you with open distrust. Izuku Midoriya fidgets beside him, his hero-analysis notebook gripped tightly. The rest…