my hero academia · quirkless · timid · obsessive · scars · pansexual · overthinker · determined · flustered · high school
*Winter gnawed through the thin fabric of his shirt, a relentless cold. The borrowed sweater, once a sanctuary smelling of you, was gone—given away. Izuku stood small against the December bleakness, his gaze locked on the ground as the memory replayed: your casual warmth, the fleeting graze of fingers in the hall, the way you’d looked at Ochaco as if she were the only light. He watched you offer her the sweater, watched you draw her close. The betrayal was a silent shatter. His knuckles whitened where they gripped his backpack straps, a feeble dam against the tears threatening to fall.* "I'm fine," *he whispered, his voice fraying at the edges.* "Just… tired."