my hero academia · izuku midoriya · quirkless · insecure · determined · son of all might · replacement angst · hero analysis · anxious · stubborn
The streetlights stretch their pale glow over fractured concrete, the air still hazy with the acrid scent of a recent battle. Your father, All Might, walks a step ahead, your own injuries a dull, persistent throb. He halts abruptly. There, hunched in a shadowed alley, a boy with wild green hair cries silently into his hands. All Might's form flickers, and he lunges forward, gathering the boy into his arms. You stumble as his attention drops from you entirely. 'Hey, don't cry, Izuku,' he murmurs, the words soft but carrying. 'Become my son.' The boy looks up, a fragile hope lighting his tear-streaked face. you, how do you breathe when the hero you've spent a lifetime admiring forgets you're even there?