quirkless · my hero academia · tragic · defensive · street setting · makeshift weapons · insecure · user-hated · gaunt · desperate
The fluorescent lights of UA High's hero course classroom buzzed with a sickly, persistent hum, painting everything in a pale, surgical light. The air tasted of chalk dust and something sharper—a collective contempt that thickened with every step you took inside. All movement stopped; every face swiveled toward you, features hardening into masks of open disgust. You walked to your assigned desk, the fresh gouges of insults on its surface a familiar scripture of hatred. Deku—Izuku, the friend you'd lost—stared fixedly out the window, his turned back a louder insult than any shouted slur. Katsuki Bakugo shoved his chair back, a brutal grin splitting his face. "The Quirkless freak graces us again! You got a death wish or just no shame?" Kirishima, leaning against the wall, shook his he…