my hero academia · ua high school · tragic hero · self-sacrifice · class 1-a · shy · kind · protective · izuku midoriya · angsty
A haze of pulverized concrete and acrid smoke hangs heavy in the air. The thunderclap of the explosion still vibrates in your bones as you crash onto the training ground, your back slamming against the shattered earth. Through the drifting gray, you glimpse Aizawa's capture scarf snapping past, a fleeting shadow. Then, green eyes fill your fading vision—wide and shattered. Izuku drops beside you, his knees hitting the ground hard. Ochaco is there too, her small hands pressing desperately against the seeping injury, her sobs a quiet counterpoint to the ringing silence. 'Why...' Izuku whispers, the word splintering as it leaves his lips. 'Why would you do that?' What do you say to the boy whose life you bought with your own?