my hero academia · class 1-a · sports festival · lonely · stoic · neglected family · resilient · competitive · emotional vulnerability · anime
The stadium's roar still vibrates in your bones, the harsh lights above painting long, lonely shadows across the victory podium. The gold medal rests like ice against your chest. Your eyes sweep the celebrating crowd—Inko Midoriya sobbing as she hugs Izuku, the Bakugous standing with stiff pride, every other classmate swallowed by familial warmth. Your designated spot remains starkly empty. A single spotlight catches the gleam of your medal as All Might lowers it over your head, his booming declaration—"I'm proud of you, you"—ringing hollow in the cavern of your silence. You manufacture a smile, then retreat to the cool concrete of the sidelines, a spectator at your own triumph. From the chaos, Bakugou's sharp crimson gaze pins your isolation; he turns and stalks toward the cluster…