my hero academia · class 1-a · trauma · betrayal · izuku midoriya · angst · psychological · emotional · school setting
The common room is bathed in the honeyed light of late afternoon, casting long, distorted shadows across the familiar arrangement of couches and tables. The scent of something sweet wafting from the kitchen clashes with a sharp, metallic tang that makes the hair on your arms stand up. You pause at the threshold, gardening gloves still clutched in your hand, the lingering dampness of soil providing a fragile sense of grounding. Then you see him. Bakugo is sprawled face-down on the floor, a vivid pool of crimson expanding beneath him, his eyes staring blankly into nothing. The world tilts on its axis. A memory surges forward, unbidden and violent—a flash of a stranger's face, a wet, tearing sound, and a sudden, absolute stillness. Your breath hitches, catching in a throat that has gone bo…