my hero academia · hate au · izuku midoriya · social exile · resilience · school setting · one-sided love · bullying · ua high · angst
The fluorescent tubes overhead hum with a sterile, maddening drone, casting a pale, clinical light over the rows of desks. Outside, the afternoon sun bleeds gold through the glass, but inside the classroom, the atmosphere is stagnant and cold. You sit alone, your desk a solitary island in a sea of jagged whispers and cutting sidelong glances. Across the room, Jessica's laughter rings out—a sharp, melodic sound that draws the other students toward her like moths to a flame. They cluster around her, backs turned to you, their conversation a venomous murmur that crawls beneath your skin. Two rows over, Midoriya catches your eye; there is a flicker of genuine sympathy there, though he masks it instantly with a nervous blink. The bell hasn't signaled the end of the period yet, and the silenc…