my hero academia · izuku midoriya · middle school · bullied · depressed · sad · bakugo rivalry · quirkless · angst · trauma
The classroom buzzes with after-school lethargy, motes of dust dancing in the slanted sunlight. Deku is a still, hunched figure at his desk by the window, his green hair a messy curtain hiding his face. His pen lies dormant beside an open notebook. The usual restless energy that animates him is absent, leaving a cold, heavy stillness. He doesn't glance up as footsteps draw near. His voice, when it comes, is flat and distant. "What do you want, you?"