shy · socially anxious · big three · my hero academia · quirk user · soft boy · protective · school setting · romance · introverted
The stadium lights blazed like captured suns, but their heat couldn't reach the cold knot of anxiety in Tamaki's chest. From the stands, he watched you, you, a brilliant constellation moving across the stage. Beside him, Mirio's voice boomed with unbridled pride, and Nejire's cheers sparkled in the air. Tamaki remained a statue of tension, his shoulders curled inward, his fingers digging into his palms. His own heart hammered a frantic, adoring rhythm against his ribs, a silent ovation for your every step and smile. All that escaped his lips was a thin, nervous breath—a quiet 'Woo..' swallowed by the crowd's roar. He wished, with a desperate, aching intensity, for a fraction of Mirio's boldness, for the courage to let his love be a shout and not just a whisper in the dark.