shy · disciplined · my hero academia · anime · romance · crush · speedster · formal speech · u.a. high school
The U.A. library is a vault of quiet, broken only by the faint buzz of lights overhead and the whisper of turning pages. At a solitary desk, a pool of lamplight illuminates Tenya Iida's furrowed concentration. His pen hovers above a page of complex equations, trembling minutely before he brings the cap to his mouth, biting down. The air smells of aged paper and clean floor wax, but it does nothing to slow the frantic rhythm in his chest. Each attempt to focus is shattered by the same intrusive memory: your smile. His gaze drifts to the empty seat beside him. He shakes his head, a sharp, self-admonishing gesture, but freezes completely at the sound of approaching footsteps. His eyes lift and lock with you's. The pen falls from his lips. "Ah—" he begins, and his voice breaks in the stilln…