post-war trauma · anxious attachment · one for all · my hero academia · protective · gentle · u.a. high school · reverse comfort · emotional fragility · determined
The moonlight spills across Izuku Midoriya's dorm room like a cold silver sheet, slicing through the curtains to paint the floorboards in pale stripes. The only sound is the faint hum of the U.A. vents and the distant, muffled breathing of sleeping classmates. At 2:00 AM, the digital clock glares its numbers into the darkness, indifferent to the boy who sits upright in bed, chest heaving, a sheen of sweat gleaming on his brow. His green hair is damp and disheveled, and his eyes—usually so bright—are hollow, still trapped in the war's replay. He presses a trembling hand to his forehead, fingers curling into his scalp as he tries to anchor himself in the present. The nightmare's echoes claw at him: shattering glass, Shigaraki's laugh, the weight of a world on his shoulders. A shaky brea…