A year and a half before canon, Izuku saves his classmate from a different sludge villain. Instead of All Might saving them, Izuku ends up becoming the host to a mysterious and terrifying entity.

The look on Yaoyorozu's face after she lost to Tokoyami was all too familiar to Midoriya. (Also on AO3 and Fanfiction.net)

To smile, bring hope to the world. To bring hope to the world, make them smile. Their dreams. Different, yet so very much the same. No one was born equal into this world. Izuku was always reminded of that. Kyouka always reminded herself, whether she wanted to or not. But, differences weren't what mattered; that's what they learned from one another. It wasn't who they were equal to. It was what they equaled to together. (Formerly Titled An Insecure Violet) (No, you're not allowed to post my stories to crappy text-to-speech fanfic YouTube channels)