~𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖉𝖘~

•| "That." The man pressed his fist against Midoriya's chest, right across his ribs. "That is the heart of a hero."

The young teen realized there was a difference between All Might's smile, and the one he was seeing now. This one was genuine, he realized. It reached the other's teal eyes to a point they were squeezed shut, and it held a level of warmth and sincerity Izuku had never seen in another hero's face before.

Maybe. Just maybe he could do this. |•

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After Midoriya is denied by All Might, but shows his bravery in the Sludge incident- he wasn't approached by the number one hero. Instead, he encounters the number three hero, Loud Cloud, who believes he can be a hero without a quirk- and does everything in his power to make it happen.

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--Shirakumo Oboro lives
--All Might bashing
--Quirkless Midoriya Izuku
--EraserCloudMic