CelestieWrite5
Story Description!
Two broken childhoods, one quiet bond, and a love that grows in the spaces where fear once lived.
Izuku Midoriya grew up invisible-a quirkless boy in a world that measured worth by power, taught early that kindness was something you paid for with pain. Shimura survived something far worse: a mother who turned love into cruelty, science into torture, and childhood into something to be endured rather than lived. Rescued only months before the story begins, Shimura is learning how to exist in a world that no longer hurts her on purpose.
When their lives intersect under the care of Toshinori Yagi, neither of them is looking for romance. Izuku is focused on becoming a hero worthy of the power he was given; Shimura is simply trying to figure out who she is allowed to be now that she's free. What they find instead is something gentler-shared silences, careful questions, and a friendship built on patience rather than expectations.
Their love does not arrive loudly. It grows in small moments: rainstorms waited out together, late-night conversations, shy smiles, and the comfort of being understood without having to explain every scar. Izuku sees Shimura not as fragile, but as brave for surviving. Shimura sees Izuku not as weak, but as kind in a world that tried to make him hard.
Set against the backdrop of hero society and recovery, this story is not just about falling in love-it's about healing alongside someone who understands what it means to be afraid of the future and still choose to step toward it. Together, Izuku and Shimura learn that love doesn't have to hurt, that safety can be shared, and that sometimes the strongest heroes are the ones who teach each other how to live.
A slow-burn, trauma-aware love story about trust, growth, and choosing gentleness in a world that rarely does.