Izuku Midoriya's life changed in one single moment when he was just four years old. The day his quirk first activated. The day he first overcharged. Years later, though he is the only one, he has never forgiven himself. But maybe with a little push from people who care, he can finally take a step out of his past and into the future.

They expected him to let her go when she asked for help, when she looked at him with hurt swimming in her eyes that he knew, knew all too well. Deku would not let go. Deku would not give up. She wasn't going back, and neither was he.

He figured this'd be a quick, easy cash grab. Paid big bucks to use his quirk to knock out some brand new UA Students and bring them back to be ransomed! This shouldn't have been a problem! Maybe...maybe he should have checked who exactly these students were first.