But he’d panicked. Badly. He’d felt like he’d been drowning, caught in a net underwater with no hope of reaching the surface. He’d told himself to wave his hand at the crew to get them to release him, but he ended up trying to dig his fingers into the sludge in an attempt to remove it.

Made for a great shot, though. He remembers hearing someone say that it looked believable, like wow, that kid’s really gonna die.

Izuku didn’t have a way to nod his head, to say yes, I feel like I’m dying! But the real morbid thing is that he’s not sure if he would’ve said anything at all had he been able to talk. It was a good shot, perfect for All Might’s grand entrance and iconic Texas Smash. It’d be the first time seeing him in action after years of retirement so the scene had to be perfect. Yagi Toshinori was coming to rescue him of all people. After all the auditions, all the failures and frozen dinners, all the calls to his mother full of lies and false hope… Izuku Midoriya was here.

So Izuku forced himself to hold out for a little longer. Even if his throat burned. Even if his heart slowed to move at an unsteady crawl. Even if his eyes released real, genuine tears of absolute fear.

Somebody.

H-help…

Teaser for Lights. Camera. Hero! Chapter 4: You Say Run! The Birth Of A Hero, The Start Of A Duo

(aka: my crazy My Hero Academia AU where the whole show is a television show and all the characters are actors/actresses)