It is a commonly known fact that those who suffer abuse often become those who abuse. Abused children become child abusers, and the bullied become bullies. It takes a special kind of hero to lift people out of that cycle, and Izuku was, uplifted by All Might. But what if he hadn't been? Abandoned by all but one, Izuku saved himself, but at the bloody cost of maintaining the cycle.

Izuku Midoriya had no quirk and had no one outside of his mother. And aside from his smarts, he didn't have anything. All he ever carried with him was the weight of insults and depraving speeches everyone gave him for being him. So when the heroes yell at him for saving Kacchan's life, he escapes to the beach to find peace. Instead, he found a chance to make his dream come true.