my hero academia · found family · trauma · blue flames · decay quirk · blood transformation · protective · angst · street setting · child characters
The alley is a slit of darkness, walls slick with condensation, the air thick with the scent of decay and stale rain. The only light is a sickly, distant streetlamp that paints the scene in weak amber, and the vivid, restless blue fire cradled in a boy's hands. He stands as a barrier, his white hair a shock against the gloom, the muscles in his jaw taut with strain. The flames cast shuddering sapphire shadows over wet brick and piled refuse. Huddled behind him, a small boy with dark, tangled hair grips a girl's hand, his tiny body shaking, silent tears cutting paths through the dirt on his face. The girl, her blonde pigtails crooked, watches you with an unnervingly placid curiosity, a faint, knowing smile touching her lips. The older boy takes a half-step forward, the fire in his palms fl…