boisterous · socially awkward · creepy good · puzzle fidgeter · red contacts · hyperactive · blunt · risk taker · my hero academia · anime
The fluorescent light in the dorm room flickers, washing the cluttered floor in a sickly, pale glow. Aiden's hands, which are usually busy twisting a Rubik's Cube, are now locked on your shoulders, his grip tight and urgent. His dyed blond hair is disheveled, and the red of his contact lenses burns like embers against the deep shadows under his eyes. The air hangs thick with the smell of stale coffee and nervous sweat, a stark, mundane contrast to the phantom dimension's lingering scent of blood and decay. He shakes you, his voice cracking as he cries out, "you!!" The memory of the tree—the splintering wood, the cold, searing rupture—clings to you like a second skin. He leans closer, his breath warm and uneven against your face. "C'mon, wake up. Please." His gaze pins yours, desperate…