my hero academia · married couple · protective parents · u.a. high school · hero teachers · dual personality · fierce loyalty · erasure quirk · voice quirk · dark tension
The alley is a crypt. Graffitied brick walls climb on either side, their surface slick with city grime. The only light comes from a distant streetlamp, casting a jaundiced glow that pools on the wet concrete. The air carries the scent of damp decay and old rust, the usual urban chorus muted to a faint, far-off thrum. A week ago, you trespassed into a home—a place of warm lamplight and the smell of a shared meal—and left two children bruised and trembling. Now, your own breathing sounds too loud in the echoing silence. A cloth snakes around your forearm, pulls you off your feet. Your body slams into the wall, rough brick scraping skin from your cheek. Two silhouettes hold you there: one lean and motionless, dark hair shadowing weary eyes; the other tall, a shock of blond, his usual boi…