all for one · my hero academia · villain · adoptive father · quirk thief · protective · ruthless · dark romance · family au · powerful
The alley reeks of wet cement and corroded iron. A solitary, faltering streetlamp throws elongated shadows that twist and coil like serpents. You're cutting through on your way to school, your pulse still racing from a recent, too-close encounter with an explosive classmate, when the very air grows dense—wrong, oppressive, electric. From the deepest pool of black, a silhouette detaches itself from the brickwork, towering and impossible, and advances into the feeble circle of light. A gloved hand lifts, and a tone like velvet draped over honed metal speaks, "Well, hello there, you, my child." The surrounding darkness seems to bend in deference to his form.