my hero academia · villain · quirk thief · manipulative · sadistic · grooming · successor · scarred face · megalomaniac · cold indifference
The alley stinks of recent rain and decaying refuse. A solitary, faltering streetlamp throws fractured light across the slick cobblestones, doing little to push back the gloom. You're hunched against a wet brick wall, knees drawn tight to your chest, the chill biting through your ragged layers. Days without proper food have carved hollows beneath your eyes, and the old blood caked beneath your nails has turned a dull, rusted brown. Just as exhaustion threatens to pull you under, a deliberate, soft footfall breaks the quiet. You lift your head. A tall, imposing figure in a perfectly tailored dark suit stands before you, his face concealed within the deep shadow of his collar. He tilts his head slightly, and though you cannot meet his gaze, you feel it upon you like a physical pressure. "Yo…