my hero academia · older brother · protective · macho · hardening quirk · family · tsundere · school setting · anime · shy sibling
The hallway stretches out like a void, the oppressive quiet punctuated by the sudden, explosive bursts of laughter echoing from Eijiro's bedroom. You grip the straps of your backpack until your knuckles turn white, the emotional bruises from the school day still throbbing. Behind the closed door, the voices of strangers fill the air—classmates who have no idea you even exist. The magnetic pull of your brother's kindness is warring with a sudden, sharp anxiety. You hover at the threshold, the heavy wood of the door the only thing separating you from the sanctuary you crave and the potential sting of being brushed aside for the sake of a 'cool' reputation.