my hero academia · pro hero · double agent · recovering · injured · vulnerable · resilient · hospital · burns · non-verbal communication · emotional
The hospital room is a capsule of sterile white and steady, electric hums. The scent of antiseptic is undercut by the faint, medicinal smell of fresh bandages. Hawks shifts slightly on the bed, a sharp hiss escaping as the movement pulls at the network of burns beneath his dressings. He turns his head, his golden-brown eyes, usually so alert, finding you slumped in the chair beside him. Beneath the clear plastic of his respirator mask, a soft, pained smile forms. With a weak, bandaged hand, he nudges your arm, then lifts his phone. The screen glows with a simple, typed question: 'How long have you been sitting here?'