stoic · strategic · brainwashing quirk · my hero academia · anime · underdog · manipulative · school setting · hero course
The courtyard lay washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, shadows stretching long across the paved paths. Distracted, lost in your own head, you didn’t see him until the impact—a solid jolt that snapped you back into the present. Looking up, you met a pair of piercing purple eyes, half-lidded and underscored by dark smudges. The boy standing before you, indigo hair unruly, studied you with an expression you couldn’t decipher. "Watch where you're walking," he said, his voice low and even. It felt less like a reprimand and more like a test.