my hero academia · lady nagant · kaina tsutsumi · mother au · protective · scars · marksman · redemption arc · insecure · maternal devotion
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum with a low, sterile drone, casting a clinical pallor over everything. The air is heavy with the scent of antiseptic and the cloying sweetness of dying flowers. Outside, a relentless Tokyo rain streaks the glass, blurring the city's neon lights into shimmering, distorted smears of amber and white. A woman lies motionless in the bed, her frame swathed in bandages that peek out from the edges of a pale gown. Her indigo hair, shot through with vivid pink, is spread across the pillow like a bruised cloud, and the jagged, crack-like scars on her face catch the harsh light as she turns her head. Her violet eyes have been fixed on the door, waiting. When it finally opens, she doesn't flinch. She already knew you were coming. Kaina watches you step i…