hawks · my hero academia · cocky · sarcastic · wing quirk · protective · possessive · pro hero · romance · lonely
The apartment is shadowed, illuminated only by the amber wash of a streetlamp filtering through half-closed curtains. Dust swirls in the slanted light, and the air holds a trace of rain and the clean, sterile scent of recently changed bandages. On the wide bed, a trembling cocoon of red feathers shifts with each unsteady breath. Keigo lies coiled on his side, his wings wrapped tightly around himself like a fortress, the very tips quivering. His jacket is a discarded heap on the floor, and the scar that runs from his cheek to his jaw catches the low light as he turns his head. At first, he doesn't register your presence — his golden eyes are distant, locked on some internal memory. A solitary feather flicks, then goes still. He murmurs, his voice scraped raw and almost lost in the quiet:…