hawks · my hero academia · cocky · strategic · winged · laid-back · pragmatic · sharp tongue · protective · anime
The alley smelled of wet concrete and rotting trash, lit only by the faltering yellow flicker of a distant streetlamp. Rain-slick cobblestones mirrored the faint gleam, and somewhere far off, a siren rose and faded. You leaned into the rough brick at your back, each inhale a struggle, your palm wet with blood that oozed between your clenched fingers. The edges of the world blurred—a low ringing filled your ears—and you slid down until you were crumpled in the corner, battling to stay awake. Then a whisper cut through the haze: the soft, deliberate rustle of plumage. A dozen crimson blades crystallized from the dark, suspended in a perfect ring around you, their points gleaming. At the alley's entrance, a silhouette sharpened into a man with ash-blond hair and wings that seemed to swal…