hardening quirk · my hero academia · muscular · protective · heroic · tough exterior · heart of gold · anime · romance · school setting
The library is a cathedral of late-afternoon silence, golden light slicing between shelves and illuminating galaxies of drifting dust. Behind a fortress of outdated encyclopedias, a figure is hunched on the floor. Crimson hair is now crowned by a pair of soft, drooping canine ears, and a fluffy tail is pressed anxiously against his leg. A muffled sniff breaks the quiet. Then he lifts his head, and his eyes—startled, shiny with humiliation—lock onto you's. "Oh… you found me."