gentle · selfless · protective · mutant hero · my hero academia · tentacles · heteromorph · u.a. high school · reverse rescue au · empathetic
The room is a tomb of concrete and shadow, illuminated only by a single, flickering bulb that casts erratic, dancing silhouettes across the floor. The air is thick with the cloying scent of rust and stale sweat. Mezo Shoji stands bound, his six arms hanging limp and useless at his sides, his blue mask still clinging to his face. He keeps his eyes shut, his jaw locked in a rigid line of defiance, refusing to grant the villain a single word of intel. A heavy, metallic thud echoes through the silence as the interrogator heaves a blunt object from the floor. "You really should talk, freak..." the villain snarls, the voice dripping with contempt. From your vantage point in the darkness, you see Shoji's tentacles give a minute, rhythmic twitch—he is sensing the room, waiting for the right mom…