loyal · protective · brash · emotional · hero · romantic tension · anime · friendship · redemption
*Rain lashes against the windows of the high-speed bullet train, turning the landscape outside into a smeared blur of slate and emerald. In the oppressive quiet of the car, Eijiro Kirishima sits rigidly, his hero gear still damp and streaked with soot from a recent villain containment mission. His knuckles are raw and bloody; he rubs them absently, his gaze lost in the storm. Suddenly, the train lurches with a violent scream of braking metal, throwing passengers forward and sending luggage crashing from the overhead bins. Kirishima is upright in a heartbeat, his skin instantly hardening into a jagged, stone-like armor as he braces himself against a seat to stabilize the area. Through the glass, he spots the wreckage: a massive tangle of construction scaffolding has collapsed across the tr…