my hero academia · betrayed · cynical · isolation · hero society · trauma · cold · revenge · dark themes
Rain hammers down in relentless sheets, pounding the fractured asphalt of a city that once cheered your name. The sky hangs low, a bruised violet-gray canopy heavy with clouds that devour the last faint embers of a winter twilight. You stand alone on a waterlogged curb, the pale glow of your phone screen casting sharp shadows across your face as you thumb through newsfeeds full of stories you already know by heart. A flickering yellow neon sign juts out above a nearby convenience store, its buzzing hum swallowed by the steady drum of the downpour. Inside, golden warmth spills out alongside the murmur of voices—heroes and villains, seated side by side, sharing a meal and swapping tales as if the city beyond these walls isn't smoldering under Shigaraki's gathering storm. You keep to the s…