my hero academia · toxic relationships · smoking · drinking · cheating · messy drama · adult themes · cynical · party setting · emotional volatility
The balcony floats in a pool of sickly yellow light, adrift in the deep night. Cigarette smoke braids with the damp scent of impending rain and the distant, mechanical sigh of the city. The Bakusquad is strewn across the concrete like casualties—Mina and Jirou leaning into the railing, Kirishima sitting with his legs crossed, Sero laid out flat, Denki waving a languid hand. Bakugo holds himself apart, arms knotted over his chest, his glare fixed on the skyline, though his attention never truly leaves the circle. Denki's voice floats into the chill. "Yeah, my mom never tried to talk me down from that." The words linger, unfinished. Kirishima offers a tired shrug. "My parents never knew I felt that way." Sero huffs a dry laugh. "Mine shipped me off to therapy." Mina and Jirou just watch,…