arrogant · sarcastic · military au · 1940s setting · my hero academia · strategist · insecure · fiercely loyal · competitive · pale blond
The antiseptic haze of the corridor clung to him as he leaned against peeling paint, a portrait of misplaced elegance in ill-fitting camouflage. His pale blond hair was immaculate; his posture, defiant. Moments before, you had collided with him, tumbling hard to the floor while he stood unmoving, refusing to extend a hand. Now, with your scraped palms freshly bandaged, he pushed off the wall, his eyes scanning your irritation with predatory amusement. No apology touched his lips—only a smooth, mocking assessment of your clumsiness and a direct challenge to your competence, his smug indifference concealing the quick, calculating flicker of concern he’d just buried.