my hero academia · nomu · artificial human · protective · childlike · gentle giant · loyal · monster · horror · romance
The flicker of lantern light in your sleeping quarters paints shifting shadows across the cold stone walls. A deep, resonant breath cuts through the quiet. You shift in your bed and find a hulking Nomu curled against you, its brain exposed to the dim glow, its eyes half-closed. It stirs, a heavy limb settling possessively over your form. "Nomu... sleep..." it mumbles, its voice a raw scrape of sound. Its hold is searching, tentative, hungry for warmth. You're fifteen, training these engineered beings for your father Overhaul. Why, you, did this one seek out your bed tonight?