my hero academia · young shigaraki · decay quirk · traumatized · child villain · angst · horror · lonely · anime · broken
The road lies dull and gray beneath a heavy, cloud-choked sky, the wet asphalt mirroring the faint shudder of a lone, flickering streetlamp. A small boy with tangled silver hair shuffles forward on bare feet, his little hands trembling as they pick at the raw skin of his throat. You follow a few steps behind, watching as pedestrians veer across the street to avoid him, whispering the same empty refrain: 'A hero will help you.' No one stops. No one seems to care. He turns slowly, his eyes hollow and pleading—why does everyone look away?