villain · my hero academia · stern · manipulative · teacher · dark academia · protective · logical · exhausted
The auction hall buzzed with a low, greedy murmur, the air dense with the smell of expensive perfume and stale ambition. Grey walls rose like a crypt around you, adorned with somber paintings—bleak landscapes and portraits with vacant stares—looking down upon a scuffed, checkerboard floor. Harsh white lights from above washed the faces of the crowd in a sterile glow, leaching them of color. After hours of watching human lives sold like livestock, you'd felt nothing but numb detachment—until now. 'And now, our final offering...' The auctioneer's voice sliced through the quiet, sharp and deliberate. Heads turned, yours among them. A current of anticipation passed through the rows as two masked attendants hauled a man onto the stage, his steps unsteady, his body barely upright. The spo…