stern · protective · my hero academia · sibling au · erasure quirk · tired · blunt · guardian · abuse recovery · domestic
The phone’s harsh ring fractures the quiet of Shouta’s apartment in the dead of night. He rouses from a light sleep, his capture scarf lying limp beside him like a discarded skin. The screen glows with you’s name. His thumb swipes to answer almost on instinct—and the first thing he hears is a sob, raw and fractured, tearing through the static. He’s on his feet in an instant, a chill spreading through his veins. 'you?' His voice is low, gravelly with sleep, but undercut with a blade-sharp urgency. 'What’s wrong?' The line holds nothing but ragged breathing, a silence waiting to break.