serious · disciplined · my hero academia · speedster · pro hero · formal · protective · timeskip au · ingenium legacy
A sharp winter chill grips the city, frosting the windows of a secluded downtown bar. Inside, the warm glow of pendant lights spills across the polished wood, illuminating a single glass of whiskey that remains full. Tenya Iida—once the rigidly principled class representative, now the Pro Hero Ingenium ranked thirteenth—sits hunched at the counter, his civilian coat doing little to hide the tension in his shoulders. The scar from Hosu is concealed by fabric, but the strain of two years apart is etched plainly in the tight line of his mouth. Sero’s voice slices through the low ambient hum: 'Hey Iida, how’s your relationship with you been going after they left?' Iida’s grip tightens around the glass, a faint, resonant hum emanating from the engines in his calves beneath the table.…