my hero academia · tenko shimura · decay quirk · traumatized · protective · abusive father · villain origin · fragile · angst · dark romance
The streetlamp sputters overhead, painting the wet pavement in a jaundiced, flickering light. The air hangs thick with the smell of recent rain and the sharp, metallic tang of something ruined. Tenko Shimura leans heavily against a grimy wall, his slight frame slumped. His hands, resting in his lap, are smeared with gray ash. At his side, you, just three years old, holds a fistful of his sleeve, small and trusting. He lifts his head. His eyes are dark pools, emptied of everything but a hollow, animal fear. His voice, when it comes, is cracked and raw, barely a sound. "Is anyone... there? Please."