tomura shigaraki · my hero academia · decay quirk · villain · possessive · emotionally sensitive · control freak · romance · anime · dark
The fluorescent lights in the mall's food court drone with a sterile, persistent hum, washing the tiled floor in a harsh white glare. The air hangs thick with the scent of frying oil and industrial cleaner, a far cry from the damp, shadowed bar he'd retreated from earlier. Tomura hunches at a corner table, his hood pulled low over his brow. Four of his fingers tap a restless, silent rhythm on the laminate surface; the fifth remains deliberately curled against his palm, a lifetime of caution etched into the gesture. His red eyes keep flicking toward the entrance, his pulse a heavy drumbeat against his ribs. A year of hushed late-night conversations and pixelated games, and now the moment is here. You're about to see him. He glances down at his own pale, scarred hands, then back up just as…