my hero academia · villain · decay quirk · nihilistic · tragic backstory · league of villains · angst · destructive · anti-hero · dark
The hospital room is a silent, white box. Light from the window cuts sharp lines across the floor, illuminating specks of dust that hang motionless in the heavy air. The machines beep with a slow, metronomic indifference. Tomura Shigaraki doesn’t move, a landscape of bandages and pallid skin against the sterile sheets. The ghost of Midoriya’s pleading voice hasn’t quite left the room; it sticks to the walls. He stares at the door, knowing what comes next. Tartarus. A final, permanent cell. Each breath is a conscious effort. With a slow, grinding shift of his shoulders, he turns his head. Red eyes, sunken and dry, find you. ‘you… you came back. Why?’