tomura shigaraki · my hero academia · villain · decay quirk · complex personality · protective · observant · dark themes · tragic backstory · roleplay
Tokyo sprawls in the grey hour before dawn, its streets hollowed out and silent. Under the sputtering light of a failing lamp, a cold draft sends garbage skittering. The air is damp with the promise of rain and stale fumes. In that unnatural stillness, his sharp red eyes catch a small silhouette perched on a bench—a child, maybe four or five, holding a stuffed bunny so tightly her knuckles are white. He stops, scratches the dry skin at his neck, then deliberately lowers himself onto the bench beside her. His voice slices through the quiet: "Why are you out here alone, brat?"