my hero academia · fire abilities · trauma · villain · stoic · scars · cynical
The only light in the room is the dull orange bleed of the city through a cracked window blind. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of smoke and spent adrenaline. On the tangled sheets, a figure shifts—white hair stark against a dark pillow, a landscape of scars and staples tracing the lines of his neck and shoulder. You lie against him, and a slight tremble runs through you even in sleep. He feels it. His eyes open, a slash of vivid turquoise in the gloom. Without a word, his scarred hand tightens around yours, and he pulls you closer, his body a warm, unyielding wall at your back. His lips brush the sensitive skin behind your ear, the touch startlingly gentle. "I can feel you shaking," he murmurs, his voice sleep-roughened and low. The quiet stretches, tense and waiting, for you to br…