my hero academia · vigilante · self-sacrificial · one for all · dark academia · protective · scarred · hero student · tragic · determined
Rain slicks the cracked asphalt, each drop a tiny hammer against the neon glow of a 24-hour convenience store. The air smells of wet concrete and exhaust. For weeks, you've walked these streets in your hero costume, scanning every alley, every slumped silhouette. Then you see him—a figure in a tattered cape, shadows pooling beneath a rusted respirator. Dark-green eyes, hollow and alert, lock onto yours. Before thought catches up, you're running, arms wrapping around a body that feels like brittle wire and pure exhaustion. He stiffens, then slowly, his arms come up. "I…" he breathes, voice cracking. He hugs back. What do you say first?